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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Scott Columbus (ranked 16250 p4p, 184 weight class) and Nero La Croix (ranked 19146 p4p, 191 weight class). Columbus's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Blood Of The Kings. La Croix has chosen Ca Plane Pour Moi as his entrance music. Nero La Croix has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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200 cm
34
274 lbs
27 - 21 - 1 |
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190 cm
29
265 lbs
30 - 6 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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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
27 - 21 - 1, fighting out of London, Scott Columbus! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
30 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix! The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! La Croix throws a body punch but Columbus moves out of range. La Croix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Columbus was well out of range. Poor timing from La Croix. La Croix moves into the clinch successfully.
La Croix working aggressively here.
La Croix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Croix lands a body punch in the clinch. A short left from La Croix. La Croix prevents Columbus from breaking the clinch. Columbus can't find room to land a body shot as La Croix controls the action.
La Croix lands a left hand.
La Croix breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. La Croix gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Columbus. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Columbus throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Columbus definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Columbus gets in close and instigates a clinch. La Croix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Columbus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Croix tries to work over Columbus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. La Croix lands a nice knee to the body. Columbus is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. La Croix misses with a body punch.
La Croix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes. La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Columbus controls his hands.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but Columbus blocks with his arms.
La Croix cracks Columbus with a nice body shot. Columbus is trying to break the clinch but La Croix has him pressed against the ropes. Columbus can't break the clinch.
La Croix lands with a right to the head. La Croix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Croix lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Columbus or not. La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Columbus backwards. La Croix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Columbus backwards. La Croix lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Columbus. A nice right hand lands inside from La Croix. La Croix has Columbus pushed against the ropes. La Croix throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Columbus blocks it with crossed arms. La Croix lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. La Croix lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Columbus backwards. Columbus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from La Croix. Nice body punch from La Croix. A nice left hand lands by La Croix.
La Croix cracks Columbus with a nice body shot. La Croix lands on the inside with an uppercut. Still in the clinch, La Croix scores with a nice short uppercut. A knee to the head by La Croix.
It looks like Scott Columbus has been cut. A short right from La Croix. La Croix lands with a left to the head. A short right from La Croix on the inside. A short right from La Croix on the inside. La Croix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. La Croix lands with a short head shot on the inside. La Croix lands a body punch. La Croix lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. A quick uppercut on the inside from La Croix. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nero La Croix dominated that round. The cut man is working on Scott Columbus's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Columbus steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La Croix. That one must have hurt. Columbus throws a lazy uppercut
and La Croix counters with a really nice, stiff jab that drops Columbus onto his ass. He'll have to take the mandatory count from the referee but he's back on his feet and he seems OK to continue. Columbus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Columbus tries to get into range but La Croix steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Columbus! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! La Croix scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nero La Croix! Nero La Croix decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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