PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Henri De Lagardere (ranked 22079 p4p, 21410 weight class) and Dru Quick (ranked 549 p4p, 250 weight class). Quick has chosen Gangster's Paradise- Coolio as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

De Lagardere
vs
Quick

194 cm
33
263
10 - 9 - 0

203 cm
38
267
24 - 19 - 1

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

NARCOS
Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henri De Lagardere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dru Quick!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quick throws a nice outside leg kick.
Quick connects with an inside leg kick.
Quick throws a poor cross that misses
and De Lagardere counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Quick swings for the body but De Lagardere moves out of range.
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 throws an off balance right hand
and De Lagardere cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quick throws a right hand that misses
and De Lagardere counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quick misses with a body shot
and De Lagardere counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Quick thinking.
Quick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Lagardere slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A low kick from Quick is predictable there
and De Lagardere counters with a nice body shot.
Quick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Lagardere.
Quick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Lagardere.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Lagardere scores with a hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Lagardere, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lagardere thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quick throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Quick walks into a straight right hand from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere lands a slapping body shot.
De Lagardere throws a sloppy body shot
and Quick cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Henri De Lagardere has been cut.
De Lagardere staying out of range there.
De Lagardere scores with a hook.
Quick misses with a left hand
letting De Lagardere counter with a right hand.
Quick swings widly with a right hand
and De Lagardere counters with a nice uppercut.
Quick scores with a spinning back kick!
Quick lands a nice looking body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from De Lagardere misses its intended target.
Quick swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
De Lagardere throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quick let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Quick loads up on a big right hand but De Lagardere slips the punch.
De Lagardere lands with a cross.
De Lagardere bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quick ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Quick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Lagardere lands with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from De Lagardere misses its intended target.
De Lagardere darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De Lagardere scores with the left hand. Quick knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quick blocks a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Henri De Lagardere dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henri De Lagardere's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Quick throws an off balance right hand
and De Lagardere counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Lagardere misses with a looping left.
Nice jab there from De Lagardere.
Quick lands a slapping body shot.
Quick connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Quick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Lagardere.
De Lagardere uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quick.
De Lagardere moves out of range as Quick strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quick moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

De Lagardere walks into a big right hand from Quick and goes down! The referee sends Quick to a neutral corner as De Lagardere gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Lagardere looks to land a left hand but Quick moved out of range nicely.
Quick misses with an uppercut. De Lagardere saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lagardere drops his guard momentarily, allowing Quick to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes De Lagardere! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Quick takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Dru Quick!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Dru Quick waved his t-shirt featuring Groove Gear's logo in front of the cameras.