PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Will White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Le Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Banner has chosen Carmina Burana as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

White
vs
Le Banner

180 cm
20
240 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

205 cm
26
279 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Great elbows
Powerful

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Will White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerome Le Banner!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Le Banner drives through and clinches with White against the ropes.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Le Banner.
Nice elbow from White.

It looks like Jerome Le Banner has been cut.
Le Banner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White prevents Le Banner from breaking the clinch.
White pushes off an throws an elbow but Le Banner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
White blocks an elbow strike.
Le Banner managing to block the knees to the body from White.
Le Banner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
White lands a nice leg kick that just misses Le Banner's sensitive parts.
Le Banner misses with a straight right.

White gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for White.
Le Banner is looking to land body kicks.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Le Banner moves out of range easily.
Crunch! White slams his shin into Le Banner's torso.
Le Banner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Le Banner clobbers White with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!

White gets a clinch.
Le Banner wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Banner wants to break free but White has control.
Le Banner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Le Banner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from White.
Le Banner tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
White creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Le Banner's defenses.
Le Banner being controlled against the ropes.
White looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Le Banner is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
Le Banner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Le Banner has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Le Banner takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Jerome Le Banner's cut even more.
Le Banner blocks an elbow strike from White.
Le Banner avoids the elbow strike from White, against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Banner dodges an elbow strike from White.
Le Banner tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the ropes.
Le Banner is trying to push White away but White has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Le Banner wants to break free but White has control.
White throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
Le Banner takes an elbow to the temple.

The cut above Jerome Le Banner's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Le Banner blocks an elbow strike.
White gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
White pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

White escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
White scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
White tries to clinch up.
Le Banner thuds a left hand into White's body.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Le Banner finds it's way through White's defenses.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Le Banner.
White tries to land a body kick
and Le Banner counters with a stiff right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as White checks a leg kick.
Le Banner shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Le Banner throws a body kick that misses.
Le Banner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Le Banner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White throws out a loose jab but Le Banner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le Banner misses with a looping left.
Le Banner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

White moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Will White will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jerome Le Banner's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Le Banner blocks a head kick by White.
Le Banner ducks under a wild hook from White.
White wants to clinch.

White takes the fight into the clinch.
Le Banner tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
White throws an elbow that misses.
Le Banner misses with a hook to the ribs.
White lands a nice elbow.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Le Banner's efforts to push away.
Le Banner tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Banner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Le Banner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White lands an elbow just above Le Banner 's eye.

Jerome Le Banner's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jerome Le Banner's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Will White!
An out of breath and clearly excited Will White thanked Ganja's Warehouse (95% Laundering) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).