PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 24674 p4p, 1261 weight class) and Kevin Durant (ranked 726 p4p, 169 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Braddock
vs
Durant

180 cm
20
208
2 - 15 - 0

191 cm
20
220
7 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very strong

Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Conquer
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Braddock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Durant!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Durant appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Braddock throws a sloppy body shot
letting Durant counter with a right hand.

It looks like James Braddock has been cut.
Braddock misses with a combination
and Durant counters with a body kick that stops Braddock in his tracks momentarily.
Durant lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Braddock definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Durant cracks Braddock with a good jab.
Braddock throws a poor cross that misses
and Durant counters with a nice body kick.
James Braddock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Durant.
Durant ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Braddock is breathing heavily.
A left lands for Durant.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Durant delivers a nice body kick.
Durant shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Braddock eats them both and turns towards Durant to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Braddock is rocked!
Durant closes the distance and catches Braddock with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Braddock is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Braddock is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Braddock is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Durant takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kevin Durant! Kevin Durant retains his light heavyweight title!
Kevin Durant decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.