PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Franko De Cremonesi (ranked 23279 p4p, 1049 weight class) and Shahzad Abdelrahman (ranked 455 p4p, 142 weight class). De Cremonesi comes to the ring accompanied by Maniac (Eurobeat Remix). Abdelrahman is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Blow The Whistle. Shahzad Abdelrahman acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

De Cremonesi
vs
Abdelrahman

172 cm
30
157
13 - 8 - 0

180 cm
32
170
20 - 10 - 1

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franko De Cremonesi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Shahzad Abdelrahman!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abdelrahman throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Shahzad Abdelrahman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Cremonesi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
De Cremonesi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Abdelrahman doesn't seem bothered though.

De Cremonesi gets tackled into the ropes by Abdelrahman. Abdelrahman maintains the clinch.
Abdelrahman misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Cremonesi tries a body shot but Abdelrahman blocks it.
De Cremonesi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Cremonesi misses with some punches.
Our sources have told us that De Cremonesi has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Abdelrahman working aggressively here.
Abdelrahman takes a shot to the head.
Abdelrahman dodges an elbow strike from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdelrahman has a couple of punches blocked by De Cremonesi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Cremonesi managing to block the knees to the body from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman working aggressively here.
De Cremonesi takes a shot to the head.
Abdelrahman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Cremonesi backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdelrahman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Cremonesi prevents a body shot from Abdelrahman.
De Cremonesi has a couple of punches blocked by Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman blocking some punches.
De Cremonesi presses Abdelrahman against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short left from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abdelrahman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abdelrahman scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Cremonesi lands a left hand.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
De Cremonesi swings wildly with an uppercut but Abdelrahman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abdelrahman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Abdelrahman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
De Cremonesi avoids the elbow strike from Abdelrahman, against the ropes.
Abdelrahman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Abdelrahman misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abdelrahman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Cremonesi's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdelrahman tries to throw a body punch but De Cremonesi avoids it by throwing Abdelrahman back against the ropes.
Abdelrahman throws an elbow but it misses.
De Cremonesi blocks a body shot from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman tries to stall but De Cremonesi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Cremonesi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Cremonesi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abdelrahman misses with a punch on the inside.
De Cremonesi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abdelrahman's elbow.
De Cremonesi is trying to stall.
Abdelrahman missing with knees to the body.
Abdelrahman working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abdelrahman.
De Cremonesi blocks an elbow strike.
Abdelrahman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abdelrahman blocks an elbow strike.
De Cremonesi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Cremonesi swings wildly with an uppercut but Abdelrahman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abdelrahman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shahzad Abdelrahman dominated that round.
That's time! De Cremonesi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Abdelrahman forces De Cremonesi back against the ropes and clinches.
De Cremonesi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Cremonesi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
De Cremonesi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Abdelrahman missing with knees to the body.
De Cremonesi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abdelrahmans head.
Abdelrahman swings wildly with an uppercut but De Cremonesi uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Cremonesi lands a body punch.
Abdelrahman struggles to land a body shot inside as De Cremonesi controls his hands.
De Cremonesi scores with a shot to the side of Abdelrahman's head.

De Cremonesi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Abdelrahman scores with a spinning back kick!
Abdelrahman moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice jab there from De Cremonesi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abdelrahman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Cremonesi blocks a head kick by Abdelrahman.
A quick step to the side and De Cremonesi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Cremonesi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Abdelrahman scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Cremonesi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Abdelrahman counters with a two punch combo.
De Cremonesi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Abdelrahman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Abdelrahman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Abdelrahman misses with a leg kick.
De Cremonesi connects with a leg kick.
Abdelrahman throws a leg kick but De Cremonesi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Abdelrahman is looking to slow De Cremonesi down with leg kicks.
De Cremonesi takes a swing at Abdelrahman's ribcage but misses.
De Cremonesi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Cremonesi.
Abdelrahman connects with a high kick.
De Cremonesi misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Cremonesi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Abdelrahman throws an off balance right hand
letting De Cremonesi counter with a right hand.
De Cremonesi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Abdelrahman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Cremonesi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
De Cremonesi looks to throw the jab but Abdelrahman is out of range.
Abdelrahman blocks the body kick.
Abdelrahman lands with a right hand.
Franko De Cremonesi is winning the standup battle so far.
De Cremonesi lunges at Abdelrahman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Abdelrahman's hand.
Abdelrahman slips under a jab.
Abdelrahman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Abdelrahman darts in and clinches De Cremonesi up against the ropes.
Abdelrahman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Cremonesi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Abdelrahman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abdelrahman throws a punch but it's blocked by De Cremonesi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Abdelrahman fails to land.
De Cremonesi tries to work over Abdelrahman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abdelrahman blocking some punches.
De Cremonesi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Franko De Cremonesi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Abdelrahman tries to clinch there but De Cremonesi circles away.
Abdelrahman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Abdelrahman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Abdelrahman ducks under a wild hook from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi lands a nice looking body shot.
Abdelrahman steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from De Cremonesi. That one must have hurt.
De Cremonesi avoids the body shot from Abdelrahman.
De Cremonesi misses with an uppercut.
De Cremonesi throws a body kick that misses.
Abdelrahman dodges the punch combination from De Cremonesi.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Abdelrahman! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Cremonesi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
De Cremonesi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abdelrahman now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
De Cremonesi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Cremonesi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abdelrahman moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Cremonesi throws a series of punches but Abdelrahman moves out of range.
De Cremonesi is looking to chop away at Abdelrahman's legs.
Abdelrahman throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Cremonesi walks into a left hand.
De Cremonesi lands a jab-cross combination.
Abdelrahman tests De Cremonesi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De Cremonesi misses with a hook.
De Cremonesi digs a good body shot into Abdelrahman's ribs.
Abdelrahman moves out of range as De Cremonesi throws a body kick.
De Cremonesi misses with a kick to the body.
Abdelrahman raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
De Cremonesi misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Abdelrahman misses with a left hand
and De Cremonesi counters with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Abdelrahman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Abdelrahman looking to throw knees to the head but De Cremonesi is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Cremonesi lands an elbow that stopped Abdelrahman in his tracks for a moment.
De Cremonesi lands a right hand.
De Cremonesi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abdelrahman prevents a body shot from De Cremonesi.
Abdelrahman blocks the elbow strike.
De Cremonesi misses with some punches.
De Cremonesi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abdelrahman's elbow.

De Cremonesi breaks from the clinch.
Abdelrahman lands with a straight right. De Cremonesi didn't see that one coming.
Abdelrahman wants to slow De Cremonesi down by chopping away at his legs.
Abdelrahman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Abdelrahman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Cremonesi is out of range.
De Cremonesi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Abdelrahman has closed the distance and engaged De Cremonesi in a clinch.
Abdelrahman prevents a body shot from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Franko De Cremonesi.
I think De Cremonesi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Shahzad Abdelrahman!
Shahzad Abdelrahman thanked the fans post fight for their support.