PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Tomlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azhari comes to the ring accompanied by Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Azhari
vs
Tomlin

171 cm
20
138 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
143 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ebrahim Azhari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeff Tomlin!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azhari throws a hook but Tomlin avoids it easily.
Azhari slips under a jab.
Tomlin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Azhari connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tomlin scrambles back to his feet.
A big right from Azhari misses.
Tomlin connects with a nice looking jab.
Azhari lands the left hand.
Azhari misses with a series of wild punches.
Tomlin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Azhari.
Tomlin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azhari.
Azhari with a jab.
Azhari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tomlin throws out the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azhari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tomlin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Azhari avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Azhari misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomlin moves away from the strike by Azhari.
Ebrahim Azhari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomlin swinging wildly here.
A telegraphed right hand from Azhari misses the target.
Azhari swings widly with a right hand
and Tomlin counters with a straight right hand.
Azhari cracks Tomlin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tomlin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Azhari throws an overhand right that lands on Tomlin's shoulder, as Tomlin tries to avoid the shot.
Tomlin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Azhari scores with a jab. Tomlin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Azhari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Azhari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tomlin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Azhari thinking.
Tomlin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Azhari throws an overhand right that lands on Tomlin's shoulder, as Tomlin tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Tomlin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Azhari ducks under a wild hook from Tomlin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azhari jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Azhari misses with an uppercut. Tomlin saw that one coming.
Tomlin throws a combination. Azhari tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Azhari darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tomlin defending well as Azhari loads up on a big left hand.
Azhari throws a jab but it's blocked by Tomlin.
Azhari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Azhari throws a leg kick which misses Tomlin's front leg but catches the back leg as Tomlin tries to avoid it.
Tomlin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tomlin slips a jab from Azhari.
Tomlin misses with an uppercut. Azhari saw that one coming.
Jab, jab by Azhari - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azhari thuds a left hand into Tomlin's body.
Tomlin misses with a jab, cross combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tomlin.
Azhari misses with an uppercut. Tomlin saw that one coming.
Azhari throws a jab when Tomlin was well out of range.
Tomlin scores with a jab to the body.
Azhari throws a shot from downtown. Tomlin moves away and avoids it.
Azhari lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tomlin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tomlin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Azhari misses with a lunging right hand
and Tomlin counters with a series of strikes. Azhari will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tomlin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tomlin looks gassed!
Tomlin throws the left hand but Azhari avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azhari stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Azhari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tomlin was well out of range. Poor timing from Azhari.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Azhari.
Tomlin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Azhari feints and then cracks Tomlin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tomlin down.
Tomlin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Azhari connects with the punch.
Tomlin slips under a jab.
Tomlin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azhari.
Tomlin lands a jab to Azhari's midsection.
Azhari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Azhari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tomlin misses with an uppercut. Azhari saw that one coming.
Tomlin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ebrahim Azhari dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tomlin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Azhari counters with an inside leg kick.
Tomlin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Azhari was well out of range. Poor timing from Tomlin.
Tomlin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Azhari clips Tomlin with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Tomlin a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.

Tomlin is rocked!

It looks like Jeff Tomlin has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big left from Azhari misses.
Tomlin is still on wobbly legs! Can Azhari finish him?
Tomlin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tomlin avoids the head kick by Azhari.
Tomlin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Azhari.
Tomlin seems to have recovered his senses.

Tomlin ducks into a a hook from Azhari and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Azhari scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters circling - Azhari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Look low, kick high! Azhari uses the oldest trick in the book to send Tomlin tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Azhari is absolutely delighted - when Tomlin wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ebrahim Azhari!
Post fight, an emotional Ebrahim Azhari said 'Yeah baby!!!!!! feels great to finally have the gold around my waist... but now it comes down to whether i can defend it or not, i know WCE is gonna be throwing their best at me, thanks to Mr Machado for the opportunity.... praise Allah almighty!'.