PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between George Peterson (ranked 20704 p4p, 800 weight class) and Abraxas J Hardpickle (ranked 6629 p4p, 619 weight class). Peterson comes to the ring accompanied by Rhyme Asylum - Poison Penmanship. Hardpickle has chosen Get Schwifty 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!

Peterson
vs
J Hardpickle

200 cm
23
280 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

190 cm
24
235 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraxas J Hardpickle!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson lands a nice shot to the body.
Peterson scores with a leg kick.
Peterson misses with a leg kick
letting Hardpickle counter with a right hand.
Peterson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Peterson swings widly with a right hand
and Hardpickle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Peterson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Peterson moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromHardpickle.
Peterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hardpickle feints a counter leg kick.
Peterson scores with a sloppy right hand. Hardpickle should have avoided that one.
Hardpickle has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hardpickle walks into a stiff left hand from Peterson.
Hardpickle swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Peterson counters with a good low kick that Hardpickle was not able to check.
Peterson misses with a hook
and Hardpickle counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like George Peterson has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by Peterson. That's going to slow Hardpickle down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson loads up on a big right hand but Hardpickle slips the punch.
Hardpickle is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Peterson with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peterson. Hardpickle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Peterson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Peterson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Peterson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Peterson scores with a shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Peterson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hardpickle takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hardpickle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Peterson can pounce on him.
Peterson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hardpickle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Peterson. Those never looked like landing.
Nice jab there from Peterson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peterson stuns Hardpickle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Peterson tests Hardpickle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hardpickle walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Peterson connects with a jab.
Peterson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hardpickle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peterson.
George Peterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peterson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hardpickle doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Peterson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Peterson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hardpickle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Peterson.
George Peterson is winning the standup battle so far.
Hardpickle throws a hook but Peterson blocks it.
Peterson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hardpickle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hardpickle doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A punch combination from Peterson misses.
Peterson throws a hook but Hardpickle avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Peterson.
Peterson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson lands a nice looking body shot.
Peterson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peterson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hardpickle manages to avoid it.
Peterson misses with a leg kick.
Peterson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardpickle can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson lands an overhand right.
Hardpickle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardpickle appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Peterson lands with a good body shot.
Peterson throws a head kick but Hardpickle moves out of range.
And Hardpickle responds with a good body kick, but Peterson manages to step out the way in time.
Hardpickle moves away from the strike by Peterson.
Hardpickle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hardpickle checks a low kick from Peterson.
Hardpickle appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Peterson throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardpickle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Peterson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peterson connects with a single shot there.
Peterson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Peterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardpickle moves away.
Hardpickle appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peterson. Hardpickle does a little dance to reset his feet.
A leg kick checked by Hardpickle.
Peterson scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peterson scores with a nice strike.
Peterson staggers Hardpickle with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Hardpickle looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Peterson is victorious!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). George Peterson!
After winning the bout, George Peterson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Abraxas J Hardpickle had this to say: 'SURPRISE!'.