PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Righteous Crusader (ranked 6739 p4p, 5522 weight class) and Taribo West (ranked 705 p4p, 621 weight class). Crusader is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Righteous Crusader looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Crusader
vs
West

182 cm
26
200
5 - 3 - 1

150 cm
26
195
1 - 2 - 0

Great elbows
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Righteous Crusader !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taribo West!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by West. Beautiful body shot.
Crusader is breathing heavily.

West moves into the clinch.
West lands a body punch in the clinch.
West throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crusader s head.
West lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Crusader .
West lands a shot to the body.
West looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nice body punch from West - that landed with a thud.
West digs a right hand into Crusader 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crusader 's gas tank.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by West as Crusader tries to tie him up.
West lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from West.
West throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right handed body shot lands from West.
West lands with a light punch inside.
West digs a right hand into Crusader 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crusader 's gas tank.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
West throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
West pushes Crusader back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
West digs a right hand underneath Crusader 's ribcage. Crusader let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Crusader 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from West.
A short body shot lands from West as the two fighters clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for West.
A left hand lands to the body for West.
A body shot lands from West.
A hook to the body from West.
West lands a left hand.
A body shot lands from West.
West lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crusader or not.
West works on Crusader 's body with a couple of short punches.
West lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for West.
A short body shot lands from West as the two fighters clinch.
A right hand to the body from West.
West lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crusader or not.
West is working Crusader over against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from West as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
West scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from West.
West lands a shot to the body.
West lands a body punch in the clinch.
West is working Crusader over against the ropes.
West works on Crusader 's body with a couple of short punches.
West digs a right hand underneath Crusader 's ribcage. Crusader let out a lung full of air as it connected.
West pushes Crusader back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
West lands a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for West.
West lands with a right to the head.
West lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Crusader .
A short right from West on the inside.
West digs a right hand underneath Crusader 's ribcage. Crusader let out a lung full of air as it connected.
West works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
West lands a body punch in the clinch.
West is leaning against Crusader and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for West.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from West.
Good body shot from West.
Good body shot from West.
A right hook to the body lands for West.
A nice right hand lands inside from West.
A right handed body shot lands from West.
A left hand lands to the body for West.
West lands a nice uppercut.
West digs a right hand underneath Crusader 's ribcage. Crusader let out a lung full of air as it connected.
West lands a body shot.
A short body shot lands from West as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from West - that landed with a thud.
West lands a body shot in the clinch.
West presses Crusader against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
West throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
West is leaning against Crusader and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
West lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crusader backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West cracks Crusader with a nice body shot.
West lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Crusader backwards.

Crusader is rocked!
West lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Crusader is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
West works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from West.
A nice left hand lands by West.
West cracks Crusader with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Crusader 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! Crusader wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Taribo West!