PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Akihito Tatsuhiko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xander Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tatsuhiko
vs
Kingston

205 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Very quick

Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ace of Spades

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Akihito Tatsuhiko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Xander Kingston!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatsuhiko looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tatsuhiko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kingston takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tatsuhiko connects with a solid leg kick.
Tatsuhiko lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kingston avoids the head kick by Tatsuhiko.
Tatsuhiko ducks under a wild hook from Kingston.
Kingston ducks under a wild hook from Tatsuhiko.
Tatsuhiko tries to land a front kick but Kingston steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tatsuhiko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kingston sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kingston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tatsuhiko.
Kingston throws a body punch but Tatsuhiko moves out of range.
Tatsuhiko takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kingston tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kingston throws a head kick but Tatsuhiko moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tatsuhiko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tatsuhiko scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tatsuhiko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tatsuhiko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tatsuhiko fakes the leg kick and cracks Kingston in the body.
Tatsuhiko checks a leg kick.
Kingston lands a nice shot to the body.
Tatsuhiko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kingston throws out a counter right but Tatsuhiko avoids it with no problem.
Kingston misses with the body kick
and Tatsuhiko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tatsuhiko blocks a head kick by Kingston.
Kingston lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kingston blocks a head kick by Tatsuhiko.
Kingston takes a swing at Tatsuhiko's ribcage but misses.
Tatsuhiko throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tatsuhiko avoids a kick to the body.
Tatsuhiko checks a leg kick.
Tatsuhiko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A little jabbing left from Kingston on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingston misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kingston walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tatsuhiko checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tatsuhiko lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Tatsuhiko misses with a straight left.
Kingston moves out of range as Tatsuhiko strikes.
Kingston scores with a hook to the body. Tatsuhiko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kingston looks to score with a jab to the body but Tatsuhiko is just out of range.
A jab from Tatsuhiko does it's job there.
Kingston just misses with a punch to the body.
Tatsuhiko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Akihito Tatsuhiko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kingston ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tatsuhiko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kingston throws a sloppy head kick and Tatsuhiko moves out of range easily.
Tatsuhiko wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kingston bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kingston looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kingston staying out of range there.
Tatsuhiko misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tatsuhiko checks it well.
It looked like Tatsuhiko wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tatsuhiko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tatsuhiko moves out of range of the body kick from Kingston.
Kingston looks to land a body kick but Tatsuhiko moved away.
Kingston throws a sloppy head kick and Tatsuhiko moves out of range easily.
Kingston attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kingston on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kingston throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tatsuhiko thuds his shin into the meat of Kingston's side.
Tatsuhiko blocks a head kick by Kingston.
Tatsuhiko takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tatsuhiko wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tatsuhiko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kingston.
Kingston blocks the body kick.
Kingston has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tatsuhiko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuhiko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Tatsuhiko finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Tatsuhiko there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kingston swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Tatsuhiko - just one landing.
Kingston throws a body punch but Tatsuhiko moves out of range.
Tatsuhiko tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kingston manages to circle out of the way.
Kingston's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tatsuhiko scores with a sloppy right hand. Kingston should have avoided that one.
Tatsuhiko throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kingston's head.
Tatsuhiko pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tatsuhiko throws the left hand but Kingston avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kingston! But no joy.
Kingston goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tatsuhiko bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A solid body kick from Tatsuhiko.
Kingston goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kingston on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akihito Tatsuhiko dominated that round.
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.

Tatsuhiko catches Kingston with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kingston moves out of range as Tatsuhiko throws a body kick.
Crunch! Tatsuhiko slams his shin into Kingston's torso.
Kingston dodges the punch combination from Tatsuhiko.
Tatsuhiko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kingston does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tatsuhiko checks a low kick from Kingston.
Tatsuhiko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kingston can do to turn this around?
Tatsuhiko throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A clash of legs there as Tatsuhiko blocks the low kick.
Tatsuhiko lands a body shot.
Kingston is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tatsuhiko rather than just go for the knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingston misses with a low kick.
Kingston misses with a low kick.
Tatsuhiko scores with a leg kick.
Kingston throws a leg kick but Tatsuhiko checks it.
Tatsuhiko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kingston sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston misses with a leg kick
and Tatsuhiko counters with a nice leg kick.
Kingston throws a lazy right hand but Tatsuhiko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tatsuhiko moves out of range as Kingston throws a body kick.
Tatsuhiko throws a front kick that sends Kingston stumbling back into the ropes.
Tatsuhiko takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kingston shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kingston throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tatsuhiko throws a sloppy head kick and Kingston moves out of range easily.
Tatsuhiko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kingston tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kingston. Tatsuhiko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tatsuhiko misses with a hook. Kingston ducked under it nicely.
Kingston throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Good leg kick by Tatsuhiko there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingston takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kingston connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kingston motions for Tatsuhiko to come forward. Kingston throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kingston throws a lazy body kick
and Tatsuhiko counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kingston works Tatsuhiko's body with a nice hook.
Kingston blocks a jab.
Tatsuhiko lands an overhand right.
Tatsuhiko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kingston.
Kingston on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tatsuhiko throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Xander Kingston has been cut.
Kingston throws a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Kingston.
That kick from Tatsuhiko tenderised Kingston's leg. Kingston is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tatsuhiko avoids the body shot from Kingston.
Akihito Tatsuhiko is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston throws a wild body kick that Tatsuhiko sees coming a mile off.
Tatsuhiko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kingston throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tatsuhiko seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tatsuhiko checks a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Tatsuhiko checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tatsuhiko uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kingston ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kingston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tatsuhiko manages to avoid it.
Tatsuhiko seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Tatsuhiko checks a leg kick.
Kingston takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A low kick from Kingston misses

and Tatsuhiko counters by clinching up.
Tatsuhiko lands with a short shot to the head.
Tatsuhiko tries to work over Kingston's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tatsuhiko lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuhiko avoiding damage as Kingston throws knees to the body.
Tatsuhiko misses with a punch to the body.
Tatsuhiko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tatsuhiko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Tatsuhiko fails to land.
Kingston prevents a body shot from Tatsuhiko.
Tatsuhiko misses with a body punch.
Tatsuhiko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tatsuhiko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Tatsuhiko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kingston lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kingston dodges an elbow strike from Tatsuhiko.
Nice elbow from Tatsuhiko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akihito Tatsuhiko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Xander Kingston's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Tatsuhiko looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kingston has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tatsuhiko.
Tatsuhiko delivers a nice body kick.
A shot to the body from Kingston misses
and Tatsuhiko counters with an outside leg kick.
Tatsuhiko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tatsuhiko is looking to land body kicks.
Tatsuhiko moves in looking to clinch but Kingston pushes him off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tatsuhiko.

Tatsuhiko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tatsuhiko lands an elbow inside that Kingston shrugs off.
A left hand lands to the body for Tatsuhiko.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingston tries to land knees in the clinch but Tatsuhiko avoids the damage to the body.
Tatsuhiko misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tatsuhiko.
Kingston blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tatsuhiko avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kingston as Tatsuhiko tries to tie him up.
Kingston is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tatsuhiko is defending well for now.
A right hook to the body lands for Tatsuhiko.
Kingston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tatsuhiko lands an elbow that stopped Kingston in his tracks for a moment.
Kingston doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tatsuhiko is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tatsuhiko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tatsuhiko swings wildly with an uppercut but Kingston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatsuhiko tries to land a knee to the head but Kingston blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Tatsuhiko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tatsuhiko working aggressively here.
Tatsuhiko is working Kingston over against the ropes.
Tatsuhiko managing to block the knees to the body from Kingston.
Tatsuhiko misses with a punch on the inside.
Kingston scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tatsuhiko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tatsuhiko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tatsuhiko struggles to land a body shot inside as Kingston controls his hands.
Tatsuhiko looking to slow down the pace here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Maybe Tatsuhiko would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuhiko struggles to land a body shot inside as Kingston controls his hands.
Kingston avoids a wild elbow strike from Tatsuhiko.
Tatsuhiko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kingston backwards.
Tatsuhiko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tatsuhiko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kingston's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kingston.
Kingston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tatsuhiko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kingston's elbow.
Kingston blocks an uppercut.
Tatsuhiko swings wildly with an uppercut but Kingston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatsuhiko misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tatsuhiko.
Tatsuhiko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tatsuhiko misses with a punch on the inside.
Tatsuhiko misses with an elbow over the top.
Akihito Tatsuhiko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tatsuhiko has a couple of punches blocked by Kingston.
Kingston blocks the elbow strike.
Kingston misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tatsuhiko.
Tatsuhiko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kingston blocking some punches.
Tatsuhiko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tatsuhiko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kingston's elbow.
Kingston avoids the elbow strike from Tatsuhiko, against the ropes.
Xander Kingston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kingston lands with a short shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akihito Tatsuhiko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tatsuhiko has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akihito Tatsuhiko!
A victorious Akihito Tatsuhiko thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.