PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Michael MP (ranked 3375 p4p, 320 weight class) and Carlos Salomanca (ranked 22884 p4p, 487 weight class). MP comes to the ring accompanied by Whitesnake - Is This Love?. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

MP
vs
Salomanca

205 cm
29
274 lbs
13 - 19 - 0

195 cm
28
265 lbs
7 - 13 - 1

Excellent boxer
Very strong

Great elbows
Granite chin

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 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael MP!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Salomanca!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MP lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Salomanca misses with a looping right.
Nice shot by Salomanca.
MP slips a straight right by Salomanca.
MP needs to keep his hands up - Salomanca had a free shot at his head there.
A bone on bone clash there as MP blocks the leg kick.
Salomanca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
MP throws a right and a left that both miss.
MP fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big right from Salomanca misses.
A head kick misses from MP.
MP misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from MP.
Salomanca lands a straight punch to the body, keeping MP at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MP ducks under a wild hook from Salomanca.
MP misses the shot to the body.
MP misses with the combination.
Good work by Salomanca as he checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salomanca misses with a body shot.
Salomanca ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Salomanca cracks MP with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
MP ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carlos Salomanca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
MP staying out of range there.
MP lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
MP misses with a series of wild punches.
Salomanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salomanca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
MP lands with a slapping head kick.
Salomanca lands with a nice body punch.
Salomanca misses with a hook
and MP counters with a one-two to the body.
Salomanca tries to score with a low kick but MP moves his leg out of the way.
MP went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A combination from Salomanca does no damage.
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!
Salomanca connects with a nice looking jab.
Salomanca should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Salomanca rushes MP and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Salomanca is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but MP is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Salomanca blocks the elbow strike.
Salomanca is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
MP gets through Salomanca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
MP stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
MP working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Salomanca trying to stall but MP improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Carlos Salomanca will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Salomanca just misses with a punch to the body.
MP scores with a head kick.
MP drops his hands momentarily and Salomanca takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Salomanca scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Salomanca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by MP.
Salomanca avoids a punch combination nicely.
Salomanca misses with a double jab
and MP counters with a nice uppercut.
Salomanca connects with a body shot that sends MP's belly button to the back.
MP lands a really nice looking cross but Salomanca seems unphased.
MP misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salomanca fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but MP is out of range.

Salomanca forces MP back against the ropes and clinches.
Salomanca tries to stall but MP uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Salomanca is trying to maintain a safe position but MP gets an underhook and turns Salomanca into the ropes.
Salomanca looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by MP as Salomanca tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Carlos Salomanca.
Salomanca throws a leg kick

and MP counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Salomanca stalling in the clinch but MP improves position.
Salomanca looking to stall.
Salomanca looking to stall.
Salomanca is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Carlos Salomanca.
MP throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
MP takes a swing at Salomanca's ribcage but misses.
MP scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
MP throws a series of punches but Salomanca avoids them all with ease.
Salomanca lands a right hook to the body.
MP scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
MP's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and MP duly obliges.
MP throws a right and a left that both miss.
MP will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Salomanca scores with a shot to the body.
MP misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salomanca.
Salomanca fails to land with a series of punches.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as MP checks a leg kick.
MP tries a head kick but it misses.
MP checks a low kick from Salomanca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael MP dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Salomanca has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nice straight punches there by Salomanca. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Salomanca.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salomanca. MP does a little dance to reset his feet.
MP is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salomanca can do to turn this around?
Salomanca lands with a shot to the body.
MP moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Salomanca throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
MP avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Salomanca looks to move away, MP throws a big counter combo but Salomanca just gets out of the way.
MP misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Michael MP is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Salomanca closes the distance and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
MP lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
MP stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Salomanca trying to control the position but instead, MP has worked for underhooks and has pushed Salomanca into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MP stalling the fight.
Salomanca is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but MP is keeping busy.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
MP is pushing Salomanca up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Salomanca is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but MP is keeping busy.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Carlos Salomanca.
Salomanca drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
MP bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Salomanca's head.
Michael MP seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Salomanca.
As Salomanca looks to move away, MP throws a big counter combo but Salomanca just gets out of the way.
MP dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from MP does no damage.
MP scores with a nice strike.
MP pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Salomanca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've been told by MP's head coaches at FIERCE that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
MP dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Salomanca. That did some damage!
Salomanca fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Salomanca walks into a stiff left hand from MP.
MP misses with a few strikes there.
Salomanca showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from MP.
MP takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael MP showed his dominance in that final round.
Well MP has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael MP!
Michael MP bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.