PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Drake Tillman (ranked 4827 p4p, 5103 weight class) and Patrick Sto (ranked 572 p4p, 598 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tillman
vs
Sto

177 cm
25
265
2 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
220
2 - 0 - 0

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Battle Hecs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Drake Tillman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Patrick Sto!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sto misses with a wild body shot.
Sto scores with a hook to the body. Tillman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tillman jabs at Sto's body.
A nice leg kick from Tillman, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tillman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Sto releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tillman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sto lands with a good body shot.
Sto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tillman.
Tillman tries a low kick but Sto avoids it.
Sto throws a body shot but no joy.
Tillman fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sto just manages to avoid it.
Sto connects with the punch.
Sto misses with a left hand
and Tillman counters with a left to the body.
Sto misses with a hook.
Drake Tillman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tillman misses with a straight left.
Sto throws a body shot but no joy.
Sto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tillman under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tillman misses with a leg kick
and Sto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tillman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tillman under the eye.
A jab from Sto misses.
Sto blocks the body kick.
Tillman digs a good body shot into Sto's ribs.
Nice uppercut lands for Sto. That snapped Tillman's head back.
Sto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sto misses with a hook.
Tillman lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sto has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tillman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sto misses the shot to the body.
Tillman throws a quick counter head kick but Sto was just out of range.
Tillman throws a wild body kick that Sto sees coming a mile off.
Sto throws a body punch but Tillman moves out of range.
Sto loads up on a big right hand but Tillman slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tillman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sto.
Tillman throws a front kick that sends Sto stumbling back into the ropes.
Sto looks winded!
Tillman throws a body punch but Sto moves out of range.
Tillman connects with a solid leg kick.
Tillman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sto. That did some damage!
Sto connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Patrick Sto has been cut.
Sto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tillman.
Tillman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sto misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body kick from Tillman.
Sto missing with a left hand there. Tillman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tillman is looking to slow Sto down with leg kicks.
Tillman connects with a right hand. Sto shakes it off.
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 Drake Tillman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Patrick Sto's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tillman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tillman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sto.
It seemed like Sto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sto takes a swing at Tillman's ribcage but misses.
Tillman looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sto just misses with a punch to the body.
Tillman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sto misses with a right hand
and Tillman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tillman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sto.
Sto misses with a wild combination.
Tillman misses with a wild body shot.
Tillman is looking to wear down Sto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tillman slips a jab from Sto.
Tillman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sto blocks a low kick nicely.
Tillman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tillman staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sto swinging wildly here.
Tillman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sto lands with a good body shot.
Tillman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sto's head.
Sto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sto tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sto staying out of range there.
Tillman throws a body shot but no joy.
Sto misses with a wild body shot.
Tillman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That has opened up Patrick Sto's cut even more.
Tillman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sto looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sto avoids the head kick by Tillman.
Sto throws a hook but Tillman blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tillman ducks under a wild hook from Sto.
Tillman throws a body shot but no joy.
Tillman scores with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tillman manages to avoid it.
A big left from Tillman misses.
Sto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tillman misses with a kick to the body
and Sto counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tillman with a nice cross.
Nice uppercut there from Sto.
Sto throws a hook but Tillman avoids it easily.
Sto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A punch combination from Sto misses.
Tillman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tillman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sto ducks under a wild hook from Tillman.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Drake Tillman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Patrick Sto's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Tillman moves away from the strike by Sto.
As Sto backs away, Tillman returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Tillman tries a low kick but Sto avoids it.
Sto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sto connects with a single shot there.
Sto is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sto misses with a few strikes there.
Jab, jab by Sto - just one landing.
Sto loads up on a big right hand but Tillman slips the punch.
Tillman throws a push kick but Sto slaps the foot to one side.
Sto moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tillman. Sto shrugs it off though.
Sto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tillman manages to avoid it.
Sto throws a body punch but Tillman moves out of range.
Tillman throwing a counter right hand but Sto manages to avoid it.
Tillman lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tillman takes a swing at Sto's ribcage but misses.
Sto takes one to the side of the head.
Tillman explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tillman scores with a kick to the body.
Sto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tillman. Tillman obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice body kick from Tillman.
Tillman throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tillman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

The cut above Patrick Sto's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sto has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tillman.
Tillman cracks Sto with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Sto is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Sto is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Sto could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Drake Tillman!
Drake Tillman is the new heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Drake Tillman, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.