PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Niklaus Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly has chosen Flo Rida - Whistle as his entrance music. The key to victory for Niklaus Michaels has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Michaels
vs
Kelly

185 cm
27
165 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

188 cm
24
176 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Great elbows
Very quick

Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Niklaus Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Michaels uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kelly.
Michaels takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kelly takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Kelly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Michaels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michaels cracks Kelly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Kelly is rocked!
Michaels walks into a jab.
Kelly is still on wobbly legs! Can Michaels finish him?
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!
Michaels throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kelly seems to have recovered his senses.
Kelly scores with a jab to the head.
Kelly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Michaels connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kelly scrambles back to his feet.
Kelly changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kelly swings away with a body shot that misses

and Michaels counters by clinching up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Michaels as Kelly tries to tie him up.

Michaels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels avoids the body shot from Kelly.
Niklaus Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kelly takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Michaels takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Kelly closes the distance and pushes Michaels back into the ropes.
Michaels is trying to break the clinch but Kelly is controlling him.
Kelly is trying to break the clinch but Michaels has him pressed against the ropes.
Michaels is looking to break free of the clinch but Kelly has double underhooks.
Kelly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Michaels working hard to break the clinch.
Kelly wants to get back to striking at distance but Michaels won't allow it.
Michaels lands a damaging elbow.
Kelly has Michaels pressed against the ropes, preventing Michaels from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Kelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kelly cracks Michaels with a right hand to the side of the head.
Michaels throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kelly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a hook.
Michaels lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michaels throws a jab when Kelly was well out of range.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Kelly clinches up with Michaels and pushes him back against the ropes.

Michaels breaks the clinch.
Michaels throws a big shot that misses.
Michaels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Michaels throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kelly looks winded!
Michaels walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Michaels looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Michaels cracks Kelly with a good jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels misses the jab.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Michaels scores with a jab.
Kelly misses with a body punch
and Michaels cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kelly walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Kelly 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 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Niklaus Michaels!
Niklaus Michaels thanked the fans post fight for their support.