PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero La Croix (ranked 18347 p4p, 5152 weight class) and Kenny Tchusuk (ranked 209 p4p, 159 weight class). La Croix comes into the arena with Ca Plane Pour Moi blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

La Croix
vs
Tchusuk

190 cm
37
265
51 - 10 - 1

170 cm
32
265
23 - 25 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

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 51 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nero La Croix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Tchusuk!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tchusuk misses with a looping left.
La Croix lands with a thumping leg kick.
La Croix throws out a loose jab but Tchusuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenny Tchusuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some bone on bone action there as Tchusuk checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
La Croix blocks a head kick by Tchusuk.
Tchusuk throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and La Croix connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Kenny Tchusuk has been cut.
Tchusuk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
La Croix fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tchusuk just manages to avoid it.
La Croix checks a leg kick nicely.
La Croix slips under a jab from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk lands a lovely overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tchusuk throws a nice head kick!
Good exchange - La Croix coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tchusuk connects with a body shot.
La Croix blocks a jab.
La Croix swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tchusuk throws a right hand that misses
and La Croix makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix lands a right hook to the body.
Tchusuk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

La Croix clinches up with Tchusuk and pushes him back against the ropes.
Tchusuk has a couple of punches blocked by La Croix.
Tchusuk scores with a nice hook to the head.
La Croix has a couple of punches blocked by Tchusuk.
Tchusuk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tchusuk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tchusuk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tchusuk throws a head punch that misses.
Tchusuk misses with a knee strike.
La Croix tries to land knees in the clinch but Tchusuk avoids the damage to the body.
Tchusuk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La Croix blocking some punches.
Tchusuk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La Croix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tchusuk managing to block the knees to the body from La Croix.
La Croix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix throws a head punch that misses.
Tchusuk lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tchusuk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tchusuk misses with a knee to the head.
La Croix blocking some punches.
La Croix tries a knee to the head but Tchusuk blocks it.
La Croix misses with a body punch.
La Croix blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La Croix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tchusuk backwards.
Tchusuk throws a head punch that misses.
La Croix blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tchusuk misses with a punch on the inside.
La Croix blocks an uppercut.
La Croix misses with a body punch.
La Croix struggles to land a body shot inside as Tchusuk controls his hands.
La Croix misses with some punches.
La Croix swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tchusuk takes a shot to the head.
La Croix is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tchusuk is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Croix pushes Tchusuk back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
La Croix lands a left hand.
La Croix throws a head punch that misses.
Tchusuk misses with a hook from the clinch.
La Croix presses Tchusuk against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
La Croix tries to throw a body punch but Tchusuk avoids it by throwing La Croix back against the ropes.
Tchusuk scores with a shot to the side of La Croix's head.
La Croix lands a body punch.
La Croix with a knee to the head.
Tchusuk looks winded!
Tchusuk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
La Croix stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tchusuk has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. La Croix seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tchusuk can turn it around.
A short uppercut from La Croix.
La Croix lands a left hand.
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 comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
La Croix lands a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La Croix.
La Croix scores with a hook to the body.
La Croix lands an elbow inside.
La Croix lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La Croix creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That has opened up Kenny Tchusuk's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Croix lands a nice shot to the body.
La Croix lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tchusuk or not.
La Croix lands with a short head shot on the inside.
La Croix lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La Croix.
La Croix lands a body punch in the clinch.
La Croix scores with a hook to the body.
La Croix lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La Croix.
La Croix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tchusuk's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tchusuk just misses with a elbow thrown towards La Croix's brow.
La Croix lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, La Croix scores with a nice short uppercut.
La Croix unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Croix pushes Tchusuk back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
La Croix misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tchusuk.
La Croix missing with knees to the body.
La Croix will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tchusuk up against the ropes.
La Croix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
La Croix lands a front kick to the face, that drops Tchusuk to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
A solid leg kick lands there for La Croix.
Tchusuk takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice uppercut lands for La Croix. That snapped Tchusuk's head back.
Tchusuk swings and misses with a shot to the body

and La Croix counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! Tchusuk goes down! La Croix rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... Tchusuk is up to one knee.... 8,9.... He's up! The referee says he's good to go, so we're back to the action!

The cut above Kenny Tchusuk's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tchusuk crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from La Croix - the referee stops the clock and Tchusuk gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says La Croix. Tchusuk manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tchusuk doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nero La Croix is winning the standup battle so far.

La Croix pushes Tchusuk up against the ropes in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La Croix creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
La Croix lands a body punch.
La Croix is leaning against Tchusuk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
La Croix lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La Croix tries to land a knee to the head but Tchusuk blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La Croix obliges.
Tchusuk is breathing heavily.
La Croix lands an elbow just above Tchusuk 's eye.

La Croix has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Tchusuk to the canvas! Can Tchusuk beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's going to allow it to continue!

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix plants his feet and throws a devastating head kick! It connects square on Tchusuk's ear and has knocked him out cold! No need for a count here as the referee immediately tends to a stricken Tchusuk, crumpled in the corner! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nero La Croix!
A relieved looking Nero La Croix thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.