PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Righteous Crusader (ranked 24519 p4p, 11590 weight class) and Sota Sankari (ranked 107 p4p, 99 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crusader
vs
Sankari

182 cm
26
200
5 - 6 - 1

195 cm
53
260
14 - 22 - 0

Great elbows
Very strong

Basic striking
Solid chin

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 5 - 6 - 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 14 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sota Sankari!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crusader lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sankari backs up against the ropes.

Crusader rushes Sankari and presses him up against the ropes.
Crusader working hard to break the clinch.
Crusader lands with a short shot to the head.
Sankari stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Crusader is trying to maintain a safe position but Sankari gets an underhook and turns Crusader into the ropes.
Crusader is trying to stall.
Sankari is looking to break free of the clinch but Crusader has double underhooks.
Crusader definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Crusader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crusader looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Crusader lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Sankari goes down! The ref sends Crusader to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Sankari is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!

Sankari is rocked!

It looks like Sota Sankari has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusader throws an overhand right that has Sankari reeling! Crusader follows up with more punches and Sankari is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Righteous Crusader !