PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between The Spartacus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Irvin Welch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Welch comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Iggy Pop - Lust for life kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Irvin Welch is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Spartacus
vs
Welch

178 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
210 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Great low kicks
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Spartacus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Irvin Welch!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Welch has Spartacus up against the cage in a clinch.
Welch tries to throw a body punch but Spartacus avoids it by throwing Welch back against the cage.
Spartacus blocks a body shot from Welch.
Spartacus swings wildly with an uppercut but Welch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spartacus gets through Welch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Welch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Spartacus lands a left hand.
Spartacus has a couple of punches blocked by Welch.
Welch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Welch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Welch throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Spartacus's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Spartacus pushes Welch back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Welch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spartacus blocking some punches.
Spartacus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Welch backwards.
Spartacus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Spartacus.
Spartacus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Spartacus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Spartacus.
Spartacus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spartacus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Welch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spartacus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Welch backwards.
Welch swings wildly with an uppercut but Spartacus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Welch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spartacus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Welchs head.
Welch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Spartacus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Welch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spartacus has a couple of punches blocked by Welch.
Welch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spartacus scores with a shoulder strike.
Spartacus throws a head punch that misses.
Spartacus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spartacus lands an elbow inside that Welch shrugs off.

It looks like Irvin Welch has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Welch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch throws a head punch that misses.
Spartacus trying to control the position but instead, Welch has worked for underhooks and has pushed Spartacus into the cage.
Spartacus lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Spartacus as the two fighters clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Welch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Spartacus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Welch backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Spartacus.
Spartacus lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Spartacus.
Welch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spartacus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Spartacus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Welch backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spartacus.
Spartacus lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Welch.
Welch working aggressively here.
Welch has a couple of punches blocked by Spartacus.
Welch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spartacus lands a knee to the head.

Welch is rocked!
Spartacus will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Welch up against the cage.
Welch is still on wobbly legs! Can Spartacus finish him?
Welch swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spartacus lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Spartacus fails to land.
Welch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spartacus gets through Welch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spartacus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Spartacus.
Spartacus working aggressively here.
Welch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spartacus lands with a right to the head.
Spartacus lands a body punch in the clinch.
Spartacus misses with the head strike.
Spartacus creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Welch crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Welch face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Spartacus takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). The Spartacus!