PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero La Croix (ranked 20331 p4p, 221 weight class) and Chuck Norris Jr (ranked 13186 p4p, 219 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think La Croix might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ca Plane Pour Moi. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

La Croix
vs
Norris Jr

190 cm
27
265 lbs
22 - 4 - 0

178 cm
40
180 lbs
41 - 13 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Freebok (85% Laundry)

Freebok (85% Laundry)

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 22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Chuck Norris Jr!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris Jr takes a swing at La Croix's ribcage but misses.
Norris Jr misses with a leg kick
and La Croix cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Norris Jr throws a sloppy head kick and La Croix moves out of range easily.
La Croix tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
La Croix tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Norris Jr misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from La Croix misses the target.
Norris Jr connects with a body shot.
Norris Jr throws a front kick aimed at La Croix's knee but La Croix avoids it well.
Norris Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Croix moves away.
Norris Jr throws a leg kick but La Croix checks it.
La Croix was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Norris Jr. Beautiful body shot.
Norris Jr is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La Croix rather than just go for the knockout.
Norris Jr fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Norris Jr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Norris Jr with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris Jr thumps La Croix with a low kick.
Norris Jr tries a low kick but La Croix avoids it.
La Croix thinks about countering with a body kick.
La Croix misses with an attempted mid kick.
La Croix looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Norris Jr misses with a body shot.
La Croix just misses with a punch to the body.
Norris Jr throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Norris Jr will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Norris Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Croix was well out of range. Poor timing from Norris Jr.
An inside leg kick from Norris Jr misses.
Norris Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Norris Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Croix moves away.
Norris Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Croix was well out of range. Poor timing from Norris Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from La Croix on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Norris Jr's jab looks to have found its range, popping La Croix under the eye.
La Croix stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
La Croix scores with a decent looking hook.
La Croix throws a wild body kick that Norris Jr sees coming a mile off.
La Croix throws an off balance right hand
and Norris Jr counters with a nice low kick that buckles La Croix's knee momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norris Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Norris Jr blocks the leg kick.
Norris Jr connects with an inside leg kick.
La Croix moves out of range of the strikes.
La Croix appears to be looking for a big counter.
La Croix swings for the body but Norris Jr moves out of range.
A big left from La Croix misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Croix has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Norris Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Norris Jr blocks the body kick.
Norris Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Croix is looking to counter punch.
Norris Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Croix moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Norris Jr. That's going to slow La Croix down.
Norris Jr on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Norris Jr walks into a jab.
Norris Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
La Croix throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Norris Jr counters with an outside leg kick.
La Croix throws a lazy body kick
and Norris Jr counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norris Jr scores with a shot to the body.
Norris Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Croix moves away.
La Croix jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Norris Jr misses with a head kick.
Norris Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Norris Jr.
Norris Jr throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Norris Jr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
La Croix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Norris Jr. That's going to slow La Croix down.
Norris Jr lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A good leg kick by Norris Jr.
Norris Jr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
La Croix misses with a right hand
and Norris Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
La Croix misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Norris Jr dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

La Croix ducks under a wild hook from Norris Jr.
La Croix appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Norris Jr cracks a nice hook into La Croix's ribs.
La Croix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norris Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from La Croix.
La Croix checks the leg kick nicely there.
Norris Jr bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Norris Jr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Norris Jr on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Norris Jr scores with a body shot.
La Croix uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Norris Jr.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norris Jr swings widly with a right hand
and La Croix counters with a stiff right hand.
Norris Jr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
La Croix appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
La Croix throws a push kick but Norris Jr slaps the foot to one side.
La Croix misses with the body kick
and Norris Jr counters with a thumping low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris Jr fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Norris Jr lands a nice shot to the body.

La Croix tries to keep at a distance but Norris Jr has taken the fight into the clinch.
La Croix looking to throw knees to the head but Norris Jr is blocking nicely.
Norris Jr stalling the fight.
Norris Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Croix misses with some punches.
La Croix tries to throw a body punch but Norris Jr avoids it by throwing La Croix back against the ropes.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Norris Jr takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
La Croix can't find room to land a body shot as Norris Jr controls the action.
Good body shot from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr prevents a body shot from La Croix.
Norris Jr tries a body shot but La Croix blocks it.
La Croix tries a body shot but Norris Jr blocks it.
La Croix throws a punch but it's blocked by Norris Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.
La Croix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Norris Jr misses with a body punch.
La Croix works on Norris Jr's body with a couple of short punches.
Norris Jr pushes off an throws an elbow but La Croix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A short left from La Croix.
Our sources have told us that La Croix has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Croix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norris Jr tries to work over La Croix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Norris Jr missing with knees to the body.
Norris Jr prevents a body shot from La Croix.

La Croix drops Norris Jr on his ass with a big knee up the middle! Norris Jr bounces straight back to his feet before the referee can even start a count. We'll have to wait a moment to see if that actually hurt him or not, as he takes the standing 8 count.

Norris Jr is rocked!

It looks like Chuck Norris Jr has been cut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Norris Jr.
Norris Jr swings away with a body shot that misses
and La Croix counters with a leg kick.

Norris Jr walks into a straight right hand and goes down! La Croix rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Norris Jr has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Norris Jr is still on wobbly legs! Can La Croix finish him?
La Croix avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr stuns La Croix with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Norris Jr seems to have recovered his senses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Norris Jr.
A telegraphed right hand from La Croix misses the target.
La Croix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Norris Jr manages to avoid it.
Norris Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norris Jr misses with a low kick.
La Croix throws a quick counter kick to the body but Norris Jr avoids it.
Norris Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
La Croix throws a looping overhand right but Norris Jr ducks down to avoid it.
La Croix avoids the body shot from Norris Jr.
La Croix misses with a straight left.
Norris Jr throws a sloppy head kick

and La Croix counters with a perfectly timed counter left hook that drops Norris Jr to the mat, face first! La Croix goes to the neutral corner and waits for the referee to start the count. Norris Jr is back to hise feet already though and looking to continue the bout! Exciting stuff!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norris Jr throws a body punch but La Croix moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Croix takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Norris Jr tries to land a leg kick but La Croix saw it coming and moves away.
Norris Jr throws a front kick that sends La Croix stumbling back into the ropes.
Norris Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La Croix looks to score with a jab to the body but Norris Jr is just out of range.
La Croix takes a body punch but keeps moving.
La Croix throws a jab when Norris Jr was well out of range.
La Croix throws a hook but Norris Jr blocks it.
La Croix looks to land a body kick but Norris Jr moved away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Norris Jr scores with a kick to the body.
Norris Jr tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and La Croix is able to avoid easily.
La Croix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Norris Jr can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nero La Croix takes the second round thanks to the knockdowns.
The cut man is working on Chuck Norris Jr's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Norris Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Norris Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La Croix thows a leg kick but Norris Jr checks it
and Norris Jr counters with a nice low kick that buckles La Croix's knee momentarily.
Nice body kick from Norris Jr.
La Croix is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Norris Jr lands with a good body shot.
Norris Jr scores with a body shot.
Chuck Norris Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Norris Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Norris Jr closes the distance and clinches.
La Croix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Croix can't find room to land a body shot as Norris Jr controls the action.
A short left from La Croix.
Norris Jr can't find room to land a body shot as La Croix controls the action.
Norris Jr is looking to control La Croix's arms but La Croix gets an underhook and turns him. Now Norris Jr has his back to the ropes.
Norris Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by La Croix.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
La Croix tries to throw a body punch but Norris Jr avoids it by throwing La Croix back against the ropes.
La Croix misses with a hook from the clinch.
Norris Jr can't find room to land a body shot as La Croix controls the action.
Norris Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Croix avoids it.
Norris Jr stalling.
La Croix takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice right hand lands inside from La Croix.
La Croix throws a head punch that misses.
Norris Jr lands a body punch.
Norris Jr just leaning against La Croix, taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from La Croix fails to land.
Norris Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Croix throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Norris Jr tries to throw a body punch but La Croix avoids it by throwing Norris Jr back against the ropes.
La Croix is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norris Jr is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr is trying to maintain a safe position but La Croix gets an underhook and turns Norris Jr into the ropes.
La Croix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Norris Jr is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
La Croix can't find room to land a body shot as Norris Jr controls the action.
La Croix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norris Jr's elbow.
Norris Jr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Nero La Croix has been cut.
Norris Jr prevents a body shot from La Croix.
La Croix misses with a body punch.
La Croix creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Norris Jr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through La Croix's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Croix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La Croix takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La Croix takes a knee to the side of the body.
Norris Jr tries to throw a body punch but La Croix avoids it by throwing Norris Jr back against the ropes.
Norris Jr lands an elbow inside.
La Croix prevents a body shot from Norris Jr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Croix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norris Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La Croix or not.
Norris Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Norris Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Norris Jr - that landed with a thud.
Norris Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Norris Jr misses with a body punch.
Norris Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La Croix's elbow.
La Croix dodges an elbow strike from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr can't find room to land a body shot as La Croix controls the action.
Norris Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of La Croixs head.
La Croix blocks a body shot from Norris Jr.
La Croix misses with a body punch.
La Croix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Norris Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Croix.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris Jr lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Norris Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La Croix or not.
Norris Jr misses with a body punch.
Norris Jr taking a breather.
La Croix prevents a body shot from Norris Jr.
La Croix tries a knee to the head but Norris Jr blocks it.
Norris Jr lands a body shot.
A body shot lands from Norris Jr.
Norris Jr pushes La Croix back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Norris Jr is pushing La Croix up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Norris Jr is leaning against La Croix and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Norris Jr tries to stall but La Croix uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Norris Jr stalling in the clinch but La Croix improves position.
With the fighters up against the ropes, La Croix throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Norris Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Norris Jr has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:26
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nero La Croix!
A victorious Nero La Croix thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Chuck Norris Jr was interviewed post fight and said 'fuck'.