PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero La Croix (ranked 20740 p4p, 239 weight class) and Kusal Perera (ranked 21705 p4p, 145 weight class). La Croix comes to the ring accompanied by Ca Plane Pour Moi. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

La Croix
vs
Perera

190 cm
26
265 lbs
19 - 3 - 0

193 cm
24
240 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Freebok (85% Laundry)

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kusal Perera!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Croix has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from La Croix there as he acknowledges the shot.
A jab from La Croix misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Perera. La Croix shrugs it off though.
La Croix tries a low kick but Perera avoids it.
La Croix on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Perera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Croix throws a sloppy body shot
and Perera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Perera has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as La Croix is landing a low percentage of strikes.
La Croix misses with a right hand
and Perera counters with a nice leg kick.
La Croix has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Wild Beasts Zoo in the buildup to the fight.
La Croix has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Perera finds it's way round the side to connect with La Croix's head.

La Croix gets tackled into the ropes by Perera. Perera maintains the clinch.
La Croix takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Croix tries a body shot but Perera blocks it.
Perera misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by La Croix.
Perera digs a right hand into La Croix's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on La Croix's gas tank.
La Croix tries to throw a body punch but Perera avoids it by throwing La Croix back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perera.
Perera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La Croix misses with an elbow over the top.
Perera lands a left hand.
Perera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perera lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down La Croix.
La Croix is breathing heavily.
La Croix misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from La Croix fails to land.
Perera lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from La Croix fails to land.
La Croix blocks a body shot from Perera.
La Croix misses with the head strike.
La Croix blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Perera misses with a punch on the inside.
La Croix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perera backwards.
A short uppercut from Perera.
Perera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La Croix lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Perera.
Perera swings wildly with an uppercut but La Croix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perera gets through La Croix's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Perera tries to work over La Croix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Perera swings wildly with an uppercut but La Croix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perera makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Perera struggles to land a body shot inside as La Croix controls his hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Croix lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from La Croix.
La Croix lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
La Croix blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La Croix pushes Perera back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
La Croix blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Perera misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Croix scores with a shoulder strike.
Perera misses with a body punch.
La Croix lands an elbow inside.
Perera tries a body shot but La Croix blocks it.
Good body shot from La Croix.
Perera misses with a body punch.
La Croix lands a nice knee to the body.
La Croix pushes Perera back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
La Croix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perera's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Croix blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La Croix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La Croix makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La Croix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perera backwards.
Nice body punch from La Croix - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kusal Perera will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

La Croix scores with a push kick.
La Croix slips a jab from Perera.
Perera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La Croix.
La Croix connects with a jab.
Perera looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
La Croix explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
La Croix lands a nice leg kick that just misses Perera's sensitive parts.
Good standup being displayed there by La Croix as he connects with a hook.
Perera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La Croix throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Perera misses with a body kick.
La Croix scores with a leg kick.
La Croix's corner calls for a 1-2. La Croix obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perera looks to throw a body kick
and La Croix counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Perera is rocked!
La Croix bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Perera's head.
Perera is still on wobbly legs! Can La Croix finish him?
Perera walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nero La Croix!
Nero La Croix retains his super heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Nero La Croix thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.