PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 15654 p4p, 22715 weight class) and Victor Mordino (ranked 612 p4p, 593 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Putin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Putin
vs
Mordino

183 cm
45
175
36 - 42 - 2

187 cm
39
180
17 - 39 - 1

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good low kicks
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 36 - 42 - 2, fighting out of New York, Vlad Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 39 - 1, fighting out of London, Victor Mordino!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Putin looks to land a combination but Mordino avoids it well.
Mordino is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mordino moves in looking to clinch but Putin pushes him off.
Mordino uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Putin.
Putin misses with a looping right.
Putin lands a nice looking body shot.
Vlad Putin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mordino throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mordino throws a right and a left that both miss.
A little feinted left hand from Putin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mordino tries to clinch up but Putin circles away and keeps his distance.

Putin forces Mordino back against the ropes and clinches.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Putin obliges.
Putin lands a knee to the body.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mordino has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mordino misses with a hook to the ribs.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Putin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Putin lands a damaging elbow.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Putin blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mordino avoids it.
A nice left hand lands by Putin.
Mordino told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Mordino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Putin's defenses.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mordino lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
Mordino blocks an elbow strike.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mordino has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Putin lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Victor Mordino has been cut.
Putin misses with the head strike.
Mordino can't break the clinch.
Mordino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Mordino blocks with his arms.
Mordino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Putin.
Putin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Mordino is blocking nicely.
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!
Putin blocks an elbow strike.

Mordino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin misses with a body shot.
Mordino is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Putin misses with a wild combination.
Putin misses with a body shot.
Putin misses with a body shot.

Mordino rushes Putin and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Putin keeps control of Mordino as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mordino stalling in the clinch but Putin improves position.
Mordino takes an elbow to the temple.
Putin blocking some punches.
Mordino blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Mordino misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mordino looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mordino tries a knee to the head but Putin blocks it.
Mordino misses with a short punch on the inside.
Putin blocks an uppercut.
Mordino looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mordino takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Putin.
Putin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mordino backwards.
Putin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Putin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Mordino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mordino rushes Putin and presses him up against the ropes.
Putin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mordino avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Mordino blocks with his arms.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Putin connects with a knee to the head.
Putin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Mordino blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mordino misses with the head strike.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Mordino blocks it.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mordino blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mordino blocking some punches.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Mordino blocks it.

Mordino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Putin avoids the head kick by Mordino.
Putin throws a quick counter head kick but Mordino was just out of range.

Putin rushes Mordino and presses him up against the ropes.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Mordino avoids the damage to the body.
Mordino blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mordino has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mordino throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mordino taking a breather.
Putin lands a knee to the head.

Mordino breaks the clinch.
Mordino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Putin manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Putin misses the target.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Putin lands a left hand.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Mordino is blocking nicely.
Mordino is trying to force a seperation but Putin has the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Putin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Mordino's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Putin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Putin thumps Mordino with a low kick.

Mordino has Putin up against the ropes in a clinch.
Putin lands an elbow that stopped Mordino in his tracks for a moment.
Mordino is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mordino working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mordino tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Putin scores with a knee to the head.
Putin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mordino's defenses.
Mordino tries to land a knee to the head but Putin blocks with his arms.
Putin with a knee to the head.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Mordino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mordino throws a sloppy head kick and Putin moves out of range easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mordino doesn't manage to clinch there - Putin circles away.
Mordino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mordino is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Putin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mordino can do to turn this around?
Mordino tries to close the distance and clinch but Putin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mordino on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Mordino is rocked!
Vlad Putin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Putin swats away the attempt to clinch by Mordino.
Mordino is still on wobbly legs! Can Putin finish him?
Mordino wants to clinch
and Putin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mordino needs to keep his hands up - Putin had a free shot at his head there.
Putin connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Mordino's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Mordino - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Vlad Putin!
Our winner, Vlad Putin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.