PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jack Valhallo (ranked 6399 p4p, 127 weight class) and Jean Cristopher La Vellei (ranked 7261 p4p, 137 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Valhallo
vs
Cristopher La Vellei

175 cm
21
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
17
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Intelligent

Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Valhallo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Cristopher La Vellei!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by La Vellei as he connects with a hook.
La Vellei misses with a body kick.
Valhallo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La Vellei lands a nice shot that snaps Valhallo's head back.
Valhallo misses with the combination.
A little jabbing left from La Vellei on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
La Vellei cracks Valhallo with a good jab.
La Vellei scores with a hook.
Valhallo tried to score with a low kick but La Vellei checks it.
La Vellei looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Valhallo tries to clinch but La Vellei is having none of it.
La Vellei throws a low kick but Valhallo avoids it.
Valhallo seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
La Vellei tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Valhallo is able to avoid easily.
Valhallo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valhallo is looking to clinch.
La Vellei keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Valhallo tries to close the distance and clinch but La Vellei swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La Vellei darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for La Vellei.
La Vellei fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Valhallo checks it well.

La Vellei gets tackled into the ropes by Valhallo. Valhallo maintains the clinch.
La Vellei prevents Valhallo from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Vellei tries to break the clinch but Valhallo is controlling the position.
La Vellei is trying to break free.
Valhallo has La Vellei pressed against the ropes, preventing La Vellei from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
La Vellei has Valhallo pressed against the ropes, preventing Valhallo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Valhallo stalling against the ropes.

Valhallo breaks the clinch.
La Vellei is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Valhallo throws a right and a left that La Vellei avoids nicely.
Valhallo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but La Vellei paws at him with a jab and circles away.
La Vellei has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Valhallo takes one to the chin there.
Valhallo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei blocks a low kick nicely.
Valhallo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La Vellei fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Valhallo is out of range.
La Vellei misses with a wild combination.
La Vellei is looking to chop away at Valhallo's legs.
La Vellei attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
La Vellei throws a wild body kick that Valhallo sees coming a mile off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La Vellei lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Valhallo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Valhallo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Valhallo moves in looking to clinch but La Vellei pushes him off.
La Vellei rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Valhallo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Valhallo moves into the clinch successfully.
Valhallo has had enough of the clinch but La Vellei keeps him there for the moment.
La Vellei working hard to break the clinch.
Valhallo misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Vellei prevents a body shot from Valhallo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei tries to break free but Valhallo pushes him back against the ropes.
Valhallo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Valhallo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Vellei.
Valhallo prevents a body shot from La Vellei.

Valhallo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La Vellei dodges the punch combination from Valhallo.
La Vellei throws a series of strikes that have Valhallo backpedaling.
La Vellei lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Valhallo checks a leg kick.
La Vellei looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Valhallo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but La Vellei is out of range.
La Vellei throws out a counter right but Valhallo avoids it with no problem.
Jean Cristopher La Vellei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valhallo takes one to the chin there.
La Vellei tries a low kick but Valhallo avoids it.
Valhallo is looking for a counter combo.
La Vellei connects with a single shot there.
La Vellei connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
La Vellei throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Vellei lands the left hand.
La Vellei looks to land a combination but Valhallo avoids it well.
Valhallo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Valhallo moves out of range of the body kick from La Vellei.
A slow jab from Valhallo misses its intended target.
Valhallo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Valhallo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Valhallo darts in and clinches La Vellei up against the ropes.
Valhallo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La Vellei has him pressed against the ropes.
Valhallo prevents a body shot from La Vellei.
La Vellei prevents a body shot from Valhallo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Cristopher La Vellei dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

La Vellei scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheers as La Vellei lands an impressive looking overhand right. Valhallo doesn't seem phased though.

Valhallo closes the distance and clinches.
La Vellei wants to get back to striking at distance but Valhallo won't allow it.
Valhallo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
La Vellei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

La Vellei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La Vellei misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La Vellei slips a straight right by Valhallo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valhallo is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Valhallo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd cheers as La Vellei lands an impressive looking overhand right. Valhallo doesn't seem phased though.
La Vellei throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
La Vellei throws a low kick, looking for Valhallo's leg but Valhallo calmly moves out of range.
Valhallo throws a series of punches but La Vellei avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valhallo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valhallo drops his hands momentarily and La Vellei takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Valhallo misses with a leg kick.
Jack Valhallo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
La Vellei wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La Vellei is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Valhallo fails in his attempt to clinch.
La Vellei slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
La Vellei slips a jab and a cross from Valhallo.
La Vellei scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jean Cristopher La Vellei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Valhallo tries a head kick but it misses.
La Vellei throws the kick towards the body but Valhallo avoids it.
La Vellei digs a good hook to Valhallo's body.
Valhallo needs to keep his hands up - La Vellei had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valhallo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Valhallo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Valhallo tries to clinch there but La Vellei circles away.
La Vellei avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
La Vellei changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
La Vellei steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valhallo.
La Vellei scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valhallo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
La Vellei misses with a kick to the body.
Good shot there by La Vellei.
La Vellei bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Valhallo's head backwards.
La Vellei lands a glancing blow to the side of Valhallo's head.
La Vellei misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valhallo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Valhallo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A decent looking cross lands there for La Vellei.
Valhallo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
La Vellei shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Valhallo eats them both and turns towards La Vellei to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
La Vellei looks to land a combination but Valhallo avoids it well.
La Vellei connects with a right hand. Valhallo shakes it off.
Valhallo tries to clinch up but La Vellei circles away and keeps his distance.
La Vellei lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Valhallo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Valhallo is rocked!
Valhallo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oh Valhallo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Valhallo walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Valhallo is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jean Cristopher La Vellei!
Our winner, Jean Cristopher La Vellei, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.