PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Abed Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chong Starbowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Starbowski's choice of entrance music: Trad Thai Music.. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barnes
vs
Starbowski

175 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Self confident

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Oblivion Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abed Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chong Starbowski!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starbowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barnes thows a body kick. Starbowski tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Starbowski throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Starbowski does it's job there.
Barnes lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barnes slips a jab from Starbowski.
Barnes is looking to counter the offense by Starbowski and move into the clinch.
Starbowski takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Starbowski has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Barnes keeps Starbowski at a distance using the push kick.
Barnes is looking to clinch but Starbowski is avoiding it.
Barnes avoids the head kick by Starbowski.
Starbowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barnes tries to clinch up
and Starbowski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes cracks the inside of Starbowski's front leg.
Starbowski throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starbowski takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Barnes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Starbowski managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Starbowski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Starbowski is trying to break the clinch but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Starbowski misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes stalls.
Starbowski scores with a knee to the head.
Barnes blocks an uppercut.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Barnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Starbowski.
Barnes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Starbowski's sensitive parts.

Barnes closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Starbowski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Barnes is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes lands a really nice looking cross but Starbowski seems unphased.
Oh Barnes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Starbowski catches Barnes with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Barnes forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Chong Starbowski!
During a confident post fight interview, Chong Starbowski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.