PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Milovan Cirkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Lewis St Clair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirkovic comes into the arena with Five Finger Death Punch - "Lift Me Up" blaring out of the sound system. St Clair comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ready to Die kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cirkovic
vs
Lewis St Clair

193 cm
27
213 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

193 cm
29
216 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Milovan Cirkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jon Lewis St Clair!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cirkovic lands a glancing blow to the side of St Clair's head.
St Clair slips a jab and a cross from Cirkovic.
St Clair tries to move into range but Cirkovic moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
St Clair throws a sloppy head kick and Cirkovic moves out of range easily.
Milovan Cirkovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Clair ducks under a wild hook from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from St Clair. Those never looked like landing.
St Clair walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cirkovic.
St Clair takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
St Clair fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cirkovic.
Cirkovic misses with a hook.
St Clair slips a straight right by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic throws a sloppy head kick and St Clair moves out of range easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Cirkovic.
St Clair connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cirkovic. Cirkovic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cirkovic throws a combination that misses
and St Clair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cirkovic punishes St Clair's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirkovic misses with an uppercut. St Clair saw that one coming.
St Clair throws a sloppy head kick and Cirkovic moves out of range easily.
St Clair is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Jon Lewis St Clair has been cut.
St Clair misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cirkovic has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Skaggs Training Facility *LOP* in the buildup to the fight.
St Clair lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cirkovic takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Milovan Cirkovic has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cirkovic throws a leg kick
and St Clair counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cirkovic thinking.
St Clair slips under a jab from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic jabs St Clair right on the nose. St Clair blinks but takes it well.
St Clair cracks Cirkovic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cirkovic stuns St Clair with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cirkovic looks to throw the jab but St Clair is out of range.
Cirkovic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and as Cirkovic resets, St Clair pounces with a savage head kick that drops Cirkovic to the mat! Cirkovic looks wobbly but gets back to his feet on the count of 5. The referee continues the count to 8 then steps aside to let these two guys get back at it!
Cirkovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Clair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic tries to clinch but St Clair moves out of range.
St Clair jabs at Cirkovic's body.
Cirkovic lands a slapping body shot.
St Clair tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cirkovic was well out of range. Poor timing from St Clair.
Cirkovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cirkovic lands a high kick!
Good leg kick by Cirkovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cirkovic tries to clinch up.
Cirkovic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Clair with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cirkovic to score with a decent uppercut.
Cirkovic blocks a head kick by St Clair.
St Clair showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cirkovic.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cirkovic. St Clair shrugs it off though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Having scored a knockdown, Jon Lewis St Clair should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Cirkovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

St Clair takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cirkovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Clair throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as St Clair lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cirkovic doesn't seem phased though.
Cirkovic fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cirkovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Clair.
Cirkovic tries to clinch but St Clair is having none of it.
St Clair misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Clair.
St Clair looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
An inside leg kick lands from St Clair.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Clair misses with a wild combination.
Cirkovic is looking to slow St Clair down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirkovic lands a nice shot to the body.
A solid body kick from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic wants to clinch.
Cirkovic throws a lazy uppercut
and St Clair connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
St Clair throws a jab but it's blocked by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic throws the left hand but St Clair avoids the punch easily.

Cirkovic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with St Clair, pushing him back against the ropes.
Cirkovic has St Clair pressed against the ropes, preventing St Clair from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St Clair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cirkovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cirkovic will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning St Clair up against the ropes.
St Clair misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Clair breaks the clinch.
St Clair stuns Cirkovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cirkovic avoids the head kick by St Clair.
St Clair misses with a leg kick.
Cirkovic throws a front kick that sends St Clair stumbling back into the ropes.
Cirkovic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
St Clair takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
St Clair throws a head kick that misses

and Cirkovic counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Cirkovic breaks from the clinch.
St Clair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Clair walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cirkovic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
St Clair fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cirkovic.
Cirkovic throws a hook but St Clair blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Milovan Cirkovic will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

St Clair throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cirkovic scores with a hook.
Cirkovic lands with a nice body kick.

Cirkovic moves into the clinch successfully.
Cirkovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St Clair misses with the head strike.
Cirkovic tries a body shot but St Clair blocks it.
Cirkovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cirkovic trying to stall but St Clair improves his position.
Cirkovic struggles to land a body shot inside as St Clair controls his hands.
Cirkovic lands a hook that snaps the head of St Clair backwards.
St Clair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

St Clair pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St Clair throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Clair on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
St Clair keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Clair throws a head kick that misses.
St Clair misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cirkovic misses with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as St Clair checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cirkovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Clair throws a wild body kick that Cirkovic sees coming a mile off.
Cirkovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by St Clair.
Cirkovic throws the left hand but St Clair avoids the punch easily.
A head kick misses from Cirkovic.
A low kick from Cirkovic is predictable there
and St Clair counters with a stiff right hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Cirkovic blocks the leg kick.
Cirkovic throws a leg kick but St Clair checks it.
St Clair will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cirkovic misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Clair's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cirkovic under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cirkovic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A solid leg kick lands there for St Clair.
Cirkovic lands with a kick to the temple. St Clair shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A low kick from Cirkovic is predictable there
and St Clair counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jon Lewis St Clair seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St Clair stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic misses with a shot to the body
and St Clair counters with a big head kick but Cirkovic shrugs it off.
Cirkovic misses the body punch
and St Clair counters with a nice uppercut.
St Clair closes the distance and catches Cirkovic with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Cirkovic is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Cirkovic is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Cirkovic is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! St Clair takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jon Lewis St Clair!
During a confident post fight interview, Jon Lewis St Clair thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.