PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Beau Maddox (ranked 4325 p4p, 4155 weight class) and Bedri Ayax (ranked 448 p4p, 422 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Bedri Ayax enters the ring!

Maddox
vs
Ayax

188 cm
18
190
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
185
0 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Big right hand

Lethal high kicks
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Beau Maddox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bedri Ayax!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Eliza Hachem and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Ayax there.

It looks like Beau Maddox has been cut.
Maddox with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ayax to score with a decent uppercut.
Ayax throws a shot from downtown. Maddox moves away and avoids it.
Maddox throws a lazy uppercut
and Ayax counters with a good, hard body kick but Maddox shrugs it off.
Maddox throws a body shot but no joy.
Ayax misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ayax misses with a hook to the body
and Ayax takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ayax does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ayax with a hook.
Maddox looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ayax throws a leg kick which misses Maddox's front leg but catches the back leg as Maddox tries to avoid it.
Maddox checks a low kick from Ayax.
Maddox looks to land a right hand but Ayax moved out of range.
Ayax misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Maddox misses.
A shot to the body from Ayax misses
letting Maddox counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayax swings away with a body shot that misses
and Maddox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ayax fakes the leg kick and cracks Maddox in the body.
Ayax tries a head kick but it misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Maddox misses the target.
Maddox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good work by Maddox as he checks the leg kick.
Maddox misses with a right hand
and Ayax counters with a nice leg kick.
Ayax steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maddox.
It seemed like Ayax was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A combination from Maddox does no damage.
Ayax is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maddox.
Ayax connects with a leg kick.
Maddox on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Maddox takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ayax scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayax misses with an uppercut
letting Maddox counter with a right hand.
Ayax avoids the body shot from Maddox.
Ayax throws an off balance right hand
and Maddox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Ayax is rocked!
Ayax walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Ayax is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Beau Maddox!
After winning the bout, Beau Maddox thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.