PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yayi Zinsou (ranked 5039 p4p, 357 weight class) and Wilson El Cabare (ranked 5755 p4p, 386 weight class). Yayi Zinsou has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Zinsou
vs
El Cabare

199 cm
31
273 lbs
14 - 27 - 0

190 cm
25
250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yayi Zinsou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wilson El Cabare!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for El Cabare.
El Cabare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zinsou moves away.
El Cabare throws a jab but it's blocked by Zinsou.
A jab from El Cabare misses.
El Cabare drops his hands momentarily and Zinsou takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zinsou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by El Cabare.
El Cabare misses the shot to the body.
Zinsou throws a body shot but no joy.
Zinsou sets himself, and El Cabare steps forward looking for the clinch! Zinsou avoids it this time.
El Cabare ducks right into an uppercut from Zinsou.
Zinsou lands with an uppercut that bounces El Cabare off the ropes and back into range.

El Cabare gets tackled into the ropes by Zinsou. Zinsou maintains the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, El Cabare just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zinsou's brow.
El Cabare misses with an elbow strike.
El Cabare can't find room to land a body shot as Zinsou controls the action.
El Cabare throws an elbow that misses.
El Cabare misses with a punch on the inside.
El Cabare can't find room to land a body shot as Zinsou controls the action.

Zinsou breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zinsou lands a body shot.

Zinsou rushes El Cabare and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
El Cabare misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zinsou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zinsou throws a looping overhand right but El Cabare ducks down to avoid it.
El Cabare throws a leg kick but Zinsou checks it.
Zinsou throws a body shot but no joy.
El Cabare looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zinsou misses with a body shot.
Zinsou connects with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for El Cabare.
El Cabare throws a leg kick
and El Cabare takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
El Cabare doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zinsou uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from El Cabare.
Zinsou closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
El Cabare throws a leg kick
and El Cabare takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
El Cabare doesn't manage to clinch there - Zinsou circles away.
El Cabare connects with a right hand. Zinsou shakes it off.
Zinsou looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Cabare drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
El Cabare misses with a lunging right hand

and Zinsou counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! El Cabare goes down! Zinsou rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... El Cabare is up to one knee.... 8,9.... He's up! The referee says he's good to go, so we're back to the action!
El Cabare misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zinsou.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Cabare misses with a low kick.
El Cabare throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zinsou cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zinsou keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A jab from El Cabare misses.

Zinsou clinches with his opponent.
Zinsou stalls.

Zinsou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
El Cabare swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zinsou counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
El Cabare looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
El Cabare motions for Zinsou to come forward. El Cabare throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
El Cabare misses the jab.
El Cabare doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
El Cabare looks winded!
Zinsou throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck El Cabare on the side of the head.
El Cabare throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Zinsou has El Cabare up against the ropes in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Zinsou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wilson El Cabare seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Zinsou clinches up against the ropes.

Zinsou breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yayi Zinsou should take that round, based on the knockdown.
That's time! Zinsou's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

El Cabare throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zinsou is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Zinsou throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent El Cabare stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
El Cabare misses with a left hand
and Zinsou counters with a lovely straight right hand!
El Cabare misses with a hook
and Zinsou connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

El Cabare gets tackled into the ropes by Zinsou. Zinsou maintains the clinch.
El Cabare struggles to land a body shot inside as Zinsou controls his hands.
Zinsou blocks a punch to the side of the head.
El Cabare tries a body shot but Zinsou blocks it.
Zinsou lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
El Cabare should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
With the fighters up against the ropes, El Cabare throws an elbow but misses.
Zinsou taking a breather.
Zinsou blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Zinsou.

Zinsou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zinsou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Zinsou moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Cabare throws an elbow that misses.
El Cabare swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zinsou throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but El Cabare blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zinsou slowing the pace effectively.
Zinsou makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
El Cabare tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zinsou's elbow.
Zinsou displaying some good clinch control by pressing El Cabare up against the ropes.
Zinsou blocking some punches.

Zinsou breaks the clinch.
Yayi Zinsou is winning the standup battle so far.
El Cabare throws a right hand that misses
and Zinsou connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
El Cabare looks to score with a jab to the body but Zinsou is just out of range.
El Cabare misses with an uppercut. Zinsou saw that one coming.

Zinsou clinches up against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Zinsou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
El Cabare closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
El Cabare will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
El Cabare looks to land a right hand but Zinsou moved out of range.
Zinsou dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zinsou cracks El Cabare with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Cabare wants to land a leg kick but Zinsou is out of range.
Zinsou lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Zinsou connects with a beautiful left hand that drops El Cabare onto his butt! El Cabare bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.

El Cabare is rocked!

Zinsou forces El Cabare back against the ropes and clinches.
El Cabare is still on wobbly legs! Can Zinsou finish him?
El Cabare is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

Zinsou breaks from the clinch.
El Cabare seems to have recovered his senses.

Zinsou clinches up with El Cabare and pushes him back against the ropes.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
El Cabare lands with a left to the head.
El Cabare is trying to break the clinch but Zinsou has him pressed against the ropes.
El Cabare misses with a punch to the body.
El Cabare swings away with an uppercut that misses.
El Cabare fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zinsou blocks an uppercut.

Zinsou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
El Cabare takes one to the side of the head.

Zinsou moves into range and clinches up with El Cabare.
Zinsou stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yayi Zinsou will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

El Cabare misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zinsou counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zinsou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that El Cabare can do to turn this around?
El Cabare wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

Zinsou moves into the clinch successfully.
Yayi Zinsou has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zinsou prevents a body shot from El Cabare.
El Cabare avoiding damage as Zinsou throws knees to the body.
Zinsou takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Yayi Zinsou has been cut.
El Cabare tries to stall but Zinsou uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
El Cabare tries to throw a body punch but Zinsou avoids it by throwing El Cabare back against the ropes.
El Cabare has a couple of punches blocked by Zinsou.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Zinsou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
El Cabare takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Zinsou connects with a good right hand that stumbles El Cabare. El Cabare circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Zinsou lands with a right hand.
El Cabare lands a body shot.
Zinsou takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
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!
El Cabare takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
El Cabare takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Cabare takes one to the side of the head.
El Cabare uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zinsou.
El Cabare keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wilson El Cabare is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
El Cabare moves into range and connects with a jab.

Zinsou closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
El Cabare has a couple of punches blocked by Zinsou.

Zinsou manages to break the clinch.

Zinsou gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zinsou keeps control of El Cabare as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
El Cabare lands an uppercut.
Zinsou blocks an elbow strike.

Zinsou breaks the clinch.

Zinsou gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zinsou has El Cabare pushed against the ropes.
Zinsou's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Zinsou breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zinsou throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
El Cabare swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Zinsou cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zinsou connects with the punch.
El Cabare falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zinsou counters with a lovely straight right hand!
El Cabare throws a lazy uppercut
and Zinsou counters with a big uppercut that nearly lifts El Cabare off his feet! El Cabare crashes to the mat in all kinds of trouble! The referee starts the count but I'm not sure it's necessary - El Cabare isn't going to make it! The count reaches 10 and this fight is all over! Zinsou screams and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmmm spit, everywhere. Lovely.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yayi Zinsou!
Yayi Zinsou decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.