PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Curtis Tate Iii (ranked 25101 p4p, 24604 weight class) and Boxing Powerhous (ranked 124 p4p, 234 weight class). Powerhous has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tate Iii
vs
Powerhous

185 cm
19
215
11 - 1 - 0

225 cm
28
300
6 - 7 - 1

Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis Tate Iii!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boxing Powerhous!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powerhous tries to clinch up.
Tate Iii went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Powerhous looks winded!
Tate Iii throws a looping overhand right but Powerhous ducks down to avoid it.
Tate Iii scores with a decent looking hook.
Powerhous looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tate Iii misses with a wild body shot.
Tate Iii definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tate Iii misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Powerhous steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tate Iii.
Tate Iii throws a series of strikes that have Powerhous backpedaling.
Tate Iii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Powerhous.
Powerhous looks to clinch
and Powerhous takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Tate Iii connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Powerhous onto his butt! Powerhous bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Powerhous glances at the clock... BAM! Tate Iii nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Powerhous crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Powerhous is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Curtis Tate Iii!
Curtis Tate Iii retains his super heavyweight title!