PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ricardo Pfeifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Draganov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Draganov has chosen The Cranberries - Zombies as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Pfeifer
vs
Draganov

182 cm
21
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

195 cm
20
195 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Basic striking
Prefers standup

Excellent MT
Powerful

Nuggetori's Nutritionals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Pfeifer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Draganov!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pfeifer is looking to clinch.
Draganov has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Pfeifer is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Pfeifer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pfeifer misses with the combination.
Draganov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pfeifer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Draganov finds it's way round the side to connect with Pfeifer's head.
Draganov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ivan Draganov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draganov lands with a good body shot.
Pfeifer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pfeifer falls off balance throwing a combination

and Draganov counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Draganov.
A nice left hand lands by Draganov.
Pfeifer blocks an uppercut.
Pfeifer has a couple of punches blocked by Draganov.
Pfeifer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Draganov has him pressed against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Draganov.
A right handed body shot lands from Draganov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draganov lands a nice uppercut.
Pfeifer takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pfeifer backwards.

Pfeifer is rocked!
Pfeifer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oh Pfeifer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch on the inside from Draganov fails to land.
Pfeifer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Draganov misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pfeifer.
Draganov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draganov throws a head punch that misses.
Pfeifer blocking some punches.
Draganov misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Draganov fails to land.
Draganov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Pfeifer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Draganov swings wildly with an uppercut but Pfeifer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draganov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draganov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draganov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draganov misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draganov.
Draganov working aggressively here.
Draganov has a couple of punches blocked by Pfeifer.
Pfeifer blocks an uppercut.
Draganov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Draganov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pfeifer blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draganov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hand to the body from Draganov.
Draganov misses with the head strike.
Draganov swings wildly with an uppercut but Pfeifer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pfeifer blocking some punches.
Pfeifer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draganov has a couple of punches blocked by Pfeifer.
Draganov has a couple of punches blocked by Pfeifer.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pfeifer.
Draganov misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Draganov fails to land.
Draganov throws a punch but it's blocked by Pfeifer.
Draganov misses with some punches.
Pfeifer blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pfeifer.
Draganov misses with the head strike.
Draganov working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draganov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draganov.
Draganov has a couple of punches blocked by Pfeifer.
Draganov misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draganov throws a head punch that misses.
Draganov throws a head punch that misses.
Draganov swings wildly with an uppercut but Pfeifer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draganov misses with the head strike.
Draganov has a couple of punches blocked by Pfeifer.
Draganov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pfeifer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Draganov misses with the head strike.
Draganov swings wildly with an uppercut but Pfeifer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draganov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Draganov misses with some punches.
Draganov throws a head punch that misses.
Draganov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Draganov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draganov swings wildly with an uppercut but Pfeifer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pfeifer.
Draganov has a couple of punches blocked by Pfeifer.
Draganov has a couple of punches blocked by Pfeifer.
Draganov throws a punch but it's blocked by Pfeifer.
Pfeifer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Draganov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pfeifer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Draganov fails to land.
Pfeifer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Draganov swings wildly with an uppercut but Pfeifer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draganov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pfeifer's efforts to push away.
Pfeifer seems to have got his legs back now.
Draganov pushes Pfeifer back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pfeifer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Draganov has him pressed against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Draganov cracks Pfeifer with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Pfeifer goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Pfeifer wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ivan Draganov!
After winning the bout, Ivan Draganov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.