PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Johnny Waldron (ranked 21138 p4p, 21747 weight class) and Dru Quick (ranked 259 p4p, 257 weight class). Quick comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gangster's Paradise- Coolio kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the ring it seems that Johnny Waldron has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Johnny Waldron seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Waldron
vs
Quick

200 cm
35
280
17 - 18 - 0

203 cm
35
267
23 - 14 - 1

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer

Groove Gear
NARCOS

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 17 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Waldron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dru Quick!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quick connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Johnny Waldron has been cut.
Waldron steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quick.
Quick bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Waldron's head backwards.
Quick looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Waldron feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Quick is looking to chop away at Waldron's legs.
Quick throws a predictable looking body shot

and Waldron moves into the clinch.
Quick misses with a knee strike.
Quick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quick is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Waldron is keeping busy.
Quick misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waldron is trying to stall.
Quick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Quick with a knee to the head.
Quick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Waldron has him pressed against the ropes.
Quick lands a nice elbow.
Quick landing knees to the head.

Johnny Waldron's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waldron works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Quick looking to throw knees to the head but Waldron is blocking nicely.
Quick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Waldron has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Quick misses with a knee to the head.
Quick tries to land a knee to the head but Waldron blocks with his arms.
Waldron prevents Quick from breaking the clinch.
Waldron lands an elbow that stopped Quick in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Dru Quick has been cut.
Quick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Waldron comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Waldron throws an elbow but it misses.
Knees to the body from Waldron.
Quick looks winded!
Waldron scores a nice knee to the body.
Waldron lands a knee to the head.
Waldron scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waldron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quick's face.
Waldron comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Waldron pushes Quick back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Waldron on the inside.
We've been informed that Quick has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Quick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Quick takes an elbow to the forehead.
Waldron lands a nice elbow.
Quick takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waldron works on Quick's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice elbow from Waldron.

That has opened up Dru Quick's cut even more.
Nice elbow from Waldron.
Waldron with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Waldron creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quick's defenses.
Waldron throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quick blocks it with crossed arms.
Waldron scores with a knee to the head.

The cut above Dru Quick's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Waldron creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quick's defenses.
Waldron unloads a knee to the mid-section. Quick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Waldron lands an elbow that stopped Quick in his tracks for a moment.
Quick takes an elbow to the forehead.
Quick takes an elbow to the temple.
Quick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Waldron has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Waldron comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Waldron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quick's face.

Quick is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Waldron lands with a right to the head.
Quick is still on wobbly legs! Can Waldron finish him?
Waldron lands a nice elbow.

Dru Quick's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Waldron is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Quick seems to have recovered his senses.
Waldron leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Waldron misses with a knee strike.
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 the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Waldron cracks Quick with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Quick is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Quick is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Quick could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Johnny Waldron!