PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Roberto Congo (ranked 2124 p4p, 20850 weight class) and Claudio Benedetti (ranked 309 p4p, 614 weight class). Benedetti has chosen Atrevete te as his entrance music. 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.

Congo
vs
Benedetti

188 cm
29
197
19 - 6 - 0

193 cm
35
207
26 - 15 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Heavy handed

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Congo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Congo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
A nice leg kick from Benedetti, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot by Benedetti.

It looks like Roberto Congo has been cut.
Congo misses with a looping left.
Congo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Congo walks into a big right hand from Benedetti and goes down! The referee sends Benedetti to a neutral corner as Congo gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Congo moves in looking to clinch but Benedetti pushes him off.
Benedetti scores with the left hand. Congo knows he should have avoided that one.

Congo is rocked!
Congo tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Benedetti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oh Congo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Congo throws out a powerful jab.
Congo seems to have got his legs back now.
Congo is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Benedetti doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Congo crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Congo's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Claudio Benedetti!
Claudio Benedetti decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.