PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero La Croix (ranked 20950 p4p, 250 weight class) and Alistair Spong (ranked 6702 p4p, 131 weight class). La Croix comes into the arena with Ca Plane Pour Moi blaring out of the sound system. Spong has chosen 2Pac - I'm A Soldier (Echale Mojo Remix) as his entrance music. On his way into the ring it seems that Nero La Croix has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nero La Croix seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

La Croix
vs
Spong

190 cm
25
265 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

195 cm
34
237 lbs
29 - 16 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Freebok (85% Laundry)
Urban Fighter

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Alistair Spong!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spong thuds his right hand into La Croix's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Spong keeps La Croix at a distance using the push kick.

Spong gets a clinch.
Spong blocking some punches.
La Croix misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from La Croix.
La Croix tries to stall but Spong uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A hook to the body from La Croix.
Spong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Spong landing knees to the head.
Spong takes a shot to the head.

La Croix breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spong loads up on a big right hand but La Croix slips the punch.
Spong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Croix lands a nice looking body kick.

Spong moves into the clinch.
La Croix has a couple of punches blocked by Spong.
Spong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La Croix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spong misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La Croix managing to block the knees to the body from Spong.
La Croix managing to block the knees to the body from Spong.
La Croix scores with a shot to the side of Spong's head.
Spong blocks a body shot from La Croix.
La Croix lands an elbow inside that Spong shrugs off.

It looks like Alistair Spong has been cut.
La Croix scores with an uppercut up the middle.
La Croix lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from La Croix.
La Croix misses with some punches.
Spong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Croix avoids it.
Spong has a couple of punches blocked by La Croix.
La Croix misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spong.
Spong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spong has a couple of punches blocked by La Croix.
La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Spong backwards.
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!
La Croix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
La Croix misses with a body punch.
La Croix lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong prevents a body shot from La Croix.
Spong has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. La Croix seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Spong can turn it around.
La Croix prevents a body shot from Spong.
Spong lands with a left to the head.
La Croix lands a knee to the head.
La Croix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spong tries to work over La Croix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La Croix has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Spong trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Spong fails to land.
Spong missing with knees to the body.
Spong trying to land knees to the body.
La Croix trying to land knees to the body.
La Croix unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Spong looks winded!
La Croix unloads a knee to the mid-section.
La Croix digs a right hand into Spong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Spong's gas tank.
La Croix works on Spong's body with a couple of short punches.
La Croix lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La Croix.
La Croix misses with a hook from the clinch.
La Croix pushes Spong back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
La Croix tries to work over Spong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La Croix throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nero La Croix dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alistair Spong's cut.
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.

La Croix motions for Spong to come forward. La Croix throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Spong closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
La Croix scores with a hook to the body.
La Croix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spong's elbow.
Spong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
La Croix lands with a right to the head.
La Croix working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La Croix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La Croix lands a shoulder strike.
Spong is trying to maintain a safe position but La Croix gets an underhook and turns Spong into the ropes.
La Croix throws an elbow but it's blocked.
La Croix scores with a shot to the side of Spong's head.
La Croix lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spong blocks a body shot from La Croix.
Spong misses with a punch to the body.
Spong is breathing heavily.
La Croix misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spong taking a breather.
La Croix lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spong backwards.
Nice body punch from La Croix.
La Croix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La Croix landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La Croix is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spong can do to turn this around?
Spong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
La Croix working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La Croix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La Croix.
La Croix lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from La Croix.
La Croix lands a body shot.
La Croix scores with an uppercut up the middle.
La Croix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Croix can't find room to land a body shot as Spong controls the action.
Spong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La Croix's elbow.
La Croix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Croix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Croix misses with a punch to the body.
La Croix pushes off an throws an elbow but Spong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
La Croix lands a right hand.
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!
La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Spong backwards.
La Croix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spong misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix lands an uppercut.
La Croix scores with a shot to the side of Spong's head.
Spong can't find room to land a body shot as La Croix controls the action.
Spong blocks the elbow strike.
Spong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from La Croix.
Good body shot from La Croix.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La Croix.
La Croix missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from La Croix.
La Croix lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
La Croix lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from La Croix.
La Croix works on Spong's body with a couple of short punches.
Nero La Croix has scored more points in the clinch so far.

La Croix breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Spong with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Spong looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Spong get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!

Spong is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La Croix throws a shot to the body.
Spong is still on wobbly legs! Can La Croix finish him?
BAM! La Croix delivers a spinning backfist that drops Spong like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Nero La Croix!
Nero La Croix retains his super heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Nero La Croix made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Alistair Spong stepped up to the mic, saying 'Damn, got caught napping.'.