PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin St Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timofey Boyko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Andre comes into the arena with When the Saints Go Marching In blaring out of the sound system. Boyko has chosen Kamaedzitca - Колазварl as his entrance music. Timofey Boyko acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

St Andre
vs
Boyko

176 cm
29
150 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

174 cm
26
156 lbs
13 - 4 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Project Mayhem
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin St Andre!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timofey Boyko!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Boyko there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jab, jab by Boyko - just one landing.
Boyko connects with the punch.
St Andre lands a two punch combo.
Boyko throws a low kick, looking for St Andre's leg but St Andre calmly moves out of range.
St Andre walks into a straight right hand from Boyko.
St Andre dips to his left and cracks Boyko with an uppercut!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Boyko, right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boyko throws a wild body kick that St Andre sees coming a mile off.
St Andre takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
St Andre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Andre finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Boyko avoids the body shot from St Andre.
St Andre takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Boyko closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Boyko lands with a left to the head.
Boyko cracks St Andre with a nice body shot.
St Andre misses with a body punch.
Boyko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Boyko throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyko scores with a hook to the body.
St Andre is trying to break the clinch but Boyko is controlling him.
St Andre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boyko's elbow.
Boyko working St Andre over with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boyko.
St Andre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Boyko as the two fighters clinch.
St Andre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St Andre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boyko lands a nice elbow.
Boyko lands a left hand that snaps the head of St Andre backwards.
Boyko lands a damaging elbow.
Boyko lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boyko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of St Andre backwards.
St Andre misses with a hook to the ribs.
St Andre scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boyko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boyko crunches a lovely knee into St Andre's ribcage.
St Andre is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyko blocks a body shot from St Andre.
St Andre wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boyko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Boyko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through St Andre's defenses.
Nice elbow from Boyko.
Boyko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite St Andre's efforts to push away.
Boyko has St Andre pushed against the ropes.
St Andre throws a punch but it's blocked by Boyko.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Boyko obliges.
Boyko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Boyko digs a right hand underneath St Andre's ribcage. St Andre let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Boyko misses with a knee to the head.
St Andre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St Andre takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
St Andre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boyko scores a nice knee to the body.
Boyko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boyko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of St Andre backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Boyko.
St Andre tries to break free but Boyko pushes him back against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Boyko.
St Andre takes a shot to the head.
Boyko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning St Andre up against the ropes.
Boyko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through St Andre's defenses.

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

Boyko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Boyko missing with knees to the body.
Boyko lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice elbow from Boyko.
Boyko lands an elbow inside that St Andre shrugs off.
Boyko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
St Andre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boyko scores with a hook to the body.
St Andre struggles to land a body shot inside as Boyko controls his hands.
St Andre looking to stall.
St Andre takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Boyko.
Boyko working St Andre over with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Boyko to work.
Boyko lands an elbow inside that St Andre shrugs off.

St Andre is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boyko taking a breather.
Oh St Andre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Andre takes an elbow to the temple.
Boyko lands an uppercut.
St Andre misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timofey Boyko dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Boyko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
St Andre throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Boyko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
St Andre seems to have got his legs back now.
Boyko scores with a nice head shot.
St Andre thows a left - swing and a miss!
St Andre avoids the head kick by Boyko.
Boyko lands a front kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Boyko.
Boyko scores with a spinning back kick!
Boyko tries to clinch up.
Boyko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Boyko lands a head kick. St Andre smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
St Andre misses with an uppercut.
Boyko has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by St Andre.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Andre checks a low kick from Boyko.
St Andre fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Boyko on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - St Andre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Andre takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Boyko lands with a kick to the temple. St Andre shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Boyko lands a nice leg kick that just misses St Andre's sensitive parts.
St Andre throws a hook but Boyko blocks it.
St Andre throws a shot from downtown. Boyko moves away and avoids it.
Boyko misses with a body kick.
St Andre blocks a head kick by Boyko.
Boyko is looking to land body kicks.
St Andre fails to land with a series of punches.
St Andre connects with the punch.
St Andre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Boyko is fending him off so far but St Andre persists. Nope, Boyko circles away and we're back to standing.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Boyko.
Boyko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Timofey Boyko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - St Andre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
St Andre misses with a series of wild punches.
St Andre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Andre thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Boyko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Andre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
St Andre misses the jab.
Boyko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and St Andre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Boyko lands a nice looking kick to the body. St Andre takes a step back to recover.
A nice inside leg kick there by Boyko. That's going to slow St Andre down.
St Andre thows a leg kick but Boyko checks it
and St Andre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boyko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and St Andre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Boyko moves out of range of the strikes.

Boyko rushes St Andre and presses him up against the ropes.
Boyko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has St Andre in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boyko lands an elbow that stopped St Andre in his tracks for a moment.
Boyko lands with a short shot to the head.
St Andre tries to break free but Boyko pushes him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Boyko.
St Andre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
St Andre being controlled against the ropes.
St Andre can't find room to land a body shot as Boyko controls the action.
St Andre swings wildly with an uppercut but Boyko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boyko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boyko is struggling to control the position.
Boyko lands a damaging elbow.
Boyko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Boyko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
St Andre misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Boyko.
St Andre working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Boyko.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Andre tries a body shot but Boyko blocks it.
Boyko scores with a hook to the body.
Boyko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boyko lands a shoulder strike.
Boyko lands a hook that snaps the head of St Andre backwards.
Boyko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through St Andre's defenses.
Boyko lands with a left to the head.
Boyko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Boyko lands an elbow just above St Andre 's eye.
Boyko creates a bit of space for himself and rocks St Andre with a big uppercut! St Andre tries to clinch up but Boyko pushes him back against the ropes and lands another monster strike that crumples St Andre to the mat! St Andre covers up and Boyko unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Timofey Boyko! Timofey Boyko retains his featherweight title!
Timofey Boyko decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.