PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bruno Berinjela (ranked 24272 p4p, 22157 weight class) and Henri De Lagardere (ranked 609 p4p, 560 weight class). Berinjela comes to the ring accompanied by “Yoda” by Weird Al. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Berinjela
vs
De Lagardere

225 cm
23
289
8 - 3 - 1

194 cm
34
263
10 - 11 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Sakura Style
30th Century Beer Store

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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bruno Berinjela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henri De Lagardere!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Berinjela clinches with his opponent.
Berinjela scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Lagardere trying to land knees to the body.
Berinjela scores with a shoulder strike.
De Lagardere wants to break free but Berinjela has control.
De Lagardere throws an elbow but it misses.
De Lagardere misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Berinjela.
Berinjela lands a nice elbow.
Berinjela managing to block the knees to the body from De Lagardere.
Berinjela scores with a shoulder strike.
Berinjela makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De Lagardere missing with knees to the body.
Berinjela is working De Lagardere over against the ropes.
De Lagardere misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Berinjela.
De Lagardere being controlled against the ropes.
De Lagardere takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Henri De Lagardere has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Lagardere misses with some punches.
De Lagardere misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Berinjela.
Berinjela lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Lagardere backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Berinjela.
De Lagardere is trying to force a seperation but Berinjela has the dominant position.
Berinjela lands an elbow that stopped De Lagardere in his tracks for a moment.
Berinjela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Lagardere lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berinjela lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Berinjela works on De Lagardere's body with a couple of short punches.
De Lagardere looks winded!
A right hook to the body lands for Berinjela.
Berinjela lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Lagardere.
A body shot lands from Berinjela.
Berinjela lands with a left to the head.
De Lagardere has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Berinjela seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if De Lagardere can turn it around.
Berinjela gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

De Lagardere is rocked!

That has opened up Henri De Lagardere's cut even more.
Berinjela throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Berinjela lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Lagardere.
A nice right hand lands inside from Berinjela.
Berinjela lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Berinjela.
Berinjela lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Henri De Lagardere's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Berinjela lands an elbow that stopped De Lagardere in his tracks for a moment.
De Lagardere is still on wobbly legs! Can Berinjela finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berinjela gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Henri De Lagardere's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
De Lagardere takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Henri De Lagardere's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bruno Berinjela!
During a confident post fight interview, Bruno Berinjela thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.