PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jiang Shi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shi's entrance music is See You In Hell by Grim Reaper. A fine choice. John Wayne will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Shi
vs
Wayne

180 cm
21
220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

192 cm
24
207 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jiang Shi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shi moves into the clinch.
Wayne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wayne's efforts to push away.
Wayne throws a head punch that misses.
Shi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wayne.
Wayne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shi looking to throw knees to the head but Wayne is blocking nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Shi presses Wayne against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Shi tries to land knees in the clinch but Wayne avoids the damage to the body.
Wayne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A short right from Shi on the inside.
Wayne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Wayne looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shi lands a good knee to the midsection. Wayne won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wayne is trying to break the clinch but Shi has him pressed against the ropes.
Wayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shi cracks Wayne with a nice body shot.
Shi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wayne's defenses.

It looks like John Wayne has been cut.
Wayne avoiding damage as Shi throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Shi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shi.
Wayne looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne is trying to push Shi away but Shi has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Wayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shi.
Shi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wayne avoids it.
Shi missing with knees to the body.
Shi controlling the action here for a moment.
Wayne takes an elbow to the temple.
Wayne misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shi throws an elbow that misses.
Shi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shi lands an elbow just above Wayne 's eye.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shi.
Wayne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Shi.
Shi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice body punch from Shi - that landed with a thud.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Shi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wayne is defending well for now.
Shi misses with a knee strike.
Shi landing knees to the body.
Wayne avoiding damage as Shi throws knees to the body.
Shi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up John Wayne's cut even more.
Shi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Shi lands a knee to the head.
Wayne misses with the head strike.
Shi blocking some punches.
Shi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wayne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Shi.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shi.
Shi slows down the pace here.
Wayne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wayne up against the ropes.
Wayne throws a head punch that misses.
Wayne lands an elbow just above Shi 's eye.
A right hook to the body lands for Shi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Shi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shi stalling.
A knee to the head by Shi.
Shi scores a nice knee to the body.
Shi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wayne in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shi keeps control of Wayne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shi.

Wayne is rocked!

The cut above John Wayne's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Shi working Wayne over with knees to the body.
Wayne is still on wobbly legs! Can Shi finish him?
Wayne takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shi creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Wayne 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! Wayne face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Shi takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jiang Shi!
Jiang Shi thanked the fans post fight for their support.