PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Austin Worner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sammy Sugarol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Worner
vs
Sugarol

170 cm
36
153 lbs
26 - 35 - 0

174 cm
41
153 lbs
22 - 18 - 1

Good knees
Cardio machine

World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Austin Worner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Sugarol!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sugarol avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Worner does no damage.
Worner looks to land a combination but Sugarol avoids it well.
Worner staying out of range there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A jab from Sugarol misses.
Sugarol lands a jab to the nose.
Sugarol throws a lazy right hand but Worner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Worner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Worner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Worner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sugarol moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sugarol showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Worner.
Worner scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Worner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Worner. Those never looked like landing.
Worner misses with a double jab.
Worner throws a series of punches but Sugarol avoids them all with ease.
Worner misses with the combination.
Worner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Sugarol staggers Worner with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Worner 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! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worner throws a right hand that Sugarol ducks under and follows up with a left that Sugarol also avoids with ease.
Worner throws a series of punches but Sugarol avoids them all with ease.
Sugarol lands with a shot to the body.
Sugarol swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sugarol scores with a decent looking hook.
Sugarol ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Worner moves away.
Worner throws a series of punches but Sugarol moves out of range.

Sugarol has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sugarol lands an uppercut.
A short right from Sugarol.
Sugarol cracks Worner with a nice body shot.
Worner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Worner is trying to break the clinch but Sugarol has him pressed against the ropes.
Worner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sugarol has him pressed against the ropes.
Sugarol is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sugarol is pushing Worner up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sugarol continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Sugarol lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Worner tries to break the clinch but Sugarol is controlling the position.
Sugarol effectively controlling the action here.
Sugarol is pushing Worner up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sugarol slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting on Sugarol's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sammy Sugarol.
Sugarol misses with a hook.
Worner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sugarol shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Worner eats them both and turns towards Sugarol to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sugarol misses with a wild body shot.
Worner throws a combination that misses

and Sugarol moves into the clinch.
Worner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sugarol's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Worner is trying to break the clinch but Sugarol is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sugarol stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Worner has had enough of the clinch but Sugarol keeps him there for the moment.
Sugarol lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Worner backwards.
Sugarol stalls.
Worner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Worner tries to circle away but Sugarol has him pinned against the ropes.
Sugarol keeps control of Worner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Worner working hard to break the clinch.
Worner has a couple of punches blocked by Sugarol.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Worner.
Sugarol pushes Worner back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Sugarol has Worner pushed against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Worner.
Sugarol pushes Worner back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sugarol is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sugarol cracks Worner with a nice body shot.
Sugarol scores with a shot to the side of Worner's head.
Sugarol lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sugarol stalling the fight.

Sugarol's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sugarol throws a hook to the side of Worner's head but Worner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Worner does no damage.
Worner misses with a series of wild punches.
Sugarol takes a swing at Worner's ribcage but misses.
Sugarol scores with the left hand. Worner knows he should have avoided that one.
Sugarol ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Worner moves away.
Worner scores with a three punch combo!
Some wild striking there from Worner.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Worner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sugarol.
Worner misses with a wild combination.
Worner needs to keep his hands up - Sugarol had a free shot at his head there.
Worner throws a series of punches but Sugarol moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Worner.
Worner swinging wildly here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Danga de danga de dang - Sugarol scores with a four punch combination!
Worner misses with a series of wild punches.
Worner misses with a double jab.
Worner throws a series of punches but Sugarol avoids them all with ease.
Sugarol loads up on a big right hand but Worner slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice jab there from Sugarol.
Sugarol lands a slapping body shot.
Worner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sugarol fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Worner is rocked!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sugarol pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oh Worner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Worner staying out of range there.
Worner misses with a two punch combination.
Worner seems to have got his legs back now.
Worner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sugarol is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Worner had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Worner works over Sugarol's head and body with a nice combination.
Sugarol connects with a quick right hand that sends Worner tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Sammy Sugarol!