PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between David Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drake
vs
Harris

198 cm
34
293 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

200 cm
29
278 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

World class MT
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Héritage!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Drake!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Harris!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Drake scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Drake controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Drake.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Drake keeps him there for the moment.
Drake scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drake throws a head punch that misses.
Drake blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Drake definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Drake lands with a left to the head.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drake.
Drake misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drake makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Drake lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drake.
Drake lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris tries to break free but Drake pushes him back against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Drake.
Drake has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drake lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
Harris misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
Drake lands a right hand.
Drake misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Harris blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
Drake lands a shoulder strike.
Drake lands a body punch.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drake scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drake.

Harris is rocked!
Drake scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harris is still on wobbly legs! Can Drake finish him?
Still in the clinch, Drake scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Drake has him pressed against the ropes.
Drake breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Harris with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Harris looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Harris get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). David Drake!
David Drake retains his super heavyweight title!
David Drake very nearly forgot to thank Héritage! amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.