PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Berto Kin (ranked 18870 p4p, 23448 weight class) and Franko De Cremonesi (ranked 603 p4p, 624 weight class). De Cremonesi has chosen Paint It, Black as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kin
vs
De Cremonesi

186 cm
44
181
32 - 45 - 1

172 cm
26
168
8 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Experienced

World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 45 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Berto Kin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Franko De Cremonesi!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kin misses with a body kick.
Kin misses with a combination
and Kin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Cremonesi scores with a hook to the body. Kin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
De Cremonesi digs a good body shot into Kin's ribs.
De Cremonesi lands a nice looking body shot.
Kin throws an off balance right hand
and De Cremonesi counters with a stiff right hand.

Kin is rocked!

Kin ducks into a a hook from De Cremonesi and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Oh Kin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Cremonesi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kin seems to have got his legs back now.
Kin is breathing heavily.
De Cremonesi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kin tries to get into range but De Cremonesi steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Kin! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! De Cremonesi scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Franko De Cremonesi!
Franko De Cremonesi spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.