PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Seppo Kastinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessio Legionarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alessio Legionarius acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Kastinen
vs
Legionarius

180 cm
38
205 lbs
23 - 17 - 1

185 cm
41
208 lbs
33 - 23 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Kastinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alessio Legionarius!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kastinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legionarius manages to avoid it.
Kastinen ducks under a wild hook from Legionarius.

Legionarius has Kastinen up against the ropes in a clinch.
Legionarius wants to break free but Kastinen has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kastinen.
Legionarius working aggressively here.

Legionarius pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Legionarius.
A left lands for Kastinen.
Legionarius is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kastinen.
Kastinen cracks a nice hook into Legionarius's ribs.
Legionarius throws a lazy right hand but Kastinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legionarius scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kastinen doesn't seem bothered though.
Kastinen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Kastinen tries to keep at a distance but Legionarius has taken the fight into the clinch.
Legionarius misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kastinen avoiding damage as Legionarius throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Legionarius's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alessio Legionarius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kastinen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Legionarius throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kastinen lands with a nice combination. Legionarius backs away looking to recover.
Kastinen cracks Legionarius with a right hand to the side of the head.
Legionarius takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Legionarius misses with a body kick.
Kastinen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Legionarius backs up against the ropes.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Legionarius blocks an uppercut.
Kastinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Legionarius or not.
A short body shot lands from Kastinen as the two fighters clinch.
Kastinen takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Seppo Kastinen has been cut.
Legionarius tries to break free but Kastinen pushes him back against the ropes.
Kastinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Legionarius's elbow.
Legionarius can't find room to land a body shot as Kastinen controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kastinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Legionarius unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kastinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Legionarius lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Legionarius.
Legionarius misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Kastinen.
Legionarius wants to break free but Kastinen has control.
Kastinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hand to the body from Legionarius.
Kastinen is working Legionarius over against the ropes.
Kastinen presses Legionarius against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Legionarius looks winded!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kastinen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kastinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kastinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Legionarius or not.
A shot in the inside from Kastinen.
Kastinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Legionarius backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Kastinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seppo Kastinen's cut.
That's time! Kastinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kastinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Legionarius should have avoided that one.

Legionarius gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kastinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Legionarius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kastinen blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kastinen.
Kastinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Legionarius backwards.
Legionarius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kastinen's elbow.
Kastinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Kastinen on the inside.

Kastinen creates a bit of space and cracks Legionarius with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Legionarius is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!

Legionarius is rocked!
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!
Kastinen lands an overhand right.
Legionarius is still on wobbly legs! Can Kastinen finish him?
Kastinen misses with a few strikes there.
We've been informed that Legionarius has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Kastinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Legionarius counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kastinen's knee momentarily.
Legionarius seems to have recovered his senses.
Legionarius walks into a stiff left hand from Kastinen.
Kastinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Legionarius moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kastinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hand to the body from Kastinen.
Legionarius is breathing heavily.
Kastinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Legionarius controls his hands.

Legionarius manages to break the clinch.
Seppo Kastinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Kastinen lands a body shot.

Legionarius moves into range and clinches up with Kastinen.
A short left from Kastinen.
Kastinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kastinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kastinen avoiding damage as Legionarius throws knees to the body.
Kastinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Kastinen.
Kastinen is leaning against Legionarius and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kastinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kastinen lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Kastinen.
A left hand lands to the body for Kastinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kastinen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kastinen digs a right hand underneath Legionarius's ribcage. Legionarius let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kastinen lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Kastinen.
Kastinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kastinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kastinen pushes Legionarius back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Kastinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Legionarius backwards.

Kastinen breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Legionarius with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Legionarius looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Legionarius get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!
Legionarius takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Legionarius takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kastinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Legionarius is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kastinen digs a good hook to Legionarius's body.
Legionarius walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Seppo Kastinen!
An out of breath Seppo Kastinen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.