PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jake Demuss (ranked 21141 p4p, 3678 weight class) and Eric Kronke (ranked 583 p4p, 443 weight class). Demuss kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck. Kronke has chosen Feuer Frei as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Demuss
vs
Kronke

185 cm
36
225
9 - 13 - 0

188 cm
29
218
6 - 13 - 1

Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Demuss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Eric Kronke!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kronke throws a chopping leg kick but Demuss manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Demuss tried to counter with a leg kick but Kronke avoided it.
A swing and a miss from Kronke.
Kronke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Demuss is looking to counter punch.
Demuss lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kronke's sensitive parts.
Demuss blocks a head kick by Kronke.
A solid body kick from Kronke.
Kronke misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kronke misses with a straight right.
Kronke misses the body punch
and Kronke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kronke fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Demuss checks it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kronke lands with a kick to the temple. Demuss shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Jake Demuss has been cut.
Demuss slips a jab and a cross from Kronke.
An attempted straight right counter from Demuss misses the target.
Kronke throws a sloppy head kick and Demuss moves out of range easily.
Demuss lands a really nice looking cross but Kronke seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Demuss appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kronke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kronke throws a lazy body kick
and Demuss counters with a solid body kick.
Kronke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demuss scores with a nice body kick.
Kronke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kronke tries a head kick but it misses.
Demuss fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kronke.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kronke.
A slow jab from Kronke misses its intended target.
Demuss keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kronke misses with a few strikes there.
Kronke throws a front kick aimed at Demuss's knee but Demuss avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kronke looks to throw the jab but Demuss is out of range.
Demuss is looking for a counter combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kronke throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Demuss counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kronke's knee momentarily.
Demuss blocks the body kick.
Kronke misses with a left hand
and Demuss counters with a left to the body.
Kronke takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kronke throws a head kick that Demuss semi-blocks.
Kronke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kronke misses with a body shot.
Kronke shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Good standup being displayed there by Demuss as he connects with a hook.
Kronke avoids the head kick by Demuss.
A big right from Kronke misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kronke tries a head kick but it misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Kronke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Demuss's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Kronke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kronke throws a head kick that misses.
Eric Kronke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kronke darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kronke looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kronke takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kronke tests Demuss's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kronke loads up on a big right hand but Demuss slips the punch.
Demuss swings widly with a right hand
and Demuss takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Demuss lands a front kick.
Eric Kronke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kronke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Demuss rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kronke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Demuss throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kronke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Demuss cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kronke walks forward, straight into a front kick from Demuss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demuss ducks under a wild hook from Kronke.
Demuss is looking to counter with a body kick.
Demuss connects with a single shot there.
Kronke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demuss.
Demuss went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Kronke scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kronke takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Demuss looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Demuss moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kronke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Demuss.
Kronke delivers a nice body kick.
Demuss throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kronke misses with a two punch combination.
Demuss looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from Kronke does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Demuss.
Kronke misses with a two punch combination.
Kronke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Demuss moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Demuss misses the shot to the body.
Demuss's corner calls for a 1-2. Demuss obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
No joy there for Kronke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kronke throws a predictable looking body shot
and Demuss connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Kronke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Demuss quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kronke. Demuss does a little dance to reset his feet.
Demuss scores with the left hand. Kronke knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kronke misses with a head kick.
Kronke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kronke tries to score with a low kick but Demuss moves his leg out of the way.
Demuss is looking to counter with head kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jake Demuss will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jake Demuss's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Kronke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demuss.
Kronke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Demuss moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Demuss tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kronke manages to circle out of the way.
Kronke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kronke cracks Demuss with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Kronke has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Demuss.
Demuss checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Demuss showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kronke.
Kronke throws a lazy uppercut
and Demuss connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kronke loads up on a big right hand but Demuss slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Demuss moves into the clinch successfully.
Kronke lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kronke being controlled against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Demuss.
Kronke lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kronke.
Demuss lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kronke.
Kronke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demuss's elbow.
Kronke throws a head punch that misses.
Kronke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demuss lands with a light punch inside.
Kronke wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Demuss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kronke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kronke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kronke lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Kronke.
Kronke misses with a punch to the body.
Demuss working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Demuss blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kronke working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Demuss.
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!
Kronke can't find room to land a body shot as Demuss controls the action.
Kronke misses with some punches.
Demuss lands a right hand.
Kronke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kronke blocks an elbow strike from Demuss.
Kronke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Demuss's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Demuss misses with an elbow strike.
Jake Demuss has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Demuss blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kronke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kronke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kronke has a couple of punches blocked by Demuss.
Demuss scores with a shoulder strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kronke tries to throw a body punch but Demuss avoids it by throwing Kronke back against the ropes.
Demuss works on Kronke's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kronke.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jake Demuss.
I think Demuss has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Eric Kronke!
During a confident post fight interview, Eric Kronke thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.