PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Itchy Sinclair (ranked 2187 p4p, 3123 weight class) and Shunosuke Okubo (ranked 69 p4p, 110 weight class). Sinclair comes to the ring accompanied by John Cena - The Time Is Now. Shunosuke Okubo has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Sinclair
vs
Okubo

179 cm
38
182
29 - 21 - 3

185 cm
18
225
1 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
KO power

Brawler
Tends to cut

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 29 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itchy Sinclair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shunosuke Okubo!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Okubo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sinclair throws a nice looking combination but Okubo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Sinclair takes the fight into the clinch.
Okubo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okubo is trying to push Sinclair away but Sinclair has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Okubo misses with an elbow strike.
Sinclair has Okubo pressed against the ropes, preventing Okubo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sinclair lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Okubo or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Okubo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sinclair lands with a light punch inside.
Sinclair lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sinclair lands with a light punch inside.

It looks like Shunosuke Okubo has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair is working Okubo over against the ropes.
Okubo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sinclair avoids it.
Sinclair working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Okubo misses with a knee to the head.
Okubo trying to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sinclair.
Okubo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sinclair has him pressed against the ropes.
A short left from Sinclair.
Sinclair lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Okubo or not.
Okubo looking to stall.
Okubo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okubo working hard to break the clinch.
Sinclair lands an uppercut.
Okubo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sinclair scores with a shoulder strike.
Okubo tries to throw a body punch but Sinclair avoids it by throwing Okubo back against the ropes.
Sinclair lands with a left to the head.
Okubo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sinclair is keeping busy.
Okubo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Okubo is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sinclair creates a bit of distance and cracks Okubo with a big uppercut! Okubo goes down! The referee pushes Sinclair away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Okubo make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Sinclair takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Itchy Sinclair!
Itchy Sinclair gave a mention to Furnace Performance 🔥 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).