PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Rock Barden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barden
vs
Reese

176 cm
18
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rock Barden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyle Reese!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barden looks to throw a body kick
and Reese counters with a big head kick but Barden shrugs it off.
Barden delivers a nice body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Reese blocks the leg kick.
Barden throws out a leg kick but Reese moves out of range and Barden only half commits.
Barden throws a head kick but Reese moves out of range.
Barden slips a jab and a cross from Reese.
Kyle Reese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reese lands with an overhand left.
Barden tries to land a front kick but Reese steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Reese throws a head kick but Barden moves out of range.

Barden forces Reese back against the ropes and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barden misses with the head strike.
Reese tries to throw a body punch but Barden avoids it by throwing Reese back against the ropes.
Reese has had enough of the clinch but Barden keeps him there for the moment.
Reese looking to throw knees to the head but Barden is blocking nicely.
Reese missing with knees to the body.

Barden breaks from the clinch.
Barden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reese just misses with a punch to the body.
Barden throws a leg kick but Reese checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barden moves into the clinch.
Barden putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reese in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barden presses Reese against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reese blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reese stalling in the clinch but Barden improves position.
Barden blocking some punches.
Reese throws an elbow that misses.
Barden with a knee to the head.
Barden misses with a body punch.
Reese tries to circle away but Barden has him pinned against the ropes.
Reese can't break the clinch.
Barden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reese is defending well for now.
Barden on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Barden breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Reese misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reese. Barden does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Reese.
Reese throws a right hand that Barden ducks under and follows up with a left that Barden also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reese throws a right hand that Barden ducks under and follows up with a left that Barden also avoids with ease.
Reese checks a leg kick.
Reese shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A head kick misses from Reese.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut there from Reese.
Barden on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reese goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Barden throws a low kick but Reese avoids it.
Barden throws a head kick that misses.
Barden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reese takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A clash of legs there as Barden blocks the low kick.
Barden throws a head kick but Reese moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reese misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reese throws a nice looking combination but Barden bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reese misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Reese gets tackled into the ropes by Barden. Barden maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Reese dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Reese misses with a wild combination.
Reese looks to throw the jab but Barden is out of range.
Barden misses with a body kick.
Reese blocks the body kick.
Reese throws a sloppy head kick and Barden moves out of range easily.
Reese slips a jab from Barden.
A bone on bone clash there as Barden blocks the leg kick.
Rock Barden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barden looks to land a body kick but Reese moved away.
Barden looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barden misses the shot to the body.
Barden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reese.
Reese checks a leg kick nicely.
Barden connects with a high kick.

Reese clips Barden 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 Barden a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.

It looks like Rock Barden has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barden moves out of range of the body kick.
Reese throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reese throws a nice looking combination but Barden bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese blocks the body kick.
Reese misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barden.
Barden misses with a kick to the body.
Reese moves away from the strike by Barden.
Barden throws a body punch but Reese moves out of range.
A head kick from Reese lands but Barden takes it in his stride.

Barden is rocked!
Reese is stalking his opponent - BOOM! Switch kick out of nowhere! Barden is not moving; he is out cold!! Wow, what a quick finish that was.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kyle Reese!