PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Trage Tragedy (ranked 5501 p4p, 3059 weight class) and Ziggy Ozbourne (ranked 538 p4p, 378 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ozbourne's choice of entrance music: Crazy Train. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tragedy
vs
Ozbourne

180 cm
33
180
18 - 14 - 0

185 cm
30
170
12 - 6 - 2

World class boxer
Very quick

World class MT
Good gas tank

New Standard
Phoenix

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trage Tragedy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Ziggy Ozbourne!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozbourne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tragedy.
Tragedy misses with a wild body shot.
Tragedy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ozbourne avoids the head kick by Tragedy.
Tragedy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Ziggy Ozbourne has been cut.
Tragedy misses with a hook
and Tragedy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tragedy throws a lazy uppercut
and Tragedy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tragedy moves out of range as Ozbourne throws a body kick.
Trage Tragedy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ozbourne digs a good hook to Tragedy's body.
Ozbourne takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Tragedy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tragedy throws a shot from downtown. Ozbourne moves away and avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Ozbourne misses.
Ozbourne's corner calls for a 1-2. Ozbourne obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A lazy left from Ozbourne finds it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Ozbourne.
Tragedy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tragedy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ozbourne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozbourne takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tragedy throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ozbourne slips a jab and a cross from Tragedy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ozbourne.
Tragedy is breathing heavily.
Ozbourne lands a jab to the nose.
Tragedy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ozbourne circles away quickly and effectively.
Ozbourne bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tragedy's head backwards.
Ozbourne digs a good body shot into Tragedy's ribs.
Ozbourne lands a head shot.

Ozbourne drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Tragedy onto his butt! Tragedy pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.

Tragedy is rocked!

Trage Tragedy's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ozbourne avoids the body shot from Tragedy.
Ozbourne connects with a solid leg kick.
Tragedy misses with a double jab
and Ozbourne counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Tragedy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tragedy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tragedy seems to have got his legs back now.
Tragedy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Blood and Iron Training in the buildup to the fight.
Ozbourne moves away from the strike by Tragedy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozbourne avoids the head kick by Tragedy.
Ozbourne now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tragedy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ozbourne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tragedy scoring well with a low kick there.
Ozbourne throws a body punch but Tragedy moves out of range.
Ozbourne digs a good hook to Tragedy's body.
Ozbourne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tragedy drops his guard momentarily, allowing Ozbourne to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Tragedy! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Ozbourne takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ziggy Ozbourne!
After winning the bout, Ziggy Ozbourne thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.