PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Matt Collins (ranked 5248 p4p, 4602 weight class) and Artis Freibergs (ranked 521 p4p, 460 weight class). Collins comes to the ring accompanied by .... Artis Freibergs has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Collins
vs
Freibergs

184 cm
19
170
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
200
0 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Prefers standup

Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Matt Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Artis Freibergs!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Eddie Farnsworth and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freibergs looks to land a combination but Collins avoids it well.
A little feinted left hand from Collins on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Freibergs fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Freibergs lands with a nice body kick.
Freibergs tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Collins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Freibergs doesn't manage to clinch there - Collins circles away.
Freibergs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Collins on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Collins throws a right and a left that Freibergs avoids nicely.
Collins misses with a right hand
and Freibergs counters with a nice low kick that buckles Collins's knee momentarily.
Collins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Freibergs tries to clinch but Collins is having none of it.
As Freibergs looks to move away, Collins throws a big counter combo but Freibergs just gets out of the way.

Freibergs clinches up against the ropes.
Collins is trying to stall.
Collins scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Collins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Freibergs tries to clinch but Collins moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Collins on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Freibergs takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Collins lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Artis Freibergs has been cut.
Collins takes a swing at Freibergs's ribcage but misses.
Collins throws a right and a left that Freibergs avoids nicely.
Freibergs steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Collins.
Freibergs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Collins.
Collins sets himself, and Freibergs steps forward looking for the clinch! Collins avoids it this time.
Collins tries to bum rush Freibergs with a series of wild strikes but Freibergs uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Collins cracks Freibergs with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Freibergs is looking to clinch.
Freibergs walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Collins connects with a body shot that sends Freibergs's belly button to the back.
Freibergs looks winded!

Collins scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Freibergs beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.

Freibergs is rocked!

Freibergs forces Collins back against the ropes and clinches.
Freibergs is still on wobbly legs! Can Collins finish him?
Our sources have told us that Collins has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Freibergs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collins misses with a straight right.
Freibergs seems to have recovered his senses.

Collins clips Freibergs with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Freibergs a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Collins connects with a quick right hand that sends Freibergs tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Matt Collins!
Matt Collins spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.