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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Master Cpp (ranked 5448 p4p, 469 weight class) and Bastien Giroud (ranked 23275 p4p, 522 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Giroud's choice of entrance music: Khaled- Aisha. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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158 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
Great elbows
Granite chin
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Master Cpp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Bastien Giroud!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giroud looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Giroud looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cpp throws a counter high kick but Giroud was just alert enough to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Cpp.
Cpp throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Giroud misses with a hook
and Cpp counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Giroud gets a clinch.
Cpp digs a right hand underneath Giroud's ribcage. Giroud let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Giroud is looking to control Cpp's arms but Cpp gets an underhook and turns him. Now Giroud has his back to the ropes.
Cpp lands a left hand.
Cpp lands a nice shot to the body.
Giroud misses with the head strike.
Cpp lands an elbow just above Giroud 's eye.
Giroud misses with a knee strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giroud lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Cpp.
Giroud's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cpp using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Giroud misses with a knee strike.
Cpp lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Cpp.
Cpp is working Giroud over against the ropes.
Giroud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cpp lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cpp.
Cpp lands a shot to the body.
Cpp unloads a knee to the mid-section. Giroud lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cpp lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cpp lands a nice shot to the body.
Giroud has a couple of punches blocked by Cpp.
Cpp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cpp lands a nice knee to the body.
Cpp lands a nice knee to the body.
Cpp works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Giroud looks winded!
Giroud throws a head punch that misses.
Giroud has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cpp seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Giroud can turn it around.
Cpp lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cpp is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cpp is leaning against Giroud and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cpp lands a right hand.
Giroud throws a punch but it's blocked by Cpp.
Giroud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cpp lands an elbow that stopped Giroud in his tracks for a moment.
Cpp connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cpp.
A right hand to the body from Cpp.
Cpp crunches a lovely knee into Giroud's ribcage.
Cpp lands an elbow that stopped Giroud in his tracks for a moment.
Cpp with a knee to the head.
Cpp definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cpp lands a hook that snaps the head of Giroud backwards.
Giroud looking to throw knees to the head but Cpp is blocking nicely.
Cpp scores with a shoulder strike.
Cpp scores with a shoulder strike.
Cpp utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cpp lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Giroud is rocked!
A short right from Cpp on the inside.
Giroud is still on wobbly legs! Can Cpp finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cpp lands an elbow inside.
A nice left hand lands by Cpp.
Cpp cracks Giroud with a nice body shot.
Giroud struggles to land a body shot inside as Cpp controls his hands.
Cpp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cpp.
Cpp is leaning against Giroud and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cpp with a knee to the head.
Cpp lands a nice elbow.
Cpp utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cpp lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giroud struggles to land a body shot inside as Cpp controls his hands.
Cpp lands an elbow just above Giroud 's eye.
It looks like Bastien Giroud has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Giroud.
A left hand lands to the body for Cpp.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cpp.
Cpp lands an uppercut.
Giroud misses with a knee strike.
Giroud is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cpp lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cpp using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Giroud has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cpp lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cpp using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cpp.
Giroud misses with the head strike.
Cpp scores with a shot to the side of Giroud's head.
Giroud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cpp lands an elbow that stopped Giroud in his tracks for a moment.
Cpp lands a damaging elbow.
Cpp digs a right hand underneath Giroud's ribcage. Giroud let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cpp obliges.
Giroud is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cpp is defending well for now.
Cpp scores with an uppercut up the middle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cpp is leaning against Giroud and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Giroud takes an elbow to the temple.
Cpp digs a right hand into Giroud's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Giroud's gas tank.
Cpp lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Giroud takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Master Cpp dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bastien Giroud's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cpp cracks Giroud with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Giroud is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Giroud is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Giroud could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Master Cpp!
Our winner, Master Cpp, 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.
In defeat, Bastien Giroud stepped up to the mic, saying 'It's just a setback on the road to greatness. Ill be back stronger !'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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