PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yayi Zinsou (ranked 4096 p4p, 364 weight class) and Toktogulovich Bakiyev (ranked 2336 p4p, 234 weight class). Yayi Zinsou has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Zinsou
vs
Bakiyev

199 cm
30
273 lbs
13 - 25 - 0

171 cm
43
163 lbs
33 - 40 - 1

Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 13 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yayi Zinsou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 40 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toktogulovich Bakiyev!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bakiyev misses with a body punch
and Zinsou counters with a straight right hand.
Zinsou misses with a body shot.
Bakiyev looks to throw the jab but Zinsou is out of range.
Bakiyev throws a body shot but no joy.
Bakiyev lands with a cross.

Zinsou clinches with his opponent.
Bakiyev avoids the elbow strike from Zinsou, against the ropes.

Zinsou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bakiyev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zinsou doesn't manage to clinch there - Bakiyev circles away.
Yayi Zinsou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakiyev swats away the attempt to clinch by Zinsou.
Nice defenses there by Bakiyev.
Zinsou keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bakiyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zinsou manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zinsou tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bakiyev counters with a nice uppercut.
Zinsou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bakiyev manages to avoid it.
Zinsou swings widly with a right hand
and Bakiyev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zinsou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It seemed like Bakiyev was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Zinsou throws a jab when Bakiyev was well out of range.
Zinsou lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bakiyev scores with a shot to the body.

Zinsou closes the distance and pushes Bakiyev back into the ropes.
Zinsou scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bakiyev keeps control of Zinsou as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zinsou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bakiyev.
Zinsou lands with a right to the head.

Bakiyev manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zinsou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Zinsou closes the distance and pushes Bakiyev back into the ropes.
Zinsou can't break the clinch.
Zinsou doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Zinsou's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Zinsou closes the distance and pushes Bakiyev back into the ropes.
Bakiyev prevents a body shot from Zinsou.
Zinsou stalling against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Zinsou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zinsou paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zinsou tries to clinch there but Bakiyev circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yayi Zinsou dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bakiyev misses the shot to the body.
Zinsou is looking to clinch.
Zinsou throws a shot from downtown. Bakiyev moves away and avoids it.
Bakiyev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice side step and Bakiyev releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Zinsou tries to clinch up but Bakiyev circles away and keeps his distance.
Zinsou stuns Bakiyev with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bakiyev swats away the attempt to clinch by Zinsou.
Bakiyev looks to score with a jab to the body but Zinsou is just out of range.
We've been informed that Bakiyev has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Bakiyev misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zinsou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little jabbing left from Bakiyev on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Zinsou catches Bakiyev with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Zinsou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bakiyev paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zinsou takes the fight into the clinch.
Bakiyev wants to get back to striking at distance but Zinsou won't allow it.
Zinsou is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Zinsou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zinsou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bakiyev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zinsou connects with a body shot.
Zinsou connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Bakiyev is rocked!
Yayi Zinsou is winning the standup battle so far.
Zinsou takes a swing at Bakiyev's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zinsou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zinsou tries to clinch but Bakiyev moves away
and Bakiyev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zinsou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bakiyev can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakiyev gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bakiyev is still on wobbly legs! Can Zinsou finish him?
Zinsou lands a jab to Bakiyev's midsection.
Zinsou scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bakiyev is breathing heavily.
Bakiyev walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Zinsou! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yayi Zinsou!
Yayi Zinsou spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.