PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lorenzo Turturro (ranked 708 p4p, 21 weight class) and Kosma Wawelski (ranked 3342 p4p, 88 weight class). Lorenzo Turturro had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Turturro
vs
Wawelski

190 cm
35
218 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

170 cm
30
140 lbs
20 - 19 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lorenzo Turturro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kosma Wawelski!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Turturro. Wawelski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wawelski is looking for the big counter here.
Wawelski lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Turturro throws a body shot but no joy.
Turturro is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wawelski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turturro counters with a nice uppercut.

Wawelski moves into the clinch.
Wawelski misses with a body punch.
Wawelski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turturro lands a left hand.
Turturro prevents a body shot from Wawelski.
Wawelski misses with a hook to the ribs.

Turturro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wawelski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wawelski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turturro swings for the body but Wawelski moves out of range.
Turturro throws a body punch but Wawelski moves out of range.
Turturro fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Turturro looks to score with a jab to the body but Wawelski is just out of range.
Wawelski avoids the body shot from Turturro.
Wawelski misses with a double jab.
Turturro cracks Wawelski with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Wawelski is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Wawelski is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Wawelski could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Lorenzo Turturro!
In his post fight interview, Lorenzo Turturro started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.