PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Noriyuki Nayoui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Roufus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nayoui comes to the ring accompanied by nWo Theme. Noriyuki Nayoui has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Nayoui
vs
Roufus

190 cm
33
218 lbs
34 - 18 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
KO power

Great elbows
Tends to cut

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 34 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Noriyuki Nayoui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Roufus!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roufus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nayoui manages to avoid it.
Roufus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nayoui counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Rick Roufus has been cut.
Roufus connects with a crisp jab.
Roufus throws a sloppy head kick and Nayoui moves out of range easily.
Nayoui avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nayoui looks to land a left hand but Roufus moved out of range nicely.
Roufus misses with an uppercut. Nayoui saw that one coming.
Nayoui closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Roufus swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nayoui cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Roufus keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Roufus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nayoui counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as Nayoui blocks the leg kick.
Roufus looks to score with a jab to the body but Nayoui is just out of range.
Roufus defending well as Nayoui loads up on a big left hand.
Rick Roufus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roufus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roufus throws a shot from downtown. Nayoui moves away and avoids it.
Nayoui uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roufus.
Roufus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nayoui connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roufus has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nayoui finds it's way round the side to connect with Roufus's head.

Roufus is rocked!
Nayoui is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Roufus throws an off balance right hand
and Nayoui counters with a big uppercut that drops Roufus face first to the mat! Will he beat the count?! He's struggled up to his knees on 7 but it doesn't look like he's going to make it... he's been counted out! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Noriyuki Nayoui!