PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Samson Goldstein (ranked 862 p4p, 94 weight class) and Rahul Jhadav (ranked 4563 p4p, 456 weight class). Samson Goldstein has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Goldstein
vs
Jhadav

200 cm
36
260 lbs
36 - 20 - 1

193 cm
22
237 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Samson Goldstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rahul Jhadav!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Goldstein has Jhadav up against the ropes in a clinch.
Goldstein lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Goldstein lands a left hand.
Goldstein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jhadav has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jhadav's coach down at Touch Of Death Combat Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jhadav's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Nice body punch from Goldstein.
Goldstein lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jhadav misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goldstein lands a hook to the side of the head.

Jhadav is rocked!
Jhadav tries to work over Goldstein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jhadav is still on wobbly legs! Can Goldstein finish him?
A short uppercut from Goldstein.
Goldstein creates a bit of distance and cracks Jhadav with a big uppercut! Jhadav goes down! The referee pushes Goldstein away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Jhadav make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Goldstein takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Samson Goldstein!
Samson Goldstein decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.