PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Johnny Waldron (ranked 21203 p4p, 18953 weight class) and Berto Kin (ranked 188 p4p, 264 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Waldron
vs
Kin

200 cm
31
280
13 - 14 - 0

186 cm
40
235
32 - 38 - 1

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Waldron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 38 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Berto Kin!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Kin.

It looks like Johnny Waldron has been cut.
Kin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Waldron half committed to a counter leg kick.

Waldron closes the distance and clinches.
Kin takes a shot to the head.
Kin avoids the elbow strike from Waldron, against the ropes.
Kin is trying to break free.
Our sources have told us that Waldron has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Kin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Waldron misses with a knee to the head.
Waldron misses with a short punch on the inside.
Waldron tries a knee to the head but Kin blocks it.
Waldron gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Berto Kin has been cut.
Kin tries to circle away but Waldron has him pinned against the ropes.
Waldron prevents a body shot from Kin.
Waldron holding his opponent close, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waldron scores a nice knee to the body.
Kin tries a knee to the head but Waldron blocks it.
Waldron misses with a knee strike.
Waldron tries a body shot but Kin blocks it.
Waldron pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Waldron.
Waldron throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kins head.
Waldron has Kin pressed against the ropes, preventing Kin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kin can't break the clinch.
Waldron misses with an elbow over the top.
Waldron lands an elbow just above Kin 's eye.
A knee to the head by Waldron.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waldron lands with a short shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Kin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Waldron lands a body shot in the clinch.
Waldron misses with an elbow strike.
Waldron comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waldron lands a knee to the body.
Kin looks winded!
Nice elbow from Waldron.
Waldron lands a damaging elbow.
Waldron misses with an elbow over the top.
Waldron lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kin tries to land a knee to the head but Waldron blocks with his arms.
Kin avoids the elbow strike from Waldron, against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Waldron dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Waldron's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A combination from Kin does no damage.
Waldron thinks about countering with a head kick.
Waldron lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Waldron throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kin.
Kin throws a lazy head kick

and Waldron counters with a nice uppercut that drops Kin onto his backside! Kin bounces straight back to his feet before we have a chance to even start the count. He'll get the standing 8 count anyway before we get back underway.

Kin walks into a big right hand from Waldron and goes down! The referee sends Waldron to a neutral corner as Kin gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.

Kin is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kin throws a nice looking combination but Waldron bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Waldron avoids a punch combination nicely.
Waldron defending well as Kin loads up on a big left hand.
Waldron looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kin misses with a double jab
and Waldron counters with a thumping low kick.
Waldron connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kin. Kin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That has opened up Berto Kin's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Waldron has managed to clinch.
Waldron scores with a shoulder strike.
Kin is still on wobbly legs! Can Waldron finish him?
Waldron misses with an elbow strike.
Kin seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Waldron.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Waldron.
Kin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Waldron seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kin can turn it around.
Waldron's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Waldron throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kin is trying to push Waldron away but Waldron has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kin avoiding damage as Waldron throws knees to the body.
Kin tries to circle away but Waldron has him pinned against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waldron pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Waldron lands an elbow inside.
Kin blocks a body shot from Waldron.
A head punch on the inside from Waldron fails to land.
Kin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Waldron misses with an elbow strike.
Johnny Waldron has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Waldron stalls.
Waldron pushes off an throws an elbow but Kin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Waldron is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Waldron using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Waldron takes the second round thanks to the knockdowns.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A decent looking body kick lands there for Waldron.
Waldron scoring well with a low kick there.

Kin walks into a big right hand from Waldron and goes down! The referee sends Waldron to a neutral corner as Kin gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Waldron with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good leg kick by Waldron.
Johnny Waldron is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kin walks into a big right hand from Waldron and goes down! The referee sends Waldron to a neutral corner as Kin gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Kin walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Kin is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Johnny Waldron!