PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Bruce Chang (ranked 2605 p4p, 22844 weight class) and Franko De Cremonesi (ranked 313 p4p, 472 weight class). Chang's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kung Fu Fighting ft. Fatboy Slim. De Cremonesi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Maniac (Eurobeat Remix). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chang
vs
De Cremonesi

178 cm
37
168
29 - 24 - 0

172 cm
28
157
11 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 29 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Chang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franko De Cremonesi!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chang throws a leg kick
and De Cremonesi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chang lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Cremonesi's sensitive parts.
De Cremonesi blocks a low kick nicely.
De Cremonesi throws an overhand right that lands on Chang's shoulder, as Chang tries to avoid the shot.
A quick step to the side and Chang tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Cremonesi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
De Cremonesi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chang.
Chang blocks a leg kick.
Chang fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Cremonesi is out of range.
De Cremonesi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Cremonesi misses with a head kick.
Chang misses with a leg kick
and De Cremonesi counters with a stiff right hand.
Chang blocks the body kick.
Chang throws a low kick but it's checked well by De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi tries to land a body kick
and Chang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Cremonesi misses with a looping left.
Chang does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
De Cremonesi throws a push kick but Chang slaps the foot to one side.
Chang has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chang blocks a leg kick.
De Cremonesi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chang tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chang throws a hook but De Cremonesi avoids it easily.
Chang wants to slow De Cremonesi down by chopping away at his legs.
A big left from Chang misses.
Chang blocks the body kick.
Chang throws a leg kick which misses De Cremonesi's front leg but catches the back leg as De Cremonesi tries to avoid it.
Chang misses with a two punch combination.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Cremonesi.
Chang steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from De Cremonesi. That one must have hurt.
Chang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Cremonesi counters with a low kick, right behind Chang 's knee.
De Cremonesi tries a low kick but Chang avoids it.
De Cremonesi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Cremonesi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Cremonesi. Chang does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Cremonesi with the inside leg kick.
A left lands for De Cremonesi.
Chang throws a leg kick but De Cremonesi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Chang walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Cremonesi stuns Chang with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chang moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De Cremonesi catches Chang napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Chang crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! De Cremonesi raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Franko De Cremonesi!
Franko De Cremonesi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.