PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Darren King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, On My Level By Wiz Khalifa. Ryan Wagner is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

King
vs
Wagner

173 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
20
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
KO power

Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darren King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Wagner!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wagner misses with a head kick.
Ryan Wagner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wagner is looking to chop away at King's legs.
Wagner lands a nice looking kick to the body. King takes a step back to recover.
Wagner fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches King on the side of the head.
King throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Wagner.
King misses with a double jab
and Wagner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wagner takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from King.
Wagner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner scores with a one two! King had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wagner lands with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Wagner.
Nice defenses there by Wagner.
Good leg kick by Wagner there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wagner tries a head kick but it misses.
Wagner tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
King walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wagner scores with a nice head shot.
That kick from Wagner tenderised King's leg. King is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wagner misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wagner looks to land a combination but King avoids it well.
Wagner lands with a nice combination. King backs away looking to recover.
Wagner wants to land a leg kick but King is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Wagner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
King is trying to push Wagner away but Wagner has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wagner.
Nice uppercut there from Wagner.
Wagner throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wagner tries to clinch there but King circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wagner.
Wagner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to King's calf.
King is breathing heavily.
King throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wagner counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wagner tries a head kick but it misses.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wagner.
Wagner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. King doesn't seem bothered though.

Wagner closes the distance and pushes King back into the ropes.
Wagner missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Wagner.

Wagner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice body kick there by Wagner.

Wagner clinches up against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wagner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wagner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wagner scores a nice knee to the body.
Wagner misses with a knee strike.

Wagner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wagner scores with a hook.
Wagner tries to clinch up.
Danga de danga de dang - Wagner scores with a four punch combination!

King is rocked!
King on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Wagner instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Wagner.
Wagner is working King over against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wagner unloads a knee to the mid-section. King lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wagner.
Wagner is pushing King up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Wagner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Wagner closes the distance and clinches.
Wagner using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wagner lands a nice knee to the body.
Wagner with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wagner connects with a nasty looking knee right to King's face.

Wagner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! King 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 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ryan Wagner!