PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between African King (ranked 2875 p4p, 1483 weight class) and Colestein Veglin (ranked 162 p4p, 66 weight class). African King has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

King
vs
Veglin

180 cm
34
199
14 - 21 - 0

184 cm
26
182
4 - 2 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, African King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Colestein Veglin!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King forces Veglin back against the ropes and clinches.
Veglin is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
King scores with an uppercut up the middle.
King misses with a punch to the body.
Veglin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
King misses with some punches.
King is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
King has Veglin pressed against the ropes, preventing Veglin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veglin.
King tries a body shot but Veglin blocks it.
King lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Veglin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from King.
Veglin wants to break the clinch but can't.
King cracks Veglin with a nice body shot.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Veglin backwards.
A bit of stalling here from King.
Veglin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Veglin is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Veglin's efforts to push away.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've been hearing reports that King has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Veglin letting King take a breather here.
King has Veglin pressed against the ropes, preventing Veglin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Veglin takes a shot to the head.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Veglin.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Veglin is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Veglin is trying to break the clinch but King is controlling him.
Veglin is still on wobbly legs! Can King finish him?
Veglin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but King has him pressed against the ropes.
King lands a hook that snaps the head of Veglin backwards.
King lands a nice uppercut.
King pressing his opponent against the ropes.
King controlling the action here for a moment.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Veglin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veglin's coach down at 4 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Veglin's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
King working aggressively here.
Veglin seems to have recovered his senses.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

African King dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

King connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Veglin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like African King has been cut.
Veglin dodges the punch combination from King.
Veglin throws out a counter right but King avoids it with no problem.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Veglin can do to turn this around?
King just misses with a punch to the body.

Veglin tries to keep at a distance but King has taken the fight into the clinch.
King misses with some punches.
A short left from King.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King scores with a shot to the side of Veglin's head.
King prevents Veglin from breaking the clinch.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Veglin uses good head movement to avoid it.
King is looking to control Veglin's arms but Veglin gets an underhook and turns him. Now King has his back to the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands with a left to the head.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Veglin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Veglin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Veglin is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Veglin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Veglin working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Veglin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Veglin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veglin can't break the clinch.
Veglin wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Veglin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King fails to land with a series of punches.
King throws a lazy head kick
and Veglin counters with a right hand to the body.
Veglin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
Veglin throws a hook to the side of King's head but King sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
King misses with a leg kick
and Veglin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
King scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King misses with a double jab.
Veglin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting King counter with a right hand.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Veglin is just out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

African King dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on African King's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

King lands a nice leg kick that just misses Veglin's sensitive parts.

King pushes Veglin up against the ropes in a clinch.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Veglin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veglin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King lands a shoulder strike.

Veglin breaks from the clinch.
King steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Veglin.

King closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veglin is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Veglin blocking some punches.
King misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veglin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Veglin blocks an uppercut.
Veglin prevents a body shot from King.
King tries to work over Veglin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Veglin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King fails to land with a series of punches.
Veglin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
King throws a left and a right that both miss
and Veglin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
King avoids the body shot from Veglin.
Veglin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Colestein Veglin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Veglin blocks a head kick by King.
No joy there for King, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

King clinches with his opponent.
Veglin wants to break free but King has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Veglin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
King lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Veglin tries to break free but King pushes him back against the ropes.
King misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
Veglin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Veglin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Veglin is trying to break free.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Veglin blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

African King clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on African King's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

King lands with a nice body kick.
King connects with a nice looking jab.
King connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Veglin's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Veglin - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). African King!
African King bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.