PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Shiro Toushiro (ranked 4330 p4p, 4451 weight class) and Sanderson Reliford (ranked 488 p4p, 494 weight class). Sanderson Reliford has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Toushiro
vs
Reliford

208 cm
25
270
5 - 0 - 0

208 cm
25
275
2 - 0 - 1

Great elbows
KO power

Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shiro Toushiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Sanderson Reliford!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toushiro throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Toushiro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Toushiro avoiding damage as Reliford throws knees to the body.
Toushiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reliford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Toushiro backwards.
Reliford pushes Toushiro back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Toushiro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Toushiro throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Toushiro blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Toushiro throws an elbow but misses.
Toushiro misses with an elbow strike.
Reliford misses with a punch on the inside.
Reliford blocks the elbow strike.
Reliford looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Reliford tries to land a knee to the head but Toushiro blocks with his arms.
Toushiro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Toushiro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Toushiro lands an elbow that stopped Reliford in his tracks for a moment.
Reliford throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reliford lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Shiro Toushiro has been cut.
Reliford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reliford misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reliford tries a knee to the head but Toushiro blocks it.
Reliford looking to stall.
Reliford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toushiro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Toushiro just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reliford's brow.
Toushiro misses with an elbow strike.
Toushiro lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Sanderson Reliford has been cut.
Toushiro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reliford tries to land knees in the clinch but Toushiro avoids the damage to the body.
Toushiro blocks the elbow strike.
Reliford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Toushiro throws an elbow but misses.
Reliford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Toushiro creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice elbow from Toushiro.
Reliford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Toushiro blocking some punches.
Toushiro throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Toushiro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reliford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Toushiro lands an elbow that stopped Reliford in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reliford wants to stall.
Toushiro avoids the elbow strike from Reliford, against the ropes.
Reliford pushes Toushiro back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Toushiro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reliford slowing the pace effectively.
Toushiro lands an elbow that stopped Reliford in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Sanderson Reliford's cut even more.
Toushiro dodges an elbow strike from Reliford.
Toushiro throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Toushiro blocking some punches.
Toushiro misses with an elbow over the top.
Toushiro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Toushiro misses with an elbow strike.
Toushiro pushes off an throws an elbow but Reliford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Reliford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reliford blocks an elbow strike from Toushiro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Shiro Toushiro will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Toushiro moves into the clinch.
Reliford throws a punch but it's blocked by Toushiro.
Reliford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reliford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reliford has Toushiro pushed against the ropes.
Reliford is trying to maintain a safe position but Toushiro gets an underhook and turns Reliford into the ropes.
Toushiro pushes off an throws an elbow but Reliford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Reliford lands a hook that snaps the head of Toushiro backwards.
Reliford has a couple of punches blocked by Toushiro.
Reliford gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reliford blocks an elbow strike from Toushiro.
Toushiro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Toushiro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toushiro lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reliford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Toushiro.
Reliford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toushiro lands an elbow that stopped Reliford in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Sanderson Reliford's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A shot in the inside from Reliford.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reliford misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reliford blocks an elbow strike from Toushiro.
Reliford blocks an elbow strike.
Reliford takes an elbow to the forehead.

Sanderson Reliford's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Reliford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Toushiro lands an elbow just above Reliford 's eye.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sanderson Reliford's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shiro Toushiro!
A victorious Shiro Toushiro thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.