PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Josh Manson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Megaton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Manson
vs
Megaton

184 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

190 cm
18
198 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Solid boxing
KO power

Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Josh Manson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Megaton!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manson throws a big shot that misses.
Megaton feints and then cracks Manson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Manson down.
Manson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A punch lands to the side of Manson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Manson throws a body shot but no joy.
Manson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Megaton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Manson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Sweatshop in the buildup to the fight.
Megaton buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Megaton has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Megaton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manson.
Manson misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Megaton! But no joy.
Megaton lands with a nice body punch.
Manson misses with a looping left.
Manson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A leg kick checked by Manson.
Manson just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the liver by Megaton. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manson misses with a left hand
and Megaton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manson throws a big shot that misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Megaton misses.
Manson misses with the combination.
Megaton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Megaton slips under a jab.
Megaton jabs Manson right on the nose. Manson blinks but takes it well.
Megaton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Megaton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Megaton! But no joy.
Megaton lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Megaton's jab looks to have found its range, popping Manson under the eye.
Manson misses the shot to the body.
Manson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Megaton counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manson missing with a left hand there. Megaton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Josh Manson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Megaton moves out of range of the strikes.
Megaton buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Manson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Megaton.
Manson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab from Manson misses.
A punch lands to the side of Manson 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Manson is rocked!
Manson walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Manson is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mike Megaton!