PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyle Kovingten (ranked 22214 p4p, 12059 weight class) and Australian RooMan (ranked 515 p4p, 501 weight class). Kovingten's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tool - Schism. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kovingten
vs
RooMan

181 cm
33
170
34 - 18 - 2

185 cm
34
170
12 - 7 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Kovingten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Australian RooMan!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovingten fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and RooMan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
RooMan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Kovingten misses.
Kovingten fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but RooMan is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kovingten. RooMan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kovingten connects with a body shot.
Kovingten connects with a jab.
Kovingten fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
RooMan throws a lazy right hand but Kovingten sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kovingten looks to land a right hand but RooMan moved out of range.
Kovingten throws the kick towards the body but RooMan avoids it.
Kovingten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by RooMan.
It seemed like RooMan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kovingten throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As Kovingten backs off RooMan throws a huge counter combo but Kovingten manages to avoid it all.
Kovingten missing with a left hand there. RooMan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
RooMan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kovingten stuns RooMan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from RooMan misses the target.
RooMan misses with a looping left.
Kovingten is looking to counter with a body kick.
Kovingten has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
RooMan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kovingten is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kovingten lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten tests RooMan's chin there with a solid looking shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kovingten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kovingten fails to land.
Kovingten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kovingten lands a shot to the body.
RooMan is looking to break free of the clinch but Kovingten has double underhooks.
RooMan is trying to break the clinch but Kovingten has him pressed against the ropes.
Kovingten working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
RooMan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kovingten working some nice short punches in the clinch.
RooMan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kovingten lands an elbow just above RooMan 's eye.

It looks like Australian RooMan has been cut.
Kovingten lands with a left to the head.
RooMan tries to work over Kovingten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kovingten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through RooMan's defenses.
RooMan told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
RooMan throws a head punch that misses.
RooMan misses with a hook from the clinch.
RooMan working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
RooMan tries to circle away but Kovingten has him pinned against the ropes.
Kovingten lands a shoulder strike.

RooMan is rocked!
Kovingten cracks RooMan with a nice body shot.
RooMan is still on wobbly legs! Can Kovingten finish him?
RooMan looks winded!
Kovingten softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kovingten breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks RooMan with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! RooMan looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. RooMan get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kyle Kovingten!
After the fight, Kyle Kovingten was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.