PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Craig Thompson (ranked 4392 p4p, 5929 weight class) and King Crab (ranked 440 p4p, 538 weight class). Thompson comes to the cage accompanied by "The Apocalypse". Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thompson
vs
Crab

190 cm
18
187
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
205
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Big heart

Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, King Crab!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson misses with a looping right.
Crab throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crab looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Crab tries a head kick but it misses.

Crab moves into the clinch.
Crab scores with a hook to the body.
Thompson blocking some punches.
Crab lands a hook that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Crab tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Crab as Thompson tries to tie him up.
Thompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson trying to stall but Crab improves his position.
Crab tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Crab blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crab trying to land knees to the body.
Crab tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Good body shot from Crab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Crab on the inside.
Crab with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crab works on Thompson's body with a couple of short punches.
Thompson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Crab misses with a knee to the head.
Crab with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crab is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Crab is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thompson is defending well for now.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Crab has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crab lands an uppercut.
Thompson is trying to stall.
Crab with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crab lands with a light punch inside.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Crab takes a shot to the head.
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!
Crab gets through Thompson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Crab tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Crab lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Crab connects with a knee to the head.

Thompson is rocked!

It looks like Craig Thompson has been cut.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Crab won't want to take too many of those.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crab avoids it.
Crab throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thompsons head.
Crab working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The two fighters are battling for control here. Thompson trying to break out of Crab's Thai clinch. Crab unloads with a massive knee right up the middle that drops Thompson to the canvas! He's out cold! Wow, what a knee by Crab!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). King Crab!
A relieved looking King Crab thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.