PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tuco Salamanca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Westen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Tuco Salamanca has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tuco Salamanca seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Salamanca
vs
Westen

186 cm
19
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

194 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tuco Salamanca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Westen !
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Westen misses with a wild body shot.
Westen lands a nice shot to the body.
Westen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Salamanca.
Salamanca looks to throw the jab but Westen is out of range.
Westen misses with a body shot.
Westen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No joy there for Westen , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Westen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Westen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salamanca.
Westen cracks Salamanca with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A swing and a miss from Salamanca.
Tuco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Westen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
Westen throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Westen . Salamanca does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Westen misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Salamanca gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A hook to the body from Salamanca.
Westen looks winded!
Salamanca lands with a left to the head.
Westen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Salamanca has him pressed against the cage.
Salamanca has a couple of punches blocked by Westen .
Salamanca lands a hook that snaps the head of Westen backwards.
A right hand to the body from Salamanca.
A shot in the inside from Salamanca.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Salamanca lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Westen backwards.
A short uppercut from Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a right hand that snaps the head of Westen backwards.
Salamanca lands a nice shot to the body.
Westen takes a shot to the head.
Salamanca definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A shot in the inside from Salamanca.
Salamanca scores with a shoulder strike.
Salamanca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Salamanca lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salamanca lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Salamanca.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Salamanca creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Westen is rocked!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Salamanca creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Westen is still on wobbly legs! Can Salamanca finish him?
Salamanca cracks Westen with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Westen goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Westen wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tuco Salamanca!
After the fight, Tuco Salamanca was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.