PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Marco Salamanca (ranked 24464 p4p, 537 weight class) and Akio Nagashima (ranked 7171 p4p, 493 weight class). Salamanca comes to the ring accompanied by Masters of War. 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.

Salamanca
vs
Nagashima

176 cm
21
157 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Salamanca!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Nagashima!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Bruno Lombardi and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Salamanca misses.
Nagashima misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
Nagashima ducks right into an uppercut from Salamanca.
Salamanca misses with a head kick.
Salamanca sets himself, and Nagashima steps forward looking for the clinch! Salamanca avoids it this time.
Salamanca definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Marco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Salamanca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nagashima tries a head kick but it misses.
A little feinted left hand from Salamanca on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nagashima scores with a head kick. Salamanca tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nagashima tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Salamanca paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nagashima looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Salamanca looks to throw the jab but Nagashima is out of range.
Nagashima tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nagashima 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagashima misses with a low kick.
Salamanca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nagashima gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Salamanca counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Salamanca throws a hook but Nagashima blocks it.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Nagashima ducks down to avoid it.
Salamanca scores with a head kick. Nagashima tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagashima takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Salamanca misses with a right hand
and Nagashima counters with a body kick that stops Salamanca in his tracks momentarily.
Salamanca misses with a leg kick.
Nagashima takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Salamanca lands a lovely overhand right.
Nagashima blocks a low kick nicely.
Nagashima ducks under a wild hook from Salamanca.
Salamanca connects with an inside leg kick.
Salamanca throws a head kick that half lands.
Salamanca feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nagashima's calf.
Salamanca pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nagashima is out of range and Salamanca settles back down.
Good work by Salamanca as he checks the leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Salamanca.
Nagashima uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Salamanca.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Nagashima closes the distance and pushes Salamanca back into the ropes.
Salamanca blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Salamanca takes an elbow to the forehead.

Salamanca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagashima attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nagashima moves in looking to clinch but Salamanca pushes him off.
Salamanca looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Salamanca misses with a straight right.
Salamanca lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nagashima tries to clinch but Salamanca moves out of range.
Salamanca is looking to counter punch.
Salamanca throws a nice head kick!
Nagashima tries to clinch up but Salamanca circles away and keeps his distance.
Nagashima throws a leg kick but Salamanca sees it coming and moves out of range.
Salamanca uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nagashima has time to react.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut. Nagashima saw that one coming.
Salamanca throws a low kick but Nagashima avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nagashima lands a lovely overhand right.
Salamanca circles away from the clinch attempt.
Salamanca is looking to counter with head kicks.
A lazy left from Salamanca finds it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Salamanca checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Salamanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Salamanca dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nagashima with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Salamanca to score with a decent uppercut.
Salamanca lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Salamanca looks to throw the jab but Nagashima is out of range.
Nagashima lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nagashima tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Salamanca paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Salamanca on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Salamanca throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nagashima tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Salamanca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Salamanca throws out a loose jab but Nagashima uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salamanca connects with a body shot.
Salamanca connects with a leg kick. Nagashima looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Salamanca moves out of range of the leg kick from Nagashima.
Salamanca throws a solid leg kick but Nagashima takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Salamanca.
Nagashima wants to counter the offense by Salamanca and move into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Salamanca misses.
Nagashima misses with a kick to the body.
Salamanca connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nagashima's hands.
Nagashima throws a wild body kick that Salamanca sees coming a mile off.
Salamanca scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagashima throws a leg kick which misses Salamanca's front leg but catches the back leg as Salamanca tries to avoid it.
Salamanca throws a shot from downtown. Nagashima moves away and avoids it.
Salamanca throws a push kick but Nagashima slaps the foot to one side.
Nagashima throws a body kick that misses.
Salamanca tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagashima was well out of range. Poor timing from Salamanca.
Salamanca bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nagashima's head.
Salamanca throws a right and a left that Nagashima avoids nicely.
Nagashima takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Marco Salamanca is winning the standup battle so far.
Salamanca scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nagashima tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salamanca is looking to slow Nagashima down with leg kicks.
Nagashima wants to clinch up but Salamanca keeps it at a distance.
Salamanca looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nagashima counters with a body kick.
Salamanca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nagashima can do to turn this around?
Salamanca lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Salamanca keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Salamanca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nagashima throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut there from Salamanca.
Nagashima blocks a jab.
Salamanca sets himself, and Nagashima steps forward looking for the clinch! Salamanca avoids it this time.

Nagashima has taken the fight to the clinch.

Salamanca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nagashima avoids the head kick by Salamanca.
Nagashima tries to land a front kick but Salamanca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nagashima throws a leg kick that is checked
and Salamanca counters with a big head kick but Nagashima shrugs it off.

Nagashima is rocked!
Nagashima is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Salamanca doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Nagashima crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Nagashima's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marco Salamanca!
Marco Salamanca is the new lightweight champion!
A relieved looking Marco Salamanca thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.