PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Makunouchi Ippo (ranked 25034 p4p, 432 weight class) and Kosma Wawelski (ranked 3206 p4p, 277 weight class). Ippo comes to the ring accompanied by Indestructible. Kosma Wawelski has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Ippo
vs
Wawelski

173 cm
44
153 lbs
40 - 18 - 0

170 cm
30
140 lbs
20 - 17 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Makunouchi Ippo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kosma Wawelski!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wawelski tries to clinch but Ippo moves out of range.
Wawelski on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wawelski throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ippo misses with a looping right.
Wawelski throws a head kick that misses.

Wawelski instigates a clinch.
Ippo prevents a body shot from Wawelski.
Wawelski throws a punch but it's blocked by Ippo.
Knees to the body from Ippo.
Ippo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wawelski is defending well for now.
Ippo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ippo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ippo misses with a knee to the head.
Ippo misses with a knee to the head.
Ippo gets through Wawelski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ippo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Our sources have told us that Ippo has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wawelski misses with a punch on the inside.
Ippo avoiding damage as Wawelski throws knees to the body.
Wawelski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wawelski misses with an elbow over the top.
Ippo lands with a light punch inside.
Wawelski lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wawelski misses with a body punch.
Ippo trying to land knees to the body.
Ippo misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Wawelski.
Ippo misses with a knee strike.
Wawelski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wawelski tries to land a knee to the head but Ippo blocks with his arms.
A short right from Wawelski.
Ippo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wawelski misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Wawelski fails to land.
Wawelski looking to throw knees to the head but Ippo is blocking nicely.
Wawelski misses with a knee strike.
Wawelski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wawelski lands with a left to the head.
Wawelski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wawelski.
Ippo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wawelski lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wawelski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wawelski has a couple of punches blocked by Ippo.
Wawelski misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wawelski scores with a shot to the side of Ippo's head.
Wawelski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ippo lands a hook that snaps the head of Wawelski backwards.
Wawelski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ippo trying to land knees to the body.
Ippo misses with a knee strike.
Wawelski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wawelski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wawelski misses with some punches.
Wawelski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ippo backwards.
Wawelski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ippo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ippo creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Wawelski off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Wawelski is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! Ippo is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Makunouchi Ippo!
An intense looking Makunouchi Ippo took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Found 1 '.