PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Marco Salamanca (ranked 21544 p4p, 23216 weight class) and Franko De Cremonesi (ranked 464 p4p, 440 weight class). Salamanca comes to the ring accompanied by Superstar Cypress Hill. De Cremonesi has chosen Maniac (Eurobeat Remix) as his entrance music. Franko De Cremonesi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Salamanca
vs
De Cremonesi

176 cm
36
156
30 - 11 - 3

172 cm
28
157
12 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 30 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Salamanca!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franko De Cremonesi!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salamanca blocks a jab.
Salamanca scores with a leg kick.
Salamanca throws a body shot but no joy.
De Cremonesi throws the left hand but Salamanca avoids the punch easily.
De Cremonesi misses with a hook
and De Cremonesi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Cremonesi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Salamanca takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Salamanca sizes up De Cremonesi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
De Cremonesi misses with a few strikes there.
De Cremonesi throws a push kick but Salamanca slaps the foot to one side.
De Cremonesi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Salamanca to score with a decent uppercut.
Salamanca tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Salamanca scores with a jab to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Cremonesi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salamanca manages to avoid it.
Crunch! Salamanca slams his shin into De Cremonesi's torso.
Salamanca just misses with a punch to the body.
Salamanca misses the shot to the body.
De Cremonesi appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
De Cremonesi connects with a body shot.
Salamanca thumps De Cremonesi with a low kick.
De Cremonesi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Cremonesi. De Cremonesi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De Cremonesi misses the shot to the body.
Salamanca tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. De Cremonesi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Salamanca throws the left hand but De Cremonesi avoids the punch easily.
That kick from Salamanca tenderised De Cremonesi's leg. De Cremonesi is trying to keep his angry face on.
De Cremonesi misses with an uppercut.
De Cremonesi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Salamanca takes one on the button.
Salamanca throws a leg kick which misses De Cremonesi's front leg but catches the back leg as De Cremonesi tries to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Salamanca blocks the leg kick.
Salamanca throws a leg kick that misses.
De Cremonesi avoids the body shot from Salamanca.
A swing and a miss from Salamanca.
De Cremonesi misses with an uppercut.
A quick step to the side and Salamanca tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salamanca tries to clinch up but De Cremonesi circles away and keeps his distance.
De Cremonesi looks for the body kick but Salamanca saw that one coming.
De Cremonesi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De Cremonesi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

De Cremonesi tries to keep at a distance but Salamanca has taken the fight into the clinch.
De Cremonesi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Salamanca or not.
Salamanca is trying to force a seperation but De Cremonesi has the dominant position.
Salamanca just leaning against De Cremonesi, taking a breather.
Salamanca takes an elbow to the forehead.
Our sources have told us that Salamanca has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Salamanca lands a knee to the body.

Salamanca manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from De Cremonesi misses.
Salamanca walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Cremonesi misses with a body kick.
De Cremonesi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Cremonesi throws a wild body kick that Salamanca sees coming a mile off.
De Cremonesi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Cremonesi throws a hook but Salamanca blocks it.
Salamanca lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Cremonesi at a distance.
Salamanca on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Salamanca has closed the distance and engaged De Cremonesi in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marco Salamanca will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Cremonesi thuds his shin into the meat of Salamanca's side.
Salamanca lands a jab to the nose.
Nice body kick there by De Cremonesi.
Salamanca lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Cremonesi's sensitive parts.
A low kick lands for Salamanca.
De Cremonesi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Salamanca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Salamanca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Salamanca scores with a sloppy right hand. De Cremonesi should have avoided that one.
Salamanca throws out a loose jab but De Cremonesi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salamanca takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
De Cremonesi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Salamanca under the eye.
Marco Salamanca is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salamanca scores with a nice right hand.
Salamanca pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Cremonesi is out of range and Salamanca settles back down.
Nice uppercut lands for Salamanca. That snapped De Cremonesi's head back.
De Cremonesi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Salamanca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Cremonesi.
A solid body kick from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi's corner calls for a 1-2. De Cremonesi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Cremonesi.
An inside leg kick lands from Salamanca.
De Cremonesi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Salamanca takes a swing at De Cremonesi's ribcage but misses.
De Cremonesi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Salamanca counters with a stiff right hand.
De Cremonesi lands a nice hook to Salamanca's body. Salamanca takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice defenses there by De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi counters with a body kick.
Salamanca tries to land a leg kick but De Cremonesi saw it coming and moves away.
De Cremonesi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Salamanca takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Salamanca throws out a loose jab but De Cremonesi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salamanca throws a chopping leg kick but De Cremonesi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Salamanca scoring well with a low kick there.
Salamanca checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Salamanca works De Cremonesi's body with a nice hook.
A combination from De Cremonesi does no damage.
Salamanca connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
De Cremonesi slips a jab from Salamanca.
Salamanca tries to score with a low kick but De Cremonesi moves his leg out of the way.
Marco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salamanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salamanca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Cremonesi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A countering left hand to the body from De Cremonesi misses.
Salamanca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Salamanca fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De Cremonesi checks it well.
De Cremonesi thinks about the counter body kick.
De Cremonesi throws a right and a left that Salamanca avoids nicely.
De Cremonesi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Cremonesi jabs at Salamanca's body.
De Cremonesi catches Salamanca with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Salamanca looks to land a combination. De Cremonesi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Salamanca looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Salamanca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Cremonesi moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca scores with a hook.
De Cremonesi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but De Cremonesi is just out of range.
Salamanca ducks right into an uppercut from De Cremonesi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

De Cremonesi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Salamanca doesn't seem bothered though.
De Cremonesi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Salamanca misses the shot to the body.
De Cremonesi throws a shot from downtown. Salamanca moves away and avoids it.
Salamanca missing with a left hand there. De Cremonesi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Salamanca throws a low kick but De Cremonesi avoids it.
De Cremonesi throws a looping overhand right but Salamanca ducks down to avoid it.
Salamanca on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Cremonesi. De Cremonesi obviously looking to wear him down.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi throws a series of punches but Salamanca moves out of range.
De Cremonesi throws a hook but Salamanca avoids it easily.

De Cremonesi tries to keep at a distance but Salamanca has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Cremonesi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Salamanca lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
De Cremonesi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salamanca blocks an elbow strike from De Cremonesi.
Salamanca has a couple of punches blocked by De Cremonesi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca can't find room to land a body shot as De Cremonesi controls the action.

Salamanca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Cremonesi misses with a kick to the body.
De Cremonesi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Salamanca lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Cremonesi's sensitive parts.
Salamanca changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Cremonesi checks a low kick from Salamanca.
Salamanca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Salamanca swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Salamanca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Cremonesi.
Salamanca throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Cremonesi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
De Cremonesi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De Cremonesi throws a jab but it's blocked by Salamanca.
Salamanca just misses with a punch to the body.

Salamanca gets a clinch.
De Cremonesi blocks a body shot from Salamanca.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salamanca.

Salamanca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Cremonesi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca misses with a body shot.
De Cremonesi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice uppercut there from Salamanca.
De Cremonesi misses with a body kick.
Salamanca lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Salamanca will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Cremonesi dodges the punch combination from Salamanca.
Salamanca takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Salamanca scores with a jab. De Cremonesi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Salamanca throws a shot from downtown. De Cremonesi moves away and avoids it.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick from De Cremonesi.
Salamanca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Cremonesi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Marco Salamanca did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Cremonesi scores with a kick to the body.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but De Cremonesi is just out of range.
De Cremonesi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
De Cremonesi cracks a nice hook into Salamanca's ribs.
Salamanca works De Cremonesi's body with a nice hook.
De Cremonesi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De Cremonesi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Salamanca. Salamanca circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Salamanca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Cremonesi.
Salamanca connects with a crisp jab.
De Cremonesi swings for the body but Salamanca moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Salamanca.
Salamanca swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A clash of legs there as De Cremonesi blocks the low kick.
Salamanca lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De Cremonesi misses with an uppercut.
Salamanca lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salamanca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Salamanca doesn't manage to clinch there - De Cremonesi circles away.
Salamanca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Cremonesi manages to avoid it.
De Cremonesi steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Cremonesi lands a front kick.
De Cremonesi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
Salamanca throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Cremonesi counters with an outside leg kick.
De Cremonesi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
De Cremonesi loads up on a big right hand but Salamanca slips the punch.
Salamanca scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Salamanca throws a jab when De Cremonesi was well out of range.
De Cremonesi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
De Cremonesi keeps Salamanca at a distance using the push kick.

Salamanca gets in close and instigates a clinch.
De Cremonesi keeps control of Salamanca as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Cremonesi tries a body shot but Salamanca blocks it.
Salamanca throws a punch but it's blocked by De Cremonesi.
Salamanca misses with an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salamanca misses with a short punch on the inside.
Salamanca will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, De Cremonesi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Salamanca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Cremonesi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Salamanca throws an elbow but misses.
De Cremonesi lands a shoulder strike.
De Cremonesi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Salamanca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Cremonesi lands an uppercut.
Salamanca struggles to land a body shot inside as De Cremonesi controls his hands.
De Cremonesi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Cremonesi struggles to land a body shot inside as Salamanca controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Salamanca throws an elbow but misses.
De Cremonesi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Salamanca misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Cremonesi misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on Salamanca's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Salamanca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Cremonesi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salamanca manages to avoid it.
Salamanca throwing a counter right hand but De Cremonesi manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Franko De Cremonesi dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

De Cremonesi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Cremonesi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Franko De Cremonesi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marco Salamanca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Cremonesi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salamanca throws out the jab.
A nice side step and De Cremonesi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
De Cremonesi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
De Cremonesi looks to land a left hand but Salamanca moved out of range nicely.
De Cremonesi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Salamanca scores with a leg kick.
Salamanca throws a series of punches but De Cremonesi avoids them all with ease.
De Cremonesi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salamanca scores with a nice body kick.
De Cremonesi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
De Cremonesi throws a push kick but Salamanca slaps the foot to one side.
The fighters circling - Salamanca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Cremonesi is looking for the big counter here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca tried to score with a low kick but De Cremonesi checks it.
Salamanca throws a low kick, looking for De Cremonesi's leg but De Cremonesi calmly moves out of range.
De Cremonesi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab from Salamanca misses.
De Cremonesi checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca moves away from the strike by De Cremonesi.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but De Cremonesi is just out of range.
Salamanca is looking to slow De Cremonesi down with leg kicks.
De Cremonesi scores with a nice body kick.
De Cremonesi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Salamanca with a nice calf kick.
Salamanca connects with a single shot there.
De Cremonesi misses with a straight right.
Salamanca digs a good body shot into De Cremonesi's ribs.
Salamanca wants to clinch.
Salamanca checks a low kick from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salamanca.
De Cremonesi feints and then cracks Salamanca's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Salamanca down.
Salamanca cracks De Cremonesi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
De Cremonesi is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Cremonesi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Cremonesi misses with a kick to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Salamanca misses its target.
De Cremonesi misses with a straight left.
Salamanca doesn't manage to clinch there - De Cremonesi circles away.
Salamanca ducks under a wild hook from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salamanca.
De Cremonesi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Cremonesi staying out of range there.
De Cremonesi looks to land a right hand but Salamanca moved out of range.
De Cremonesi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salamanca scores with a jab to the head.
Salamanca changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Cremonesi misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Salamanca. That snapped De Cremonesi's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Cremonesi. Salamanca does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salamanca looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
De Cremonesi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salamanca.
A nice inside leg kick there by Salamanca. That's going to slow De Cremonesi down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Salamanca showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Salamanca has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 49:46
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 49:46
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Salamanca!
Marco Salamanca retains his lightweight title!
An out of breath Marco Salamanca thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.