PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Marco Salamanca (ranked 21510 p4p, 23178 weight class) and Franko De Cremonesi (ranked 464 p4p, 475 weight class). Salamanca comes to the ring accompanied by Superstar Cypress Hill. De Cremonesi has chosen Maniac (Eurobeat Remix) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Salamanca
vs
De Cremonesi

176 cm
39
156
35 - 11 - 3

172 cm
30
157
15 - 9 - 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 35 - 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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franko De Cremonesi!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Cremonesi misses with a body kick.
Marco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Cremonesi throws a leg kick but Salamanca sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Salamanca throws a push kick but De Cremonesi slaps the foot to one side.
De Cremonesi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Salamanca blocks the body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Salamanca misses the target.
The crowd cheers as De Cremonesi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Salamanca doesn't seem phased though.
De Cremonesi misses with an attempted mid kick.
A left and a right from Salamanca both land. Nice combination.
Salamanca moves out of range as De Cremonesi throws a body kick.
A big left from Salamanca misses.
De Cremonesi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
De Cremonesi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Salamanca connects with a solid leg kick.
De Cremonesi misses the shot to the body.
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 takes a swing at De Cremonesi's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from De Cremonesi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Salamanca moves out of range as De Cremonesi throws a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Cremonesi looks to land a body kick but Salamanca moved away.
De Cremonesi fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Cremonesi avoids the body shot from Salamanca.
De Cremonesi lands a jab to the nose.
Salamanca throws a lazy right hand but De Cremonesi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Cremonesi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Salamanca throws a low kick but De Cremonesi moves out of range easily.
Salamanca turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Cremonesi with the inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Salamanca misses its intended target.
Salamanca throws a body punch but De Cremonesi moves out of range.
De Cremonesi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Salamanca cracks a nice hook into De Cremonesi's ribs.
De Cremonesi lands with a good body shot.
De Cremonesi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An attempted straight right counter from Salamanca misses the target.
Salamanca does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
De Cremonesi throws out a counter right but Salamanca avoids it with no problem.
Salamanca buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Salamanca takes a swing at De Cremonesi's ribcage but misses.
De Cremonesi unleashes a big counter combination but Salamanca bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Salamanca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salamanca throws a push kick but De Cremonesi slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Cremonesi throws a push kick but Salamanca slaps the foot to one side.
Salamanca ducks under a wild hook from De Cremonesi.
Salamanca lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Salamanca lands a really nice looking cross but De Cremonesi seems unphased.
De Cremonesi misses with a hook. Salamanca ducked under it nicely.
Salamanca steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Cremonesi.
Salamanca misses the shot to the body.
Salamanca moves forwards but De Cremonesi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Salamanca takes one on the button.
Salamanca is looking to slow De Cremonesi down with leg kicks.
Salamanca looks to land a combination but De Cremonesi avoids it well.
Salamanca takes a swing at De Cremonesi's ribcage but misses.
De Cremonesi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice defenses there by Salamanca.
Salamanca swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Cremonesi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Salamanca stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca avoids a kick to the body.
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.
Salamanca throws a hook to the side of De Cremonesi's head but De Cremonesi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salamanca lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Salamanca scores with a spinning back kick!
De Cremonesi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Salamanca throws a leg kick but De Cremonesi sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Cremonesi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Salamanca checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
De Cremonesi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Salamanca throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De Cremonesi slips a straight right by Salamanca.
De Cremonesi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Salamanca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick.
Salamanca swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Salamanca missing with a left hand there. De Cremonesi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Cremonesi throws out a loose jab but Salamanca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salamanca on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Cremonesi.
A counter left hand to the body from Salamanca misses its target.
De Cremonesi throws an off balance right hand
and Salamanca counters with a nice uppercut.
Salamanca wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
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!
Salamanca scores with a punch to the head.
Salamanca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salamanca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Cremonesi can do to turn this around?
Salamanca connects with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Cremonesi lands a slapping body shot.
De Cremonesi stuns Salamanca with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Salamanca avoids the body shot from De Cremonesi.
Salamanca throws a leg kick but De Cremonesi checks it.
De Cremonesi misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salamanca. De Cremonesi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Salamanca does it's job there.
Marco Salamanca is winning the standup battle so far.
Salamanca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Cremonesi blocks the body kick.
Salamanca lands with a hook. De Cremonesi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De Cremonesi lands with a cross.
Salamanca throws a low kick but De Cremonesi avoids it.
Salamanca lands with a cross.
Salamanca on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Cremonesi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
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 throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Salamanca slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca scores with a decent looking hook.
De Cremonesi misses with a body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salamanca throws the kick towards the body but De Cremonesi avoids it.
De Cremonesi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salamanca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Salamanca throws a jab but it's blocked by De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Salamanca blocks it well.
That kick from Salamanca tenderised De Cremonesi's leg. De Cremonesi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Salamanca digs a good body shot into De Cremonesi's ribs.
Salamanca with a jab.
De Cremonesi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Salamanca connects with a jab.
Salamanca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Salamanca feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Cremonesis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Cremonesi throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Cremonesi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salamanca throws out the jab.
Salamanca throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Cremonesi throws a lazy body kick
and Salamanca finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Salamanca dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

De Cremonesi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Salamanca.
De Cremonesi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Salamanca cracks De Cremonesi with an open hand slap.
Salamanca throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A thudding body kick lands there by Salamanca!
De Cremonesi moves out of range as Salamanca throws a body kick.
De Cremonesi staying out of range there.
Salamanca works over De Cremonesi's head and body with a nice combination.
Both fighters circling a little - Salamanca finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
De Cremonesi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Salamanca counters with a good low kick that De Cremonesi was not able to check.
De Cremonesi misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick from Salamanca, right into the meat of the thigh.
Salamanca blocks the body kick.
De Cremonesi is looking to chop away at Salamanca's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick.
A clash of legs there as De Cremonesi blocks the low kick.
De Cremonesi misses with an uppercut
and Salamanca counters with a nice body shot.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but De Cremonesi is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca misses with an attempted mid kick.
Salamanca steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Salamanca digs a good body shot into De Cremonesi's ribs.
Salamanca thumps De Cremonesi with a low kick.
Salamanca tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Cremonesi unleashes a big counter combination but Salamanca bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
De Cremonesi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A good leg kick by Salamanca.
De Cremonesi takes one to the side of the head.
A leg kick checked by De Cremonesi.
Salamanca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Cremonesi.
Salamanca throws a body shot but no joy.
De Cremonesi fakes the leg kick and cracks Salamanca in the body.
A shot to the body from Salamanca misses
and De Cremonesi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick.
De Cremonesi with the inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Cremonesi throws a body punch but Salamanca moves out of range.
Salamanca thinks about countering with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Cremonesi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Salamanca.
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 lands a nice leg kick that just misses Salamanca's sensitive parts.
De Cremonesi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice defenses there by De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi moves away from the strike by Salamanca.
De Cremonesi lands a leg kick that knocks Salamanca off balance momentarily.
Salamanca feints and then cracks De Cremonesi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Cremonesi down.
A low kick lands for Salamanca.
De Cremonesi scores with a sloppy right hand. Salamanca should have avoided that one.
A shot to the body from De Cremonesi misses
and Salamanca counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Salamanca goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca misses with the combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Salamanca checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Cremonesi misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Salamanca clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A looping hook to the body misses from Salamanca. De Cremonesi does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Cremonesi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
De Cremonesi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Cremonesi blocks a leg kick.
Salamanca lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Cremonesi at a distance.
Salamanca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Salamanca avoids a kick to the body.
De Cremonesi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
De Cremonesi throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Cremonesi with a hook.
De Cremonesi avoids a kick to the body.
Salamanca's jab looks to have found its range, popping De Cremonesi under the eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca thuds a left hand into De Cremonesi's body.
De Cremonesi looks to land a left hand but Salamanca moved out of range nicely.
Salamanca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
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!
Salamanca throws a low kick but De Cremonesi moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from De Cremonesi.
Marco Salamanca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Cremonesi cracks Salamanca with a good jab.
De Cremonesi lands a right hook to the body.
De Cremonesi misses the jab.
Salamanca misses the jab.
De Cremonesi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Salamanca paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
De Cremonesi misses with a body kick.
De Cremonesi checks a low kick from Salamanca.
Salamanca works the jab nicely.
De Cremonesi slips a straight right by Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a front kick.
De Cremonesi lands with a hook. Salamanca tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De Cremonesi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
De Cremonesi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Cremonesi misses with a looping left.
An inside leg kick from De Cremonesi misses.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Cremonesi blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Cremonesi misses with an uppercut.
De Cremonesi throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - De Cremonesi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Cremonesi throws a leg kick which misses Salamanca's front leg but catches the back leg as Salamanca tries to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi ducks under a wild hook from Salamanca.
De Cremonesi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Salamanca misses with a body kick.
De Cremonesi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Cremonesi.
Salamanca is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi throws a hook to the side of Salamanca's head but Salamanca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Salamanca misses the target.
De Cremonesi swinging wildly here.
Salamanca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Cremonesi manages to avoid it.
De Cremonesi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by De Cremonesi.
The crowd cheers as Salamanca lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Cremonesi doesn't seem phased though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Franko De Cremonesi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

De Cremonesi misses with a double jab.
Franko De Cremonesi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Salamanca thows a left - swing and a miss!
A punch combination from Salamanca misses.
De Cremonesi cracks Salamanca with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Salamanca rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting De Cremonesi counter with a right hand.
De Cremonesi connects with a body shot that sends Salamanca's belly button to the back.
Nice jab there from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi misses with an uppercut. Salamanca saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi lands a nice hook to Salamanca's body. Salamanca takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Salamanca pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Cremonesi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Cremonesi moves out of range of the strikes.
De Cremonesi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Salamanca circles away quickly and effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salamanca clobbers De Cremonesi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Salamanca throws a low kick, looking for De Cremonesi's leg but De Cremonesi calmly moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca connects with the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salamanca. De Cremonesi does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Cremonesi clobbers Salamanca with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Salamanca goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
De Cremonesi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Salamanca fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De Cremonesi on the side of the head.
De Cremonesi throws a body kick that misses.
Salamanca lands a glancing blow to the side of De Cremonesi's head.
Salamanca pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A shot to the liver by Salamanca. Beautiful body shot.
De Cremonesi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slapping body kick lands there for Salamanca.
Salamanca showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Cremonesi.
Salamanca scores with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salamanca fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Salamanca jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick from De Cremonesi.
Salamanca scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
De Cremonesi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut there from Salamanca.
Salamanca ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Cremonesi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A cross from Salamanca lands.
De Cremonesi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Salamanca finds it's way round the side to connect with De Cremonesi's head.
De Cremonesi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
De Cremonesi misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Cremonesi swings for the body but Salamanca moves out of range.
Salamanca is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Salamanca.
De Cremonesi swings for the body but Salamanca moves out of range.

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 Skip Squint scores the fight 49:46
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ben Hemmingworth 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.