PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Big Bobby (ranked 23466 p4p, 3134 weight class) and Jon Erikson (ranked 202 p4p, 66 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Erikson's choice of entrance music: Gåte - Statt Opp. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bobby
vs
Erikson

205 cm
37
280
20 - 9 - 1

199 cm
31
256
20 - 15 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class 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 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Big Bobby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jon Erikson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erikson dips to his left and cracks Bobby with an uppercut!

It looks like Big Bobby has been cut.
Erikson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bobby's sensitive parts.

Bobby darts in and clinches Erikson up against the ropes.
Erikson throws a punch but it's blocked by Bobby.
Erikson working aggressively here.
Bobby blocks an uppercut.

Bobby breaks the clinch.
Erikson lands a jab to the head.
Erikson throws a head kick but Bobby moves out of range.
We've been informed that Erikson 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.
Bobby misses with a combination
enabling Erikson to counter with a crisp jab.
Bobby swings for the body but Erikson moves out of range.
Bobby will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bobby blocks a head kick by Erikson.

Erikson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bobby pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Erikson fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erikson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Erikson.
Bobby is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Bobby blocking some punches.
Bobby blocking some punches.
Erikson misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Erikson.
Erikson tries a knee to the head but Bobby blocks it.
Erikson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erikson lands a shoulder strike.

Bobby breaks from the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Erikson as he connects with a hook.
Bobby misses with a low kick.
Erikson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Erikson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Erikson counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobby takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bobby throwing a counter right hand but Erikson manages to avoid it.
Erikson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Erikson thuds his right hand into Bobby's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Erikson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Erikson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bobby.
Erikson blocks a jab.
Erikson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bobby looks to throw the jab but Erikson is out of range.
Erikson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Erikson lands a high kick!

Big Bobby's cut is getting worse.

Bobby drives through and clinches with Erikson against the ropes.
Erikson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Erikson looking to throw knees to the head but Bobby is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Erikson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erikson gets through Bobby's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Erikson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bobby backwards.
Bobby prevents a body shot from Erikson.
Bobby blocks a body shot from Erikson.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Erikson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Erikson has a couple of punches blocked by Bobby.
Erikson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Big Bobby's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Erikson can't find room to land a body shot as Bobby controls the action.
Erikson misses with a punch to the body.
Bobby tries to break the clinch but Erikson is controlling the position.
Erikson cracks Bobby with a nice body shot.
Erikson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Erikson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Erikson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Erikson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bobby tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Erikson was well out of range. Poor timing from Bobby.
Erikson cracks Bobby with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Erikson misses the target.
Bobby throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Erikson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bobby under the eye.
Erikson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Jeez, Big Bobby's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Erikson scores with a spinning back kick!
Bobby is breathing heavily.
Bobby takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
We've been told by Bobby's head coaches at Beasties that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Erikson catches Bobby with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Big Bobby's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jon Erikson!
A relieved looking Jon Erikson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Big Bobby was interviewed post fight and said 'He was the better man, today.'.