PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bas Dekkers (ranked 3257 p4p, 85 weight class) and Nero La Croix (ranked 20292 p4p, 210 weight class). La Croix has chosen Ca Plane Pour Moi as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Dekkers
vs
La Croix

167 cm
38
207 lbs
27 - 22 - 1

190 cm
27
265 lbs
23 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

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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 27 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bas Dekkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dekkers misses with a shot to the body
and La Croix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dekkers swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dekkers walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. La Croix checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've been informed that La Croix has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
La Croix uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
La Croix looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dekkers 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.
La Croix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Dekkers was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from La Croix.
Dekkers throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dekkers lands the left hand.
Dekkers misses with a hook.
Dekkers blocks a jab.
La Croix keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dekkers.
Dekkers misses with a hook. La Croix ducked under it nicely.
La Croix misses the jab.
Dekkers feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Dekkers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La Croix defending well as Dekkers loads up on a big left hand.
La Croix keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dekkers.
Dekkers misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Croix lands with an uppercut that bounces Dekkers off the ropes and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers scores with a jab to the body.
Dekkers throws a body punch but La Croix moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from La Croix on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dekkers motions for La Croix to come forward. Dekkers throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dekkers lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dekkers misses the shot to the body.
Dekkers tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
La Croix keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
La Croix looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La Croix has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice shot lands for Dekkers.
La Croix misses with a straight right.
Dekkers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La Croix scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dekkers doesn't seem bothered though.
La Croix ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dekkers throws a looping overhand right but La Croix ducks down to avoid it.
Bas Dekkers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dekkers scores with a jab to the body.
La Croix throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dekkers throws a series of punches but La Croix avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
La Croix misses with a low kick.
Dekkers scoring well with a low kick there.
Dekkers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La Croix.
La Croix throws a looping overhand right but Dekkers ducks down to avoid it.
Dekkers scores with a jab to the jaw.
La Croix throws a right and a left that Dekkers avoids nicely.
Dekkers went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
La Croix lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
La Croix with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La Croix misses with a right hand
letting Dekkers counter with a right hand.
La Croix misses with a body shot.
La Croix scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dekkers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
La Croix throws a body punch but Dekkers moves out of range.
La Croix tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dekkers swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dekkers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dekkers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by La Croix.
Dekkers walks into a jab.
La Croix is looking to score with low kicks.
Dekkers checks the leg kick.
La Croix connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dekkers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dekkers connects with a looping right hand.
A head kick misses from Dekkers.
La Croix appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dekkers throws an overhand right that lands on La Croix's shoulder, as La Croix tries to avoid the shot.
Dekkers checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A jab from La Croix finds it's way through Dekkers's defenses.
La Croix tries a low kick but Dekkers avoids it.
La Croix avoids the head kick by Dekkers.
La Croix misses with a body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dekkers crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from La Croix - the referee stops the clock and Dekkers gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says La Croix. Dekkers manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Croix swings for the body but Dekkers moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Croix's corner calls for a 1-2. La Croix obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dekkers throws a series of punches but La Croix moves out of range.
La Croix is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dekkers with a body shot.
La Croix turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dekkers checks a leg kick.
La Croix scores with a jab.
Dekkers scores with a jab to the body.
Dekkers keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That kick from La Croix tenderised Dekkers's leg. Dekkers is trying to keep his angry face on.
La Croix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dekkers was well out of range. Poor timing from La Croix.
La Croix misses with an uppercut. Dekkers saw that one coming.
Dekkers misses with a straight left.
La Croix was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A looping hook to the body misses from La Croix. Dekkers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dekkers swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Croix swings for the body but Dekkers moves out of range.
Dekkers wants to slow La Croix down by chopping away at his legs.
A clash of legs there as Dekkers blocks the low kick.
La Croix is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dekkers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nero La Croix dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dekkers tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La Croix tries to work over Dekkers's front leg with a kick but Dekkers checks it.
Dekkers quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
La Croix thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dekkers lands a slapping body shot.
Dekkers blocks the body kick.
Dekkers cracks La Croix with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
A good leg kick by Dekkers.
A chopping leg kick lands by La Croix.
Dekkers misses with a few strikes there.
La Croix throws the kick towards the body but Dekkers avoids it.
La Croix connects with a crisp jab.
La Croix lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dekkers circles away quickly and effectively.
Dekkers is looking to counter with head kicks.
La Croix misses with a jab to the body
and Dekkers counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
La Croix has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dekkers misses with a body shot.
Dekkers misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and La Croix releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dekkers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Croix throws out the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Croix throws a leg kick but Dekkers sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Dekkers misses its intended target.
La Croix misses with a low kick as Dekkers jumps back.
Dekkers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dekkers takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nice defenses there by La Croix.
La Croix looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice shot lands for Dekkers.
Dekkers throws a sloppy head kick
and La Croix counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab lands there for Dekkers.
La Croix throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dekkers is looking to counter punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Dekkers misses the target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dekkers.
Nice uppercut there from La Croix.
La Croix throws out a powerful jab.
La Croix ducks under a wild hook from Dekkers.
La Croix moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Croix stuns Dekkers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dekkers moves out of range of the body kick from La Croix.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dekkers.
La Croix displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dekkers throws out the jab.
Dekkers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dekkers misses with a head kick.
Dekkers swings widly with a right hand
and La Croix counters with a straight right hand.
La Croix throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Dekkers misses with the combination.
La Croix looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A slapping leg kick lands for La Croix.
La Croix throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dekkers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
La Croix throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dekkers on the side of the head.
La Croix throws a head kick but Dekkers moves out of range.
La Croix throws a leg kick which misses Dekkers's front leg but catches the back leg as Dekkers tries to avoid it.
La Croix blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Croix lands with a hook. Dekkers tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
La Croix fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dekkers on the side of the head.

Dekkers is rocked!
La Croix lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Dekkers crumples to the floor! La Croix milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nero La Croix!