PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Ryan Tubridy (ranked 22077 p4p, 355 weight class) and Arnold Palmer (ranked 4060 p4p, 202 weight class). Tubridy comes to the ring accompanied by Late Late theme tune. Ryan Tubridy had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Tubridy
vs
Palmer

160 cm
22
144 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

170 cm
31
140 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan Tubridy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arnold Palmer!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Palmer is looking to clinch but Tubridy is avoiding it.
Palmer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tubridy.
A big left from Tubridy misses.
Arnold Palmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tubridy moves into the clinch successfully.
Tubridy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tubridy looking to stall.

Tubridy breaks the clinch.
Palmer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tubridy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Palmer. Palmer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Palmer moves into the clinch.

Tubridy breaks the clinch.
Palmer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tubridy throwing a counter right hand but Palmer manages to avoid it.
Tubridy blocks a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palmer wants to clinch.
Tubridy lands a body shot.
Tubridy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer moves out of range as Tubridy strikes.
Palmer throws a series of punches but Tubridy moves out of range.
Tubridy lands a nice shot that snaps Palmer's head back.
Tubridy throws a jab but it's blocked by Palmer.
Tubridy scores with a nice strike.

Tubridy clips Palmer with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Palmer a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.

Palmer is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tubridy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palmer is still on wobbly legs! Can Tubridy finish him?
Nice uppercut there from Tubridy.
Tubridy lands with a nice body punch.
Tubridy scores with a jab to the body.
Palmer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Palmer walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Palmer is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ryan Tubridy!
Ryan Tubridy is the new bantamweight champion!
Ryan Tubridy decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.