PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tuotole Mapambe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Strategos Themistokles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Mapambe
vs
Themistokles

190 cm
24
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

187 cm
29
210 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tuotole Mapambe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Strategos Themistokles!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mapambe throws a shot to the body.
Mapambe cracks Themistokles with a right hand to the side of the head.

Themistokles instigates a clinch.
Themistokles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Themistokles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Themistokles struggles to land a body shot inside as Mapambe controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Themistokles throws an elbow but misses.
Themistokles pushes off an throws an elbow but Mapambe leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mapambe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Themistokles is keeping busy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Themistokles.
Themistokles dodges an elbow strike from Mapambe.
Themistokles misses with a punch on the inside.
Mapambe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Themistokles lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mapambe backwards.
Themistokles has a couple of punches blocked by Mapambe.
Themistokles takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Themistokles avoids a wild elbow strike from Mapambe.
A head punch on the inside from Mapambe fails to land.
Themistokles tries to land a knee to the head but Mapambe blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Themistokles.
Mapambe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Themistokles.
Themistokles working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mapambe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Themistokles looking to throw knees to the head but Mapambe is blocking nicely.
Mapambe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Themistokles.
Themistokles swings wildly with an uppercut but Mapambe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mapambe blocks an uppercut.
Themistokles gets through Mapambe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mapambe lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mapambe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Themistokles.
Themistokles looking to throw knees to the head but Mapambe is blocking nicely.
Mapambe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Themistokles avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Mapambe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Themistokles's brow.
Mapambe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Themistokles avoids it.
Mapambe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Themistokles throws a head punch that misses.
Mapambe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Themistokles lands an elbow inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Themistokles stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mapambe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Themistokles misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Mapambe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Themistokles misses with a knee strike.
Themistokles blocks a body shot from Mapambe.
Mapambe can't find room to land a body shot as Themistokles controls the action.
Themistokles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Mapambe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Themistokles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mapambe.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Themistokles as Mapambe tries to tie him up.
Themistokles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Themistokles creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Themistokles misses with some punches.
Mapambe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Themistokles gets through Mapambe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Themistokles blocks an elbow strike from Mapambe.
Mapambe misses with a punch to the body.
Themistokles throws a punch but it's blocked by Mapambe.
Themistokles is working Mapambe over against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Strategos Themistokles dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Themistokles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mapambe swats away the attempt to clinch by Themistokles.
Themistokles throws a leg kick that misses.
Themistokles pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Mapambe back to the ropes. Themistokles follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Mapambe throws a shot from downtown. Themistokles moves away and avoids it.
A left and a right from Themistokles both land. Nice combination.

Mapambe is rocked!
Themistokles circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Mapambe tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Themistokles wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Strategos Themistokles!
During a confident post fight interview, Strategos Themistokles thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.