PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jimmy Braves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Temppa Turkulainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braves's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I Want War by Pastor Troy. The crowd seem to be enjoying Turkulainen's choice of entrance music: Xilent - Clear your mind. Temppa Turkulainen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Braves
vs
Turkulainen

187 cm
23
255 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
29
225 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Excellent MT
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Braves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Temppa Turkulainen!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turkulainen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Braves counters with an inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Turkulainen.
Turkulainen misses the shot to the body.
Braves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turkulainen cracks Braves with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Jimmy Braves has been cut.
Turkulainen misses with a lunging right hand
and Braves counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Turkulainen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Braves dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turkulainen misses with a body shot.
Turkulainen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turkulainen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Temppa Turkulainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Turkulainen.
Braves tries a head kick but it misses.
Turkulainen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turkulainen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Braves.
A slow jab from Turkulainen misses its intended target.
Braves lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Turkulainen throws a poor cross that misses
and Braves counters with an outside leg kick.
Turkulainen looks winded!
Braves turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Braves definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Turkulainen lands with a nice body punch.
Braves wants to clinch up but Turkulainen keeps it at a distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Braves, right into the meat.
Braves explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turkulainen misses with a combination
and Braves counters with a big uppercut that nearly lifts Turkulainen off his feet! Turkulainen crashes to the mat in all kinds of trouble! The referee starts the count but I'm not sure it's necessary - Turkulainen isn't going to make it! The count reaches 10 and this fight is all over! Braves screams and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmmm spit, everywhere. Lovely.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jimmy Braves!
Jimmy Braves seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.