PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Samuel Little (ranked 23316 p4p, 459 weight class) and Lennox Freight (ranked 6224 p4p, 258 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Little
vs
Freight

171 cm
21
140 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

World class MT
Experienced

Excellent boxer
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samuel Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lennox Freight!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freight tries to clinch up
and Little counters with a head kick.

Freight rushes Little and presses him up against the ropes.

Freight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Little misses with a wild body shot.
Little comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Freight tries to clinch but Little is having none of it.
Little misses with a two punch combination.
Freight is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Little throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Freight has closed the distance and engaged Little in a clinch.
Little working aggressively here.
Little is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Freight is keeping busy.

Little pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Freight lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Freight breaks from the clinch.
Little throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Freight moves into range and clinches up with Little.

Little breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Freight feints a jab promting Little to slip. Freight then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Little slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Little throws a head kick that misses.
Freight looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Freight tries a head kick but it misses.
A quick step to the side and Little tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Little throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice body punch from Little.
A chopping leg kick lands by Little.
Freight tries to clinch but Little moves out of range.
Freight lands a front kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Little loads up on a big right hand but Freight slips the punch.
A nice combination there by Little.
Little is looking to wear down Freight with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Little tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Little misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Little.
Samuel Little is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Little misses the shot to the body.
Freight takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Freight moves out of range of the body kick.
Little takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Little lands with an uppercut that bounces Freight off the ropes and back into range.
Little throws a leg kick that misses.
Freight misses with a head kick.
Little appears to be looking for a big counter.
Freight tries to clinch but Little moves out of range.

Freight pushes Little up against the ropes in a clinch.

Freight breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Freight throws a head kick but Little moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Freight.
Little throws a head kick but Freight moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Little.
Little looks to land a right hand but Freight moved out of range.
Little swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little blocks a head kick by Freight.
Freight throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Freight throws a sloppy head kick and Little moves out of range easily.
Little fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Freight has closed the distance and engaged Little in a clinch.
We've been informed that Freight has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Freight lands a nice shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Little.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Little breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Little connects with a right hand. Freight shakes it off.
Freight's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Freight duly obliges.
Little cracks Freight with a right hand to the side of the head.

Freight is rocked!
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!
Little connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Freight's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Freight - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Samuel Little!