PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Ray Kicker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Kicker
vs
Bird

184 cm
24
140 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

170 cm
22
144 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ray Kicker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Bird!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kicker digs a good hook to Bird's body.
Kicker throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Kicker moves into the clinch.
Bird managing to block the knees to the body from Kicker.
Bird lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kicker.
Kicker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kicker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kicker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kicker tries a knee to the head but Bird blocks it.
Bird lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kicker comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bird misses with a body punch.
Kicker trying to land knees to the body.
Bird lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bird takes a shot to the head.
Bird throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bird is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kicker is defending well for now.
Bird takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kicker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kicker prevents a body shot from Bird.
Bird lands an elbow inside.
Bird lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Bird is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kicker is defending well for now.
Bird lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kicker backwards.
Kicker managing to block the knees to the body from Bird.
Kicker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bird obliges.
Kicker lands an elbow just above Bird 's eye.
Kicker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bird blocks it with crossed arms.
Kicker avoids a wild elbow strike from Bird.
Bird avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
Bird avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
Bird lands with a left to the head.
Kicker misses with a punch to the body.
Bird lands an elbow that stopped Kicker in his tracks for a moment.
Bird gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bird creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kicker's defenses.
Bird unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kicker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bird taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kicker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bird lands an elbow inside.
Kicker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bird tries to land a knee to the head but Kicker blocks with his arms.
Bird on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kicker avoids a wild elbow strike from Bird.
Kicker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kicker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Bird pushes Kicker back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bird.
Kicker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Kicker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bird is defending well for now.
Bird lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kicker pushes off an throws an elbow but Bird leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bird lands a right hand.
A short left from Bird.

Kicker is rocked!
Bird avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
Oh Kicker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bird leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Bird dominated that round.
That's time! Kicker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A lazy left from Kicker finds it's target.
Kicker seems to have got his legs back now.
Kicker moves away from the strike by Bird.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bird crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kicker - the referee stops the clock and Bird gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kicker. Bird manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bird dips to his left and cracks Kicker with an uppercut!

Kicker drives through and clinches with Bird against the ropes.
Bird blocks an elbow strike from Kicker.
Kicker working Bird over with knees to the body.
Bird lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kicker backwards.
Still in the clinch, Bird scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bird looking to throw knees to the head but Kicker is blocking nicely.
Kicker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bird.
Bird lands a knee to the body.
Bird is pushing Kicker up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kicker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bird lands an elbow that stopped Kicker in his tracks for a moment.
Kicker has a couple of punches blocked by Bird.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Bird - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kicker misses with an elbow over the top.
Kicker dodges an elbow strike from Bird.
Kicker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kicker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bird lands an elbow that stopped Kicker in his tracks for a moment.
Bird scores a nice knee to the body.
Kicker avoids a wild elbow strike from Bird.
Bird missing with knees to the body.
Bird lands a knee to the head.
Bird creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Kicker off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Kicker is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! Bird is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). William Bird!
Our winner, William Bird, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.