PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Marco Salamanca (ranked 21539 p4p, 24575 weight class) and Seung Joon (ranked 469 p4p, 480 weight class). Salamanca comes into the arena with Superstar Cypress Hill blaring out of the sound system. Joon has chosen BewhY (비와이) – 가라사대 (GOTTASADAE) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Salamanca
vs
Joon

176 cm
38
156
32 - 11 - 3

181 cm
22
155
6 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Salamanca!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seung Joon!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salamanca throws out a powerful jab.
Salamanca throws a front kick aimed at Joon's knee but Joon avoids it well.
Salamanca throws a good cross that connects.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but Joon is just out of range.
Salamanca changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Salamanca tries to bum rush Joon with a series of wild strikes but Joon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Joon raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Salamanca delivers a nice body kick.
Salamanca works Joon's body with a nice hook.
Joon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Salamanca can pounce on him.
Salamanca lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Salamanca with a nice calf kick.
Salamanca throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Salamanca forces Joon back against the ropes and clinches.
Our sources have told us that Salamanca has been working on his elbows in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Salamanca struggles to land a body shot inside as Joon controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Joon fails to land.
Salamanca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Salamanca lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Joon swings wildly with an uppercut but Salamanca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joon swings wildly with an uppercut but Salamanca uses good head movement to avoid it.

Salamanca manages to break the clinch.
Salamanca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joon! But no joy.
Joon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Salamanca throws a jab when Joon was well out of range.
Joon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salamanca.
Joon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Salamanca throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salamanca scores with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Joon on the side of the head.
Salamanca ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice uppercut lands for Salamanca. That snapped Joon's head back.
Salamanca connects with a looping right hand.
Joon checks a leg kick.
Joon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Joon takes a jab right on the kisser.
Salamanca throws a hook to the side of Joon's head but Joon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salamanca goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Joon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Salamanca throws a series of punches but Joon avoids them all with ease.
Joon raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Joon takes one on the button.
Nice shot by Salamanca.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Salamanca dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Joon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Salamanca with the inside leg kick.
Salamanca's jab looks to have found its range, popping Joon under the eye.
Salamanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joon throws out a counter right but Salamanca avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salamanca. Joon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Salamanca scores with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Salamanca misses the target.
Salamanca missing with a left hand there. Joon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Salamanca comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Joon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Salamanca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joon can do to turn this around?
Good leg kick by Salamanca.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca swings for the body but Joon moves out of range.
Salamanca throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A left lands for Salamanca.
Joon is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Salamanca with a nice calf kick.
Salamanca connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salamanca misses with a low kick as Joon jumps back.
Salamanca works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Joon checks a leg kick.
Joon walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca throws a body shot but no joy.
Salamanca tests Joon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joon moves out of range of the body kick from Salamanca.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joon! But no joy.
Joon moves out of range of the strikes.
Salamanca throws a hook but Joon blocks it.
As Salamanca backs off Joon throws a huge counter combo but Salamanca manages to avoid it all.

Salamanca clinches up against the ropes.
Salamanca throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joons head.
Salamanca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joon backwards.

Salamanca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salamanca throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Joon throws out a counter right but Salamanca avoids it with no problem.
Salamanca lands a slapping body shot.
Salamanca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Salamanca dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Salamanca swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Joon lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A slapping leg kick lands for Salamanca.
Seung Joon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Joon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Salamanca creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Joon swings wildly with an uppercut but Salamanca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joon prevents a body shot from Salamanca.
Joon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Salamanca lands a right hand.
Salamanca scores a nice knee to the body.
Salamanca landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Joon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Joon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marco Salamanca has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Salamanca comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salamanca blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca lands a left hand.
Salamanca scores with a knee to the head.
Joon has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Salamanca seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Joon can turn it around.
A short right from Salamanca on the inside.
Salamanca lands an elbow inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Salamanca.
Salamanca lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Salamanca gets through Joon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Salamanca.
Salamanca lands an elbow just above Joon 's eye.

Joon is rocked!
Salamanca comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Joon is still on wobbly legs! Can Salamanca finish him?
Salamanca pushes Joon back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Salamanca lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Salamanca lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Joon or not.
Salamanca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Salamanca is holding Joon round the back of the neck and unloading with elbows! Boom, boom, boom! 3 big elbows land right to the bridge of the nose and Joon goes down! Oh, his nose is a mess! I'm not sure he's going to beat the count... 4,5,6,7,8,9,10. He's done! Salamanca takes it and Joon is going to the hospital to get that nose checked out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Marco Salamanca!
Marco Salamanca retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Marco Salamanca, 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.