PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Darren Tellkins (ranked 1666 p4p, 29 weight class) and Zabit Samedov (ranked 2015 p4p, 32 weight class). Tellkins comes to the ring accompanied by Stunna 4 Vegas - Punch me in Pt 4. Samedov has chosen STVORE - Sgori as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Tellkins
vs
Samedov

178 cm
24
174 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

182 cm
31
209 lbs
10 - 9 - 1

Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren Tellkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Zabit Samedov!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samedov tries to clinch but Tellkins moves out of range.
Samedov has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Tellkins is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Samedov on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Tellkins instigates a clinch.
Tellkins blocks an elbow strike from Samedov.
Tellkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Samedov backwards.
Tellkins manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Samedov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tellkins scores with a shot to the side of Samedov's head.
Samedov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Tellkins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Samedov throws a punch but it's blocked by Tellkins.
Samedov has a couple of punches blocked by Tellkins.
Tellkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tellkins blocks the elbow strike.
Tellkins blocks an elbow strike from Samedov.
Tellkins lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right from Samedov on the inside.

Tellkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Samedov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Samedov closes the distance but Tellkins moves to the side
and Tellkins counters with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samedov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tellkins has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Marijuana Gardens in the buildup to the fight.
Samedov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Samedov tries to clinch up.
Tellkins throws a shot from downtown. Samedov moves away and avoids it.
Tellkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
A swing and a miss from Tellkins.
Samedov tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Tellkins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tellkins bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Samedov's head.
Samedov throws a head kick but Tellkins moves out of range.
Tellkins misses with a looping left.
Samedov throws a fast counter high kick but Tellkins manages to duck under it in time.
Tellkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Samedov.
Tellkins jabs at Samedov's body.
Samedov tries to clinch but Tellkins is having none of it.
Tellkins keeps the fight on the outside.

Tellkins gets tackled into the ropes by Samedov. Samedov maintains the clinch.
Tellkins lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Tellkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tellkins scores with a shot to the side of Samedov's head.
Samedov misses with a punch on the inside.
Samedov misses with some punches.
Samedov misses with an elbow over the top.
Samedov tries to throw a body punch but Tellkins avoids it by throwing Samedov back against the ropes.
Samedov misses with some punches.
Tellkins lands a right hand.
Samedov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tellkins is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tellkins.
Samedov throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Samedov as Tellkins tries to tie him up.
Tellkins tries to throw a body punch but Samedov avoids it by throwing Tellkins back against the ropes.
Samedov pushes off an throws an elbow but Tellkins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Tellkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Samedov tries to keep at a distance but Tellkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Samedov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tellkins backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tellkins takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Darren Tellkins has been cut.
Tellkins trying to control the position but instead, Samedov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tellkins into the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Samedov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Tellkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darren Tellkins's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Samedov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tellkins keeps the fight on the outside.
Samedov is looking to clinch but Tellkins is avoiding it.
Tellkins fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Samedov.
Samedov tries to clinch up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tellkins, right into the meat.
Samedov blocks a jab.
Tellkins throws a leg kick which misses Samedov's front leg but catches the back leg as Samedov tries to avoid it.
Tellkins scores with a decent looking hook.
Samedov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tellkins swings for the body but Samedov moves out of range.
Samedov tries to clinch up.
Samedov looks to clinch
and Tellkins counters with a thumping low kick.
Tellkins bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Samedov's head backwards.
Tellkins throws a body shot but no joy.
Samedov tries to clinch but Tellkins moves out of range.
Samedov misses with a double jab
and Tellkins counters with an outside leg kick.
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!
Tellkins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Samedov doesn't manage to clinch there - Tellkins circles away.
Samedov misses with a hook.
Zabit Samedov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Samedov slips under a jab from Tellkins.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Tellkins gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tellkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Samedov can do to turn this around?
Samedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Tellkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tellkins lands with a left to the head.
Samedov tries to land knees in the clinch but Tellkins avoids the damage to the body.
Samedov misses with a punch to the body.
Tellkins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tellkins trying to control the position but instead, Samedov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tellkins into the ropes.
Tellkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Samedov backwards.
Tellkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Samedov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tellkins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Samedov lands a good knee to the midsection. Tellkins won't want to take too many of those.
Samedov can't find room to land a body shot as Tellkins controls the action.
Samedov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tellkins.
Tellkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Samedov gets an underhook and turns Tellkins into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samedov is leaning against Tellkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tellkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Samedov scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Samedov trying to land knees to the body.
Tellkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Samedov backwards.
Samedov takes a shot to the head.
Tellkins lands a left hand.
Tellkins presses Samedov against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Samedov working aggressively here.

Tellkins manages to break the clinch.

Samedov drives through and clinches with Tellkins against the ropes.
Tellkins leaning against his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Samedov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tellkins's brow.
Samedov misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Tellkins.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tellkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Tellkins prevents a body shot from Samedov.
Tellkins lands with a short shot to the head.

Tellkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Samedov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Tellkins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Darren Tellkins's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A combination from Samedov does no damage.
Zabit Samedov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tellkins chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samedov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Samedov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tellkins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Samedov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Zabit Samedov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Samedov doesn't manage to clinch there - Tellkins circles away.
Samedov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Samedov blocks a low kick nicely.
It seemed like Samedov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tellkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Samedov moves away.
Tellkins slips a straight right by Samedov.
Darren Tellkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Samedov fails in his attempt to clinch.
As Samedov looks to move away, Tellkins throws a big counter combo but Samedov just gets out of the way.
Samedov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Samedov tries to clinch there but Tellkins circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samedov tries to clinch there but Tellkins circles away.
Tellkins throws a nice outside leg kick.
Samedov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tellkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Samedov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Samedov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Samedov 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samedov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tellkins in his tracks.
Samedov misses with a double jab
and Tellkins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Samedov throws a hook to the side of Tellkins's head but Tellkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Samedov scores with a nice strike.

Samedov gets tackled into the ropes by Tellkins. Tellkins maintains the clinch.

Tellkins breaks the clinch.
Samedov wants to clinch up but Tellkins keeps it at a distance.

Samedov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Darren Tellkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tellkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tellkins gets through Samedov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Samedov missing with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Tellkins.
Samedov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Samedov throws a head punch that misses.
Tellkins pushes Samedov back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Tellkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Samedov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tellkins appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

Tellkins pushes Samedov up against the ropes in a clinch.
Darren Tellkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Samedov misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samedov misses with a body punch.
Tellkins avoids the elbow strike from Samedov, against the ropes.
Samedov tries to throw a body punch but Tellkins avoids it by throwing Samedov back against the ropes.
Samedov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Samedov fails to land.
Tellkins slows down the pace here.
Tellkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Samedov tries a body shot but Tellkins blocks it.

Tellkins breaks the clinch.
Samedov wants to clinch
and Tellkins counters with a series of strikes. Samedov will be more careful next time no doubt.

Tellkins moves into range and clinches up with Samedov.
Samedov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Samedov missing with knees to the body.
Tellkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darren Tellkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tellkins has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darren Tellkins!
Darren Tellkins very nearly forgot to thank Trap-Alot-Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.