PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Melek Taus (ranked 7813 p4p, 111 weight class) and Arthur Pendragon (ranked 8114 p4p, 115 weight class). Taus comes to the ring accompanied by Sho Z Pod Duba. Pendragon is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Avatar-Smells Like A Freakshow. The key to victory for Melek Taus has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Taus
vs
Pendragon

197 cm
19
230 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good kicks
Granite chin

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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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Melek Taus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arthur Pendragon!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pendragon throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Taus counter with a right hand.
Pendragon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
An attempted straight right counter from Taus misses the target.
Pendragon lands a body shot.
Pendragon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Taus takes the fight into the clinch.
Taus tries to work over Pendragon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taus blocks a body shot from Pendragon.
Taus blocking some punches.
Taus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Taus slows down the pace here.
I was talking to Taus's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pendragon struggles to land a body shot inside as Taus controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Taus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Taus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pendragon.
Taus blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taus misses with some punches.
Taus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Taus has a couple of punches blocked by Pendragon.

Taus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pendragon misses with a hook to the body
and Taus counters with a straight right hand.
Pendragon throws a chopping leg kick but Taus manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
It looked like Taus was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pendragon.
Taus moves out of range of the leg kick from Pendragon.
Taus checks the leg kick.
Pendragon loads up on a big right hand but Taus slips the punch.
Pendragon throws out a leg kick but Taus moves out of range and Pendragon only half commits.
Pendragon tries to move into range but Taus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Taus keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pendragon misses with a body kick.
Pendragon moves out of range as Taus throws a body kick.
Pendragon tries to move into range but Taus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pendragon throws a low kick but Taus avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Taus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pendragon was well out of range. Poor timing from Taus.
Taus scores with a hook.
Pendragon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Taus lands a body shot.
Taus is looking to clinch.
Taus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pendragon throws a leg kick
and Taus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taus blocks a jab.
Taus was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Taus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pendragon was well out of range. Poor timing from Taus.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pendragon! But no joy.
Pendragon gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Pendragon is rocked!
Taus slips a straight right by Pendragon.
Pendragon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pendragon defending well as Taus loads up on a big left hand.
Taus jabs Pendragon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pendragon misses with a jab to the body
and Pendragon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melek Taus 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.

Pendragon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taus was well out of range. Poor timing from Pendragon.
Taus swings for the body but Pendragon moves out of range.
Taus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pendragon.
Pendragon walks into a straight right hand from Taus.
Pendragon misses with a straight right.
A quick step to the side and Taus tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taus blocks a jab.
Taus shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Taus fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pendragon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taus.
Taus throws a push kick but Pendragon slaps the foot to one side.
Pendragon walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taus cracks Pendragon with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Pendragon is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Pendragon is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Pendragon could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Melek Taus!
Melek Taus retains his super heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Melek Taus made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.