PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Henry Armstrong (ranked 2942 p4p, 350 weight class) and Darren Tellkins (ranked 1838 p4p, 248 weight class). Armstrong comes to the ring accompanied by 999 - Homicide. Tellkins has chosen Stunna 4 Vegas - Punch me in Pt 4 as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Armstrong
vs
Tellkins

165 cm
31
160 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

178 cm
24
174 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren Tellkins!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tellkins gets tackled into the ropes by Armstrong. Armstrong maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Armstrong fails to land.

Tellkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Armstrong tries to clinch but Tellkins is having none of it.
Armstrong moves in looking to clinch but Tellkins pushes him off.
Armstrong doesn't manage to clinch there - Tellkins circles away.
Armstrong tries to close the distance and clinch but Tellkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Tellkins rushes Armstrong and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Tellkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tellkins blocking some punches.

Tellkins breaks from the clinch.
Armstrong tries to clinch but Tellkins moves out of range.
Tellkins only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tellkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Armstrong.
Tellkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Armstrong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tellkins misses with the combination.
That kick from Tellkins tenderised Armstrong's leg. Armstrong is trying to keep his angry face on.
Armstrong looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Armstrong takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Henry Armstrong has been cut.

Armstrong gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellkins lands a nice uppercut.

Tellkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Armstrong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tellkins counters with a two punch combo.
Armstrong takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tellkins throws a nice looking combination but Armstrong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tellkins keeps the fight on the outside.
Armstrong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tellkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tellkins tries to move into range but Armstrong moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Armstrong wants to clinch up but Tellkins keeps it at a distance.
Armstrong throws a shot from downtown. Tellkins moves away and avoids it.

Tellkins takes the fight into the clinch.
Tellkins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tellkins misses with a body punch.

Tellkins breaks from the clinch.
Armstrong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Armstrong throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tellkins counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Armstrong tries to clinch but Tellkins is having none of it.
Armstrong moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Armstrong does no damage.
Tellkins jabs Armstrong right on the nose. Armstrong blinks but takes it well.
Tellkins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armstrong tries to close the distance and clinch but Tellkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tellkins fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Armstrong.
Armstrong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tellkins.
Tellkins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armstrong tries to clinch but Tellkins moves out of range.
Armstrong throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tellkins.
Tellkins is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Armstrong tries to clinch up but Tellkins circles away and keeps his distance.
Tellkins has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armstrong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tellkins misses with a wild combination.
It looked like Armstrong wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Armstrong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tellkins.
An attempted straight right counter from Armstrong misses the target.
Tellkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Armstrong.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellkins lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Armstrong wants to clinch but Tellkins slips to the side
and Tellkins counters with a stiff right hand.
Tellkins swings for the body but Armstrong moves out of range.
Armstrong tries to clinch but Tellkins is having none of it.
It seemed like Tellkins was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Armstrong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tellkins.
Tellkins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Armstrong. That did some damage!
Armstrong throws a right hand that Tellkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Tellkins also avoids with ease.
Armstrong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armstrong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice side step and Tellkins releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Armstrong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Armstrong lands a hook that snaps the head of Tellkins backwards.

Tellkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tellkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Armstrong.
Armstrong wants to clinch
and Tellkins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tellkins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Armstrong is looking to clinch but Tellkins is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong throws a leg kick that misses.
Armstrong is looking to clinch but Tellkins is avoiding it.
Tellkins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Armstrong walks into a jab.
Tellkins slips a jab and a cross from Armstrong.
Tellkins scores with a leg kick.
Armstrong wants to clinch.
Tellkins wants to counter the offense by Armstrong and move into the clinch position.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armstrong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little jabbing left from Tellkins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Armstrong wants to clinch
and Tellkins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Armstrong tries to clinch up.
Armstrong tries to clinch up.

Tellkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Tellkins manages to break the clinch.
Armstrong closes the distance but Tellkins moves to the side
and Tellkins counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Armstrong looks to clinch
and Tellkins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darren Tellkins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tellkins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 9:10
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 9:10
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darren Tellkins!
Darren Tellkins very nearly forgot to thank Trap-Alot-Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.