PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Piero Vischi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oby dGreat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). dGreat comes into a darkened arena with his song building. BLIND by KoRn kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Piero Vischi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Oby dGreat's chin.

Vischi
vs
dGreat

185 cm
41
215 lbs
30 - 9 - 0

190 cm
26
211 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Piero Vischi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oby dGreat!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vischi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as dGreat throws out the jab.
Vischi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vischi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from dGreat.
dGreat stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vischi.
Vischi misses with a looping right.
dGreat swats away the attempt to clinch by Vischi.
dGreat throws a head kick that misses.

Vischi moves into the clinch.
Vischi misses with a punch to the body.
dGreat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
dGreat putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vischi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
dGreat tries to land a knee to the head but Vischi blocks with his arms.
Vischi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
dGreat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
dGreat is working Vischi over against the ropes.
dGreat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vischi avoids it.
dGreat throws a knee to the head but misses.
dGreat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vischi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
dGreat lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Piero Vischi has been cut.
dGreat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vischi blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vischi is leaning against dGreat and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Vischi effectively controlling the action here.
dGreat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vischi.
Vischi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of dGreat backwards.
dGreat trying to land knees to the body.
dGreat missing with knees to the body.
Vischi avoiding damage as dGreat throws knees to the body.
dGreat is trying to force a seperation but Vischi has the dominant position.

Vischi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
dGreat slips under a jab.
A big left from Vischi misses.

Vischi gets a clinch.
Vischi misses with a hook from the clinch.
dGreat blocking some punches.
Vischi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down dGreat.

Vischi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
dGreat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheers as dGreat lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vischi doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dGreat blocks the body kick.
Vischi tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. dGreat manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
dGreat misses with a lunging right hand

and Vischi counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Vischi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
dGreat lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vischi will feel that in the morning.
dGreat looks to throw the jab but Vischi is out of range.
Vischi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by dGreat.
Vischi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as dGreat throws out the jab.
dGreat misses the shot to the body.
Vischi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vischi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vischi tries to land a front kick but dGreat steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vischi throws a right and a left that dGreat avoids nicely.
dGreat misses with a low kick.
Vischi tries to land a body kick
and dGreat makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Vischi clinches with his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vischi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vischi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Piero Vischi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Piero Vischi's cut.
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.

Vischi tries to clinch but dGreat moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. dGreat darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vischi misses with a lunging right hand
enabling dGreat to counter with a crisp jab.
dGreat connects with a leg kick. Vischi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vischi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
dGreat moves out of range of the body kick.
Oby dGreat seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vischi throws a right and a left that dGreat avoids nicely.
dGreat throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
dGreat scores with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from dGreat. Vischi does a little dance to reset his feet.

Vischi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with dGreat, pushing him back against the ropes.
A knee to the head by dGreat.
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!
dGreat misses with the head strike.
dGreat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
dGreat misses with a knee to the head.
dGreat lands a knee to the head.
dGreat lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Vischi is rocked!
Vischi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oh Vischi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short uppercut from dGreat.
dGreat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vischi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
dGreat creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Vischi off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Vischi is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! dGreat is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Oby dGreat!
Oby dGreat really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Kemists ↑ 5x160Q logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.