PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hansa Georgowich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taai Taai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taai has chosen Snoop as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Georgowich
vs
Taai

188 cm
35
260 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

191 cm
31
260 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

Lethal high kicks
KO power

Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hansa Georgowich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taai Taai!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taai tries to clinch
and Georgowich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Taai closes the distance and pushes Georgowich back into the ropes.

Taai manages to break the clinch.
Georgowich lands a nice looking body shot.
Taai is looking to clinch but Georgowich is avoiding it.
Taai tries to clinch but Georgowich moves away
and Georgowich counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Georgowich throws a push kick but Taai slaps the foot to one side.
Georgowich throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Taai doesn't manage to clinch there - Georgowich circles away.
Taai blocks a low kick nicely.
Georgowich swings for the body but Taai moves out of range.
Taai tries to clinch there but Georgowich circles away.
Taai moves in looking to clinch but Georgowich pushes him off.
Taai doesn't manage to clinch there - Georgowich circles away.
Georgowich throws out a leg kick but Taai moves out of range and Georgowich only half commits.
Taai looks to clinch
and Georgowich counters with a thumping low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taai checks a leg kick.
Georgowich digs a good hook to Taai's body.

Taai moves into the clinch successfully.
Taai tries a knee to the head but Georgowich blocks it.
Taai crunches a lovely knee into Georgowich's ribcage.
Georgowich is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Georgowich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Georgowich misses with a hook to the ribs.

Taai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Taai clinches up against the ropes.
Taai landing knees to the head.

It looks like Hansa Georgowich has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Georgowich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Taai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Taai throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Georgowich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Taai with a knee to the head.
Taai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Taai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Georgowich is breathing heavily.
Georgowich dodges an elbow strike from Taai.
Taai with a knee to the head.
Georgowich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Georgowich misses with an elbow over the top.
Taai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Georgowich misses with some punches.
Taai looking to throw knees to the head but Georgowich is blocking nicely.
Georgowich misses with the head strike.
Taai has Georgowich pressed against the ropes, preventing Georgowich from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Georgowich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Taai is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Georgowich avoiding damage as Taai throws knees to the body.
Georgowich tries to land knees in the clinch but Taai avoids the damage to the body.
Taai tries to land a knee to the head but Georgowich blocks with his arms.

Taai breaks the clinch.
Taai closes the distance looking to clinch
and Georgowich counters with a straight right hand.
Georgowich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taai tries to close the distance and clinch but Georgowich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Georgowich wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Taai wants to clinch
and Georgowich counters with a series of strikes. Taai will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Georgowich.
Georgowich lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taai tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Taai is looking to clinch but Georgowich is avoiding it.
Georgowich lands a nice shot to the body.
Georgowich is looking to wear down Taai with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Georgowich lands a front kick to the face, that drops Taai to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!

It looks like Taai Taai has been cut.
Good shot there by Georgowich.

Taai is rocked!
Taai closes the distance looking to clinch
and Georgowich counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Georgowich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Georgowich connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Taai's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Taai - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hansa Georgowich!