PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Mike Hussle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance De Ropp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lance De Ropp has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hussle
vs
De Ropp

170 cm
19
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

177 cm
22
172 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Powerful

10th World Order + 10% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Hussle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lance De Ropp!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Ropp wants to clinch.
Hussle thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on De Ropp if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice straight punches there by Hussle. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hussle.
Hussle lands the left hand.
De Ropp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Ropp closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hussle throws a big shot that misses.
We've been hearing reports that Hussle has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
De Ropp tries to clinch there but Hussle circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hussle swings for the body but De Ropp moves out of range.
De Ropp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Ropp wants to clinch but Hussle slips to the side
letting Hussle counter with a right hand.
De Ropp tries to clinch up but Hussle circles away and keeps his distance.
De Ropp moves out of range of the body kick from Hussle.
Hussle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Ropp was well out of range. Poor timing from Hussle.
De Ropp moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De Ropp blocks a head kick by Hussle.
De Ropp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hussle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hussle looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
De Ropp closes the distance and lands a one-two.
De Ropp tries to close the distance and clinch but Hussle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Ropp moves in looking to clinch but Hussle pushes him off.
De Ropp looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hussle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De Ropp tries to clinch but Hussle moves out of range.
Hussle lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
De Ropp takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hussle is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hussle throws a low kick but it's checked well by De Ropp.
Hussle paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jab, jab by Hussle - just one landing.
De Ropp tries to close the distance and clinch but Hussle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As De Ropp looks to move away, Hussle throws a big counter combo bu De Ropp just gets out of the way.
Hussle throws a hook but De Ropp blocks it.
De Ropp throws a sloppy head kick and Hussle moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussle thuds a left hand into De Ropp's body.
Hussle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De Ropp fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hussle is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hussle lands with a good body shot.
Hussle is looking to chop away at De Ropp's legs.
Hussle swings for the body but De Ropp moves out of range.
De Ropp doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hussle tried to score with a low kick but De Ropp checks it.
De Ropp fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Ropp is looking to clinch but Hussle is avoiding it.
Hussle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hussle lands a nice looking body kick.
De Ropp throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hussle dips to his left and cracks De Ropp with an uppercut!
De Ropp wants to clinch up but Hussle keeps it at a distance.
De Ropp slips a jab from Hussle.
Hussle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Ropp.
De Ropp takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
De Ropp tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Ropp tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussle feints a jab promting De Ropp to slip. Hussle then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. De Ropp slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Lance De Ropp has been cut.
De Ropp rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Ropp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

De Ropp is rocked!
De Ropp glances at the clock... BAM! Hussle nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends De Ropp crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, De Ropp is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mike Hussle!
Mike Hussle decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.