PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Herod Otto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Allen Gamble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Otto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Anvil of Crom. Herod Otto has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Otto
vs
Gamble

181 cm
28
224 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

184 cm
23
204 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

World class MT
Very quick

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Herod Otto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Allen Gamble!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A clash of legs there as Gamble blocks the low kick.
Otto throws a jab but it's blocked by Gamble.
Otto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gamble counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Otto thinking.
Otto tries to clinch but Gamble moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Otto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Herod Otto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gamble fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Otto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Otto closes the distance and clinches.
Gamble wants to break free but Otto has control.
Gamble avoiding damage as Otto throws knees to the body.
Otto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gamble.
Otto is pushing Gamble up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Otto lands a good knee to the midsection. Gamble won't want to take too many of those.
Otto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gamble avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Otto misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Otto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gamble's brow.
Otto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gamble avoiding damage as Otto throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Gamble.
Otto tries to throw a body punch but Gamble avoids it by throwing Otto back against the ropes.
Gamble blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gamble lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Otto lands an elbow that stopped Gamble in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Allen Gamble has been cut.

Gamble breaks the clinch.
Otto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gamble lands an overhand right.
Gamble takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Otto moves out of range as Gamble throws a body kick.
Gamble circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gamble scores with a nice right hand.
Otto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Otto tries to clinch but Gamble is having none of it.
An inside leg kick lands from Gamble.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Otto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gamble swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Otto drives through and clinches with Gamble against the ropes.
Otto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Gamble escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Otto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Otto tries to move into range but Gamble moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Otto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Otto cracks the inside of Gamble's front leg.

Otto closes the distance and pushes Gamble back into the ropes.

Gamble pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Otto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Otto moves in looking to clinch but Gamble pushes him off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Otto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gamble.
Gamble digs a good hook to Otto's body.
Otto tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Gamble manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Herod Otto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Allen Gamble's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Otto walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Allen Gamble!
Our winner, Allen Gamble, 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.