PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Robin Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Sackrider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robin Banks has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Banks
vs
Sackrider

225 cm
28
185 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
184 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Robin Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Sackrider!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banks staying out of range there.
Banks wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Banks throws a series of punches but Sackrider moves out of range.

Banks closes the distance and pushes Sackrider back into the cage.
Banks swings wildly with an uppercut but Sackrider uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banks blocking some punches.
Sackrider lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Banks backwards.

Banks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sackrider on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Banks has Sackrider up against the cage in a clinch.
Banks prevents a body shot from Sackrider.
Banks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banks misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sackrider.
Sackrider working aggressively here.
I was talking to Banks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Banks comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Banks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Banks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sackrider.
A left lands for Banks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks tests Sackrider's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Banks lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sackrider's sensitive parts.
Sackrider ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Banks moves away.
Banks throws a low kick but Sackrider avoids it.
A jab from Sackrider misses.
Banks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A bone on bone clash there as Banks blocks the leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sackrider.
Banks clobbers Sackrider with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sackrider rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Banks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackrider. Banks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Banks scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Banks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sackrider waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Banks.
Banks is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sackrider misses with a straight left.
Banks throws a big counter combination but Sackrider scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Banks gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Banks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sackrider keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Banks scores with a jab. Sackrider acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sackrider swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sackrider throws the kick towards the body but Banks avoids it.
Sackrider pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Banks does it's job there.
Banks thuds his right hand into Sackrider's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sackrider walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Banks checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Banks scores with a nice strike.
Sackrider connects with a leg kick. Banks looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sackrider takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Banks blocks the body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Banks.
A jab from Sackrider misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Banks darts in and clinches Sackrider up against the cage.
Sackrider scores with a hook to the body.
Sackrider misses with a punch to the body.
Sackrider presses Banks against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Banks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sackrider is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Sackrider showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Banks.
Sackrider is trying to counter with his kicks.

Sackrider gets tackled into the cage by Banks. Banks maintains the clinch.
Banks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sackrider scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Banks works on Sackrider's body with a couple of short punches.
Sackrider lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sackrider.
Banks misses with a body punch.
Banks struggles to land a body shot inside as Sackrider controls his hands.

Banks breaks from the clinch.
Banks lands a high kick!
Robin Banks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Banks.
Sackrider drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sackrider lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sackrider throws a shot to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Banks scores with a four punch combination!
Banks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sackrider finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Banks takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A punch lands to the side of Sackrider 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sackrider scores with a sloppy right hand. Banks should have avoided that one.
Banks lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banks misses with a straight right.
Sackrider ducks under a wild hook from Banks.
Banks throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sackrider on the side of the head.
Sackrider takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Sackrider is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Banks dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Banks throws a leg kick but Sackrider checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sackrider! But no joy.
Sackrider takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sackrider is still on wobbly legs! Can Banks finish him?
Banks lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Sackrider crumples to the floor! Banks milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Robin Banks!
During a confident post fight interview, Robin Banks thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Kyle Sackrider was interviewed post fight and said 'Back to the drawing board I'll be back!!!!'.