PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Mike Haggar (ranked 1169 p4p, 143 weight class) and Demetrious Growdy (ranked 3335 p4p, 310 weight class). Mike Haggar has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Haggar
vs
Growdy

202 cm
20
266 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

210 cm
21
276 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent boxing
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Haggar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demetrious Growdy!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Haggar.
We've been informed that Growdy has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Growdy swings widly with a right hand
and Haggar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haggar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Growdy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Haggar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Haggar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Growdy on the side of the head.
Growdy wants to clinch
letting Haggar counter with a right hand.
Haggar looks to land a combination. Growdy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Growdy tries to clinch but Haggar moves out of range.
Growdy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haggar manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Haggar. That snapped Growdy's head back.

Haggar clinches up against the ropes.
Haggar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Haggar scores with a nice short uppercut.

Growdy is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Growdy blocks an uppercut.
Growdy is still on wobbly legs! Can Haggar finish him?
Growdy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haggar working aggressively here.
Haggar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Growdy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Growdy tries to circle away but Haggar has him pinned against the ropes.
Haggar misses with some punches.
Growdy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haggar misses with a punch on the inside.
Haggar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haggar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Haggar misses with the head strike.
Growdy blocking some punches.
Growdy seems to have recovered his senses.
Haggar cracks Growdy with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Growdy goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Growdy wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mike Haggar!