PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Malu Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximus Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Munoz
vs
Meridius

194 cm
26
213 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

185 cm
23
218 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very strong

World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Malu Munoz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maximus Meridius!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munoz defending well as Meridius loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Meridius misses.
Munoz keeps the fight on the outside.
Meridius wants to clinch.
Meridius works the jab nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meridius. Munoz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Munoz slips a straight right by Meridius.
Meridius rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Munoz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Munoz swats away the attempt to clinch by Meridius.
Munoz lands with a nice body kick.
Munoz tries a head kick but it misses.
Munoz scores with a head kick.
Munoz swings for the body but Meridius moves out of range.
Meridius takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munoz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Munoz tries to work over Meridius's front leg with a kick but Meridius checks it.
Munoz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meridius fails with an attempt to clinch.
Munoz wants to land a leg kick but Meridius is out of range.
Meridius tries to close the distance and clinch up but Munoz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Meridius looks to score with a jab to the body but Munoz is just out of range.
Munoz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Meridius blocks a head kick by Munoz.
Meridius is looking to clinch but Munoz is avoiding it.
Munoz throws a sloppy head kick and Meridius moves out of range easily.
Meridius throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Meridius takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Munoz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Meridius stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munoz throws a head kick but Meridius moves out of range.
Meridius throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Meridius moves to clinch but Munoz breaks away
and Munoz counters with a stiff right hand.
Meridius thows a body shot but no joy.
Munoz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Meridius.
Sloppy strikes from Meridius. Those never looked like landing.
Meridius ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Meridius scores with the left hand. Munoz knows he should have avoided that one.
Meridius throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Meridius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Munoz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Meridius tries to clinch
and Munoz counters with a left and a right that stings Meridius.
Munoz lands with a slapping head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Munoz keeps the fight on the outside.
Munoz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Meridius.
A looping hook to the body misses from Munoz. Meridius does a little dance to reset his feet.
Munoz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Meridius checks it well.
A left and a right from Munoz both land. Nice combination.
Meridius misses with a wild combination.
Meridius moves to clinch but Munoz breaks away
and Munoz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Munoz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Munoz.
Good work by Meridius as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meridius cracks Munoz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A head kick misses from Munoz.
Meridius avoids the body shot from Munoz.
A nice inside leg kick there by Munoz. That's going to slow Meridius down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meridius scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Munoz doesn't seem bothered though.
A slow jab from Meridius misses its intended target.
Meridius tries to clinch but Munoz moves out of range.
Nice cross by Meridius.
Munoz looks to score with a jab to the body but Meridius is just out of range.
Munoz misses with a kick to the body.
Munoz is looking to wear down Meridius with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meridius jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A nice inside leg kick there by Munoz. That's going to slow Meridius down.
Meridius on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Munoz slips a jab from Meridius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Malu Munoz will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Meridius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Munoz.
Munoz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A shot to the liver by Meridius. Beautiful body shot.
Meridius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meridius doesn't manage to clinch there - Munoz circles away.
Meridius throws a jab but it's blocked by Munoz.
Munoz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meridius.

Meridius takes the fight into the clinch.
Meridius misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Meridius.
Meridius misses with some punches.
Meridius is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meridius is trying to maintain a safe position but Munoz gets an underhook and turns Meridius into the ropes.
Good body shot from Munoz.
Meridius wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munoz lands a shot to the body.
Meridius has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Meridius is trying to break the clinch but Munoz is controlling him.
Munoz scores with a shoulder strike.

It looks like Maximus Meridius has been cut.
Meridius blocks an uppercut.
Meridius gets through Munoz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Meridius breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Munoz lands a front kick.
Munoz throws a sloppy head kick and Meridius moves out of range easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Munoz throws the left hand but Meridius avoids the punch easily.
Maximus Meridius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Munoz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Munoz lands a leg kick that knocks Meridius off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munoz tries to land a front kick but Meridius steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Munoz connects with a leg kick. Meridius looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Meridius is breathing heavily.
Munoz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Munoz throws a right hand that Meridius ducks under and follows up with a left that Meridius also avoids with ease.
Meridius tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Munoz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Meridius goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A combination from Munoz does no damage.
Munoz throws a series of punches but Meridius moves out of range.
Munoz misses with the combination.
Meridius looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Munoz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Munoz throws a body punch but Meridius moves out of range.
Munoz circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meridius.
Meridius connects with a looping right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Munoz as he connects with a hook.
Meridius throws a hook but Munoz blocks it.
Meridius misses with a series of wild punches.
Meridius connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Meridius throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Munoz misses with a straight right.
Meridius moves into range and connects with a jab.
Munoz misses with an uppercut. Meridius saw that one coming.
Meridius blocks the body kick.
Munoz feints and then cracks Meridius's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Meridius down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meridius lands with a hook. Munoz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Munoz throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Munoz connects with an inside leg kick.
Munoz avoids the body shot from Meridius.
Meridius throws a wild body kick that Munoz sees coming a mile off.
A head kick misses from Munoz.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Munoz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice shot lands for Munoz.
Meridius rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Munoz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Munoz throws a series of strikes that have Meridius backpedaling.
Munoz tries a head kick but it misses.
Munoz fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Malu Munoz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Maximus Meridius's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Munoz misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meridius looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Meridius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meridius blocks a head kick by Munoz.
Meridius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meridius ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Munoz.
Meridius throws a nice looking combination but Munoz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Meridius scores with a decent looking hook.
Malu Munoz is winning the standup battle so far.
Meridius swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meridius is looking to clinch.
Munoz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meridius throws the left hand but Munoz avoids the punch easily.
Meridius dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Meridius misses.
Meridius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Munoz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Malu Munoz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meridius throws a jab but it's blocked by Munoz.
Munoz throws a head kick that misses.
Munoz misses with a wild body shot.
Meridius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meridius misses with a jab to the body
and Munoz counters with a three punch combo that has Meridius backing up. Meridius nods at Munoz to acknowledge the strikes.
A jab from Meridius misses.
Meridius's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Meridius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meridius scores with a nice right hand.
Munoz cracks Meridius with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munoz throws a head kick but Meridius moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Meridius tries to clinch but Munoz moves out of range.
Munoz misses with a straight right.
Meridius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Munoz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Meridius's head.
Munoz lands a front kick.
Meridius takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Munoz cracks Meridius with an open hand slap.
Meridius steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Munoz. That one must have hurt.
Meridius misses with a hook.
Munoz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters circling a little - Munoz finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Meridius darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meridius.
Munoz throws a nice head kick!

Meridius is rocked!
Munoz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Meridius is still on wobbly legs! Can Munoz finish him?
Munoz keeps the fight on the outside.
Meridius seems to have recovered his senses.
Munoz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Meridius tries to clinch up but Munoz circles away and keeps his distance.
Meridius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Munoz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Munoz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Meridius checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Meridius moves forwards but Munoz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Meridius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Munoz was well out of range. Poor timing from Meridius.
Munoz slips under a jab from Meridius.
Meridius throws out a loose jab but Munoz uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meridius connects with a nice looking jab.
Munoz lands with a slapping head kick.
Meridius takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Munoz catches Meridius napping and cracks him with a perfect head kick! Meridius goes down! He's bigtime hurt! He's not going to make it back to his feet - the referee has called it off! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Malu Munoz!
After the big win, Malu Munoz made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors •‡• LION Clothing •‡• [CBK] and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.