PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlos Salomanca (ranked 4479 p4p, 375 weight class) and Mark Hunt (ranked 7129 p4p, 464 weight class). Mark Hunt has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Salomanca
vs
Hunt

195 cm
26
265 lbs
4 - 4 - 1

177 cm
26
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Great elbows
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Salomanca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Salomanca has closed the distance and engaged Hunt in a clinch.
Salomanca has Hunt pressed against the ropes, preventing Hunt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hunt is trying to push Salomanca away but Salomanca has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hunt lands a left hand.
Hunt wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Salomanca has him pressed against the ropes.

Hunt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carlos Salomanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Salomanca. Beautiful body shot.
Salomanca checks a low kick from Hunt.
Salomanca was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hunt swats away the attempt to clinch by Salomanca.
As Salomanca backs off Hunt throws a huge counter combo but Salomanca manages to avoid it all.
Salomanca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hunt gets tackled into the ropes by Salomanca. Salomanca maintains the clinch.
Hunt is trying to break the clinch but Salomanca is controlling him.
Hunt wants to break free but Salomanca has control.

Hunt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hunt throws a leg kick that misses.
Hunt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Salomanca.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hunt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Salomanca checks the leg kick.
Hunt keeps the fight on the outside.
Salomanca thuds a left hand into Hunt's body.
Hunt thows a leg kick but Salomanca checks it
and Salomanca counters with a straight right hand.

Salomanca clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hunt working aggressively here.
Salomanca stalling in the clinch but Hunt improves position.
Salomanca stalling in the clinch but Hunt improves position.
Maybe Salomanca would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Salomanca tries to stall but Hunt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Salomanca could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hunt letting Salomanca take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Carlos Salomanca.
Salomanca throws a low kick but Hunt avoids it.

Salomanca has managed to clinch.
Hunt is trying to break the clinch but Salomanca has him pressed against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salomanca is stalling here.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Salomanca is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Salomanca can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Hunt wants to get back to striking at distance but Salomanca won't allow it.
Salomanca is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Hunt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hunt.
Salomanca blocks a low kick nicely.
Hunt keeps the fight on the outside.

Salomanca gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salomanca looking to slow down the pace here.
Salomanca keeps control of Hunt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Salomanca dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Salomanca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hunt swats away the attempt to clinch by Salomanca.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Salomanca sees it coming and moves out of range.
Salomanca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Salomanca tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salomanca bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Salomanca clinches with his opponent.
Salomanca trying to control the position but instead, Hunt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Salomanca into the ropes.

Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salomanca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Salomanca tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Hunt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Salomanca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salomanca tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.
Hunt flicks out a counter leg kick but Salomanca steps away.
Salomanca tries to clinch but Hunt moves out of range.

Salomanca moves into range and clinches up with Hunt.
Hunt tries to break free but Salomanca pushes him back against the ropes.

Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salomanca tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hunt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Salomanca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salomanca tries to clinch but Hunt moves out of range.
Salomanca is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hunt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Salomanca tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.
Hunt swats away the attempt to clinch by Salomanca.
Hunt motions for Salomanca to come forward. Hunt throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Salomanca gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hunt wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Salomanca has him pressed against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salomanca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salomanca swinging wildly here.
Hunt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Hunt tries to keep at a distance but Salomanca has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hunt tries to break free but Salomanca pushes him back against the ropes.
Salomanca stalling against the ropes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Salomanca is pushing Hunt up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Salomanca looking to slow down the pace here.
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 Carlos Salomanca will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Salomanca tries to clinch but Hunt moves out of range.
Salomanca checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hunt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mark Hunt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hunt flicks out a counter leg kick but Salomanca steps away.

Salomanca closes the distance and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hunt as Salomanca tries to tie him up.

Hunt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Salomanca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salomanca blocks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hunt.
Hunt swats away the attempt to clinch by Salomanca.
Salomanca on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hunt. Hunt obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salomanca wants to clinch up but Hunt keeps it at a distance.
Salomanca wants to clinch up but Hunt keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Salomanca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Salomanca throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hunt 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.
Salomanca tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hunt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Salomanca connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Salomanca moves in looking to clinch but Hunt pushes him off.
A low kick from Hunt is predictable there
and Salomanca cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salomanca is looking to clinch.
Hunt unleashes a big counter combination but Salomanca bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Salomanca darts in and clinches Hunt up against the ropes.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salomanca is pushing Hunt up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Salomanca gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Hunt breaks from the clinch.
Hunt swats away the attempt to clinch by Salomanca.
Salomanca fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salomanca moves in looking to clinch but Hunt pushes him off.
Salomanca fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Salomanca wants to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hunt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Hunt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Salomanca has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Salomanca!