PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Doctor Jerome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakub Nazoruk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jerome
vs
Nazoruk

160 cm
18
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Great elbows
KO power

Excellent MT
Determined

After School Syndicate

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Doctor Jerome!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jakub Nazoruk!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nazoruk clinches with his opponent.
Nazoruk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jeromes head.
Nazoruk working hard to break the clinch.
Nazoruk is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Jerome pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jerome has closed the distance and engaged Nazoruk in a clinch.
Nazoruk wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jerome has him pressed against the ropes.

Nazoruk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nazoruk avoids the body shot from Jerome.

Jerome moves into range and clinches up with Nazoruk.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jerome tries a body shot but Nazoruk blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jerome as Nazoruk tries to tie him up.
Jerome stalls.
Jerome could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jerome throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nazoruk can't find room to land a body shot as Jerome controls the action.

Jerome escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nazoruk tries to clinch but Jerome moves out of range.

Jerome moves into the clinch.
Nazoruk is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Nazoruk letting Jerome take a breather here.
Nazoruk wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nazoruk is trying to break the clinch but Jerome has him pressed against the ropes.
Nazoruk wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jerome leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazoruk stalling in the clinch but Jerome improves position.

Jerome breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nazoruk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doctor Jerome seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazoruk wants to clinch up but Jerome keeps it at a distance.
Jerome throws a big counter combination but Nazoruk scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Jerome tries to clinch up.

Jerome gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nazoruk can't break the clinch.
Jerome lands a body punch.
Jerome digs a right hand into Nazoruk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nazoruk's gas tank.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jerome is pushing Nazoruk up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jerome content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jerome gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doctor Jerome dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jerome swats away the attempt to clinch by Nazoruk.

Jerome takes the fight into the clinch.
The referee calls for Jerome to work.
Nazoruk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nazoruk is trying to maintain a safe position but Jerome gets an underhook and turns Nazoruk into the ropes.
Jerome is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nazoruk can do to turn this around?
Nazoruk tries to break the clinch but Jerome is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jerome is leaning against Nazoruk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nazoruk taking a breather.

Jerome escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jerome rushes Nazoruk and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Jerome stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jerome lands a body punch.

Jerome escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nazoruk circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jerome clinches with his opponent.
Nazoruk is trying to stall.
Jerome dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Jerome's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Jerome breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jerome takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Jerome darts in and clinches Nazoruk up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Come on Nazoruk - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A right hook to the body lands for Jerome.
A hook to the body from Jerome.
Nazoruk looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jerome just leaning against Nazoruk, taking a breather.

Jerome breaks from the clinch.

Jerome clinches up with Nazoruk and pushes him back against the ropes.
Nazoruk wants to stall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jerome as Nazoruk tries to tie him up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doctor Jerome dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jerome throws a body punch but Nazoruk moves out of range.

Jerome moves into range and clinches up with Nazoruk.
Jerome leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Jerome content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jerome struggles to land a body shot inside as Nazoruk controls his hands.
Nazoruk looking to stall.
Nazoruk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazoruk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Jerome breaks from the clinch.

Jerome rushes Nazoruk and presses him up against the ropes.
Jerome works on Nazoruk's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazoruk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jerome lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nazoruk taking a breather.
Nazoruk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jerome blocks it with crossed arms.

Jerome escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jerome clinches up against the ropes.
Jerome leaning against his opponent.
Nazoruk wants to break free but Jerome has control.
Nazoruk is trying to force a seperation but Jerome has the dominant position.
Jerome is working Nazoruk over against the ropes.

Jerome breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Nazoruk gets tackled into the ropes by Jerome. Jerome maintains the clinch.
Jerome controlling the action here for a moment.
A short uppercut from Jerome.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazoruk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nazoruk trying to stall but Jerome improves his position.

Nazoruk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jerome throws a combination. Nazoruk tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jerome gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Jerome breaks from the clinch.

Jerome closes the distance and clinches.
Jerome pushes Nazoruk back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nazoruk looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jakub Nazoruk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jerome takes a knee to the side of the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doctor Jerome showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jerome has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doctor Jerome!
Doctor Jerome seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.