PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hale Erwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kosmo Kramer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erwin's entrance music is Young Jeezy feat. T.I. - F.A.M.E.. A fine choice. Kramer has chosen O Jerry ....or is it Sherry....no matter its by Journey as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Erwin
vs
Kramer

192 cm
35
222 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

225 cm
35
210 lbs
23 - 13 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hale Erwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kosmo Kramer!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erwin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Erwin throws a hook to the side of Kramer's head but Kramer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Erwin throws a hook but Kramer blocks it.
Hale Erwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kramer wants to clinch up but Erwin keeps it at a distance.
Kramer is looking to clinch but Erwin is avoiding it.
Erwin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kramer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Erwin misses with a straight left.
Erwin connects with a right hand. Kramer shakes it off.
Erwin walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kramer blocks a leg kick.
Erwin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've been informed that Kramer has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kramer lands with a slapping head kick.
Erwin throws a sloppy head kick and Kramer moves out of range easily.
Kramer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Erwin is looking to slow Kramer down with leg kicks.
Kramer misses with the combination.
A big right from Erwin misses.
Erwin tries a head kick but it misses.
Erwin avoids the body shot from Kramer.
A solid leg kick lands there for Erwin.
Kramer avoids the head kick by Erwin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kramer tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Erwin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kramer checks the leg kick.
Kramer misses with a two punch combination.
Kramer lands a front kick.
Erwin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Erwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Erwin tries to keep at a distance but Kramer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Erwin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kramer backwards.
Erwin has a couple of punches blocked by Kramer.
Erwin misses with the head strike.
Erwin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Erwin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kramer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right from Erwin on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Erwin.
Kramer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Hale Erwin has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Erwin working aggressively here.
Erwin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Erwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erwin avoids the elbow strike from Kramer, against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin lands a shot to the body.
Kramer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kramer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Erwin avoids it.
Erwin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Erwin lands with a left to the head.
Kramer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kramer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kramer trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Erwin.
Erwin tries to work over Kramer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kramer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Erwin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kramer backwards.
Kramer avoids a wild elbow strike from Erwin.
Kramer looking to throw knees to the head but Erwin is blocking nicely.
Kramer lands an uppercut.
Kramer looking to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kramer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kramer landing knees to the body.
Kramer tries to land a knee to the head but Erwin blocks with his arms.
Erwin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kramer's elbow.
Erwin lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kosmo Kramer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hale Erwin's cut.
That's time! Erwin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kramer misses with a low kick.
Kramer throws a series of punches but Erwin moves out of range.
Erwin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kramer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Erwin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kramer scrambles back to his feet.
Kramer avoids the head kick by Erwin.
Kramer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Erwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Erwin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kramer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Erwin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kramer is out of range.
Erwin loads up on a big right hand but Kramer slips the punch.
A head kick misses from Kramer.
Kramer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Erwin.
Kramer tries to close the distance and clinch but Erwin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kramer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kramer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Erwin throws out the jab.
Kramer thumps Erwin with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kramer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Erwin.
Kramer doesn't manage to clinch there - Erwin circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erwin tries to land a leg kick but Kramer saw it coming and moves away.

Kramer gets tackled into the ropes by Erwin. Erwin maintains the clinch.
Erwin gets through Kramer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Erwin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kramer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Erwin avoids the elbow strike from Kramer, against the ropes.
Erwin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Erwin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Erwin lands a left hand.
Erwin tries to work over Kramer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kramer lands an elbow just above Erwin 's eye.
Kramer tries to land knees in the clinch but Erwin avoids the damage to the body.
Erwin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kramer crunches a lovely knee into Erwin's ribcage.
Erwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Erwin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kramer blocks it with crossed arms.
Kramer blocking some punches.
Erwin can't find room to land a body shot as Kramer controls the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Erwin as Kramer tries to tie him up.
Kramer scores a nice knee to the body.
Erwin working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Erwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Erwin lands a nice uppercut.
Kramer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice left hand lands by Erwin.
Erwin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Erwin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Erwin lands with a short shot to the head.
Erwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erwin throws a head punch that misses.
Kramer landing knees to the head.
Erwin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Erwin tries to land a knee to the head but Kramer blocks with his arms.
Erwin misses with the head strike.
Erwin misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Erwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Kramer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kramer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Erwin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kramer backwards.
Kramer blocking some punches.
Erwin scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hale Erwin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hale Erwin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Erwin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kramer.
Kramer tries to clinch there but Erwin circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kramer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Erwin loads up on a big right hand but Kramer slips the punch.
Kramer tries to clinch but Erwin is having none of it.
Erwin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A slow jab from Erwin misses its intended target.
Kramer tries to clinch up.
Kramer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Erwin.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Erwin.
Kramer scores with a nice head shot.

Erwin lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Kramer goes down! The ref sends Erwin to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Kramer is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kramer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Erwin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Erwin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kramer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kramer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Erwin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kramer ducks under a wild hook from Erwin.

Kramer moves into range and clinches up with Erwin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kramer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Erwin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erwin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kramer lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Kramer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kramer scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Kramer.
Erwin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kramer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Erwin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kramer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Erwin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kramer.
Erwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Kramer.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kramer.
Nice elbow from Kramer.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kramer.
Kramer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kramer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kramer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Erwin's face.
Kramer lands an elbow just above Erwin 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Kramer.
Knees to the body from Kramer.
Erwin avoiding damage as Kramer throws knees to the body.
Kramer cracks Erwin with a nice body shot.
Kramer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kramer lands a knee to the head.
Kramer taking a breather.
Kramer lands an elbow just above Erwin 's eye.
Erwin takes an elbow to the temple.
Kramer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kramer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kramer lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kramer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Erwin blocks an elbow strike.
Erwin pushes Kramer back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kramer lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Kramer.
Kramer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hale Erwin takes that one, having scored the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Hale Erwin's cut.
That's time! Erwin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kramer tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Erwin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kramer is looking to clinch but Erwin is avoiding it.
Erwin misses with a low kick.
Kramer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kramer misses with a body kick.
Erwin is looking to score with low kicks.
A head kick misses from Erwin.
Kramer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Erwin closes the distance and clinches.
Kramer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Erwin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kramer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Erwin is defending well for now.
Kramer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kramer lands a knee to the head.
Kramer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Kramer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kramer tries to land a knee to the head but Erwin blocks with his arms.
Kramer throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Erwin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Erwin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erwin lands an uppercut.
Erwin tries a body shot but Kramer blocks it.
Erwin blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Erwin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Erwin lands an uppercut.
Erwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Kramer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Erwin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kramer.
Erwin lands a nice knee to the body.
Kramer misses with an elbow over the top.
Erwin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Erwin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Erwin lands with a right to the head.
Erwin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Erwin struggles to land a body shot inside as Kramer controls his hands.
Kramer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Erwin's elbow.
Kramer misses with a body punch.
Kosmo Kramer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
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!
Erwin struggles to land a body shot inside as Kramer controls his hands.
Erwin scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kramer blocks it with crossed arms.
Erwin scores with a hook to the body.
Kramer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kramer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Erwin avoiding damage as Kramer throws knees to the body.
Erwin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Erwin throws a head punch that misses.
Erwin takes a shot to the head.
Kramer blocking some punches.
Erwin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kramer's elbow.
Erwin avoids the elbow strike from Kramer, against the ropes.
Erwin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kramer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Erwin.
Erwin scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Erwin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Erwin misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from Erwin.
Erwin lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hale Erwin had his way with Kosmo Kramer in that round.
The cut man is working on Hale Erwin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Erwin throws a sloppy head kick and Kramer moves out of range easily.
Erwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Erwin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Erwin lands a body shot.

Kramer rushes Erwin and presses him up against the ropes.
Erwin lands with a right to the head.
Kramer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kramer lands a hook that snaps the head of Erwin backwards.
Kramer lands a damaging elbow.
Kramer lands a damaging elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Erwin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kramer takes a shot to the head.
Kramer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kramer working Erwin over with knees to the body.
Kramer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Erwin blocks it with crossed arms.
Erwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Kramer.
Erwin misses with a body punch.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Kramer lands a nice elbow.
Kramer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Kramer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Erwin's brow.
Erwin managing to block the knees to the body from Kramer.
Erwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Kramer.
Kramer prevents a body shot from Erwin.
Erwin misses with a knee to the head.
Kramer landing knees to the body.
Kramer lands a shoulder strike.
Kramer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kramer lands with a left to the head.
Kramer blocking some punches.
Kramer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kramer.
Kramer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kramer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Erwin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kramer landing knees to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kramer throws an elbow that misses.
Kramer blocks an elbow strike from Erwin.
Erwin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kramer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kramer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kramer trying to land knees to the body.
Kramer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kramer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Erwin.
Erwin tries to work over Kramer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kramer lands a nice elbow.
Erwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Kramer.
Kramer tries a knee to the head but Erwin blocks it.
Kramer scores a nice knee to the body.
Kramer misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Kramer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Erwin's brow.
Erwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Kramer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Erwin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Kramer.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Erwin.
Kramer blocks an uppercut.
Kramer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kosmo Kramer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kramer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 48:46
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 48:46
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 48:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hale Erwin!
In his post fight interview, Hale Erwin started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.