PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Antero Vuori (ranked 1973 p4p, 246 weight class) and Berto Kin (ranked 20483 p4p, 535 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Vuori
vs
Kin

201 cm
24
200 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

186 cm
29
200 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antero Vuori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Berto Kin!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Vuori.
Vuori punishes Kin's body with a nice straight punch.

Vuori closes the distance and pushes Kin back into the ropes.
Vuori misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Vuori.
Kin blocks an uppercut.
Vuori misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Vuori creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vuori lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kin backwards.
Kin prevents a body shot from Vuori.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kin prevents a body shot from Vuori.
Vuori controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuori swings wildly with an uppercut but Kin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vuori stalling in the clinch.
Vuori misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Vuori swings wildly with an uppercut but Kin uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been informed that Kin has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Come on Vuori - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Vuori is pushing Kin up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Antero Vuori.

Vuori clinches up with Kin and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vuori is working Kin over against the ropes.
Vuori has Kin pressed against the ropes.
Vuori is working Kin over against the ropes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vuori lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Vuori.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antero Vuori dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vuori misses with a punch on the inside.
Vuori really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vuori.
Our sources have told us that Vuori has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Kin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vuori stalling.
Vuori lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kin lands a nice uppercut.
Kin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vuori will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kin up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vuori.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vuori.
Kin lands a shoulder strike.
Antero Vuori has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vuori throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vuori tries a body shot but Kin blocks it.
Vuori landing knees to the head.
Vuori struggles to land a body shot inside as Kin controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kin.
A head punch on the inside from Vuori fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Vuori creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vuori lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kin backwards.
Vuori holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Vuori lands a shoulder strike.
Vuori lands a hook that snaps the head of Kin backwards.
Vuori softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vuori pushes Kin back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Vuori lands with a light punch inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antero Vuori dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Vuori is looking to land body kicks.
Vuori throws a hook to the side of Kin's head but Kin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Vuori drives through and clinches with Kin against the ropes.
Vuori lands with a light punch inside.
Vuori working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vuori.
Vuori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Vuori lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuori misses with a punch on the inside.
Vuori manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee calls for Vuori to work.
Kin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vuori backwards.
Berto Kin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vuori has Kin pushed against the ropes.
Vuori is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kin can do to turn this around?
A bit of stalling here from Vuori.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vuori dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Antero Vuori.
Vuori throws a body punch but Kin moves out of range.

Kin gets tackled into the ropes by Vuori. Vuori maintains the clinch.
Nice body punch from Vuori.
Vuori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Antero Vuori is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vuori tries to work over Kin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kin misses with a punch on the inside.
Vuori lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vuori can't find room to land a body shot as Kin controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antero Vuori showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vuori 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antero Vuori!
Our winner, Antero Vuori, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.