PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Dave Wearmouth (ranked 8945 p4p, 758 weight class) and Vito Andolini (ranked 2817 p4p, 354 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Wearmouth
vs
Andolini

183 cm
20
187 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Wearmouth!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vito Andolini!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andolini bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wearmouth misses with a left hand
and Andolini connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice jab there from Wearmouth.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Andolini.
A low kick from Andolini misses
and Wearmouth counters with a stiff right hand.
Dave Wearmouth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andolini moves away from the strike by Wearmouth.
Andolini steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Andolini throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Andolini throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good exchange - Wearmouth coming out on top.
Andolini throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wearmouth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andolini scores with a spinning back kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andolini takes a swing at Wearmouth's ribcage but misses.
Wearmouth misses with a looping left.
Nice shot lands for Wearmouth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andolini misses with a body kick.

Andolini moves into the clinch.
Wearmouth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Andolini blocking some punches.
Andolini misses with the head strike.
Andolini has a couple of punches blocked by Wearmouth.
Andolini throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wearmouth lands a left hand.
Andolini throws a punch but it's blocked by Wearmouth.
Andolini lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wearmouth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Andolini misses with the head strike.
Wearmouth creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wearmouth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Andolini backwards.
Andolini tries to work over Wearmouth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Wearmouth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Andolini tries to score with a low kick but Wearmouth moves his leg out of the way.
A punch lands to the side of Andolini 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andolini uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wearmouth.
Andolini slips a jab from Wearmouth.
Wearmouth throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nice cross by Wearmouth.

Andolini is rocked!
Wearmouth scores with a shot to the body.
Andolini lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wearmouth's sensitive parts.
Andolini swings for the body but Wearmouth moves out of range.
Wearmouth is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Andolini clinches up against the ropes.
Wearmouth pushes Andolini back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wearmouth.

Wearmouth breaks from the clinch.

Wearmouth clinches up with Andolini and pushes him back against the ropes.
Andolini tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wearmouth misses with the head strike.
Wearmouth lands a hook that snaps the head of Andolini backwards.
Andolini avoids the elbow strike from Wearmouth, against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wearmouth.
Wearmouth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Andolini tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wearmouth's elbow.
Wearmouth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Andolini.
Andolini tries a body shot but Wearmouth blocks it.
Wearmouth creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Andolini's defenses.
Andolini is still on wobbly legs! Can Wearmouth finish him?

It looks like Vito Andolini has been cut.
Andolini misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Andolini has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Wearmouth seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Andolini can turn it around.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wearmouth.
Wearmouth breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Andolini with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Andolini looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Andolini get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Dave Wearmouth!
Dave Wearmouth is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Dave Wearmouth thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.