PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Tom Kite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kite's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Plies feat. Lil Boosie - Big Thangs. Azhari has chosen Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kite
vs
Azhari

179 cm
32
160 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

171 cm
31
156 lbs
17 - 14 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Kite!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ebrahim Azhari!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kite scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A head kick by Kite misses
and Azhari counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Azhari gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kite.
Kite misses with a head kick.
Kite throws a head kick that half lands.
Kite looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kite fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azhari manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Azhari.
Kite attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kite throws a sloppy head kick
and Azhari counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azhari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kite.
Kite lands a right hook to the body.

Azhari staggers Kite with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Kite looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!

Kite is rocked!

It looks like Tom Kite has been cut.
Azhari scores with a body shot.
Oh Kite is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Azhari has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kite throws a head kick that misses.
Azhari knocks out Kite with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Azhari before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Azhari picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ebrahim Azhari!
Ebrahim Azhari is the new lightweight champion!