PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ludger Kresnik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rorion Villanova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kresnik
vs
Villanova

190 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ludger Kresnik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rorion Villanova!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villanova wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Villanova throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kresnik throws a lazy right hand but Villanova sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kresnik.
Villanova misses with a hook

and Kresnik moves into the clinch.
Villanova dodges an elbow strike from Kresnik.

Villanova pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Villanova rushes Kresnik and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kresnik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Villanova stalling.

Villanova escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Villanova misses with a low kick.
Villanova plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kresnik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kresnik misses with an uppercut. Villanova saw that one coming.
Villanova stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kresnik.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villanova misses with an uppercut. Kresnik saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kresnik tries to clinch up but Villanova circles away and keeps his distance.
Villanova misses with a left hand

and Kresnik holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Villanova with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kresnik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kresnik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kresnik misses with a punch on the inside.
Villanova tries to circle away but Kresnik has him pinned against the cage.
Kresnik stalling in the clinch but Villanova improves position.
Kresnik avoiding damage as Villanova throws knees to the body.
Villanova trying to land knees to the body.

Kresnik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Villanova just misses with a punch to the body.
Kresnik throws a big shot that misses.
Villanova throws a head kick that misses.
Kresnik throws a jab but it's blocked by Villanova.
Villanova takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Rorion Villanova has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villanova looks to land a right hand but Kresnik moved out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villanova looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A slapping leg kick lands for Villanova.
Villanova throws the left hand but Kresnik avoids the punch easily.
Villanova doesn't manage to clinch there - Kresnik circles away.
Villanova throws a lazy right hand but Kresnik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Villanova takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Villanova tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kresnik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab lands there for Kresnik.
Kresnik lands with a hook. Villanova tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Villanova tests Kresnik's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kresnik throws a chopping leg kick but Villanova manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Villanova misses the target.

Villanova fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kresnik, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villanova is looking to break free of the clinch but Kresnik has double underhooks.
Kresnik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kresnik working aggressively here.
Kresnik working aggressively here.
Villanova is trying to break the clinch but Kresnik has him pressed against the cage.
Kresnik throws a punch but it's blocked by Villanova.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Villanova.
A frustrated look appears on Villanova's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Villanova breaks the clinch.
Villanova throws a shot from downtown. Kresnik moves away and avoids it.
Villanova looks to land a left hand but Kresnik moved out of range nicely.
Villanova stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kresnik.
Nice defenses there by Kresnik.
Villanova wants to land a leg kick but Kresnik is out of range.
Rorion Villanova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villanova with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Villanova ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kresnik throws a shot from downtown. Villanova moves away and avoids it.
Villanova throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Villanova cracks Kresnik with a good jab.
Villanova throws a looping overhand right but Kresnik ducks down to avoid it.
Villanova misses with a leg kick

and Kresnik counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kresnik.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kresnik misses with the head strike.
Kresnik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kresnik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Villanova is trying to break the clinch but Kresnik has him pressed against the cage.
Villanova throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kresniks head.
Kresnik comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Kresnik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kresnik fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Villanova on the side of the head.
Kresnik checks a leg kick.
Villanova throws a body shot but no joy.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kresnik moves away from the strike by Villanova.
A nice leg kick lands there from Villanova.
Villanova lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Villanova throws a hook but Kresnik avoids it easily.
Villanova walks into a jab.
Kresnik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kresnik swings for the body but Villanova moves out of range.
Villanova ducks under a wild hook from Kresnik.
Kresnik paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A low kick from Villanova misses

and Kresnik counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A head punch on the inside from Kresnik fails to land.

Villanova pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Villanova closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kresnik lands a shot to the body.

Villanova breaks from the clinch.
Kresnik looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kresnik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Villanova.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kresnik.
Kresnik lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Villanova takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kresnik lands with a cross.
Kresnik throws out a loose jab but Villanova uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kresnik is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Villanova misses with a body punch

and Kresnik counters by moving into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kresnik as Villanova tries to tie him up.
Kresnik tries to throw a body punch but Villanova avoids it by throwing Kresnik back against the cage.
Villanova blocking some punches.
Villanova blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Villanova wants to get back to striking at distance but Kresnik won't allow it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Villanova wants to break the clinch but can't.
Villanova is trying to break the clinch but Kresnik is controlling him.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Villanova creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Kresnik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kresnik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Villanova is looking to clinch.
Kresnik bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Villanova throws a hook to the side of Kresnik's head but Kresnik sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Villanova misses with a lunging right hand

and Kresnik counters by clinching up.

Villanova escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kresnik fails in his attempt to clinch.
Villanova tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Villanova misses with a body kick.
Villanova misses with a straight left.
Kresnik scores with a nice body kick.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kresnik waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Villanova.
Kresnik jabs Villanova right on the nose. Villanova blinks but takes it well.

That has opened up Rorion Villanova's cut even more.
Kresnik chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Villanova can pounce on him.
Villanova takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kresnik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Villanova displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kresnik throws out the jab.
Kresnik waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Villanova.
Good leg kick by Villanova there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kresnik pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kresnik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Villanova.
Villanova takes one on the button.
Kresnik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Villanova.
A clash of legs there as Villanova blocks the low kick.
Villanova misses with a looping left.
Villanova tries to clinch but Kresnik moves away

and Kresnik counters by clinching up.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Villanova throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Kresnik fails to land.
Kresnik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Villanova is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kresnik is defending well for now.
Villanova lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kresnik backwards.

Villanova's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Villanova throws a sloppy head kick and Kresnik moves out of range easily.
Kresnik connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Villanova looks to throw the jab but Kresnik is out of range.
Kresnik throws an overhand right that lands on Villanova's shoulder, as Villanova tries to avoid the shot.

Villanova gets a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kresnik throws a punch but it's blocked by Villanova.
Kresnik has a couple of punches blocked by Villanova.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kresnik.
Kresnik misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ludger Kresnik dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rorion Villanova's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kresnik.
Villanova thows a left - swing and a miss!
Villanova with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Villanova has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kresnik finds it's way round the side to connect with Villanova's head.
Kresnik sizes up Villanova with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Villanova is rocked!
Kresnik uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Villanova.
Villanova tries to clinch up but Kresnik circles away and keeps his distance.
Villanova misses with a hook. Kresnik ducked under it nicely.
Villanova fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Villanova misses with a body shot.
Villanova moves out of range of the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villanova lands with a hook. Kresnik tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kresnik throws the left hand but Villanova avoids the punch easily.
Kresnik waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Villanova.
Kresnik throws a shot from downtown. Villanova moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villanova looks to land a combination but Kresnik avoids it well.
Kresnik missing with a left hand there. Villanova was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kresnik jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Villanova takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kresnik looks to throw the jab but Villanova is out of range.
Villanova slips under a jab from Kresnik.
Villanova staying out of range there.
Kresnik tries to close the distance and clinch but Villanova swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slow jab from Kresnik misses its intended target.
Kresnik takes one to the side of the head.
Villanova tries to clinch there but Kresnik circles away.
Kresnik is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Villanova blocks a jab.
Villanova wants to clinch but Kresnik slips to the side

and Kresnik counters by clinching up.
Villanova trying to control the position but instead, Kresnik has worked for underhooks and has pushed Villanova into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villanova lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kresnik tries a body shot but Villanova blocks it.
Villanova struggles to land a body shot inside as Kresnik controls his hands.
Villanova throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kresnik blocks it with crossed arms.
Villanova is trying to break free.
Kresnik prevents Villanova from breaking the clinch.
Villanova can't break the clinch.
Kresnik struggles to land a body shot inside as Villanova controls his hands.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kresnik can't find room to land a body shot as Villanova controls the action.
Villanova is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kresnik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kresnik lands an elbow just above Villanova 's eye.
Kresnik lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kresnik lands a right hand.
Villanova is trying to break the clinch but Kresnik is controlling him.

Kresnik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Villanova misses with a hook. Kresnik ducked under it nicely.
Villanova tries to close the distance and clinch but Kresnik swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Villanova takes a jab right on the kisser.
Villanova throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kresnik on the side of the head.
Villanova is looking to clinch but Kresnik is avoiding it.

Villanova ducks into a a hook from Kresnik and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Villanova is still on wobbly legs! Can Kresnik finish him?

The cut above Rorion Villanova's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kresnik swats away the attempt to clinch by Villanova.
Kresnik loads up on a big right hand but Villanova slips the punch.
Villanova walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Kresnik! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ludger Kresnik!