PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Bruce Chang (ranked 1674 p4p, 22033 weight class) and Marco Salamanca (ranked 219 p4p, 649 weight class). Chang comes to the ring accompanied by Kung Fu Fighting ft. Fatboy Slim. Salamanca has chosen Superstar Cypress Hill as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Chang
vs
Salamanca

178 cm
35
172
23 - 20 - 0

176 cm
34
163
24 - 9 - 3

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
The Natural Order

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
The Pharmacy Phuket

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 23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Chang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Salamanca!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Salamanca. Chang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chang takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Salamanca throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An attempted straight right counter from Chang misses the target.
Chang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a lovely overhand right.
Chang has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Salamanca.
Chang slips a straight right by Salamanca.

Chang moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Salamanca blocking some punches.
Salamanca throws a head punch that misses.
Salamanca lands an elbow inside that Chang shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Chang fails to land.
Chang lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chang cracks Salamanca with a nice body shot.
Salamanca lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Salamanca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Salamanca softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Salamanca prevents a body shot from Chang.
Salamanca lands a nice uppercut.
Chang misses with a punch on the inside.
Salamanca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Chang on the inside.
Salamanca misses with the head strike.
Salamanca lands an uppercut.
Salamanca misses with the head strike.
Chang takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salamanca lands a shoulder strike.
Chang takes a shot to the head.
Salamanca scores with a hook to the body.
Salamanca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chang has a couple of punches blocked by Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a nice elbow.
Salamanca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Salamanca connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chang's face.

Chang is rocked!
Chang has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Salamanca lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oh Chang is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Chang crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Chang face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Salamanca takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marco Salamanca!
Our winner, Marco Salamanca, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.