PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Melvin Van Manhoef (ranked 4298 p4p, 4139 weight class) and Russell Reed (ranked 444 p4p, 420 weight class). Reed has chosen Like That as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Russell Reed enters the ring!

Van Manhoef
vs
Reed

180 cm
18
185
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
185
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Very strong

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 New York, Melvin Van Manhoef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Russell Reed!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Topper Green and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reed walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Van Manhoef rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Reed has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.

It looks like Russell Reed has been cut.
Reed fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Reed stalks Van Manhoef and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Van Manhoef's face. Van Manhoef staggers backwards, shaken.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Van Manhoef misses.
Van Manhoef loads up on a big right hand but Reed slips the punch.
Reed walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Reed 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 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Melvin Van Manhoef!