PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero La Croix (ranked 18640 p4p, 139 weight class) and Rick Piano (ranked 209 p4p, 9 weight class). La Croix's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ca Plane Pour Moi. Piano has chosen Rick Piano Man as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Rick Piano enters the ring!

La Croix
vs
Piano

190 cm
38
265
56 - 10 - 1

190 cm
34
275
42 - 15 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Gatoroids

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 56 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Piano !
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Croix throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

La Croix closes the distance and clinches.
La Croix lands a right hand.
Piano blocks an elbow strike.
La Croix using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Piano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La Croix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Piano lands an elbow that stopped La Croix in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Nero La Croix has been cut.
La Croix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Piano lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Piano looks winded!
La Croix tries a body shot but Piano blocks it.
La Croix misses with a knee strike.
Piano throws an elbow that misses.
Piano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice body punch from La Croix - that landed with a thud.
La Croix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Piano lands an elbow that stopped La Croix in his tracks for a moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La Croix.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
La Croix digs a right hand underneath Piano 's ribcage. Piano let out a lung full of air as it connected.
La Croix lands an elbow that stopped Piano in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Rick Piano has been cut.
Piano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Croix scores with a shot to the side of Piano 's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piano misses with an elbow over the top.
La Croix gets through Piano 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La Croix lands a hook that snaps the head of Piano backwards.
Piano misses with an elbow over the top.
La Croix lands a left hand.
La Croix lands a knee to the body.
La Croix lands a body shot.
Piano 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Our sources have told us that La Croix has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Piano avoiding damage as La Croix throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from La Croix.
A shot in the inside from La Croix.
La Croix lands an elbow just above Piano 's eye.
La Croix is leaning against Piano and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Croix scores a nice knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from La Croix.
La Croix lands a knee to the body.
La Croix lands with a left to the head.
La Croix scores with a shot to the side of Piano 's head.
La Croix works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

The crowd are calling 'kneeees!' as La Croix has the Thai clinch. La Croix obliges, smashing a knee brutally into Piano 's nose and sending him crashing to the canvas! Will be beat the count?! 3,4,5,6,7,8...9... and he's up on 9! Wow, that was close! The referee takes a long look and is going to allow it to continue!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piano walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nero La Croix!
Nero La Croix retains his super heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Nero La Croix thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Rick Piano spoke after the fight, saying 'I need more roids!'.