PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Blokka Bosman (ranked 7066 p4p, 515 weight class) and Stanislaw Cheba (ranked 4953 p4p, 439 weight class). Bosman's entrance music is Boom Boom Pow. A fine choice. Stanislaw Cheba has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bosman
vs
Cheba

204 cm
17
271 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
19
199 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blokka Bosman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stanislaw Cheba!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Cheba.
Bosman scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Stanislaw Cheba has been cut.
Cheba avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bosman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blokka Bosman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bosman darts in trying to clinch
and Cheba counters with a stiff right hand.
Bosman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cheba throws a combination that misses
and Bosman counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cheba is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bosman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Cheba misses.
Bosman has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Holding Cell in the buildup to the fight.
Bosman moves out of range as Cheba strikes.
Cheba feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bosmans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheba throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Bosman counters with a right, a left and a big uppercut that drops Cheba to the mat! Bosman runs to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. 3,4,5,6 and Cheba is back to his feet. He seems ready to continue - the ref agrees so we're back at it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosman just misses with a punch to the body.
Cheba swings widly with a right hand
enabling Bosman to counter with a crisp jab.
Cheba looks to score with a jab to the body but Bosman is just out of range.
Cheba throws a body punch but Bosman moves out of range.
Cheba misses the jab.
Bosman went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bosman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bosman throws a head kick but Cheba moves out of range.

Cheba moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cheba.
A right hook to the body lands for Cheba.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bosman.
Bosman throws a punch but it's blocked by Cheba.
Cheba scores with a shoulder strike.
Bosman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cheba is defending well for now.
Cheba scores with a shoulder strike.
Bosman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cheba is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bosman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bosman tries a body shot but Cheba blocks it.
Cheba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bosman misses with a body punch.
Cheba tries a body shot but Bosman blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheba.

Cheba breaks the clinch.
Cheba blocks a head kick by Bosman.

Cheba moves into the clinch.
Cheba lands a nice shot to the body.

Bosman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bosman throws a head kick but Cheba moves out of range.
Bosman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Cheba was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cheba lands a body shot.
Cheba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bosman.
Bosman tries to clinch but Cheba is having none of it.
Bosman throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cheba takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosman ducks under a wild hook from Cheba.

Cheba has Bosman up against the ropes in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Cheba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cheba.
Bosman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cheba misses with a hook from the clinch.

Bosman breaks the clinch.
Bosman throws a sloppy head kick and Cheba moves out of range easily.
Bosman is looking to clinch.
Cheba lands with a good body shot.
Bosman throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cheba.

That has opened up Stanislaw Cheba's cut even more.
Bosman throws a leg kick which misses Cheba's front leg but catches the back leg as Cheba tries to avoid it.
Bosman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bosman misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheba avoids the head kick by Bosman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bosman ducks under a wild hook from Cheba.
Bosman staying out of range there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cheba crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bosman - the referee stops the clock and Cheba gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bosman. Cheba manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bosman throws a head kick but Cheba moves out of range.
Cheba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bosman. Bosman obviously looking to wear him down.
Cheba looks to land a right hand but Bosman moved out of range.
Cheba lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bosman backs up against the ropes.
Cheba is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Cheba avoids the head kick by Bosman.
Cheba misses with a body shot.
Bosman tries to clinch up but Cheba circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bosman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cheba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cheba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cheba works Bosman's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blokka Bosman should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Stanislaw Cheba's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bosman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cheba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bosman avoids the body shot from Cheba.
Bosman appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nice defenses there by Bosman.
Bosman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stanislaw Cheba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cheba throws a jab when Bosman was well out of range.
Cheba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cheba stuns Bosman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bosman looks to land a combination but Cheba avoids it well.
Cheba checks a low kick from Bosman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Cheba.
Bosman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cheba misses the shot to the body.
Blokka Bosman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bosman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Cheba.
Cheba paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cheba scores with a decent looking hook.
Bosman tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Cheba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cheba looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Cheba darts in and clinches Bosman up against the ropes.
A short right from Cheba on the inside.
Cheba working aggressively here.
Cheba throws a punch but it's blocked by Bosman.
Bosman blocks an uppercut.
Bosman blocks an uppercut.
Bosman throws a punch but it's blocked by Cheba.
Bosman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Cheba.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheba.
Bosman blocks a body shot from Cheba.
Bosman tries to work over Cheba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stanislaw Cheba seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cheba lands a body punch.
Bosman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bosman.
Bosman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Cheba misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Cheba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bosman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cheba scores with the left hand. Bosman knows he should have avoided that one.
Bosman throws a head kick that misses
and Cheba counters with a one-two to the body.
Cheba avoids the head kick by Bosman.
Cheba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cheba throws a shot from downtown. Bosman moves away and avoids it.
Bosman misses with a head kick.
Cheba swings for the body but Bosman moves out of range.
Cheba jabs Bosman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cheba tries to bum rush Bosman with a series of wild strikes but Bosman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bosman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cheba.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosman throws a head kick that misses.

Cheba moves into range and clinches up with Bosman.
Cheba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cheba has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bosman can't find room to land a body shot as Cheba controls the action.
Cheba makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

It looks like Blokka Bosman has been cut.
Cheba lands a right hand.
Cheba lands a nice uppercut.
Cheba lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bosman looking to slow down the pace here.
Bosman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheba.
A body shot lands from Cheba.

Bosman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A left lands for Cheba.
Bosman misses with a double jab
and Cheba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheba throws a combination that misses
and Bosman counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheba throws a looping overhand right but Bosman ducks down to avoid it.
Bosman throws a head kick but Cheba moves out of range.
Cheba looks to land a left hand but Bosman moved out of range nicely.
Cheba scores with a jab to the body.
Bosman throws a head kick that misses
and Cheba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bosman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bosman fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cheba. Bosman does a little dance to reset his feet.

Cheba rushes Bosman and presses him up against the ropes.
Cheba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cheba.
Cheba lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Cheba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanislaw Cheba showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bosman slips under a jab from Cheba.

Cheba gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Bosman breaks from the clinch.
Bosman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab from Cheba misses.

Cheba gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cheba digs a right hand into Bosman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bosman's gas tank.
Cheba lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bosman.
Cheba lands a hook that snaps the head of Bosman backwards.
Bosman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cheba.
A shot in the inside from Cheba.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cheba lands an uppercut.
Bosman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cheba avoids it.
Bosman tries to work over Cheba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bosman tries to work over Cheba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cheba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bosman tries to land knees in the clinch but Cheba avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Cheba.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cheba.
A short right from Cheba on the inside.

Bosman is rocked!
Bosman blocking some punches.
Bosman looking to slow down the pace here.

Bosman breaks the clinch.
Bosman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cheba's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bosman under the eye.
Oh Bosman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cheba connects with a looping right hand.
A head kick misses from Bosman.
Cheba lands a body shot.
Bosman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Cheba. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Bosman throws a head kick but Cheba moves out of range.
A slow jab from Cheba misses its intended target.
Bosman seems to have got his legs back now.
Cheba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bosman was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosman ducks under a wild hook from Cheba.
Bosman throws a sloppy head kick
and Cheba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cheba cracks Bosman with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Bosman is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Bosman is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Bosman could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Stanislaw Cheba!
Blokka Bosman was interviewed post fight and said 'Well, I guess it is time to get back to hunting buffalos.'.