PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Prince Sheikh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Sheikh
vs
Anderson

196 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Prince Sheikh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thomas Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Anderson lands a body punch.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sheikh.

Sheikh breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sheikh feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Andersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sheikh connects with a right hand. Anderson shakes it off.
Sheikh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Sheikh lands with a kick to the temple. Anderson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Sheikh closes the distance and clinches.
Sheikh working aggressively here.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Sheikh misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sheikh.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.

It looks like Prince Sheikh has been cut.
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!
Sheikh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sheikh throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Sheikh avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the cage.
Anderson blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
Sheikh pushes Anderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sheikh has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Sheikh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sheikh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sheikh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Sheikh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson ducks right into an uppercut from Sheikh.
Anderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sheikh scores with a nice right hand.
A head kick misses from Sheikh.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sheikh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sheikh.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sheikh was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Sheikh scores with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sheikh has closed the distance and engaged Anderson in a clinch.
Sheikh misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheikh throws a head punch that misses.
Sheikh working aggressively here.
Sheikh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.
Anderson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sheikh is trying to push Anderson away but Anderson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sheikh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Anderson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sheikhs head.
Sheikh swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sheikh misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Anderson.
Anderson takes a shot to the head.
Sheikh throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Sheikh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sheikh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sheikh throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Sheikh throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sheikh.
Sheikh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sheikh throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson pushes Sheikh back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sheikh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've been informed that Anderson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sheikh misses with the head strike.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Sheikh.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sheikh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheikh throws a head punch that misses.
Sheikh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sheikh fails to land.
Sheikh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Anderson as the two fighters clinch.
Sheikh lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Sheikh fails to land.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Sheikh throws a head punch that misses.
Sheikh misses with the head strike.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Anderson.

Prince Sheikh's cut is getting worse.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sheikh has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson lands with a short shot to the head.
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Sheikh avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sheikh fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.

Sheikh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson throws a jab when Sheikh was well out of range.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sheikh looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sheikh catches Anderson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sheikh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Sheikh counter with a right hand.
Anderson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sheikh connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Anderson scrambles back to his feet.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Anderson rushes Sheikh and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sheikh fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sheikh lands a shoulder strike.
Sheikh blocks a body shot from Anderson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sheikh.
Sheikh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sheikh throws a head punch that misses.
Sheikh misses with a body punch.
Sheikh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sheikh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Sheikh's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sheikh has had enough of the clinch but Anderson keeps him there for the moment.
Sheikh is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sheikh throws a head punch that misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sheikh fails to land.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sheikh backwards.
Sheikh is looking to break free of the clinch but Anderson has double underhooks.
Sheikh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andersons head.
Sheikh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sheikh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sheikh misses with the head strike.
Sheikh swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Prince Sheikh's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sheikh misses with some punches.
Sheikh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson scores with a shot to the side of Sheikh's head.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
A right hand to the body from Anderson.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sheikh throws a head punch that misses.
Sheikh throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sheikh.
Anderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sheikh throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sheikh working hard to break the clinch.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson gets through Sheikh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Anderson.
Anderson blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Anderson.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sheikh backwards.

Jeez, Prince Sheikh's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is leaning against Sheikh and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sheikh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andersons head.
Sheikh throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.

Anderson breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Sheikh with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Sheikh looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Sheikh get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!

Sheikh is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Prince Sheikh's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Thomas Anderson!