PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between The Sumo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zion Fuller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fuller has chosen Iconic - I am future as his entrance music. The Sumo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sumo
vs
Fuller

182 cm
27
265 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

206 cm
18
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Brawler
Very quick

Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, The Sumo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zion Fuller!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Sumo.

Sumo darts in and clinches Fuller up against the ropes.
Sumo works on Fuller's body with a couple of short punches.
Sumo misses with some punches.
Sumo is leaning against Fuller and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sumo lands a left hand.

It looks like Zion Fuller has been cut.
Fuller looks winded!
Sumo works on Fuller's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Sumo.
A short uppercut from Sumo.

Sumo creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Fuller crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sumo closes the distance and clinches.

Sumo breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Fuller with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Fuller looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Fuller 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!

Fuller is rocked!

Sumo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fuller is still on wobbly legs! Can Sumo finish him?
Fuller misses with the head strike.
Fuller seems to have recovered his senses.
A body shot lands from Sumo.
Sumo creates a bit of distance and cracks Fuller with a big uppercut! Fuller goes down! The referee pushes Sumo away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Fuller make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Sumo takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). The Sumo!
The Sumo is the new heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, The Sumo started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.