PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Mang Kanor (ranked 5949 p4p, 590 weight class) and Yevgen Maartins (ranked 4891 p4p, 530 weight class). Kanor comes to the ring accompanied by Mang J̶o̶s̶e̶ Kanor by Parokya ni Edgarskie. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kanor
vs
Maartins

195 cm
26
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
192 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Powerful

BEAST

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mang Kanor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yevgen Maartins!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maartins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kanor is out of range and Maartins settles back down.
Kanor moves into range and connects with a jab.
A lazy left from Kanor finds it's target.
Maartins wants to clinch

and Kanor counters with a really nice, stiff jab that drops Maartins onto his ass. He'll have to take the mandatory count from the referee but he's back on his feet and he seems OK to continue.
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!
Kanor weaves into range and cracks Maartins right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Maartins goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Kanor is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mang Kanor!
Mang Kanor retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Mang Kanor thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.