PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Giant Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jiang Shi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by See You In Hell by Grim Reaper. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Tank
vs
Shi

190 cm
24
205 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

180 cm
21
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Giant Tank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jiang Shi!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shi looks to land a left hand but Tank moved out of range nicely.
Shi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tank defending well as Shi loads up on a big left hand.
Tank takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shi throws a solid leg kick but Tank takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Shi.
Tank looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tank walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

It looks like Giant Tank has been cut.
A slapping body kick lands there for Shi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shi lands a leg kick that knocks Tank off balance momentarily.
Shi tries to close the distance and clinch but Tank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tank avoids the head kick by Shi.
Shi throws a body punch but Tank moves out of range.
Shi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tank. That did some damage!
Shi throws a shot from downtown. Tank moves away and avoids it.
Shi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tank slips a jab and a cross from Shi.
Shi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Shi lands a head kick that bluckles Tank and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Shi no doubt looking to push for a finish!

Tank is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tank drops his hands momentarily and Shi needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Tank just on the top of the head. Tank drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Tank - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jiang Shi!
Jiang Shi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.