PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cub Galloway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galloway has chosen Jump Around by House of Pain as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Ngwabeni
vs
Galloway

185 cm
25
170 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

188 cm
27
175 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cub Galloway!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ngwabeni's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ngwabeni duly obliges.
Galloway is looking to clinch but Ngwabeni is avoiding it.

Galloway rushes Ngwabeni and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Ngwabeni misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Galloway throws an elbow but misses.
Galloway has Ngwabeni pressed against the ropes, preventing Ngwabeni from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Galloway lands an elbow inside.
Galloway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Galloway throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ngwabeni lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Galloway tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ngwabeni avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Ngwabeni's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ngwabeni dodges an elbow strike from Galloway.

Ngwabeni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Galloway misses with a head kick.

Ngwabeni gets a clinch.
Galloway tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ngwabeni avoids it.
Ngwabeni wants to get back to striking at distance but Galloway won't allow it.
Ngwabeni avoids the elbow strike from Galloway, against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ngwabeni dodges an elbow strike from Galloway.
Galloway takes a shot to the head.

Ngwabeni breaks from the clinch.
Ngwabeni fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ngwabeni closes the distance and clinches.
Galloway has Ngwabeni pressed against the ropes, preventing Ngwabeni from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ngwabeni wants to break free but Galloway has control.
Ngwabeni dodges an elbow strike from Galloway.
Galloway lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni has been cut.

Ngwabeni breaks from the clinch.
Ngwabeni rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Galloway moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Ngwabeni, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ngwabeni moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ngwabeni paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Galloway misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Galloway gets a clinch.
Galloway prevents Ngwabeni from breaking the clinch.
Ngwabeni tries to break free but Galloway pushes him back against the ropes.
A short left from Galloway.
Ngwabeni is looking to break free of the clinch but Galloway has double underhooks.
Ngwabeni avoids a wild elbow strike from Galloway.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Galloway pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Ngwabeni swings wildly with an uppercut but Galloway uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Galloway throws an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Ngwabeni's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Galloway just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ngwabeni's brow.

Ngwabeni breaks from the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ngwabeni!
Galloway throws a head kick but Ngwabeni moves out of range.
Ngwabeni avoids the head kick by Galloway.
Galloway tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Galloway avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ngwabeni fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ngwabeni misses with a double jab

and Galloway counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ngwabeni tries to circle away but Galloway has him pinned against the ropes.
Ngwabeni lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Ngwabeni's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ngwabeni's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ngwabeni duly obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ngwabeni fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

It looks like Cub Galloway has been cut.
A slow jab from Ngwabeni misses its intended target.
Galloway slips a jab and a cross from Ngwabeni.
Ngwabeni throws a right hand that Galloway ducks under and follows up with a left that Galloway also avoids with ease.
Ngwabeni's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ngwabeni duly obliges.
A nice combination there by Ngwabeni.

Galloway is rocked!
Ngwabeni looks to land a combination but Galloway avoids it well.
Galloway is still on wobbly legs! Can Ngwabeni finish him?
Ngwabeni throws a series of punches but Galloway avoids them all with ease.
Ngwabeni lands a right and a left and another right! Galloway goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni!
Our winner, Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni, 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.