PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Eron Saunders (ranked 5267 p4p, 21444 weight class) and Jake Demuss (ranked 547 p4p, 586 weight class). Demuss has chosen Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Saunders
vs
Demuss

194 cm
41
181
29 - 24 - 0

185 cm
38
225
12 - 16 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ajax Cloth
30th Century Beer Store

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eron Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Demuss!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Saunders closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Demuss lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Saunders is trying to break the clinch but Demuss is controlling him.
Demuss trying to stall but Saunders improves his position.
Saunders prevents Demuss from breaking the clinch.
Demuss lands with a light punch inside.
Saunders can't find room to land a body shot as Demuss controls the action.

Saunders breaks the clinch.
Eron Saunders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demuss moves out of range of the body kick from Saunders.
A countering left hand to the body from Demuss misses.

Saunders clinches up with Demuss and pushes him back against the ropes.
Demuss swings wildly with an uppercut but Saunders uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Saunders's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saunders tries to work over Demuss's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Demuss misses with some punches.
Saunders lands a nice uppercut.
Saunders lands an elbow just above Demuss 's eye.

It looks like Jake Demuss has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders lands a damaging elbow.

Saunders pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saunders tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Demuss paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Demuss avoids the body shot from Saunders.
Despite the aggression on Demuss's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Demuss avoids a punch combination nicely.
Demuss appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Demuss keeps the fight on the outside.
Saunders backing away here, and Demuss unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Saunders scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Saunders tries to clinch
and Demuss counters with a low kick, right behind Saunders 's knee.
Saunders works Demuss's body with a nice hook.
Saunders works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Saunders moves into range and clinches up with Demuss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demuss scores with a shot to the side of Saunders's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Saunders escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saunders tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Demuss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Demuss throws a big counter head kick but Saunders avoids it with no problem.
Demuss displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saunders throws out the jab.
Demuss looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Saunders doesn't manage to clinch there - Demuss circles away.
Saunders throws a combination. Demuss tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Saunders throws a good cross that connects.
Saunders fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Demuss manages to avoid it.
Demuss is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Demuss checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Demuss keeps the fight on the outside.
Demuss steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Saunders wants to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eron Saunders dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Demuss's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Saunders throws a body punch but Demuss moves out of range.
Saunders tries to bum rush Demuss with a series of wild strikes but Demuss uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Saunders closes the distance but Demuss moves to the side
and Demuss counters with an inside leg kick.
Saunders tries to clinch up
and Demuss counters with a head kick.
Eron Saunders is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saunders tries to clinch there but Demuss circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Saunders gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Saunders blocking some punches.
Demuss blocks the elbow strike.
Demuss avoids a wild elbow strike from Saunders.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Saunders pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saunders throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Demuss counters with a slapping leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Demuss has a couple of punches blocked by Saunders.
Saunders lands a hook that snaps the head of Demuss backwards.

Saunders's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eron Saunders is winning the standup battle so far.
Saunders fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Demuss manages to avoid it.
Demuss is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Demuss keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Saunders backs off Demuss throws a huge counter combo but Saunders manages to avoid it all.
Saunders really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Saunders misses with an uppercut
and Saunders takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Saunders misses with a leg kick.
Demuss looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saunders moves in looking to clinch but Demuss pushes him off.
Demuss wants to counter with a clinch but Saunders pushes him away.
Saunders throws a leg kick
and Demuss finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders looks to clinch
and Demuss counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Saunders is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Demuss can do to turn this around?
Saunders misses with a hook to the body
and Demuss counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saunders tries to clinch there but Demuss circles away.
Saunders misses with a low kick.
Saunders lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Saunders tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Demuss paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Saunders lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Saunders swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Saunders misses with a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Saunders.
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 Eron Saunders will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jake Demuss's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Saunders moves into the clinch.
Demuss misses with the head strike.

Saunders breaks the clinch.
Saunders moves in looking to clinch but Demuss pushes him off.
Demuss lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Both fighters circling a little - Demuss finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Saunders takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Saunders fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Saunders has managed to clinch.

Demuss breaks the clinch.
Saunders connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Saunders rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Demuss moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders tries to clinch up but Demuss circles away and keeps his distance.
Demuss thinks about the counter body kick.
Saunders throws an overhand right that lands on Demuss's shoulder, as Demuss tries to avoid the shot.
Saunders feints and then cracks Demuss's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Demuss down.
Saunders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Saunders drives through and clinches with Demuss against the ropes.
Demuss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Saunders's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Saunders.
Demuss throws out a counter right but Saunders avoids it with no problem.

Saunders closes the distance and clinches.
Demuss misses with the head strike.
Saunders misses with the head strike.
Saunders lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Demuss's defenses.
Saunders lands an elbow that stopped Demuss in his tracks for a moment.
Saunders is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Demuss trying to land knees to the body.
Demuss tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saunders avoids it.
Demuss avoids the elbow strike from Saunders, against the ropes.
Demuss misses with a punch to the body.

Saunders breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saunders tries to score with a low kick but Demuss moves his leg out of the way.
Saunders throws a left and a right that both miss
and Demuss counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Saunders closes the distance looking to clinch
and Demuss makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eron Saunders clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Demuss's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Saunders closes the distance but Demuss moves to the side
and Demuss counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Demuss swats away the attempt to clinch by Saunders.
Demuss looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Saunders doesn't manage to clinch there - Demuss circles away.
As Saunders backs off Demuss throws a huge counter combo but Saunders manages to avoid it all.
Saunders moves in looking to clinch but Demuss pushes him off.
Saunders misses with the combination.
Demuss is looking for the big counter here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Saunders. Those never looked like landing.
Demuss appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Demuss jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Saunders forces Demuss back against the ropes and clinches.
Saunders is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders lands a damaging elbow.
Demuss misses with a short punch on the inside.
Demuss's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Demuss looking to throw knees to the head but Saunders is blocking nicely.
Saunders working hard to break the clinch.

Saunders breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Demuss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saunders tries to clinch there but Demuss circles away.
Saunders fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Saunders misses the shot to the body.
Demuss takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Demuss swats away the attempt to clinch by Saunders.
Jake Demuss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders misses with a hook. Demuss ducked under it nicely.
Saunders throws a right hand that misses
and Demuss counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Saunders misses with a body kick.
Demuss raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sloppy strikes from Saunders. Those never looked like landing.
Saunders tries to clinch but Demuss moves away
and Demuss counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saunders fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Demuss checks a leg kick nicely.

Saunders drives through and clinches with Demuss against the ropes.
Demuss lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Eron Saunders is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Saunders blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eron Saunders showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Saunders has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 40:36
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 40:36
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 40:36

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eron Saunders!
After the fight, Eron Saunders was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.