PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Frank Nicolosi (ranked 3523 p4p, 134 weight class) and Kusal Perera (ranked 21752 p4p, 154 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nicolosi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to A Fistful Of Dollars by Ennio Morricone. 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.

Nicolosi
vs
Perera

192 cm
38
276 lbs
33 - 14 - 0

193 cm
24
240 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Nicolosi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kusal Perera!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perera is looking to slow Nicolosi down with leg kicks.
Nicolosi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Kusal Perera has been cut.
Perera is looking to clinch but Nicolosi is avoiding it.

Perera clinches up with Nicolosi and pushes him back against the ropes.
Nicolosi has a couple of punches blocked by Perera.
Perera misses with a punch on the inside.
Perera throws a head punch that misses.
Nicolosi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nicolosi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nicolosi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Perera misses with a punch on the inside.
Perera misses with some punches.
Nicolosi presses Perera against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A shot in the inside from Nicolosi.
Perera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nicolosi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Perera.
Nicolosi cracks Perera with a nice body shot.
Perera can't find room to land a body shot as Nicolosi controls the action.
Perera misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perera misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nicolosi lands a damaging elbow.
Perera lands a body punch in the clinch.
Perera avoids a wild elbow strike from Nicolosi.
Perera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nicolosi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Perera misses with the head strike.
Perera blocks an uppercut.
Nicolosi slows down the pace here.
Nicolosi lands a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Nicolosi as the two fighters clinch.
Nicolosi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Perera up against the ropes.
Perera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Nicolosi scores with a nice short uppercut.

Nicolosi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nicolosi misses with a hook. Perera ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolosi throws a lazy uppercut
letting Perera counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nicolosi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nicolosi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nicolosi misses with a straight left.
Perera scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nicolosi in his tracks.

Nicolosi cracks Perera with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Perera is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Perera is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Perera lands a head shot.
Nicolosi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perera lands a high kick!
Frank Nicolosi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nicolosi, right into the meat.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Nicolosi moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Perera! Nicolosi continues to tee off on Perera, landing with a left and a right! Nicolosi connects with a right hand that leaves Perera sleeping against the ropes! What a finish by Nicolosi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Frank Nicolosi!
Frank Nicolosi decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.