PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Thiago Plouman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gino Petrovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gino Petrovich has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Thiago Plouman's chin.

Plouman
vs
Petrovich

195 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
20
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Great elbows
Big heart

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Plouman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gino Petrovich!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrovich connects with a good right hand that stumbles Plouman. Plouman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A swing and a miss from Plouman.
Petrovich keeps the fight on the outside.
An inside leg kick lands from Petrovich.
Petrovich throws a shot from downtown. Plouman moves away and avoids it.
Plouman throws a looping overhand right but Petrovich ducks down to avoid it.
Petrovich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Plouman throws a hook but Petrovich blocks it.
Petrovich jabs Plouman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Plouman scores with a leg kick.
Plouman tries to score with a low kick but Petrovich moves his leg out of the way.
Petrovich tries a head kick but it misses.
Plouman slips under a jab.
Petrovich cracks Plouman with a right hand to the side of the head.
Plouman steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Petrovich. That one must have hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Plouman looks for the body kick but Petrovich saw that one coming.
A low kick from Plouman is predictable there
and Petrovich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Petrovich, right into the meat.
Plouman wants to clinch.
Petrovich scores with a leg kick.
Plouman misses with a left hand
and Petrovich counters with a left to the body.
Plouman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Petrovich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A chopping leg kick lands by Plouman.
Plouman misses with a low kick as Petrovich jumps back.
Petrovich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Plouman looks to land a left hand but Petrovich moved out of range nicely.
Petrovich cracks Plouman with a good jab.
Petrovich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich takes a swing at Plouman's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Plouman.
Petrovich with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrovich slips under a jab.
Petrovich digs a good body shot into Plouman's ribs.
Petrovich is looking to slow Plouman down with leg kicks.
Thiago Plouman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrovich clobbers Plouman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Plouman is rocked!
Plouman tries to clinch there but Petrovich circles away.
Plouman throws a head kick but Petrovich moves out of range.
Plouman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Petrovich connects with a looping right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Petrovich.
Petrovich with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Plouman on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Plouman is breathing heavily.
Petrovich scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Petrovich connects with a solid leg kick.
Petrovich lands a jab to the nose.
Petrovich lands with a nice body punch.
Petrovich lands a nice leg kick that just misses Plouman's sensitive parts.
Petrovich scores with a leg kick.

Petrovich cracks Plouman with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Plouman is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Plouman is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Oh Plouman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick by Plouman misses
and Petrovich counters with a straight right hand that connects right on the button, dropping Plouman face first to the canvas! He's out! He's out cold! No need for a count here - this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gino Petrovich!