PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hale Erwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Herbst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erwin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Young Jeezy feat. T.I. - F.A.M.E.. Herbst has chosen How can I become a Bawlaa as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Erwin
vs
Herbst

192 cm
35
222 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

185 cm
30
220 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hale Erwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Herbst!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erwin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Erwin walks into a stiff left hand from Herbst.
Herbst is looking to clinch.
Erwin lands a jab to Herbst's midsection.
Erwin misses with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Erwin misses.
Herbst avoids the head kick by Erwin.
Hale Erwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Herbst takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
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!
Herbst misses with a body shot.
Erwin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Erwin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Erwin with a hook.
Herbst scores with a hook.
Erwin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Erwin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Herbst takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Erwin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Erwin blocks the body kick.
A lazy left from Erwin finds it's target.
Herbst takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Herbst fails to land with a series of punches.
Herbst lands a nice hook to Erwin's body. Erwin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Erwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erwin throws a head kick but Herbst moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Herbst.
A cross from Erwin lands.
Erwin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Herbst's head.
Erwin scores with a push kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Erwin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Erwin looks for the body kick but Herbst saw that one coming.
Herbst takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Erwin misses with a head kick.
Erwin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Herbst throws a jab when Erwin was well out of range.
Erwin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Herbst keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Erwin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Erwin misses with a head kick.
Erwin throws a right and a left that Herbst avoids nicely.
Erwin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Erwin.
Erwin lands a nice shot to the body.
Herbst takes a swing at Erwin's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Herbst gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Herbst blocking some punches.
Herbst blocking some punches.
Erwin misses with a body punch.
Erwin working aggressively here.
Erwin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Erwin can't find room to land a body shot as Herbst controls the action.
Herbst blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Herbst blocking some punches.
Herbst lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Hale Erwin has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Erwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erwin tries a body shot but Herbst blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Herbst.
A hook to the body from Erwin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hale Erwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hale Erwin's cut.
That's time! Erwin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Erwin tries to land a leg kick but Herbst saw it coming and moves away.
Erwin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Herbst on the side of the head.
Erwin connects with a body shot that sends Herbst's belly button to the back.
Erwin misses with a low kick.
Erwin looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Erwin backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Herbst's temple! It sends Herbst violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Erwin celebrates and the doctors try to help Herbst!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Hale Erwin!
Hale Erwin decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated James Herbst had this to say: 'That fucker cheated - he poked me in the eye!!'.