PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero La Croix (ranked 21347 p4p, 232 weight class) and Dick Doss (ranked 21242 p4p, 244 weight class). La Croix comes into the arena with La Meme Chose blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

La Croix
vs
Doss

190 cm
23
265 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

212 cm
23
294 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, 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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick Doss!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Doss.
Doss fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches La Croix on the side of the head.

It looks like Nero La Croix has been cut.
Doss looks to throw the jab but La Croix is out of range.
It looked like La Croix wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Doss connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Doss.
Doss keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La Croix throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Doss misses with an uppercut
and La Croix makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Doss buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
La Croix takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Doss looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Doss sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doss checks a leg kick nicely.
Doss looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La Croix lands a nice shot that snaps Doss's head back.
Doss rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and La Croix connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as La Croix blocks the leg kick.
La Croix was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
La Croix lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Doss lands a leg kick that knocks La Croix off balance momentarily.
La Croix changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
La Croix tries to land a front kick but Doss steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Doss lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Doss moves out of range of the strikes.
Dick Doss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Croix throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Doss's head.

It looks like Dick Doss has been cut.
Doss throws a good cross that connects.
La Croix moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
La Croix throws a head kick but Doss moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doss throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
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 takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
La Croix connects with a single shot there.
Doss throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circle momentarily. La Croix darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
La Croix uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Doss.
La Croix throws a wild body kick that Doss sees coming a mile off.

La Croix catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Doss stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Doss walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
Nice uppercut there from Doss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Doss scores with a nice strike.
Doss checks a low kick from La Croix.
La Croix seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
La Croix thuds his shin into the meat of Doss's side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nero La Croix should take that round, based on the knockdown.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

La Croix throws an overhand right that lands on Doss's shoulder, as Doss tries to avoid the shot.
Doss flicks out a counter leg kick but La Croix steps away.
La Croix takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
La Croix turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Doss looks to land a left hand but La Croix moved out of range nicely.
Doss throws an overhand right that lands on La Croix's shoulder, as La Croix tries to avoid the shot.
A good leg kick by Doss.
La Croix digs a good hook to Doss's body.
Doss scoring well with a low kick there.
Doss misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

La Croix catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Doss stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Doss walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the liver by La Croix. Beautiful body shot.
La Croix defending well as Doss loads up on a big left hand.
La Croix throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Doss is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A left lands for La Croix.
Doss blocks a head kick by La Croix.
Doss looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from La Croix misses its intended target.
A jab from Doss misses.
La Croix lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Doss scores with the left hand. La Croix knows he should have avoided that one.
Doss avoids the body shot from La Croix.
It seemed like Doss was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Doss misses with a right hand
and La Croix counters with a right hand to the body.
La Croix throws out a leg kick but Doss moves out of range and La Croix only half commits.
La Croix is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Doss can do to turn this around?
Doss tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Croix was well out of range. Poor timing from Doss.
La Croix was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nero La Croix is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doss takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

La Croix clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Doss fails to land.
La Croix misses with a body punch.
La Croix lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doss misses with some punches.
La Croix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Doss working hard to break the clinch.
La Croix scores with a shoulder strike.
La Croix putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Doss in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right from La Croix on the inside.
La Croix working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La Croix lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La Croix digs a right hand underneath Doss's ribcage. Doss let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Croix stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
La Croix is leaning against Doss and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
La Croix lands an uppercut.
La Croix digs a right hand underneath Doss's ribcage. Doss let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from La Croix as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nero La Croix will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

La Croix misses with a straight left.
La Croix backing away here, and Doss unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

La Croix drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Doss onto his butt! Doss pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
Doss uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La Croix.
Doss tries to get into range but La Croix steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Doss! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! La Croix scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nero La Croix!
An out of breath Nero La Croix thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Dick Doss spoke after the fight, saying 'gran chin'.