PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Zacharias Kassicus (ranked 6079 p4p, 21780 weight class) and Bedr Huri (ranked 83 p4p, 180 weight class). Zacharias Kassicus had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Kassicus
vs
Huri

190 cm
29
240
12 - 9 - 0

198 cm
28
266
3 - 6 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zacharias Kassicus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bedr Huri!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kassicus looks to land a left hand but Huri moved out of range nicely.
Kassicus throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Huri on the side of the head.

Huri takes the fight into the clinch.
Kassicus works on Huri's body with a couple of short punches.
Kassicus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kassicus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Huri trying to stall but Kassicus improves his position.
Kassicus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Huri has him pressed against the ropes.

Kassicus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Huri.
Huri avoids the body shot from Kassicus.
Kassicus scores with a jab to the head.
Huri moves out of range as Kassicus strikes.
Kassicus looks to land a left hand but Huri moved out of range nicely.
Huri throws a big counter head kick but Kassicus avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Huri misses.
A little feinted left hand from Kassicus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kassicus defending well as Huri loads up on a big left hand.
Huri on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Huri takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A left lands for Kassicus.
Jab by Kassicus.
Huri with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kassicus to score with a decent uppercut.
A cross from Huri lands.

It looks like Zacharias Kassicus has been cut.
Kassicus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kassicus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Huri on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kassicus misses with a straight right.
Huri defending well as Kassicus loads up on a big left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kassicus throws a left and a right that both miss
and Huri counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huri scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kassicus walks forward, straight into a front kick from Huri.
Huri bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Huri staying out of range there.
Huri works the jab nicely.
Huri takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Huri throws a body shot but no joy.
Kassicus blocks a jab.
Huri slips a jab from Kassicus.
Huri takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kassicus throws a hook but Huri avoids it easily.
Kassicus throws a combination that misses
and Huri counters with a nice body kick.
Huri slips under a jab from Kassicus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kassicus misses with a straight right.
Kassicus looks to score with a jab to the body but Huri is just out of range.
Kassicus moves into range and connects with a jab.
Huri slips a straight right by Kassicus.
Kassicus is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The fighters circling - Kassicus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kassicus clobbers Huri with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kassicus avoids the head kick by Huri.
Kassicus throws a left and a right that both miss
and Huri counters with a stiff right hand.
Huri has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kassicus moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zacharias Kassicus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from Huri tenderised Kassicus's leg. Kassicus is trying to keep his angry face on.
Huri takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Huri drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A head kick misses from Huri.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kassicus looks to land a right hand but Huri moved out of range.
Kassicus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice side step and Huri releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kassicus cracks Huri with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kassicus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Huri let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Huri moves out of range as Kassicus strikes.
Kassicus misses the jab.
Huri misses with a hook. Kassicus ducked under it nicely.
Kassicus throws a looping overhand right but Huri ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Huri was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Huri throws a right hand that Kassicus ducks under and follows up with a left that Kassicus also avoids with ease.
Kassicus swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kassicus closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A big left from Kassicus misses.
Huri throws a hook to the side of Kassicus's head but Kassicus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Huri takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zacharias Kassicus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zacharias Kassicus's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kassicus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Huri counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Huri slips under a jab from Kassicus.
As Kassicus backs off Huri throws a huge counter combo but Kassicus manages to avoid it all.
Kassicus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Huri can do to turn this around?
Kassicus throws a big shot that misses.
Huri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kassicus throws out the jab.
Huri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kassicus.
Huri is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kassicus with a body shot.
Kassicus loads up on a big right hand but Huri slips the punch.
Kassicus misses with an uppercut
and Huri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kassicus cracks Huri with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kassicus throws a looping overhand right but Huri ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kassicus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kassicus throws a shot from downtown. Huri moves away and avoids it.
Kassicus tries to move into range but Huri moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kassicus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kassicus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Huri moves away.
Huri appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Huri.

Kassicus is rocked!
Kassicus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Huri was well out of range. Poor timing from Kassicus.
Oh Kassicus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
BAM! Huri delivers a spinning backfist that drops Kassicus like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Bedr Huri!
Bedr Huri decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.