PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ange Fili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Van Gundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fili's entrance music is Spaceship Superstar. A fine choice. Stan Van Gundy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fili
vs
Van Gundy

176 cm
33
180 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

183 cm
34
184 lbs
33 - 9 - 1

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World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ange Fili!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stan Van Gundy!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fili throws a looping overhand right but Van Gundy ducks down to avoid it.
Fili is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Gundy lands with a kick to the temple. Fili shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fili swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Gundy tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Gundy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fili throws a sloppy head kick and Van Gundy moves out of range easily.
Fili tries to clinch up but Van Gundy circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Gundy throws a wild body kick that Fili sees coming a mile off.
Fili attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Van Gundy instigates a clinch.
Van Gundy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Gundy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fili backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Fili fails to land.
I was talking to Fili's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Van Gundy lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fili softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Van Gundy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fili lands an elbow inside.
Van Gundy misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fili tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Gundy avoids the damage to the body.
Van Gundy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fili's elbow.
Fili gets through Van Gundy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fili lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fili tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Gundy's elbow.
Van Gundy blocks the elbow strike.
Van Gundy trying to land knees to the body.
Fili misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Gundy working aggressively here.
Fili is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Van Gundy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fili looking to throw knees to the head but Van Gundy is blocking nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Fili.
Fili takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Gundy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fili tries to throw a body punch but Van Gundy avoids it by throwing Fili back against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Gundy.
Van Gundy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fili.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Fili throws an elbow but misses.
Van Gundy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fili working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fili can't find room to land a body shot as Van Gundy controls the action.
Fili misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gundy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gundy lands an elbow that stopped Fili in his tracks for a moment.
Fili misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Gundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Fili uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fili works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Van Gundy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fili pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Gundy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Van Gundy takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Gundy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fili is defending well for now.
Fili misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Van Gundy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fili's brow.
Fili tries to work over Van Gundy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Gundy.
Van Gundy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Gundy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fili misses with the head strike.
Van Gundy misses with an elbow strike.
Van Gundy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Van Gundy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gundy trying to land knees to the body.
A short left from Van Gundy.
Fili comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fili tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fili comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fili tries to work over Van Gundy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Gundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Fili misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Gundy lands a hook that snaps the head of Fili backwards.
Van Gundy tries to throw a body punch but Fili avoids it by throwing Van Gundy back against the ropes.
Van Gundy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fili's face.
Fili creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Gundy's defenses.
Van Gundy tries a body shot but Fili blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Van Gundy.
Van Gundy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fili backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Gundy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fili backwards.

Fili is rocked!
Fili throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Gundy.
Oh Fili is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fili has a couple of punches blocked by Van Gundy.
A nice left hand lands by Van Gundy.
Van Gundy creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Fili crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Fili face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Van Gundy takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Stan Van Gundy!
Stan Van Gundy is the new welterweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Stan Van Gundy gave a big smile as he said 'This org is dead, please release me.'.