PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Brandon Baldwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Geng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandon Baldwin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sergey Geng's chin.

Baldwin
vs
Geng

185 cm
19
178 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

186 cm
19
179 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

One stop shop need staff
Amped Performance

Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brandon Baldwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergey Geng!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Geng scores with a nice head shot.
Geng slips a jab from Baldwin.
Baldwin staying out of range there.
No joy there for Baldwin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Geng is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Baldwin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Geng circles away quickly and effectively.
Baldwin avoids the body shot from Geng.
Some wild striking there from Baldwin.
Geng wants to counter the offense by Baldwin and move into the clinch position.
Geng tries to clinch but Baldwin moves away
and Baldwin counters with a straight right hand.
Baldwin misses with a wild combination.
Geng misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baldwin.
Baldwin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sergey Geng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baldwin walks into a stiff left hand from Geng.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Geng moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Geng tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baldwin was well out of range. Poor timing from Geng.
Geng ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Geng thuds a left hand into Baldwin's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Geng clinches with his opponent.
Baldwin blocking some punches.
Baldwin tries to break free but Geng pushes him back against the ropes.
Baldwin wants to get back to striking at distance but Geng won't allow it.
Geng lands with a left to the head.
Baldwin blocks an uppercut.
Baldwin tries to break the clinch but Geng is controlling the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Geng.
Geng scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Geng.
Baldwin wants to break free but Geng has control.
A right hand to the body from Baldwin.
Geng throws a head punch that misses.
Baldwin tries to break the clinch but Geng is controlling the position.
Geng swings wildly with an uppercut but Baldwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Geng goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Geng misses with the head strike.
Baldwin tries to circle away but Geng has him pinned against the ropes.
Baldwin blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Geng doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Geng swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Geng lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Baldwin wants to get back to striking at distance but Geng won't allow it.
Geng fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Geng tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Geng swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baldwin can't break the clinch.
Geng lands a nice shot to the body.
Baldwin misses with some punches.
Geng lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Geng misses with a hook from the clinch.
Geng misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baldwin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Geng lands a body shot in the clinch.
Baldwin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baldwin blocking some punches.
Geng stalling the fight.
Baldwin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Geng working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Geng dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice body punch from Geng.
Baldwin throws a right hand that Geng ducks under and follows up with a left that Geng also avoids with ease.
Baldwin slips under a jab from Geng.
Baldwin lands a jab-cross combination.
Baldwin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brandon Baldwin is winning the standup battle so far.

Geng closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Baldwin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Geng working aggressively here.
Baldwin blocks an uppercut.
Geng lands with a short shot to the head.
Geng misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baldwin wants to break free but Geng has control.
Geng misses with a body punch.
Geng throws a head punch that misses.
Geng goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Geng swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baldwin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baldwin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Geng doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baldwin.
Geng has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Geng.
Geng fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baldwin is trying to push Geng away but Geng has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Geng misses with a punch on the inside.
Baldwin is leaning against Geng and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Geng lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baldwin backwards.
Geng misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Baldwin.
Baldwin is trying to break the clinch but Geng has him pressed against the ropes.
Baldwin working hard to break the clinch.

Baldwin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Geng is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Baldwin rather than just go for the knockout.
Baldwin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some wild striking there from Baldwin.
Geng is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Geng dodges the punch combination from Baldwin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Geng digs a good hook to Baldwin's body.
Baldwin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Baldwin misses with a two punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Geng clobbers Baldwin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Geng fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Baldwin on the side of the head.
Geng misses with a straight right.
Baldwin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Geng misses with a looping right.
Geng throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Geng slips a jab and a cross from Baldwin.
Baldwin swinging wildly here.
Baldwin misses with a few strikes there.
Geng looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baldwin misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sergey Geng will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Baldwin misses with a double jab.
Geng let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Geng avoids a punch combination nicely.
Geng is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Geng wants to clinch up but Baldwin keeps it at a distance.
Geng misses with a lunging right hand
and Baldwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baldwin misses with the combination.
Geng looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice straight punches there by Geng. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Geng.
Baldwin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Geng tries to counter with a clinch but Baldwin shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baldwin walks into a jab.
Baldwin moves away from the strike by Geng.
Brandon Baldwin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Geng takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Geng looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geng's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baldwin under the eye.
Baldwin throws a nice looking combination but Geng bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Geng throws an overhand right that lands on Baldwin's shoulder, as Baldwin tries to avoid the shot.
Geng misses with a lunging right hand
and as Geng looks to reset his feet, Baldwin counters with a string of precision punches, right on the button, sending Geng crashing to the canvas! Geng is in big trouble here! The referee has started the count but Geng is so wobbly that the ref has given up the count at 6 - he's called the bout off! Baldwin is your winner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brandon Baldwin!
After the fight, Brandon Baldwin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.