PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Kermit Cintron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and La Shokran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cintron
vs
Shokran

178 cm
18
178 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
18
182 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kermit Cintron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, La Shokran!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cintron thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cintron just misses with a punch to the body.
Cintron staying out of range there.
Shokran scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Shokran clinches with his opponent.
Cintron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shokran lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shokran is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Shokran lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cintron or not.
Shokran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cintron backwards.

It looks like Kermit Cintron has been cut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shokran.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Shokran.
A nice left hand lands by Shokran.
Shokran digs a right hand underneath Cintron's ribcage. Cintron let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cintron is breathing heavily.
Cintron looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shokran's coach down at Highland Brawl Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Shokran's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Shokran presses Cintron against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hook to the body lands for Shokran.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shokran has Cintron pressed against the cage.
A short right from Shokran.
Shokran stalling.
Cintron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shokran creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Shokran.

Cintron is rocked!
Shokran misses with a punch on the inside.
Cintron is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shokran creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Cintron crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Cintron face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Shokran takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). La Shokran!
Our winner, La Shokran, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.