PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Frank Shewmaker (ranked 2475 p4p, 23518 weight class) and Boxing Powerhous (ranked 104 p4p, 199 weight class). Boxing Powerhous will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Shewmaker
vs
Powerhous

190 cm
31
205
11 - 8 - 0

225 cm
30
300
13 - 13 - 1

World class MT
Very quick

Decent boxing
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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Shewmaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boxing Powerhous!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shewmaker connects with a crisp jab.
No joy there for Shewmaker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Frank Shewmaker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Powerhous throws a sloppy head kick and Shewmaker moves out of range easily.
Shewmaker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shewmaker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Powerhous clinches.
Shewmaker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Powerhous is trying to push Shewmaker away but Shewmaker has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Shewmaker lands with a short shot to the head.
A knee to the head by Shewmaker.
Powerhous wants to break free but Shewmaker has control.
Shewmaker misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Shewmaker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shewmaker.
Shewmaker scores with a shoulder strike.
Shewmaker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shewmaker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Shewmaker landing knees to the head.
Shewmaker scores with a knee to the head.
Shewmaker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Powerhous in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shewmaker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Powerhous looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shewmaker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shewmaker lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Shewmaker.
Shewmaker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shewmaker lands with a light punch inside.
Powerhous missing with knees to the body.
Shewmaker lands an elbow just above Powerhous 's eye.

It looks like Boxing Powerhous has been cut.
Shewmaker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Powerhous backwards.
Powerhous is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shewmaker is keeping busy.
Powerhous has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Powerhous tries to stall but Shewmaker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Shewmaker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Powerhous has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Powerhous looking to slow down the pace here.
Shewmaker pushes Powerhous back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shewmaker lands an elbow inside.
Shewmaker lands a knee to the body.
Powerhous stalling in the clinch but Shewmaker improves position.
A body shot lands from Shewmaker.
Shewmaker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
I was talking to Shewmaker's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Shewmaker managing to block the knees to the body from Powerhous.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shewmaker.
Shewmaker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Powerhouss head.
Shewmaker lands an elbow that stopped Powerhous in his tracks for a moment.
Powerhous misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shewmaker lands a knee to the body.
Powerhous looks winded!
Shewmaker gets through Powerhous's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shewmaker scores with a hook to the body.
Shewmaker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Powerhous's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shewmaker obliges.
Shewmaker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shewmaker connects with a knee to the head.
Shewmaker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shewmaker lands a shoulder strike.
Shewmaker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shewmaker.
A short body shot lands from Shewmaker as the two fighters clinch.
A short left from Shewmaker.
Shewmaker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Powerhous in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Powerhous's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shewmaker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Shewmaker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shewmaker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Knees to the body from Shewmaker.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shewmaker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shewmaker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shewmaker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shewmaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shewmaker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Powerhous's efforts to push away.
Shewmaker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powerhous is trying to force a seperation but Shewmaker has the dominant position.
Shewmaker lands an uppercut.
Powerhous takes a knee right on the jaw!
Powerhous wants to break free but Shewmaker has control.
Powerhous takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shewmaker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Powerhous in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Shewmaker lands with a right to the head.
Shewmaker landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shewmaker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shewmaker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shewmaker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Powerhous's face.

Powerhous is rocked!
Powerhous takes an elbow to the forehead.
Powerhous is still on wobbly legs! Can Shewmaker finish him?
Shewmaker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Powerhous's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shewmaker breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Powerhous with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Powerhous looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Powerhous get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Frank Shewmaker!
Frank Shewmaker thanked the fans post fight for their support.