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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Brandon Baldwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Li Zhou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhou has chosen Title Fight - Your Pain Is Mine Now as his entrance music. Li Zhou has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 cm
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178 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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172 cm
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170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Brawler
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brandon Baldwin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Li Zhou! The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Baldwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zhou. Zhou misses with a straight right. Zhou misses the shot to the body. As Zhou looks to move away, Baldwin throws a big counter combo but Zhou just gets out of the way. Baldwin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Baldwin. Baldwin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zhou fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baldwin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Baldwin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baldwin slips a jab from Zhou. Baldwin throws a series of punches but Zhou moves out of range. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Zhou throws out a loose jab but Baldwin uses good head movement to avoid it. Zhou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baldwin moves away. Zhou tries to clinch but Baldwin is having none of it. Zhou misses with a right hand and Baldwin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Baldwin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zhou. Zhou steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Baldwin. Baldwin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. Zhou lands a head shot. Zhou rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Baldwin counters with a series of strikes. Zhou will be more careful next time no doubt. Zhou throws a jab when Baldwin was well out of range. Zhou is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent. Zhou misses with a right hand and Baldwin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Baldwin connects with a jab. Baldwin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zhou is rocked! Baldwin blocks a head kick by Zhou.
Zhou is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Zhou swings away with a body shot that misses
and Baldwin counters with a straight right, followed by a hook and finally a brutal uppercut! Zhou drops to the canvas, flat on his back and unconcious - no need for the referee to start the count as this one is all over! Baldwin struts around like it's just an every day occurrence to knock someone out in such brutal fashion. A dominant finish for Baldwin!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Brandon Baldwin! After the fight, Brandon Baldwin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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