PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Yka Sonni (ranked 2505 p4p, 311 weight class) and Cocky Palboa (ranked 2838 p4p, 341 weight class). Cocky Palboa has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Yka Sonni's chin.

Sonni
vs
Palboa

181 cm
24
179 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
190 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Woodhouse's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yka Sonni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cocky Palboa!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonni misses with a looping left.
Sonni throws the left hand but Palboa avoids the punch easily.
Palboa connects with a body shot.
Sonni swings away with a body shot that misses
and Palboa counters with a one-two to the body.
Sonni with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Palboa there.
Palboa cracks Sonni with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Palboa blocks a jab.
Sonni lands the left hand.
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!
Sonni misses the jab.
Sonni is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Palboa.
Palboa scores with a shot to the body.
Palboa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sonni circles away quickly and effectively.
Palboa misses the shot to the body.
Sonni was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Palboa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sonni.
A swing and a miss from Sonni.
Palboa ducks under a wild hook from Sonni.
Palboa punishes Sonni's body with a nice straight punch.
Sonni throws a jab when Palboa was well out of range.

Palboa pushes Sonni up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palboa works on Sonni's body with a couple of short punches.
Palboa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Palboa lands a left hand.
Palboa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Palboa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Palboa presses Sonni against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Palboa manages to break the clinch.
Sonni missing with a left hand there. Palboa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Palboa throws a body shot but no joy.
Palboa fails to land with a series of punches.
Sonni misses with an uppercut. Palboa saw that one coming.
Palboa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sonni throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Palboa counter with a right hand.
Sonni scores with a shot to the body.
Sonni misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palboa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sonni.
Sonni is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palboa connects with a body shot.
Palboa lands with a nice body punch.
Sonni throws a right hand that misses

and Palboa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sonni takes a shot to the head.
Palboa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Palboa.

It looks like Yka Sonni has been cut.
Palboa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Palboa stalling the fight.
Palboa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Palboa lands a nice uppercut.
Palboa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sonni backwards.
Palboa lands a right hand.

Sonni is rocked!
Palboa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Sonni is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Palboa gets through Sonni's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sonni is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Palboa's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Palboa lands with a short shot to the head.
Palboa lands a shoulder strike.
Palboa creates a bit of distance and cracks Sonni with a big uppercut! Sonni goes down! The referee pushes Palboa away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Sonni make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Palboa takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Cocky Palboa!
Cocky Palboa thanked the fans post fight for their support.