PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Timofey Boyko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Honey Badger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyko kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kamaedzitca - Колазварl. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Boyko
vs
Badger

174 cm
22
156 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

173 cm
21
150 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timofey Boyko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Honey Badger!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badger checks the leg kick nicely there.
Badger drops his hands momentarily and Boyko takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Boyko throws a leg kick which misses Badger's front leg but catches the back leg as Badger tries to avoid it.
Boyko jabs Badger to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Badger moves into range and connects with a jab.
Boyko moves out of range of the strikes.
Boyko looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Boyko misses with a wild body shot.
Boyko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Badger on the side of the head.
Boyko scores with a jab to the head.
Boyko tries to close the distance and clinch but Badger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Badger throws a chopping leg kick but Boyko manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Badger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boyko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boyko throws a wild body kick that Badger sees coming a mile off.

Badger gets tackled into the cage by Boyko. Boyko maintains the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boyko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Badger is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Badger.
Boyko lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyko misses with a knee to the head.
Boyko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A left hand lands to the body for Boyko.
Boyko lands an elbow inside that Badger shrugs off.
Badger is trying to stall.
Boyko lands an elbow that stopped Badger in his tracks for a moment.
Badger lands an uppercut.
Badger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boyko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Boyko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Badger is defending well for now.
Badger has a couple of punches blocked by Boyko.
Boyko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Badger.
Boyko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Badger takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boyko scores with a shoulder strike.
Boyko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boyko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Boyko scores a nice knee to the body.
Boyko missing with knees to the body.
Badger tries to break the clinch but Boyko is controlling the position.
Boyko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Boyko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Badger backwards.
Badger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Badger misses with some punches.
Boyko pushes Badger back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Badger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boyko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Badger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Badger looks gassed!

Badger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Badger moves away from the strike by Boyko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyko looks for the body kick but Badger saw that one coming.
Badger finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Boyko scores with a punch to the head.
Boyko dodges the punch combination from Badger.
Boyko fakes the leg kick and cracks Badger in the body.
Boyko scores with a nice body kick.

Boyko has closed the distance and engaged Badger in a clinch.
Boyko lands a nice elbow.
Badger is stalling here.
Boyko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Boyko scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Badger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Badger misses with a body shot.
Boyko fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Badger is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boyko throws a leg kick but Badger moved away.
Boyko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Badger avoids the head kick by Boyko.
Boyko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Boyko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Badger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Timofey Boyko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Boyko has managed to clinch.
Knees to the body from Boyko.
Badger wants to stall.
Badger blocks an elbow strike.
Boyko lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boyko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Badger backwards.
Boyko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Badger avoids it.
Boyko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boyko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timofey Boyko dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Badger keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Badger checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Badger slips under a jab.
Boyko bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Badger lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Boyko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Boyko misses with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Boyko.
Badger takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Boyko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Boyko thows a leg kick but Badger checks it
and Boyko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boyko checks a low kick from Badger.
Boyko tries to clinch but Badger moves out of range.
Boyko fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Badger.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Badger tries to keep at a distance but Boyko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Boyko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyko missing with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Badger.
Badger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boyko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Badger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Badger dodges an elbow strike from Boyko.
Boyko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boyko trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Boyko lands a knee to the head.
Boyko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Badger can do to turn this around?
Boyko trying to land knees to the body.
Badger looking to slow down the pace here.
Badger is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Boyko has denied him.
Boyko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Badger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badger blocks an elbow strike.

Badger breaks from the clinch.
Boyko misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Badger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boyko keeps Badger at a distance using the push kick.
Boyko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Badger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Timofey Boyko is winning the standup battle so far.
Badger with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Badger looks to land a left hand but Boyko moved out of range nicely.
Boyko misses with a low kick.
Badger slips under a jab.
Boyko misses with a low kick.
Boyko connects with a good right hand that stumbles Badger. Badger circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Boyko ducks under a wild hook from Badger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boyko cracks Badger with a good jab.
Boyko pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Boyko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boyko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Badger in his tracks.
Badger takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Boyko takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Badger takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Badger checks a leg kick.
Boyko is looking to clinch but Badger is avoiding it.
Badger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A slow jab from Badger misses its intended target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Boyko, right into the meat.
Badger has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Boyko.
Boyko moves away from the strike by Badger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boyko throws out a loose jab but Badger uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boyko lands a nice looking kick to the body. Badger takes a step back to recover.
Boyko feints and then cracks Badger's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Badger down.
Badger misses with a wild body shot.
Boyko finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Boyko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Badger looks to land a right hand but Boyko moved out of range.
Boyko takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A low kick from Boyko misses
and Badger counters with a good low kick that Boyko was not able to check.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice inside leg kick there by Boyko. That's going to slow Badger down.
Badger misses with a wild body shot.
Boyko moves out of range of the strikes.
Badger tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timofey Boyko dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Boyko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boyko fakes the leg kick and cracks Badger in the body.
Boyko changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Boyko tries to score with a low kick but Badger moves his leg out of the way.
Boyko throws a low kick, looking for Badger's leg but Badger calmly moves out of range.
Boyko throws a leg kick but Badger moved away.
Boyko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badger.
Badger connects with an inside leg kick.
Badger misses with an uppercut. Boyko saw that one coming.
Badger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Badger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boyko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boyko is looking to clinch.
Boyko throws a head kick that misses.
Badger slips a jab from Boyko.
Badger keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Boyko scores with a one two! Badger had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Badger is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyko knocks out Badger with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Boyko before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Boyko picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Timofey Boyko!
Timofey Boyko seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.