PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Americo Meano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Church (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meano's entrance music is Sugar Ray- Mean Machine. A fine choice. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Meano
vs
Church

169 cm
22
134 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

174 cm
21
135 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Americo Meano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan Church!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meano misses the shot to the body.
Meano moves away from the strike by Church.
Nice shot by Meano.
Meano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Meano lands with an uppercut that bounces Church off the ropes and back into range.
Meano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Church.
Meano lands a nice looking body shot.
Meano tries a low kick but Church avoids it.
Meano looks for the body kick but Church saw that one coming.
Church throws a combination that misses
and Meano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Church tries to clinch
and Meano counters with a straight right hand.
Church thumps Meano with a low kick.
Meano thuds a left hand into Church's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Meano has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Church looking to slow down the pace here.
Church lands a knee to the head.
Church takes an elbow to the temple.
Church tries to land knees in the clinch but Meano avoids the damage to the body.
Church tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Meano avoids it.
Meano takes an elbow to the temple.
Church is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Meano is defending well for now.
A knee to the head by Meano.
Meano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Church wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Church misses with a knee to the head.
Meano scores a nice knee to the body.
Meano managing to block the knees to the body from Church.
Church tries to land knees in the clinch but Meano avoids the damage to the body.
Meano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Meano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Meano tries to land a knee to the head but Church blocks with his arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Church missing with knees to the body.
Meano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Church tries to land knees in the clinch but Meano avoids the damage to the body.
Meano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Church backwards.
Meano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Church.
Church missing with knees to the body.
Meano lands a good knee to the midsection. Church won't want to take too many of those.
Meano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Meano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Church looks winded!
A left hand lands to the body for Meano.
Meano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Meano lands a good knee to the midsection. Church won't want to take too many of those.
Church takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice right hand lands inside from Meano.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meano avoiding damage as Church throws knees to the body.
Meano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Church's defenses.
Meano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Meano lands a nice elbow.
Meano avoids a wild elbow strike from Church.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Americo Meano dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Meano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Meano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meano connects with a jab.
Church tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dan Church is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Church's sensitive parts.
Meano takes a swing at Church's ribcage but misses.
Church fails to land with a series of punches.
Church takes one to the chin there.
Church pivots, looking for a leg kick but Meano is out of range and Church settles back down.
Meano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Church is able to avoid easily.
Church sizes up Meano with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Meano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Church avoids the body shot from Meano.
Church tries a head kick but it misses.
Meano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Church's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Meano.
Meano throws a nice inside leg kick.
Meano moves away from the strike by Church.
Meano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meano lands with a straight right. Church didn't see that one coming.
Meano digs a good body shot into Church's ribs.
Church tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Church tries to clinch but Meano moves out of range.
Church blocks a leg kick.
Church shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Meano connects with a high kick.

Church is rocked!
No joy there for Meano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Church is still on wobbly legs! Can Meano finish him?
Church throws a lazy head kick
and as Church resets, Meano counters with a big head kick, out of nowhere! Church goes down! The referee sends Meano to a neutral corner and begins the count.. 3,4,5,6,7, will he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Americo Meano!
Americo Meano seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.