PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dean Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe Lievin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gibson
vs
Lievin

200 cm
33
305 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

192 cm
20
240 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dean Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abe Lievin !
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lievin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gibson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Gibson clinches up against the ropes.
Lievin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gibson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lievin takes an elbow to the temple.
Lievin working aggressively here.
Our sources have told us that Gibson has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Gibson blocks a body shot from Lievin .
Gibson blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Lievin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lievin blocks an elbow strike from Gibson.
Gibson holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Lievin works on Gibson's body with a couple of short punches.
Gibson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson trying to control the position but instead, Lievin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gibson into the ropes.
Gibson prevents a body shot from Lievin .
A short uppercut from Gibson.
Gibson gets through Lievin 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lievin tries to work over Gibson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gibson stalling against the ropes.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but Lievin blocks it.
Gibson scores with a shot to the side of Lievin 's head.
Lievin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gibson avoids it.
Lievin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gibson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lievin can turn it around.
Gibson throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gibson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Gibson lands a right hand.
Lievin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Lievin .
Gibson lands a shoulder strike.
Lievin lands an elbow that stopped Gibson in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Dean Gibson has been cut.
Gibson avoids the elbow strike from Lievin , against the ropes.
Lievin takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Abe Lievin has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gibson lands a left hand.
Lievin lands with a left to the head.
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lievin looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson lands a nice shot to the body.
Gibson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lievin s head.
Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Lievin won't want to take too many of those.
Gibson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Gibson breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Lievin with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Lievin looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Lievin get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!

Gibson pushes Lievin up against the ropes in a clinch.
Lievin is looking to break free of the clinch but Gibson has double underhooks.
Gibson smacks Lievin right on the bridge of the nose with a massive elbow! Another one lands and Lievin goes down! He's clearly dazed - will he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7... up to one knee... 8,9,10! He's not made it! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Dean Gibson!
Dean Gibson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that VICIOUS FIGHT GEAR logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.