PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Pinero Chai (ranked 933 p4p, 23311 weight class) and Franko De Cremonesi (ranked 121 p4p, 585 weight class). Chai comes to the ring accompanied by Styles P - Off The Ghost. De Cremonesi has chosen Maniac (Eurobeat Remix) as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Chai
vs
De Cremonesi

176 cm
35
158
26 - 11 - 3

172 cm
27
157
9 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Granite chin

Conquer

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 26 - 11 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pinero Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Franko De Cremonesi!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chai 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.
Chai lands a jab to the nose.
Chai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Cremonesi throws a big shot that misses.
De Cremonesi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Cremonesi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Pinero Chai has been cut.
Chai throws a left and a right that both miss

and De Cremonesi moves into the clinch.
De Cremonesi misses with some punches.
De Cremonesi tries a body shot but Chai blocks it.
Chai blocking some punches.
Chai misses with some punches.
De Cremonesi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Cremonesi misses with a punch on the inside.
De Cremonesi throws a head punch that misses.
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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Cremonesi.
Chai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, De Cremonesi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Cremonesi scores with a nice hook to the head.
A hook to the body from Chai.
A short right from Chai.
De Cremonesi throws a punch but it's blocked by Chai.
De Cremonesi throws a punch but it's blocked by Chai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai has a couple of punches blocked by De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Cremonesi tries to work over Chai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chai misses with the head strike.
Chai is working De Cremonesi over against the ropes.
Chai tries to throw a body punch but De Cremonesi avoids it by throwing Chai back against the ropes.
Chai is working De Cremonesi over against the ropes.
A short right from Chai.
Chai lands with a short shot to the head.

Chai breaks from the clinch.
De Cremonesi needs to keep his hands up - Chai had a free shot at his head there.
De Cremonesi moves out of range of the body kick from Chai.
Nice defenses there by Chai.
De Cremonesi thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Cremonesi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chai.
Chai moves out of range of the body kick.
De Cremonesi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Chai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Chai!
De Cremonesi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from De Cremonesi misses.
De Cremonesi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chai throws a series of punches but De Cremonesi moves out of range.
De Cremonesi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chai misses with a straight left.
Both fighters circling a little - Chai finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
De Cremonesi slips a jab from Chai.
Chai fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Cremonesi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Cremonesi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chai scores with a push kick.
Nice jab there from Chai.
De Cremonesi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Cremonesi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chai thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from De Cremonesi misses.
De Cremonesi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chai misses with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pinero Chai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pinero Chai's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

De Cremonesi scores with a nice right hand.
De Cremonesi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chai at a distance.
Chai slips under a jab.
Chai scores with a push kick.
De Cremonesi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chai at a distance.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from De Cremonesi.
Chai goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
De Cremonesi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab by Chai.
De Cremonesi throws a solid leg kick but Chai takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi scores with a decent looking hook.
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!
De Cremonesi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Cremonesi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Chai lands a nice looking body shot.
De Cremonesi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Cremonesi is looking to score with low kicks.
Chai keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Chai misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Cremonesi looks to score with a jab to the body but Chai is just out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Chai misses its target.
De Cremonesi defending well as Chai loads up on a big left hand.
Chai jabs De Cremonesi right on the nose. De Cremonesi blinks but takes it well.
De Cremonesi ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
De Cremonesi moves out of range of the strikes.
Chai throws a shot to the body.
Chai misses with a wild combination.
Nice jab there from Chai.
Chai ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
No joy there for De Cremonesi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pinero Chai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chai fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Cremonesi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Chai keeps De Cremonesi at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai throws a head kick but De Cremonesi moves out of range.
De Cremonesi looks to score with a jab to the body but Chai is just out of range.
Franko De Cremonesi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Cremonesi throws a hook to the side of Chai's head but Chai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chai shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. De Cremonesi eats them both and turns towards Chai to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Chai connects with a solid leg kick.
De Cremonesi tries to score with a low kick but Chai moves his leg out of the way.
Chai misses with a two punch combination.
De Cremonesi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Chai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chai lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice cross by Chai.
De Cremonesi misses the shot to the body.
De Cremonesi connects with a leg kick.
De Cremonesi wants to slow Chai down by chopping away at his legs.
Chai appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chai checks a leg kick nicely.
De Cremonesi blocks a head kick by Chai.
De Cremonesi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chai. That one must have hurt.
Chai turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chai blocks a low kick nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pinero Chai dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pinero Chai's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Chai throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nice shot lands for De Cremonesi.
Chai moves out of range of the strikes.
De Cremonesi throws a series of punches but Chai avoids them all with ease.
Chai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Cremonesi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Chai looks to land a left hand but De Cremonesi moved out of range nicely.
De Cremonesi misses with a looping left.
Chai takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
De Cremonesi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chai in his tracks.
De Cremonesi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chai moves away.
Chai keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Chai swings for the body but De Cremonesi moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Chai!
The fighters circling - De Cremonesi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Chai.
Chai appears to be looking for a big counter.
Chai with the inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Cremonesi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chai. That one must have hurt.
De Cremonesi digs a good hook to Chai's body.
Chai moves out of range of the strikes.
De Cremonesi throws a shot to the body.
De Cremonesi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
De Cremonesi checks a leg kick.
De Cremonesi misses with a left hand
and Chai counters with a nice body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Chai. That snapped De Cremonesi's head back.
Chai scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Cremonesi throws a hook but Chai blocks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Chai.
Chai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Cremonesi was well out of range. Poor timing from Chai.
De Cremonesi blocks the body kick.
Chai throws a nice looking combination but De Cremonesi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Cremonesi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Cremonesi connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Cremonesi throws a shot from downtown. Chai moves away and avoids it.
De Cremonesi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Cremonesi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chai pushes De Cremonesi away with a front kick.
De Cremonesi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chai.
It looked like Chai wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
De Cremonesi misses with a kick to the body
and Chai counters with a series of strikes. De Cremonesi will be more careful next time no doubt.
Chai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chai scores with a push kick.
Chai tries to land a front kick but De Cremonesi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
De Cremonesi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Chai's corner calls for a 1-2. Chai obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
De Cremonesi slips a jab and a cross from Chai.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from De Cremonesi.
A telegraphed right hand from Chai misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Cremonesi throws a body punch but Chai moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by De Cremonesi.
Chai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A low kick from Chai misses

and De Cremonesi counters by clinching up.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pinero Chai.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chai, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pinero Chai!
After winning the bout, Pinero Chai thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.