PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Kaine Krause (ranked 22669 p4p, 748 weight class) and Buster Hively (ranked 7915 p4p, 672 weight class). Hively has chosen Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krause
vs
Hively

190 cm
21
180 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

207 cm
27
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

World class MT
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaine Krause!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buster Hively!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krause works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hively avoids the body shot from Krause.
Krause tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hively was well out of range. Poor timing from Krause.
Hively lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Krause backs up against the ropes.
Krause throws an overhand right that lands on Hively's shoulder, as Hively tries to avoid the shot.
Hively throws a body kick that misses
and Krause counters with a nice uppercut.
Hively scores with a leg kick.
A low kick from Hively is predictable there
and Krause counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Krause throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hively on the side of the head.
Hively misses with a hook.
Hively throws a hook but Krause blocks it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hively lands a nice shot that snaps Krause's head back.
Hively smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Krause blocks a leg kick.
Krause wants to slow Hively down by chopping away at his legs.
Krause tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hively was well out of range. Poor timing from Krause.
Krause throws a jab when Hively was well out of range.
Krause cracks a nice hook into Hively's ribs.
Krause misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hively.
We've been told by Krause's head coaches at LOD: Scrap Squad that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krause throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hively is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hively takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Krause throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hively sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krause misses with the combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hively. That's going to slow Krause down.
A jab from Krause does it's job there.
Hively misses with a looping left.
Hively tries to land a body kick

and Krause counters by clinching up.
Krause has Hively pressed against the ropes, preventing Hively from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Krause lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hively backwards.
Krause makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hively is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hively lands with a left to the head.
Krause lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hively backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krause scores with a shot to the side of Hively's head.
Krause prevents a body shot from Hively.
Hively tries to circle away but Krause has him pinned against the ropes.
Krause blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krause working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Krause lands an uppercut.
Krause fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krause gets through Hively's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Krause lands with a light punch inside.
Krause lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hively backwards.
A shot in the inside from Krause.

Hively is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hively.
Hively is still on wobbly legs! Can Krause finish him?
Hively scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hively seems to have recovered his senses.
Krause lands a left hand.
Hively is trying to force a seperation but Krause has the dominant position.
Hively misses with a body punch.
Krause keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hively's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Hively's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Krause pushes Hively back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hively tries to break free but Krause pushes him back against the ropes.
Krause softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A short left from Krause.
Hively misses with a body punch.
Hively throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaine Krause dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Krause slips under a jab from Hively.
Krause's corner calls for a 1-2. Krause obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Krause is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hively can do to turn this around?
Krause throws a leg kick that misses.
Hively ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krause misses with a hook
and Hively counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Krause looks to score with a jab to the body but Hively is just out of range.
Krause misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hively.
Hively jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Hively tries to get set, Krause tries to push him back and clinch up but Hively manages to avoid the attempt.

Krause instigates a clinch.
Krause throws a head punch that misses.
Krause scores with a nice hook to the head.
Krause blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hively can't find room to land a body shot as Krause controls the action.
Hively tries to circle away but Krause has him pinned against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Krause fails to land.
Krause digs a right hand into Hively's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hively's gas tank.
A frustrated look appears on Hively's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hively wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Krause lands a hook that snaps the head of Hively backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krause scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hively's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Krause working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hively wants to get back to striking at distance but Krause won't allow it.
Krause prevents a body shot from Hively.
Krause throws a head punch that misses.
Krause softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kaine Krause has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Hively.
Krause lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hively backwards.
Krause makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Hively fails to land.
Hively lands a right hand.
Krause lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krause working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Krause breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Hively with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Hively looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Hively 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 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kaine Krause!
In defeat, Buster Hively stepped up to the mic, saying 'I was distracted by the other guys really long nose hairs and just couldnt keep my focus....'.