PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 6905 p4p, 20258 weight class) and Cory Cotton (ranked 727 p4p, 780 weight class). Putin comes to the ring accompanied by Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move. Cotton has chosen Upchurch as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Putin
vs
Cotton

183 cm
42
175
33 - 35 - 1

181 cm
35
170
1 - 2 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 35 - 1, fighting out of New York, Vlad Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cory Cotton!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cotton clinches.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cotton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cotton putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Putin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Putin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cotton's elbow.
Putin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cotton managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
A short uppercut from Cotton.
Cotton lands an uppercut.
Cotton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cotton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Putin.
Putin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cotton lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Putin tries a body shot but Cotton blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Cotton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cotton blocks an uppercut.
Putin takes an elbow to the temple.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Cotton lands an elbow inside.
Cotton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice elbow from Cotton.

It looks like Vlad Putin has been cut.
Cotton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Putin is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotton creates a bit of distance and cracks Putin with a big uppercut! Putin goes down! The referee pushes Cotton away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Putin make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Cotton takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Cory Cotton!
Cory Cotton decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.