PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jin Kazama (ranked 23425 p4p, 560 weight class) and Bastien Giroud (ranked 23188 p4p, 553 weight class). Giroud has chosen Khaled- Aisha as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kazama
vs
Giroud

177 cm
21
165 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
158 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jin Kazama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Bastien Giroud!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazama fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Giroud has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kazama looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Giroud fails to land with a series of punches.
Kazama slips a jab from Giroud.
Kazama slips under a jab from Giroud.
Kazama scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice uppercut lands for Giroud. That snapped Kazama's head back.
Good leg kick by Kazama there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good leg kick by Kazama there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kazama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Giroud throws out the jab.
It appears Kazama was looking to counter with a kick there.
Giroud misses with a right hand
and Kazama counters with an inside leg kick.
Giroud has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Giroud keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Giroud stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kazama.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kazama lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Giroud tries to bum rush Kazama with a series of wild strikes but Kazama uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kazama throwing a counter right hand but Giroud manages to avoid it.
Kazama lands a front kick.
A good leg kick by Kazama.
Giroud moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Kazama is rocked!
Giroud misses with a double jab.
Oh Kazama is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Giroud instigates a clinch.
Giroud working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Giroud misses with some punches.
Giroud lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kazama throws a punch but it's blocked by Giroud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giroud pushes Kazama back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kazama throws a punch but it's blocked by Giroud.
Giroud breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Kazama with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Kazama looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Kazama get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bastien Giroud!
Post fight, Bastien Giroud stared into the camera and said 'Nobody in the division can take my shots ! Its a message to the rest of the fighters: im coming'.