PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tien Shinhan (ranked 9540 p4p, 766 weight class) and Daniel Salcedo (ranked 25185 p4p, 810 weight class). Shinhan comes to the ring accompanied by Breaking Benjamin - Lights Out. Daniel Salcedo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shinhan
vs
Salcedo

187 cm
20
210 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

194 cm
26
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Great elbows
Very strong

Good kicks
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tien Shinhan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Salcedo!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shinhan slips a jab and a cross from Salcedo.
No joy there for Salcedo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shinhan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shinhan.
Salcedo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That kick from Shinhan tenderised Salcedo's leg. Salcedo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Salcedo avoids the head kick by Shinhan.
Salcedo misses with a series of wild punches.
Salcedo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Shinhan moves into the clinch.

Shinhan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Salcedo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Shinhan eats them both and turns towards Salcedo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Tien Shinhan has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Shinhan throws out a head kick that Salcedo doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Salcedo crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Salcedo's eyes and has decided to let it go on!

It looks like Daniel Salcedo has been cut.
A combination from Salcedo does no damage.
Shinhan throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Salcedo crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tien Shinhan!
Tien Shinhan was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.