PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Boris Scheisse (ranked 3705 p4p, 329 weight class) and Carlos Salomanca (ranked 22924 p4p, 473 weight class). Carlos Salomanca will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Scheisse
vs
Salomanca

186 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

195 cm
28
265 lbs
6 - 12 - 1

Solid boxing
Prefers standup

Great elbows
Granite chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Boris Scheisse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Salomanca!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scheisse gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Salomanca connects with a single shot there.
Scheisse throws a half hearted mid kick.
Salomanca digs a good hook to Scheisse's body.
Salomanca fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Scheisse on the side of the head.
Scheisse takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Salomanca lands a glancing blow to the side of Scheisse's head.

Scheisse is rocked!

Scheisse clinches up with Salomanca and pushes him back against the ropes.
Oh Scheisse is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Salomanca trying to stall but Scheisse improves his position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Salomanca stalling the fight.
Scheisse seems to have got his legs back now.
Salomanca is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Scheisse throws a punch but it's blocked by Salomanca.
Salomanca looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Carlos Salomanca.
Scheisse lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salomanca scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A punch combination from Scheisse misses.
Scheisse drops his hands momentarily and Salomanca takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Salomanca paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Scheisse clinches up with Salomanca and pushes him back against the ropes.
Scheisse is trying to stall.
Salomanca is pushing Scheisse up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Salomanca is looking to control Scheisse's arms but Scheisse gets an underhook and turns him. Now Salomanca has his back to the ropes.
Salomanca has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Salomanca is looking to control Scheisse's arms but Scheisse gets an underhook and turns him. Now Salomanca has his back to the ropes.
Scheisse leaning his opponent against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Scheisse pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salomanca dips to his left and cracks Scheisse with an uppercut!
Scheisse fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Salomanca buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salomanca moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Salomanca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Salomanca throws a leg kick which misses Scheisse's front leg but catches the back leg as Scheisse tries to avoid it.
Scheisse throws a big shot that misses.
Scheisse bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Salomanca's head backwards.
Salomanca punishes Scheisse's body with a nice straight punch.
Scheisse throws a right hand that misses

and Salomanca counters with a right, a left and a big uppercut that drops Scheisse to the mat! Salomanca runs to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. 3,4,5,6 and Scheisse is back to his feet. He seems ready to continue - the ref agrees so we're back at it!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salomanca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Scheisse.
Scheisse swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Having scored a knockdown, Carlos Salomanca should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Salomanca has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Scheisse finds it's way round the side to connect with Salomanca's head.
A jab from Salomanca does it's job there.
Salomanca has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A shot to the body from Scheisse misses
and Salomanca counters with a thumping low kick.
Salomanca tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Scheisse paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scheisse half committed to a counter leg kick.
Salomanca connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Scheisse's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Scheisse - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Carlos Salomanca!