PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ilya Dragunov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Rzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dragunov
vs
Rzic

185 cm
33
186 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

189 cm
27
186 lbs
8 - 5 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ilya Dragunov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Rzic!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rzic looks to land a combination. Dragunov sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Ilya Dragunov has been cut.
Dragunov seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rzic.
Rzic throws a nice inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rzic.
Rzic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rzic avoids the head kick by Dragunov.
Rzic throws a sloppy head kick and Dragunov moves out of range easily.
Rzic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragunov was well out of range. Poor timing from Rzic.
Dragunov throws a low kick, looking for Rzic's leg but Rzic calmly moves out of range.
Rzic steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Marko Rzic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rzic looks to score with a jab to the body but Dragunov is just out of range.
Rzic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rzic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rzic misses with a left hand
and Dragunov counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragunov moves in looking to clinch but Rzic pushes him off.
Dragunov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rzic was well out of range. Poor timing from Dragunov.
Rzic just misses with a punch to the body.
Dragunov moves out of range as Rzic throws a body kick.
Rzic scores with a nice body kick.
Rzic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dragunov appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragunov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rzic keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Dragunov.
Rzic scores with a body shot.
Rzic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rzic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rzic connects with a right hand. Dragunov shakes it off.
Rzic scores with the left hand. Dragunov knows he should have avoided that one.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rzic - that will leave a mark!
Rzic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rzic feints and then cracks Dragunov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dragunov down.
Dragunov avoids a kick to the body.
Rzic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rzic.
Rzic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dragunov rather than just go for the knockout.
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!
Rzic tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rzic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dragunov momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragunov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rzic's sensitive parts.
Dragunov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rzic.
Dragunov scores with a spinning back kick!
Rzic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dragunov jabs Rzic right on the nose. Rzic blinks but takes it well.
Rzic scores with a nice right hand.

Dragunov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rzic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rzic.
Rzic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Dragunov on the inside.
Dragunov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rzic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Dragunov is rocked!
A right handed body shot lands from Rzic.
Oh Dragunov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short uppercut from Rzic.
Rzic blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rzic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rzic.
Rzic scores with a hook to the body.
Dragunov seems to have got his legs back now.
Dragunov lands a nice shot to the body.
Rzic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dragunov digs a right hand into Rzic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rzic's gas tank.
Rzic digs a right hand into Dragunov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dragunov's gas tank.
Dragunov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rzic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rzic working aggressively here.
Rzic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dragunov is keeping busy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dragunov.
Dragunov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rzic backwards.
Rzic lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rzic blocks an uppercut.
Rzic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dragunov misses with some punches.
Rzic lands with a light punch inside.
Dragunov lands with a right to the head.
Rzic throws a punch but it's blocked by Dragunov.
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!
Dragunov blocking some punches.
A short right from Dragunov on the inside.
Rzic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dragunov working aggressively here.
Rzic lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Rzic as the two fighters clinch.
Dragunov just leaning against Rzic, taking a breather.
Rzic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dragunov's elbow.
Dragunov has a couple of punches blocked by Rzic.
Rzic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The referee calls for Dragunov to work.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dragunov struggles to land a body shot inside as Rzic controls his hands.
Rzic lands a body shot.
Dragunov lands with a light punch inside.
Dragunov misses with a body punch.
Dragunov lands a shoulder strike.
Rzic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dragunov tries to throw a body punch but Rzic avoids it by throwing Dragunov back against the ropes.
Rzic misses with some punches.
Rzic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rzic blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dragunov.
Dragunov is working Rzic over against the ropes.
A short left from Dragunov.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dragunov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rzic backwards.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rzic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Rzic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dragunov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rzic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rzic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dragunov working aggressively here.
Rzic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rzic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dragunov misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rzic.
Rzic misses with a body punch.
Dragunov lands with a light punch inside.
Rzic swings wildly with an uppercut but Dragunov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dragunov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rzic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dragunovs head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rzic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rzic looking to slow down the pace here.
Rzic tries to throw a body punch but Dragunov avoids it by throwing Rzic back against the ropes.
Good body shot from Dragunov.
Dragunov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rzic lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Dragunov fails to land.
Dragunov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dragunov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rzic lands an uppercut.
Rzic stalling in the clinch but Dragunov improves position.
Dragunov blocks an uppercut.
Dragunov blocks a body shot from Rzic.
Rzic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dragunov's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Rzic.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dragunov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dragunov can't find room to land a body shot as Rzic controls the action.
Dragunov has Rzic pressed against the ropes, preventing Rzic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rzic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rzic misses with some punches.
Dragunov can't find room to land a body shot as Rzic controls the action.

Rzic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dragunov throws a big shot that misses.
Rzic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dragunov is out of range and Rzic settles back down.
Dragunov misses with a low kick as Rzic jumps back.
Rzic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dragunov's sensitive parts.
A shot to the body from Dragunov misses
and Rzic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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!
Dragunov throws a solid leg kick but Rzic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dragunov.
Rzic throws a leg kick but Dragunov moved away.
Dragunov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rzic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dragunov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dragunov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rzic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dragunov moves out of range of the body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rzic checks a leg kick.
Dragunov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rzic. That one must have hurt.
Dragunov throws a series of punches but Rzic avoids them all with ease.
Rzic steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dragunov. That one must have hurt.

Rzic clinches up against the ropes.
Stalling in the clinch from Rzic.
Rzic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dragunov misses with a punch to the body.
Dragunov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rzic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dragunov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dragunov tries a body shot but Rzic blocks it.
Dragunov is looking to control Rzic's arms but Rzic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dragunov has his back to the ropes.
Dragunov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Rzic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ilya Dragunov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rzic pushes Dragunov away with a front kick.
Dragunov throws a series of punches but Rzic avoids them all with ease.
Dragunov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Rzic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rzic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rzic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dragunov's calf.
Dragunov tried to score with a low kick but Rzic checks it.
Rzic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rzic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rzic. That's going to slow Dragunov down.
Rzic throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rzic tried to score with a low kick but Dragunov checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rzic scores with a kick to the body.
Rzic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dragunov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rzic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragunov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rzic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dragunov is out of range.
Dragunov will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rzic pushes Dragunov away with a front kick.
Dragunov scores with the left hand. Rzic knows he should have avoided that one.
Rzic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dragunov misses with a low kick.
Rzic flicks out a counter leg kick but Dragunov steps away.
Dragunov wants to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Dragunov.
Rzic scores with a leg kick.
Dragunov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rzic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rzic lands the left hand.
Rzic scores with a jab.
Rzic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dragunov to score with a decent uppercut.
Dragunov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dragunov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rzic was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Rzic misses with a low kick as Dragunov jumps back.
Dragunov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Dragunov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rzic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dragunov with a body shot.
Rzic catches Dragunov napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Dragunov crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Rzic raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marko Rzic!
A relieved looking Marko Rzic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.