PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dennis Fischer (ranked 7419 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melek Taus (ranked 8020 p4p, 0 weight class). Taus has chosen A Cry For Vengeance as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Fischer
vs
Taus

192 cm
20
207 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

197 cm
20
230 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dennis Fischer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Melek Taus!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taus throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fischer. Taus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fischer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Taus's calf.
A slow jab from Fischer misses its intended target.
Taus throws a hook but Fischer blocks it.
Fischer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fischer throws a hook but Taus avoids it easily.
Fischer feints and then cracks Taus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Taus down.
Taus misses with an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Taus.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Taus.
Taus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taus scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fischer doesn't seem bothered though.
Taus throws a low kick but Fischer moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taus is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Taus cracks Fischer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fischer blocks a jab.
Taus throws a body kick that misses
and Fischer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fischer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Taus.
Fischer lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taus stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fischer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taus.
It looked like Fischer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Taus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Taus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Fischer.
Dennis Fischer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fischer connects with a right hand. Taus shakes it off.
Taus defending well as Fischer loads up on a big left hand.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fischer.
Taus's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Taus's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fischer.
Taus connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Taus throws a head kick that misses.
Fischer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Taus cracks Fischer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taus throws a push kick but Fischer slaps the foot to one side.
A slow jab from Fischer misses its intended target.
Fischer moves away from the strike by Taus.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Taus.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fischer misses with an uppercut. Taus saw that one coming.
Fischer lands a nice looking body shot.
Fischer throws a low kick, looking for Taus's leg but Taus calmly moves out of range.
Taus tries to land a leg kick but Fischer saw it coming and moves away.
Fischer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A swing and a miss from Taus.
Fischer paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fischer jabs at Taus's body.
Taus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fischer manages to avoid it.
Taus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Taus flicks out a counter leg kick but Fischer steps away.
Fischer checks a leg kick.
Taus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fischer scores with a leg kick.
Fischer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fischer throws a low kick, looking for Taus's leg but Taus calmly moves out of range.
Taus checks a low kick from Fischer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fischer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taus manages to avoid it.
Fischer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Taus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fischer takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Dennis Fischer has been cut.
Fischer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fischer 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.
Taus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fischer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A jab from Taus misses.
Fischer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Taus throws a poor cross that misses
and Fischer counters with a low kick, right behind Taus 's knee.
Taus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Taus bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fischer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taus just misses with a punch to the body.
Taus fails to land with a series of punches.
Taus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fischer takes a step back to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taus throws a sloppy head kick
and Fischer counters with a leg kick.
Fischer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taus throws a lazy right hand but Fischer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fischer throws a sloppy head kick and Taus moves out of range easily.
Taus throws a body punch but Fischer moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fischer.
Taus just misses with a punch to the body.
Taus throws a body punch but Fischer moves out of range.
Taus misses with a low kick as Fischer jumps back.
Taus drops his hands momentarily and Fischer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fischer.
Taus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fischer scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fischer lands a nice hook to Taus's body. Taus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fischer.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fischer.
Fischer is looking to chop away at Taus's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dennis Fischer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dennis Fischer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Taus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fischer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Taus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fischer.
Donk. Fischer catches Taus right on the button with a cross.
Fischer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Taus has time to react.
Taus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fischer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fischer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fischer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Taus momentarily.
Fischer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Taus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fischer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fischer lands a nice hook to Taus's body. Taus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fischer blocks a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fischer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fischer scores with a nice head shot.
Taus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fischer. Fischer obviously looking to wear him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Fischer blocks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Fischer misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Fischer misses the target.
Nice shot lands for Fischer.
Fischer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Taus lands a body shot.
Taus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fischer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Taus's calf.
Taus throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fischer.
Taus blocks a low kick nicely.
Fischer looks to throw a body kick
and Fischer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taus looks to throw the jab but Fischer is out of range.
Taus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Taus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Taus throws a body shot but no joy.
Taus misses with a body kick.
Taus throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Fischer to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fischer misses with a head kick.
Taus only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Taus throws a good cross that connects.
Fischer throws a leg kick but Taus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jab by Fischer.
Fischer cracks a nice hook into Taus's ribs.
Taus is looking to chop away at Fischer's legs.
Dennis Fischer is winning the standup battle so far.
Fischer thows a leg kick but Taus checks it
and Taus counters with an inside leg kick.
Taus blocks a leg kick.
A big right from Taus misses.
Taus throws a leg kick but Fischer checks it.
It looked like Fischer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Taus throws a lazy right hand but Fischer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Taus checks a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Taus, right into the meat.
Taus misses with a hook
and Fischer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fischer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Taus to score with a decent uppercut.
Fischer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fischer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Taus doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Fischer scores with a nice strike.
Fischer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Good leg kick by Fischer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Taus wants to land a leg kick but Fischer is out of range.
Fischer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fischer throws a hook but Taus avoids it easily.
Taus throws a looping overhand right but Fischer ducks down to avoid it.
Fischer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Taus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fischer throws a leg kick but Taus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fischer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Taus. Taus obviously looking to wear him down.
Taus walks into a jab.
Fischer scores with a leg kick.
Taus throws a jab but it's blocked by Fischer.
Taus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fischer.
Fischer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fischer thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Taus if he has to take too many more of those.
Fischer throws a hook to the side of Taus's head but Taus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fischer swings for the body but Taus moves out of range.
Taus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Taus moves out of range of the leg kick from Fischer.
A good leg kick by Taus.
A left lands for Taus.
Fischer fakes the leg kick and cracks Taus in the body.
Taus slips a jab from Fischer.
Taus moves away from the strike by Fischer.
A jab from Fischer misses.
A little jabbing left from Taus on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Taus slips under a jab from Fischer.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taus throws a lazy right hand but Fischer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Taus avoids the body shot from Fischer.
Fischer avoids the body shot from Taus.
The crowd cheers as Fischer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Taus doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Fischer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dennis Fischer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Fischer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fischer with a hook.
Fischer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taus can do to turn this around?
Fischer lands a right hook to the body.
Taus looks to land a right hand but Fischer moved out of range.
Taus will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Taus looks to land a left hand but Fischer moved out of range nicely.
Fischer throws a sloppy body shot
and Taus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fischer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Taus.
Fischer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Taus slips a jab from Fischer.
Fischer lands a nice looking kick to the body. Taus takes a step back to recover.
Taus throws a leg kick but Fischer sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Fischer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fischer.
Taus shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Taus throws a right hand that misses
and Fischer counters with a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fischer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Taus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Fischer tenderised Taus's leg. Taus is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fischer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It seemed like Taus was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Both fighters circling a little - Fischer finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Taus throws out a loose jab but Fischer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fischer lands a nice shot that snaps Taus's head back.
Taus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fischer throws a hook to the side of Taus's head but Taus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good shot there by Fischer.
Taus has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fischer.
Taus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A shot to the liver by Fischer. Beautiful body shot.
Taus misses with a looping right.
Fischer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fischer scores with a decent looking hook.
Taus 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fischer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Taus throws a looping overhand right but Fischer ducks down to avoid it.
Melek Taus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fischer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Taus is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fischer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Fischer slips under a jab from Taus.
Taus throws a low kick but Fischer avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fischer.
Fischer scores with a sloppy right hand. Taus should have avoided that one.
Fischer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fischer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fischer scores with a nice strike.
Fischer lands with a right hand.
Taus scores with a kick to the body.
Fischer gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Taus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Taus closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fischer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Taus momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taus takes a swing at Fischer's ribcage but misses.
Taus throws a looping overhand right but Fischer ducks down to avoid it.
Fischer jabs at Taus's body.
Fischer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Taus throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fischer.
A low kick from Taus is predictable there
and Fischer counters with a nice uppercut.
Taus misses with a jab to the body
and Fischer counters with a straight right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Taus.
Taus loads up on a big right hand but Fischer slips the punch.
Taus walks into a left hand.
Fischer cracks the inside of Taus's front leg.
Fischer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Taus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fischer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taus.
Fischer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Taus momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fischer lands a nice shot that snaps Taus's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fischer cracks the inside of Taus's front leg.
Fischer digs a good hook to Taus's body.
Fischer avoids the head kick by Taus.
Nice jab there from Fischer.
Taus misses with a hook.
Fischer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fischer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fischer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Taus's head backwards.
Fischer feints and then cracks Taus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Taus down.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Taus crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Fischer - the referee stops the clock and Taus gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Fischer. Taus manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Taus misses with a body kick.
Fischer is looking to counter with a body kick.
Fischer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fischer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taus throws the kick towards the body but Fischer avoids it.
Taus throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Taus feints and then cracks Fischer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fischer down.
Taus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fischer lunges at Taus with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Taus's hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dennis Fischer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fischer 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Dennis Fischer!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for Dennis Fischer!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Dennis Fischer!

Dennis Fischer wins by unanimous decision!
Dennis Fischer spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.