PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyle Kovingten (ranked 23959 p4p, 187 weight class) and Vincent McGuire (ranked 20052 p4p, 183 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kovingten
vs
McGuire

181 cm
23
174 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

204 cm
29
250 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Groove Gear
UnderGround Supplements

Threads of HARDCORE
Condemned

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Kovingten!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vincent McGuire!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Alyssa Summers and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovingten tries to clinch up.
Kovingten misses with a hook
and McGuire counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kovingten throws a lazy right hand but McGuire sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McGuire looks to land a right hand but Kovingten moved out of range.
Kovingten throws a sloppy head kick and McGuire moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McGuire! But no joy.
Kovingten misses with an uppercut
and McGuire counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kovingten throws a predictable looking body shot
and McGuire counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kovingten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kovingten throwing a counter right hand but McGuire manages to avoid it.
Kovingten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kovingten takes one on the button.
Kovingten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kovingten tries to close the distance and clinch but McGuire swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGuire looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McGuire throws a hook but Kovingten blocks it.
Kovingten throws a body punch but McGuire moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kovingten darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten throws a hook to the side of McGuire's head but McGuire sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McGuire swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sloppy strikes from Kovingten. Those never looked like landing.
Kovingten seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kovingten slips under a jab from McGuire.
McGuire takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice body punch from Kovingten.
Kovingten misses with a straight right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kovingten.
Kovingten wants to slow McGuire down by chopping away at his legs.
It seemed like McGuire was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McGuire lands with a kick to the temple. Kovingten shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A jab from McGuire misses.
McGuire is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kovingten slips a jab from McGuire.

Kovingten has closed the distance and engaged McGuire in a clinch.
Kovingten looking to slow down the pace here.
Kovingten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kovingten.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire tries a body shot but Kovingten blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Kovingten fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuire blocks a body shot from Kovingten.
A short right from Kovingten.
McGuire misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGuire blocking some punches.
Kovingten lands a left hand.
Kovingten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McGuire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kovingten's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kovingten pushes McGuire back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGuire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kovingten tries to work over McGuire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from McGuire.
Kovingten looking to slow down the pace here.
McGuire misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McGuire.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kovingten.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten has a couple of punches blocked by McGuire.
Kovingten blocks an uppercut.
McGuire trying to control the position but instead, Kovingten has worked for underhooks and has pushed McGuire into the ropes.
Kovingten lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Kovingten - that landed with a thud.
McGuire swings wildly with an uppercut but Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kovingten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McGuire stalling in the clinch but Kovingten improves position.
Kovingten throws a head punch that misses.
Kovingten misses with a punch on the inside.
Kovingten gets through McGuire's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kovingten lands a shoulder strike.
McGuire working aggressively here.
Kovingten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGuire lands a left hand.
Kovingten working aggressively here.
McGuire is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGuire backwards.
A short left from Kovingten.
Kovingten blocks a body shot from McGuire.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire is trying to stall.
McGuire lands a hook that snaps the head of Kovingten backwards.
Kovingten swings wildly with an uppercut but McGuire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kovingten misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kovingten blocking some punches.
McGuire has a couple of punches blocked by Kovingten.
Kovingten lands a nice uppercut.
Kovingten misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGuire swings wildly with an uppercut but Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kovingten misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGuire misses with some punches.
McGuire is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kyle Kovingten will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kovingten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGuire sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as McGuire checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McGuire swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kovingten blocks a jab.
McGuire has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McGuire there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kovingten punishes McGuire's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice shot lands for McGuire.
McGuire misses with an uppercut.
McGuire uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kovingten.
Kovingten throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kovingten lands with a hook. McGuire tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovingten looks to land a combination but McGuire avoids it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McGuire! But no joy.
McGuire checks a leg kick.
McGuire cracks Kovingten with an open hand slap.
McGuire pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It appears Kovingten was looking to counter with a kick there.
McGuire might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kovingten will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten cracks McGuire with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from McGuire misses the target.
Nice uppercut there from McGuire.
McGuire swats away the attempt to clinch by Kovingten.
McGuire stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kovingten.
Kovingten displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGuire throws out the jab.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kovingten throws a nice inside leg kick.
McGuire steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kovingten.
Kovingten swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Kovingten fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McGuire, pushing him back against the ropes.
McGuire has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kovingten seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if McGuire can turn it around.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McGuire.
McGuire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kovingten misses with the head strike.
Kovingten tries a body shot but McGuire blocks it.
Kovingten misses with the head strike.
Kovingten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGuire blocks an uppercut.
Kovingten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McGuire looking to stall.
McGuire misses with a punch on the inside.
Kovingten throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McGuires head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from McGuire fails to land.
Kovingten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGuire or not.
McGuire lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kovingten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kovingten tries to throw a body punch but McGuire avoids it by throwing Kovingten back against the ropes.
McGuire misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuire misses with some punches.
McGuire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kovingten lands a body punch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kovingten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGuire's elbow.
A short left from Kovingten.
Kovingten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kovingten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kovingten lands with a short shot to the head.
Kovingten works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kovingten takes a shot to the head.
Kovingten pushes off an throws an elbow but McGuire leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
McGuire lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from McGuire fails to land.
McGuire misses with the head strike.
McGuire lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kovingten backwards.
Kovingten working aggressively here.
Kyle Kovingten has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McGuire lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire working aggressively here.
Kovingten lands a right hand.
McGuire looking to stall.
McGuire working aggressively here.
Kovingten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGuire's elbow.
McGuire lands a right hand.
Kovingten cracks McGuire with a nice body shot.
McGuire scores with a shot to the side of Kovingten's head.
A nice left hand lands by Kovingten.
Kovingten lands a left hand.
Kovingten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGuire or not.
McGuire is breathing heavily.
Kovingten throws a head punch that misses.
Kovingten is leaning against McGuire and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kovingten avoiding damage.
Kovingten lands a body punch.
Kovingten is leaning against McGuire and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Kovingten.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Kovingten dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

That kick from Kovingten tenderised McGuire's leg. McGuire is trying to keep his angry face on.
A jab from McGuire finds it's way through Kovingten's defenses.
Kovingten misses with a wild body shot.
McGuire clobbers Kovingten with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A swing and a miss from Kovingten.
McGuire swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kovingten tries to clinch up.
Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGuire.
Nice shot lands for McGuire.
Kovingten doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McGuire takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kovingten avoids the head kick by McGuire.
McGuire thows a left - swing and a miss!
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!
Kovingten throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McGuire.
McGuire throws a hook but Kovingten avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kovingten.
Kovingten scores with a head kick.

McGuire is rocked!
McGuire throws a shot from downtown. Kovingten moves away and avoids it.
Kovingten scores with a sloppy right hand. McGuire should have avoided that one.
McGuire is still on wobbly legs! Can Kovingten finish him?

Kovingten clinches up with McGuire and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kovingten lands with a right to the head.
Kovingten creates a bit of distance and cracks McGuire with a big uppercut! McGuire goes down! The referee pushes Kovingten away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will McGuire make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Kovingten takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kyle Kovingten!
Kyle Kovingten retains his super heavyweight title!
Kyle Kovingten bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.