PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Rupert Archibald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Francis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francis has chosen Korn - Falling Away From Me as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Archibald
vs
Francis

186 cm
19
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
16
189 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rupert Archibald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hunter Francis!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Francis misses.
Francis throws out a loose jab but Archibald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Archibald smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Francis tests Archibald's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Francis misses with a hook.
Francis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Francis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Archibald.
Archibald ducks under a wild hook from Francis.
Francis throws a looping overhand right but Archibald ducks down to avoid it.
Francis misses with a looping right.
Archibald moves in looking to clinch but Francis pushes him off.
Archibald comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab from Archibald misses.
Archibald blocks a jab.
Archibald definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Francis slips under a jab.
Archibald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Francis.
Archibald lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Francis moves out of range as Archibald strikes.
Francis thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Francis misses the target.
Nice straight punches there by Archibald. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Archibald.
Hunter Francis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Archibald's corner calls for a 1-2. Archibald obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Francis throws a lazy right hand but Archibald sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Francis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Archibald misses the target.
Archibald ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Francis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Francis throws a shot from downtown. Archibald moves away and avoids it.
Francis misses with a lunging right hand

and Archibald counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Archibald doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Archibald tries a body shot but Francis blocks it.
Archibald lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Archibald misses with a hook to the ribs.
Archibald lands a shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Archibald.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Archibald.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Archibald lands with a short shot to the head.
Archibald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Archibald doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Archibald scores with a shot to the side of Francis's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Archibald.
Archibald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Francis's elbow.
Archibald is working Francis over against the ropes.
Archibald misses with some punches.
Archibald has Francis pressed against the ropes, preventing Francis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Archibald swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Archibald struggles to land a body shot inside as Francis controls his hands.
Archibald misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francis blocking some punches.
Archibald doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Archibald lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Francis backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Archibald creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Archibald lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Francis backwards.
Archibald misses with a punch to the body.
Archibald tries a body shot but Francis blocks it.
Archibald misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Francis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Archibald pushes Francis back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Archibald trying to control the position but instead, Francis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Archibald into the ropes.
Francis blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Archibald.

Archibald manages to break the clinch.
Archibald fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little jabbing left from Francis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Archibald throws a nice outside leg kick.
Archibald ducks under a wild hook from Francis.
Archibald tries to counter by clinching up but Francis breaks away and moves out of range.
Francis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Archibald to counter with a crisp jab.
Francis has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good exchange - Francis coming out on top.
Francis might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Archibald fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Archibald ducks under a wild hook from Francis.
Francis misses the jab.
Francis cracks Archibald with a right hand to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Francis.
Francis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Archibald throws out the jab.
Francis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rupert Archibald dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Archibald is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Francis.
Archibald slips a jab from Francis.
Archibald throwing a counter right hand but Francis manages to avoid it.
Archibald misses with an uppercut
and Francis counters with a stiff right hand.
Francis loads up on a big right hand but Archibald slips the punch.
Francis throws a jab but it's blocked by Archibald.
Archibald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the liver by Archibald. Beautiful body shot.
Archibald has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Archibald there as he acknowledges the shot.
Francis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Archibald's hands.
Archibald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Francis can do to turn this around?
Francis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Archibald drops his guard momentarily, allowing Francis to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Archibald! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Francis takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hunter Francis!
A pretty intense looking Hunter Francis took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.