PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Gaizka Elizondo (ranked 4448 p4p, 452 weight class) and Anders Silver (ranked 7024 p4p, 540 weight class). Elizondo comes to the ring accompanied by Peewee Longway & Money Man - Ooowwweee. Gaizka Elizondo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Elizondo
vs
Silver

187 cm
18
158 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

186 cm
23
135 lbs
7 - 12 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gaizka Elizondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anders Silver!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elizondo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Elizondo misses with a hook
and Silver counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silver keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Elizondo.
Silver lands a nice shot that snaps Elizondo's head back.
Silver with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Elizondo to score with a decent uppercut.
Elizondo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Elizondo tries to land a leg kick but Silver saw it coming and moves away.
Good leg kick by Elizondo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Elizondo connects with an inside leg kick.
Elizondo scores with a jab to the body.
Elizondo swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Silver counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silver.
Elizondo working hard to break the clinch.
Elizondo avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the ropes.
Silver misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Elizondo fails to land.
Silver tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Elizondo's elbow.
Elizondo dodges an elbow strike from Silver.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Elizondo. Beautiful body shot.
Elizondo misses the shot to the body.
Elizondo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver manages to avoid it.
Elizondo ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
A shot to the body from Elizondo misses
and Silver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Elizondo lands a jab.
Elizondo misses with a right hand
and Silver cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silver avoids the body shot from Elizondo.
Elizondo tries to bum rush Silver with a series of wild strikes but Silver uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Elizondo moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSilver.
Gaizka Elizondo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Elizondo.
Elizondo works Silver's body with a nice hook.
Elizondo throws a sloppy head kick

and Silver moves into the clinch.
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!

Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Elizondo misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from Silver misses.
Elizondo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Silver is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Elizondo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silver has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silver and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Silver is still on wobbly legs! Can Elizondo finish him?
A solid leg kick lands there for Elizondo.
Elizondo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Elizondo throws a shot to the body.
Silver 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 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Gaizka Elizondo!
Gaizka Elizondo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.