PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Pavlo Ramazanov (ranked 4492 p4p, 443 weight class) and Elvis Astrok (ranked 7181 p4p, 603 weight class). Elvis Astrok has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Pavlo Ramazanov's chin.

Ramazanov
vs
Astrok

181 cm
34
279 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

199 cm
29
235 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pavlo Ramazanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Elvis Astrok!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramazanov takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Astrok tests Ramazanov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Astrok keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramazanov.
Astrok throws a head kick but Ramazanov moves out of range.
Astrok wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ramazanov misses with a straight right.
Ramazanov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Astrok.
Astrok plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Astrok blocks a jab.
Ramazanov misses the shot to the body.
Ramazanov throws a low kick but Astrok avoids it.
Astrok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramazanov.
Ramazanov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Astrok 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ramazanov gets a clinch.
Ramazanov tries to throw a body punch but Astrok avoids it by throwing Ramazanov back against the ropes.
Astrok working aggressively here.
A short right from Astrok on the inside.
Astrok tries to work over Ramazanov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Astrok throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramazanov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Astrok.
Ramazanov swings wildly with an uppercut but Astrok uses good head movement to avoid it.

Astrok manages to break the clinch.
Astrok throws a series of punches but Ramazanov avoids them all with ease.
Astrok takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Astrok avoids a kick to the body.
Ramazanov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ramazanov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ramazanov throws a leg kick which misses Astrok's front leg but catches the back leg as Astrok tries to avoid it.
Astrok keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Astrok avoids the body shot from Ramazanov.
Astrok throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ramazanov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Astrok has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Ramazanov rushes Astrok and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Ramazanov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Astrok pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

Astrok escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Astrok throws a jab when Ramazanov was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astrok misses with a straight left.
Ramazanov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Astrok is out of range.
Ramazanov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Astrok was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramazanov.
Ramazanov is looking to wear down Astrok with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Astrok moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Astrok misses with a low kick as Ramazanov jumps back.
Astrok is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Astrok throws out a leg kick but Ramazanov moves out of range and Astrok only half commits.
Ramazanov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ramazanov connects with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Ramazanov misses.

Ramazanov moves into range and clinches up with Astrok.

Astrok manages to break the clinch.
Ramazanov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Left hook, right uppercut from Astrok.
Astrok misses with a hook.
Astrok tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramazanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Elvis Astrok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Astrok throws a push kick but Ramazanov slaps the foot to one side.
Ramazanov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Astrok.
Ramazanov tries to clinch up but Astrok circles away and keeps his distance.
Astrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Astrok throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ramazanov tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Astrok manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Astrok wants to counter with a clinch but Ramazanov pushes him away.
Astrok cracks Ramazanov with a good jab.
Ramazanov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Astrok has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ramazanov keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramazanov takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Astrok throws a right hand that misses
and Ramazanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Astrok looks to throw the jab but Ramazanov is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Astrok.
Astrok misses with a looping right.
Ramazanov tries to work over Astrok's front leg with a kick but Astrok checks it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Astrok. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ramazanov.
Astrok jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Astrok slips under a jab.
Astrok scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ramazanov in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ramazanov lands a nice shot to the body.
Astrok misses with a head kick.
Ramazanov throws a jab when Astrok was well out of range.
Ramazanov tries a low kick but Astrok avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astrok cracks Ramazanov with an open hand slap.
Astrok throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ramazanov.
Ramazanov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ramazanov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Astrok momentarily.
Ramazanov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ramazanov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Astrok.
Ramazanov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Astrok's head.
Astrok throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ramazanov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Astrok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Astrok throws a leg kick but Ramazanov checks it.
Elvis Astrok seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ramazanov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Astrok.
Ramazanov throws a head kick but Astrok moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramazanov misses with a body shot.
Astrok keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Astrok chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ramazanov can pounce on him.
A left lands for Ramazanov.
Astrok checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A big right from Astrok misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramazanov. Astrok does a little dance to reset his feet.
Astrok takes a swing at Ramazanov's ribcage but misses.
Ramazanov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Astrok throws a jab when Ramazanov was well out of range.
Astrok throws a body kick that misses.
Ramazanov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Astrok fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ramazanov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Astrok keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ramazanov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ramazanov ducks right into an uppercut from Astrok.
Ramazanov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Astrok doesn't manage to clinch there - Ramazanov circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Astrok has taken the fight to the clinch.
Astrok misses with some punches.
Astrok is trying to break free.
A short uppercut from Ramazanov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pavlo Ramazanov will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Astrok avoids the body shot from Ramazanov.
Ramazanov scores with a sloppy right hand. Astrok should have avoided that one.
Astrok closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Astrok connects with an inside leg kick.
Astrok cracks Ramazanov with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ramazanov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Astrok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramazanov.
Astrok unleashes a big counter combination but Ramazanov bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A bone on bone clash there as Ramazanov blocks the leg kick.
Astrok is looking to chop away at Ramazanov's legs.
Ramazanov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Astrok lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ramazanov's sensitive parts.
Astrok throws a series of strikes that have Ramazanov backpedaling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Astrok lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ramazanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Astrok misses with a body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Astrok tries to work over Ramazanov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramazanov tries to work over Astrok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ramazanov throws a head punch that misses.
Astrok lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ramazanov backwards.
Ramazanov misses with the head strike.
Ramazanov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramazanov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Astrok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ramazanov's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Astrok scores with a nice short uppercut.
Astrok lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ramazanov.
A short left from Astrok.
Ramazanov avoids a wild elbow strike from Astrok.
Ramazanov misses with the head strike.
Ramazanov tries to throw a body punch but Astrok avoids it by throwing Ramazanov back against the ropes.
Ramazanov misses with a punch on the inside.
Astrok looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ramazanov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ramazanov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Ramazanov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astrok makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Elvis Astrok seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ramazanov blocks an uppercut.
Ramazanov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Astrok missing with knees to the body.

Ramazanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ramazanov cracks Astrok with a good jab.
Ramazanov misses with a head kick.
It seemed like Astrok was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Astrok tries to clinch but Ramazanov is having none of it.
Astrok tries a head kick but it misses.
Astrok tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Astrok thows a left - swing and a miss!
Astrok throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramazanov.
Ramazanov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice cross by Ramazanov.
Ramazanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Astrok circles away.
Astrok throws a sloppy head kick and Ramazanov moves out of range easily.
Astrok tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramazanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elvis Astrok comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Astrok has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elvis Astrok!
Elvis Astrok decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.