PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dick Doss (ranked 20796 p4p, 659 weight class) and Baraka Simengwa (ranked 5377 p4p, 519 weight class). Simengwa is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Afande Sele feat Ditto - Darubini kali. Dick Doss has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Doss
vs
Simengwa

212 cm
25
292 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

185 cm
42
195 lbs
28 - 34 - 0

World class MT
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Dick Doss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 34 - 0, fighting out of London, Baraka Simengwa!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simengwa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Doss shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Simengwa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Simengwa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Doss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simengwa working aggressively here.
Simengwa digs a right hand underneath Doss's ribcage. Doss let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Simengwa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Simengwa swings wildly with an uppercut but Doss uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doss misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Simengwa fails to land.
Simengwa misses with a punch on the inside.
Simengwa misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simengwa misses with a punch on the inside.
Doss scores with a shot to the side of Simengwa's head.
Doss misses with a hook to the ribs.
Simengwa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Doss lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simengwa lands a shoulder strike.
Doss blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Doss fails to land.
Simengwa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Simengwa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Simengwa misses with the head strike.
Simengwa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simengwa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Doss lands a hook that snaps the head of Simengwa backwards.
Simengwa misses with a body punch.
Simengwa throws a head punch that misses.
Doss lands a hook that snaps the head of Simengwa backwards.
Doss lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Doss.

Simengwa is rocked!
Doss prevents a body shot from Simengwa.
Simengwa working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Doss fails to land.
Simengwa lands a body shot.
Doss lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Simengwa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Doss lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Simengwa or not.
Doss scores with a nice hook to the head.
Simengwa is still on wobbly legs! Can Doss finish him?
Doss lands a nice shot to the body.
Doss cracks Simengwa with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Simengwa goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Simengwa wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Dick Doss!
After winning the bout, Dick Doss thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.