PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Gilberto Chamba (ranked 5261 p4p, 19529 weight class) and Nero La Croix (ranked 75 p4p, 215 weight class). La Croix has chosen Ca Plane Pour Moi as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Chamba
vs
La Croix

194 cm
30
245
19 - 20 - 0

190 cm
34
265
43 - 9 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gilberto Chamba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chamba moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La Croix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gilberto Chamba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Croix misses with a low kick.
La Croix takes a jab right on the kisser.

Chamba rushes La Croix and presses him up against the ropes.
Chamba misses with a body punch.
La Croix cracks Chamba with a nice body shot.
La Croix using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chamba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chamba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Croix blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chamba.
Chamba lands a left hand.
Chamba lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
La Croix dodges an elbow strike from Chamba.
Chamba throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Chamba throws an elbow but misses.
La Croix lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chamba misses with a punch on the inside.
Chamba throws a head punch that misses.
Chamba prevents a body shot from La Croix.
A head punch on the inside from Chamba fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chamba misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chamba lands a damaging elbow.
Chamba pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
La Croix scores with a shot to the side of Chamba's head.
La Croix lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Gilberto Chamba has been cut.
La Croix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Croix lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chamba scores with a shot to the side of La Croix's head.
Chamba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La Croix lands a knee to the body.
La Croix lands a nice uppercut.
Chamba creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as La Croix takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
La Croix lands a nice uppercut.
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!
La Croix gets through Chamba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chamba misses with a short punch on the inside.
La Croix avoids a wild elbow strike from Chamba.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Chamba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chamba takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chamba has a couple of punches blocked by La Croix.
La Croix tries a knee to the head but Chamba blocks it.
Chamba creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through La Croix's defenses.
La Croix lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chamba backwards.
La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chamba backwards.
Chamba can't find room to land a body shot as La Croix controls the action.
La Croix throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chambas head.
Chamba blocks a body shot from La Croix.
La Croix tries to throw a body punch but Chamba avoids it by throwing La Croix back against the ropes.
La Croix works on Chamba's body with a couple of short punches.
Chamba is breathing heavily.
La Croix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chamba misses with a hook to the ribs.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but Chamba blocks with his arms.
Chamba blocks the elbow strike.
La Croix crunches a lovely knee into Chamba's ribcage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Croix pushes Chamba back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
La Croix creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chamba's defenses.

Gilberto Chamba's cut is getting worse.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La Croix.
La Croix lands with a short head shot on the inside.
La Croix crunches a lovely knee into Chamba's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nero La Croix dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gilberto Chamba's cut.
That's time! Chamba's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

La Croix pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chamba wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Gilberto Chamba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chamba lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Chamba on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
La Croix has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La Croix misses with a straight left.
Chamba throws an overhand right that lands on La Croix's shoulder, as La Croix tries to avoid the shot.
La Croix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chamba scores with a jab.

Chamba has closed the distance and engaged La Croix in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Chamba controls his hands.
Chamba blocks an elbow strike.
Chamba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chamba lands an elbow that stopped La Croix in his tracks for a moment.
La Croix lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chamba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Croix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by La Croix.
La Croix blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La Croix lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chamba backwards.
Chamba has a couple of punches blocked by La Croix.
La Croix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La Croix working Chamba over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Still in the clinch, La Croix scores with a nice short uppercut.
La Croix scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Gilberto Chamba's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nero La Croix seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
La Croix scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees to the body from La Croix.
La Croix makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Croix lands an elbow inside that Chamba shrugs off.

La Croix breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Chamba with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Chamba looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Chamba get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!

Chamba is rocked!

Jeez, Gilberto Chamba's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
La Croix keeps Chamba at a distance using the push kick.
La Croix digs a good body shot into Chamba's ribs.
La Croix knocks out Chamba with a massive right hand! The ref tackles La Croix before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. La Croix picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nero La Croix!
Our winner, Nero La Croix, 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.