PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jonas Valanciunas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuco Salamanca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Valanciunas
vs
Salamanca

192 cm
38
195 lbs
28 - 16 - 0

186 cm
25
198 lbs
13 - 7 - 2

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonas Valanciunas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 2, fighting out of London, Tuco Salamanca!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valanciunas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Salamanca fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Valanciunas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Salamanca lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Valanciunas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salamanca throws a right hand that Valanciunas ducks under and follows up with a left that Valanciunas also avoids with ease.
Valanciunas with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Salamanca avoids a kick to the body.
Valanciunas cracks Salamanca with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Valanciunas works over Salamanca's head and body with a nice combination.
Valanciunas thuds his right hand into Salamanca's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Salamanca is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salamanca blocks a jab.
Valanciunas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Salamanca throws a right and a left that Valanciunas avoids nicely.
Valanciunas throws a leg kick that misses.
Salamanca avoids a punch combination nicely.
Salamanca tried to score with a low kick but Valanciunas checks it.
Valanciunas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
Salamanca scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Valanciunas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Valanciunas throws a series of punches but Salamanca moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Salamanca.
Valanciunas throws a head kick that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Valanciunas swinging wildly here.
Salamanca scores with a head kick.
Salamanca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Salamanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valanciunas seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Valanciunas connects with a right hand. Salamanca shakes it off.
Valanciunas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Salamanca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valanciunas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valanciunas grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Salamanca takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Valanciunas cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jonas Valanciunas!
During a confident post fight interview, Jonas Valanciunas thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.