PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Benjamin Berkley (ranked 6324 p4p, 3561 weight class) and Dominic Cinimod (ranked 243 p4p, 191 weight class). Berkley's entrance music is X. A fine choice. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Berkley
vs
Cinimod

168 cm
19
147
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
135
2 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjamin Berkley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominic Cinimod!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cinimod missing with a left hand there. Berkley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Cinimod.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cinimod. Berkley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Berkley is looking for a counter combo.
A low kick from Cinimod misses
and Berkley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cinimod checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cinimod swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cinimod avoids the body shot from Berkley.
Cinimod checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Berkley needs to keep his hands up - Cinimod had a free shot at his head there.
Cinimod misses with a straight left.

Berkley scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Cinimod to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.

Cinimod is rocked!

It looks like Dominic Cinimod has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berkley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cinimod is still on wobbly legs! Can Berkley finish him?
Cinimod misses with a shot to the body
and Berkley counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! Cinimod goes down! Berkley rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... Cinimod is up to one knee.... 8,9....10! He didn't make it! This fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Benjamin Berkley!
Benjamin Berkley retains his bantamweight title!
After winning the bout, Benjamin Berkley thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.