PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Stephen Farrelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Farrelly
vs
Thunder

193 cm
18
216 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

BlackStar Athletics

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Farrelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrelly looks to land a combination but Thunder avoids it well.
Thunder takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Farrelly plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Farrelly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thunder lands with an uppercut that bounces Farrelly off the cage and back into range.
Thunder lands a right hook to the body.
A head kick from Farrelly lands but Thunder takes it in his stride.
Thunder swinging wildly here.
Farrelly throws a head kick but Thunder moves out of range.
Thunder looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
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!
Farrelly moves away from the strike by Thunder.
Farrelly seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Farrelly lands a high kick!
A telegraphed right hand from Thunder misses the target.
Thunder connects with a body shot that sends Farrelly's belly button to the back.
Farrelly ducks under a wild hook from Thunder.
Thunder pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Farrelly swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Farrelly avoids the body shot from Thunder.
A nice leg kick lands there from Farrelly.
Farrelly misses with a head kick.
Thunder changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thunder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Farrelly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder throws a hook to the side of Farrelly's head but Farrelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Farrelly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Thunder takes a step back to recover.

Farrelly ducks into a a hook from Thunder and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Thunder lands a nice looking body shot.
Farrelly is breathing heavily.
Thunder works Farrelly's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thunder tries to bum rush Farrelly with a series of wild strikes but Farrelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Thunder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thunder slips a jab and a cross from Farrelly.
Thunder staggers Farrelly with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Farrelly looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Thunder is victorious!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rocky Thunder!
A very excited looking Rocky Thunder made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Stephen Farrelly spoke after the fight, saying 'I will kick his face in next time!'.