PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between James Herbst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hideki Matsuyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herbst comes into the arena with How can I become a Bawlaa blaring out of the sound system. Matsuyama has chosen Eminem feat. Nate Dogg - Till I Collapse as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Herbst
vs
Matsuyama

185 cm
30
220 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

188 cm
34
209 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Herbst!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hideki Matsuyama!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herbst buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Herbst darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Hideki Matsuyama has been cut.
Herbst tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Matsuyama listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Herbst thows a body shot but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matsuyama on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Herbst scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Matsuyama doesn't seem bothered though.
Herbst misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matsuyama.
Matsuyama throws a leg kick that misses.
Herbst lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Matsuyama takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A low kick from Matsuyama misses
and Herbst counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Matsuyama walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Matsuyama 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 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). James Herbst!
James Herbst decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.