PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lue Randle (ranked 3913 p4p, 4628 weight class) and African King (ranked 391 p4p, 445 weight class). Lue Randle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Randle
vs
King

181 cm
34
193
18 - 16 - 0

180 cm
36
199
15 - 24 - 2

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Hawaii Nutrition
Ajax Cloth

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lue Randle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 24 - 2, fighting out of London, African King!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Chad Campbell and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Randle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but King is out of range.
King slips a jab from Randle.
No joy there for King, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Randle scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Randle throws an off balance right hand
and King counters with a two punch combo.

King has taken the fight to the clinch.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King trying to stall but Randle improves his position.
King works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Randle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Randle has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
Randle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Randle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Randle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Randle wants to break free but King has control.
King lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King scores with a shot to the side of Randle's head.
King gets through Randle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Randle's elbow.
Randle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King lands a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The referee calls for King to work.
Randle tries to break free but King pushes him back against the ropes.
Randle tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
King scores with a shot to the side of Randle's head.
Randle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Randle being controlled against the ropes.
Randle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but King has him pressed against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lands a right hand.
Randle's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King prevents Randle from breaking the clinch.
King lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Randle.
Randle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Randle wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.

Randle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick from King.
King jabs Randle to the body, keeping him at a distance.

King darts in and clinches Randle up against the ropes.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Randle backwards.
King working aggressively here.
Randle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
King pushes Randle back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Randle is rocked!
King misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
Oh Randle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Randle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Randle.
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 showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Randle.
King shapes to counter with a head kick.
King throws a right hand that Randle ducks under and follows up with a left that Randle also avoids with ease.
Randle seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Randle seems to have got his legs back now.
Randle is looking to clinch.
King tries a quick counter leg kick but Randle is wise to it.
Randle swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
Randle throws a body shot but no joy.
King now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Randle thinks about countering with a head kick.
Lue Randle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Randle moves into range and clinches up with King.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randle tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
King has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
King breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Randle with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Randle looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Randle 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 1:56 of round 2, 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.