PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Markus Remoreras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Remoreras comes into the arena with Ludacris feat. Nas and Jay-Z - I Do It For Hip-Hop blaring out of the sound system. Azhari comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Remoreras
vs
Azhari

173 cm
34
154 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

171 cm
39
159 lbs
35 - 20 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Markus Remoreras!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ebrahim Azhari!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Remoreras lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Azhari tries to work over Remoreras's front leg with a kick but Remoreras checks it.
A jab from Remoreras does it's job there.

It looks like Ebrahim Azhari has been cut.
Jab from Remoreras.
Azhari misses with a body shot.
Remoreras smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Remoreras keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've been informed that Azhari has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ebrahim Azhari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Remoreras.
Azhari moves out of range as Remoreras throws a body kick.
Remoreras tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Azhari ducks under a wild hook from Remoreras.
Azhari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azhari connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Remoreras has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Azhari finds it's way round the side to connect with Remoreras's head.
Remoreras waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azhari.
Remoreras throws a push kick but Azhari slaps the foot to one side.
Remoreras throws a jab when Azhari was well out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Remoreras blocks the leg kick.
Remoreras ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Remoreras is looking for a counter combo.
Azhari lands with a cross.
Azhari slips a straight right by Remoreras.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Remoreras misses with a few strikes there.
Azhari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Remoreras was well out of range. Poor timing from Azhari.
Azhari on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Azhari takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Remoreras misses with a straight right.
Remoreras throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Remoreras on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Remoreras takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Remoreras keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Remoreras avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Remoreras takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
An inside leg kick lands from Remoreras.
Azhari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Remoreras throws out the jab.
Azhari throws a body punch but Remoreras moves out of range.
Azhari lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azhari comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Remoreras cracks Azhari with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Azhari misses the shot to the body.
Azhari loads up on a big right hand but Remoreras slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Remoreras ducks under a wild hook from Azhari.
Remoreras looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Remoreras checks the leg kick.
Remoreras on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Azhari fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Remoreras on the side of the head.
Donk. Azhari catches Remoreras right on the button with a cross.
A bone on bone clash there as Azhari blocks the leg kick.
Remoreras misses with a body kick.
Azhari is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Remoreras had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That kick from Remoreras tenderised Azhari's leg. Azhari is trying to keep his angry face on.
Remoreras throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Azhari.
Azhari ducks under a wild hook from Remoreras.
Remoreras throws a series of punches but Azhari moves out of range.
Remoreras tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Azhari ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Remoreras lands a jab to the head.
Remoreras looks to score with a jab to the body but Azhari is just out of range.
Remoreras fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Remoreras throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azhari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Azhari misses with a series of wild punches.
Remoreras half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azhari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Azhari misses with a wild body shot.
Remoreras throws a right and a left that Azhari avoids nicely.
Remoreras throws a big shot that misses.
Remoreras looks to land a left hand but Azhari moved out of range nicely.
Azhari looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice body kick from Remoreras.
Azhari moves out of range of the leg kick from Remoreras.
Azhari takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Remoreras takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Remoreras takes a swing at Azhari's ribcage but misses.
Azhari takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Remoreras fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Remoreras lands an overhand right.
Remoreras throws a hook but Azhari blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azhari slips a jab from Remoreras.
Azhari tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Remoreras is able to avoid easily.
Remoreras half committed to a counter leg kick.
Remoreras throws a hook to the side of Azhari's head but Azhari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Remoreras throws a lazy right hand but Azhari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Azhari throws a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azhari looks to score with a jab to the body but Remoreras is just out of range.
Remoreras jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Remoreras fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Remoreras tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Remoreras misses with a leg kick.
Azhari fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Azhari lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Remoreras goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A good leg kick by Azhari.
Remoreras throws a head kick that misses.
Remoreras misses with a hook. Azhari ducked under it nicely.
Azhari misses with a hook
and Remoreras counters with a nice body kick.
Remoreras throws a push kick but Azhari slaps the foot to one side.
Remoreras lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azhari feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Remorerass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Remoreras throws the kick towards the body but Azhari avoids it.
Remoreras throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Azhari is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nice jab there from Azhari.
Azhari lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Markus Remoreras will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ebrahim Azhari's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Azhari checks a leg kick.
Markus Remoreras is winning the standup battle so far.
Remoreras takes one to the side of the head.
Remoreras misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Azhari.
Remoreras lands a jab to the nose.
Azhari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Remoreras sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Remoreras fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Azhari on the side of the head.
Azhari lands with a hook. Remoreras tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Remoreras.
Azhari misses with an uppercut.
Remoreras throws a looping overhand right but Azhari ducks down to avoid it.
Remoreras throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Azhari throws a hook to the side of Remoreras's head but Remoreras sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Remoreras takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Azhari is looking to score with low kicks.
Azhari just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRemoreras.
Remoreras throws a lazy right hand but Azhari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Remoreras fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Remoreras uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azhari.
Remoreras misses with a wild combination.
Azhari tries a quick counter leg kick but Remoreras is wise to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari throws a big shot that misses.
A lazy left from Azhari finds it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Azhari. That snapped Remoreras's head back.
Remoreras on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Azhari lands with a shot to the body.
Remoreras slips under a jab.
Remoreras throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Azhari on the side of the head.
Azhari just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Remoreras.
Azhari throws out a powerful jab.
Remoreras looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A jab from Remoreras does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Remoreras misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Remoreras moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A jab from Azhari finds it's way through Remoreras's defenses.
Remoreras takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Azhari takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Remoreras takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Remoreras checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Remoreras misses with a body shot.
Azhari fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Remoreras has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Azhari scores with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Azhari. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Remoreras takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Remoreras throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Remoreras checks a low kick from Azhari.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Remoreras checks a leg kick.
Azhari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Remoreras scores with the left hand. Azhari knows he should have avoided that one.
Azhari misses with a straight left.
Remoreras is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Azhari moves away from the strike by Remoreras.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Remoreras checks a leg kick.
Remoreras throws a sloppy head kick and Azhari moves out of range easily.
Azhari slips a straight right by Remoreras.
Remoreras moves out of range of the body kick.
A slow jab from Remoreras misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remoreras lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Azhari at a distance.
Remoreras buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Azhari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Azhari misses with an uppercut.
Remoreras tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Remoreras takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Azhari with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Remoreras to score with a decent uppercut.
Azhari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Remoreras.
A shot to the liver by Azhari. Beautiful body shot.
Remoreras finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Remoreras throws a jab when Azhari was well out of range.
Remoreras takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Azhari throws a jab but it's blocked by Remoreras.
A little feinted left hand from Remoreras on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Remoreras.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Remoreras uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Azhari.
Remoreras fires out a quick counter leg kick but Azhari just manages to avoid it.
Remoreras connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Azhari's hands.
Azhari uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Remoreras.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Remoreras walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Remoreras is looking to land body kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azhari. Remoreras does a little dance to reset his feet.
Remoreras throwing a counter right hand but Azhari manages to avoid it.
Remoreras misses the body punch
and Azhari counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Azhari's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Azhari misses with a hook.
Azhari throws an off balance right hand
and Remoreras counters with a slapping leg kick.
Azhari scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A left lands for Azhari.
Azhari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Remoreras lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Remoreras doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Remoreras.
Azhari throws a lazy right hand but Remoreras sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Remoreras takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azhari checks the leg kick.
Azhari shapes to counter with a head kick.
Remoreras drops his hands momentarily and Azhari takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Remoreras lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Remoreras throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Azhari's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ebrahim Azhari will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ebrahim Azhari's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Remoreras misses the jab.
Remoreras throws a body shot but no joy.
Remoreras checks a leg kick.
And Remoreras counters with a quick kick to the body but Azhari blocks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Azhari.
Remoreras is looking to chop away at Azhari's legs.
Azhari appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Remoreras throws a body shot but no joy.
Azhari lands with a hook. Remoreras tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Remoreras swings for the body but Azhari moves out of range.
Azhari feints a counter leg kick.
Remoreras throws a shot from downtown. Azhari moves away and avoids it.
Remoreras looks to land a left hand but Azhari moved out of range nicely.
Remoreras takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Remoreras takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Azhari misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Remoreras moves out of range of the leg kick from Azhari.
Good exchange - Azhari coming out on top.
Azhari drops his hands momentarily and Remoreras takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Remoreras cracks Azhari with an open hand slap.
Azhari has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A looping hook to the body misses from Remoreras. Azhari does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Remoreras is rocked!
Remoreras throws a body punch but Azhari moves out of range.
Remoreras waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azhari.
Azhari is looking to score with low kicks.
Remoreras misses with a looping right.
Azhari scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Oh Remoreras is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Azhari lands a high kick!
Azhari connects with a quick right hand that sends Remoreras tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ebrahim Azhari!
Ebrahim Azhari is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Ebrahim Azhari thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.