PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Canela Elbow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicola Bruni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Elbow
vs
Bruni

190 cm
26
210 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

188 cm
26
206 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Experienced

Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Canela Elbow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nicola Bruni!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruni misses the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Elbow.
Bruni throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bruni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Elbow was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruni.
Bruni connects with a body shot that sends Elbow's belly button to the back.
Bruni looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bruni jabs Elbow right on the nose. Elbow blinks but takes it well.
Bruni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Elbow half committed to a counter leg kick.
Elbow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Elbow connects with a solid leg kick.
Donk. Bruni catches Elbow right on the button with a cross.
Bruni digs a good body shot into Elbow's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Elbow takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bruni takes a swing at Elbow's ribcage but misses.
Bruni chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Elbow can pounce on him.

Bruni scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Elbow to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Bruni away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Elbow got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!

Elbow is rocked!
Elbow is looking to slow Bruni down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruni misses with a series of wild punches.
Bruni thuds a left hand into Elbow's body.

Bruni cracks Elbow with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the cage! Can Elbow get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Elbow looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Nicola Bruni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Elbow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Elbow misses with a head kick.

Elbow ducks into a a hook from Bruni 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!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elbow moves out of range of the strikes.
Elbow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bruni unleashes a big counter combination but Elbow bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Elbow misses with a head kick.

Elbow ducks into a a hook from Bruni 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!
Elbow drops his guard momentarily, allowing Bruni to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Elbow! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Bruni takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nicola Bruni!
In his post fight interview, Nicola Bruni started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.