PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Flash Elorde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Shinola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinola has chosen Hollywood as his entrance music. Brett Shinola will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Elorde
vs
Shinola

190 cm
28
205 lbs
6 - 14 - 0

201 cm
28
215 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Counter striker
Knockout power

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Flash Elorde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brett Shinola!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elorde lands a jab.

Elorde lands a front kick to the face, that drops Shinola to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!

Shinola is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Elorde misses with a body kick.
Elorde looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A low kick from Elorde is predictable there
enabling Shinola to counter with a crisp jab.
Elorde shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Shinola avoids the head kick by Elorde.
Shinola throws a head kick but Elorde moves out of range.
Elorde lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shinola circles away quickly and effectively.
Elorde misses with a leg kick.
Elorde avoids the head kick by Shinola.
Elorde is looking to score with low kicks.
Shinola showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Elorde.
Elorde looks to land a combination but Shinola avoids it well.
Brett Shinola is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Elorde. Those never looked like landing.
Shinola throws a head kick that misses.
Elorde moves to clinch but Shinola breaks away
and Shinola counters with a head kick. That will keep Elorde thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Elorde tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shinola swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Elorde forces Shinola back against the ropes and clinches.
Shinola working aggressively here.
Elorde misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shinola avoids a wild elbow strike from Elorde.
Shinola prevents a body shot from Elorde.

Shinola breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shinola tries a head kick but it misses.
Elorde looks to land a combination but Shinola avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elorde feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shinola's calf.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shinola lands a head kick!
Shinola tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shinola keeps the fight on the outside.
Elorde misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shinola avoids a punch combination nicely.
Elorde swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Shinola counters with a big head kick but Elorde shrugs it off.
Flash Elorde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Elorde tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shinola swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shinola scores with a sloppy right hand. Elorde should have avoided that one.
Elorde tries to clinch up

and whilst Elorde still has his hands down, Shinola counters with a perfectly aimed head kick that sends Elorde crashing to the mat! Will he recover? 3,4,5,6,7 - he's back up! The referee looks into his eyes and asks him to walk forwards. He's going to allow this one to continue but will Elorde be able to survive another onslaught?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elorde blocks a head kick by Shinola.
A head kick misses from Shinola.
Elorde throws a nice looking combination but Shinola bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Elorde moves to clinch but Shinola breaks away
and Shinola counters with a head kick.
Elorde scores with a jab to the head.
Elorde throws a leg kick
and Shinola counters with a leg kick.
Shinola moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Elorde throws a lazy head kick
and Shinola counters with a series of strikes. Elorde will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Elorde fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shinola slips a jab and a cross from Elorde.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elorde fails in his attempt to clinch.
Elorde throws a series of strikes that have Shinola backpedaling.
Elorde throws a head kick but Shinola moves out of range.
Shinola takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shinola misses with the combination.
Shinola fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Elorde manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Elorde.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Elorde lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Elorde lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Shinola out cold! Shinola is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the ropes! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Flash Elorde!