PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Remoreras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azhari kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out. Remoreras is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ludacris feat. Nas and Jay-Z - I Do It For Hip-Hop. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Azhari
vs
Remoreras

171 cm
39
159 lbs
36 - 20 - 2

173 cm
34
154 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ebrahim Azhari!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Markus Remoreras!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azhari uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Azhari looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Azhari.
Remoreras cracks Azhari with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Azhari checks a low kick from Remoreras.
Azhari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Remoreras manages to avoid it.
Azhari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Remoreras.
Azhari backing away here, and Remoreras unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Remoreras scores with a jab to the jaw.
Azhari throws a leg kick which misses Remoreras's front leg but catches the back leg as Remoreras tries to avoid it.
Remoreras misses with a body kick.
Azhari misses with a low kick as Remoreras jumps back.
Remoreras shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Azhari eats them both and turns towards Remoreras to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
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 misses the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Azhari on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Azhari throws a low kick, looking for Remoreras's leg but Remoreras calmly moves out of range.
Remoreras throws a leg kick
and Azhari makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Remoreras moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Azhari's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Remoreras fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Azhari, pushing him back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Azhari pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Remoreras tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Azhari paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Azhari has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Breakdown Club in the buildup to the fight.
Remoreras fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Azhari has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Azhari connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Remoreras misses with a looping left.
No joy there for Remoreras, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Azhari misses with a double jab.
Azhari wants to slow Remoreras down by chopping away at his legs.
Azhari looks to score with a jab to the body but Remoreras is just out of range.
Azhari has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Azhari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab from Remoreras finds it's way through Azhari's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Azhari misses with a looping left.
Azhari connects with a good right hand that stumbles Remoreras. Remoreras circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Remoreras defending well as Azhari loads up on a big left hand.
Remoreras takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azhari lands a jab to the nose.
Azhari scores with a sloppy right hand. Remoreras should have avoided that one.
Remoreras lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Remoreras's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Remoreras duly obliges.

It looks like Ebrahim Azhari has been cut.
Azhari throws a leg kick
and Remoreras counters with a good low kick that Azhari was not able to check.
Remoreras on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Remoreras checks a leg kick nicely.
Remoreras misses with a left hand
and Azhari counters with a stiff right hand.
Azhari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Remoreras manages to avoid it.
Remoreras only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Azhari. That snapped Remoreras's head back.
Remoreras scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Azhari walks into a stiff left hand from Remoreras.
Azhari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Remoreras motions for Azhari to come forward. Remoreras throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Remoreras moves into range and connects with a jab.
Remoreras ducks right into an uppercut from Azhari.
Remoreras defending well as Azhari loads up on a big left hand.
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 Ebrahim Azhari 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!

Remoreras moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Azhari throws a leg kick but Remoreras sees it coming and moves out of range.
Remoreras lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ebrahim Azhari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azhari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Azhari turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Azhari cracks the inside of Remoreras's front leg.
Azhari needs to keep his hands up - Remoreras had a free shot at his head there.
Azhari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Azhari misses the target.
Remoreras looks to throw the jab but Azhari is out of range.
Remoreras has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Azhari throws a leg kick but Remoreras moved away.
That kick from Remoreras tenderised Azhari's leg. Azhari is trying to keep his angry face on.
Azhari throws a nice outside leg kick.
Azhari wants to land a leg kick but Remoreras is out of range.
Remoreras lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Remoreras.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azhari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Remoreras.
Azhari misses with a few strikes there.
A swing and a miss from Azhari.
Remoreras feints a counter leg kick.
Azhari misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Remoreras feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Azharis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Azhari checks a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Azhari blocks the low kick.
Donk. Azhari catches Remoreras right on the button with a cross.
Remoreras feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Azharis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Remoreras connects with an inside leg kick.
Azhari misses the shot to the body.
Remoreras throws a sloppy head kick and Azhari moves out of range easily.
Azhari throws a leg kick which misses Remoreras's front leg but catches the back leg as Remoreras tries to avoid it.
Azhari connects with a good right hand that stumbles Remoreras. Remoreras circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Azhari ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Azhari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Remoreras fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azhari manages to avoid it.
Remoreras throws out a leg kick but Azhari moves out of range and Remoreras only half commits.
Azhari dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Azhari moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azhari looks to land a left hand but Remoreras moved out of range nicely.
Remoreras is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Azhari.
Remoreras throws the left hand but Azhari avoids the punch easily.
Azhari throws a low kick but Remoreras avoids it.
Ebrahim Azhari is winning the standup battle so far.
Remoreras connects with a crisp jab.
Remoreras's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Azhari takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Azhari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A cross from Azhari lands.
Remoreras misses with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Remoreras.
Azhari looks to land a right hand but Remoreras moved out of range.
Azhari tries to land a leg kick but Remoreras saw it coming and moves away.
Remoreras lands a high kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Remoreras fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azhari manages to avoid it.
Remoreras moves out of range as Azhari strikes.
Remoreras tries a quick counter leg kick but Azhari is wise to it.
Remoreras gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Azhari lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ebrahim Azhari 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!

Nice defenses there by Remoreras.
A slow jab from Azhari misses its intended target.
Remoreras stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Azhari.
Remoreras chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Azhari can pounce on him.
Remoreras throws a leg kick but Azhari checks it.
Remoreras ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azhari moves away.
Remoreras moves out of range of the body kick from Azhari.
Remoreras is looking to slow Azhari down with leg kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Azhari.
Azhari lands a jab.
Remoreras throws a lazy right hand but Azhari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Remoreras on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Azhari darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Remoreras moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Remoreras takes an elbow to the forehead.
Azhari tries to land a knee to the head but Remoreras blocks with his arms.
Remoreras avoiding damage as Azhari throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Remoreras avoiding damage as Azhari throws knees to the body.

Azhari manages to break the clinch.
Azhari uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Remoreras.
Azhari was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Azhari swings for the body but Remoreras moves out of range.
Remoreras connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Remoreras throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Remoreras throws a nice outside leg kick.
Remoreras swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Remoreras.
Azhari scores with a crisp jab that stopped Remoreras in his tracks.
Azhari throws a half hearted mid kick.
Remoreras connects with a good right hand that stumbles Azhari. Azhari circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Remoreras steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Azhari.
Remoreras steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Azhari.
Azhari keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azhari moves out of range as Remoreras strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Azhari misses the target.
Azhari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Azhari lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azhari looks to land a right hand but Remoreras moved out of range.
Azhari throws a nice head kick!
Remoreras fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Azhari checks it well.
Azhari throws a lazy uppercut
and Remoreras connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Remoreras's jab looks to have found its range, popping Azhari under the eye.
A swing and a miss from Remoreras.
Remoreras throws out a powerful jab.
Remoreras misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Azhari.
Azhari walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Azhari staying out of range there.
Azhari jabs Remoreras right on the nose. Remoreras blinks but takes it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azhari changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Remoreras jabs Azhari right on the nose. Azhari blinks but takes it well.
Azhari throws the kick towards the body but Remoreras avoids it.
Remoreras takes one to the chin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Ebrahim Azhari did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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!

Azhari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Remoreras waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azhari.
Remoreras wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Azhari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Remoreras manages to avoid it.
Azhari scores with a jab to the jaw.
A low kick from Azhari is predictable there
and Remoreras connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Azhari is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Azhari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Remoreras moves away.
Azhari takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Remoreras with a jab.
Remoreras fails in his attempt to clinch.

Remoreras clinches.
Remoreras lands a body punch in the clinch.
Remoreras is trying to break the clinch but Azhari has him pressed against the ropes.
Remoreras has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Azhari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Remoreras blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Remoreras tries to stall but Azhari uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Azhari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Remoreras.

Azhari breaks the clinch.
Azhari has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Azhari there as he acknowledges the shot.
Remoreras feints a jab promting Azhari to slip. Remoreras then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Azhari slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Azhari misses with a leg kick
and Remoreras connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Remoreras lands a nice shot that snaps Azhari's head back.
Remoreras lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Remoreras tries a low kick but Azhari avoids it.
Azhari lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Azhari lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Remoreras tries to clinch up.
Azhari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Remoreras.
Azhari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Remoreras.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azhari connects with a right hand. Remoreras shakes it off.
Azhari throws a big shot that misses.
Azhari lands a jab to the head.
Remoreras tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Remoreras scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Azhari slips under a jab.
Azhari swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Remoreras.
Azhari lands with a good body shot.
Remoreras cracks Azhari with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Remoreras misses with a two punch combination.
Remoreras's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Azhari connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Remoreras scrambles back to his feet.
Remoreras bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Remoreras lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Azhari has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Azhari and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Azhari scores with a body shot.
Remoreras ducks under a wild hook from Azhari.
Azhari tests Remoreras's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Remoreras is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Markus Remoreras will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ebrahim Azhari's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Azhari looks to land a right hand but Remoreras moved out of range.
An inside leg kick from Azhari misses.
Remoreras keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azhari defending well as Remoreras loads up on a big left hand.
Remoreras displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azhari throws out the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Remoreras misses.
Azhari throws a front kick aimed at Remoreras's knee but Remoreras avoids it well.
Remoreras throws a leg kick but Azhari sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Azhari.
Azhari ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Azhari dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Remoreras. That did some damage!
Azhari throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Remoreras lands a nice leg kick that just misses Azhari's sensitive parts.
Remoreras tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Azhari is able to avoid easily.
Good work by Remoreras as he checks the leg kick.
Remoreras looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Azhari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Remoreras looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Azhari takes a swing at Remoreras's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari lands a jab to the nose.
Azhari tries to land a leg kick but Remoreras saw it coming and moves away.
Azhari chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Remoreras can pounce on him.
Azhari swats away the attempt to clinch by Remoreras.
Remoreras throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Azhari.
Remoreras takes a swing at Azhari's ribcage but misses.
Remoreras slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ebrahim Azhari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Azhari swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Azhari throws a leg kick but Remoreras checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Remoreras lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Azhari has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Azhari and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Azhari fires out a quick counter leg kick but Remoreras just manages to avoid it.
Remoreras lands a nice looking body kick.
Remoreras clobbers Azhari with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Azhari scores with a hook.
Remoreras misses with a body kick.
Nice body punch from Azhari.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azhari fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Remoreras wants to land a leg kick but Azhari is out of range.
Azhari moves out of range of the body kick.
Azhari cracks a nice hook into Remoreras's ribs.
Remoreras fails in his attempt to clinch.
Remoreras looks to land a body kick but Azhari moved away.
Remoreras throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Azhari avoids the head kick by Remoreras.
Azhari lands a nice looking body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Azhari, right into the meat.
Azhari swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Remoreras on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Remoreras tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azhari misses the shot to the body.
Markus Remoreras has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Remoreras fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Azhari is out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ebrahim Azhari showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Azhari has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 49:46
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 49:46
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ebrahim Azhari!
Ebrahim Azhari is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Ebrahim Azhari thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.