PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Seth Mansour (ranked 5249 p4p, 5202 weight class) and Lars De Geyndt (ranked 630 p4p, 626 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mansour
vs
De Geyndt

201 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Mansour!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars De Geyndt!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mansour avoids the body shot from De Geyndt.
Mansour connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
De Geyndt lands a glancing blow to the side of Mansour's head.

It looks like Seth Mansour has been cut.
De Geyndt swings widly with a right hand
and Mansour counters with a nice uppercut.
De Geyndt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mansour keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Mansour misses its target.
Mansour comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mansour scores with a nice right hand.
De Geyndt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Geyndt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Geyndt throws a right hand that misses
and De Geyndt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Geyndt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mansour ducks under a wild hook from De Geyndt.
A counter left hand to the body from Mansour misses its target.
De Geyndt ducks right into an uppercut from Mansour.
Mansour really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mansour clobbers De Geyndt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

De Geyndt is rocked!
Mansour slips under a jab from De Geyndt.
An attempted straight right counter from Mansour misses the target.
De Geyndt is still on wobbly legs! Can Mansour finish him?
De Geyndt swings for the body but Mansour moves out of range.
A big right from De Geyndt misses.
De Geyndt seems to have recovered his senses.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Geyndt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Geyndt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lars De Geyndt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mansour works De Geyndt's body with a nice hook.
Mansour keeps the fight on the outside.
Mansour is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mansour looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
De Geyndt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mansour was well out of range. Poor timing from De Geyndt.
An attempted straight right counter from Mansour misses the target.
De Geyndt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
De Geyndt is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Geyndt throws a right hand that misses
and Mansour counters with a right hand to the body.
De Geyndt misses the body punch
letting Mansour counter with a right hand.
Mansour keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
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!
Mansour digs a good hook to De Geyndt's body.
De Geyndt throws a right hand that misses
and Mansour counters with a straight right that drops De Geyndt to the canvas! Will De Geyndt beat the count? He's still wobbly and as the count reaches 7, he's still struggling to make it. 8...9...10. He's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Seth Mansour!
A very excited looking Seth Mansour made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.