PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Shiny Aoki (ranked 1061 p4p, 142 weight class) and Kazimir Yakov (ranked 22338 p4p, 544 weight class). Aoki kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Big Scoob - Bitch Please Ft B - Legit , E- 40. Shiny Aoki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kazimir Yakov's chin.

Aoki
vs
Yakov

176 cm
35
183 lbs
26 - 7 - 1

189 cm
23
190 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shiny Aoki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kazimir Yakov!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Aoki needs to keep his hands up - Yakov had a free shot at his head there.
An inside leg kick from Aoki misses.
Aoki scoring well with a low kick there.
Aoki thumps Yakov with a low kick.
Yakov jabs Aoki right on the nose. Aoki blinks but takes it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aoki.
Aoki fakes the leg kick and cracks Yakov in the body.
Donk. Yakov catches Aoki right on the button with a cross.
Yakov throws a lazy head kick
and Aoki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aoki 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.

Aoki darts in and clinches Yakov up against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yakov.
Yakov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Aoki as Yakov tries to tie him up.
Aoki struggles to land a body shot inside as Yakov controls his hands.
Yakov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Yakov fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yakov.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Kazimir Yakov has been cut.
Aoki scores with a punch to the head.

Yakov is rocked!
Yakov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aoki.
Yakov is still on wobbly legs! Can Aoki finish him?
Yakov cracks the inside of Aoki's front leg.
Yakov seems to have recovered his senses.
Aoki scores with a nice right hand.
Yakov misses with a body kick.
Yakov throws a sloppy head kick and Aoki moves out of range easily.

Aoki darts in and clinches Yakov up against the ropes.
Yakov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Aoki is keeping busy.
Yakov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yakov misses with a punch on the inside.
Yakov swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yakov throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Nice body punch from Aoki.
Yakov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yakov misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yakov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yakov tries a body shot but Aoki blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yakov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aoki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yakov backwards.
Yakov avoiding damage as Aoki throws knees to the body.
Aoki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yakov.
Aoki looking to slow down the pace here.
Aoki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
I was talking to Aoki's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Yakov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aoki throws a leg kick which misses Yakov's front leg but catches the back leg as Yakov tries to avoid it.
Yakov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Aoki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yakov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aoki throws out the jab.

Aoki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aoki.
Aoki landing knees to the head.
Yakov managing to block the knees to the body from Aoki.
Yakov working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shiny Aoki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kazimir Yakov's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Aoki ducks under a wild hook from Yakov.
Aoki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yakov can do to turn this around?
Aoki ducks under a wild hook from Yakov.
Shiny Aoki is winning the standup battle so far.
Aoki throws a lazy body kick
and Yakov counters with a solid body kick.
Yakov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aoki.
Aoki connects with an inside leg kick.
Yakov has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Aoki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aoki misses with a hook.
Yakov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yakov throws a head kick but Aoki moves out of range.
Aoki throws a good cross that connects.
Yakov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aoki lands a jab to Yakov's midsection.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Aoki crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yakov - the referee stops the clock and Aoki gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yakov. Aoki manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yakov lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Aoki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Aoki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Aoki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yakov manages to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yakov throws a sloppy head kick and Aoki moves out of range easily.
Aoki misses with an uppercut. Yakov saw that one coming.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yakov misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakov moves away from the strike by Aoki.

Aoki has closed the distance and engaged Yakov in a clinch.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Yakov avoids the damage to the body.
Aoki lands a right hand.
Aoki pushes Yakov back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Aoki.
Aoki lands with a left to the head.
Shiny Aoki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yakov working aggressively here.
Yakov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Yakov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki pushes Yakov back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Yakov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Yakov is blocking nicely.
Aoki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Yakov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Aoki finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
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!
Yakov throws a low kick but Aoki avoids it.
Aoki cracks Yakov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yakov misses with a hook.
Yakov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aoki's calf.
Yakov scores with a leg kick.
Aoki works the jab nicely.
Aoki is looking to slow Yakov down with leg kicks.
Aoki lands a really nice looking cross but Yakov seems unphased.

Aoki drives through and clinches with Yakov against the ropes.
Aoki lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yakov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yakov working aggressively here.
Yakov is working Aoki over against the ropes.
Yakov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Aoki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aoki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shiny Aoki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kazimir Yakov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Aoki throws a leg kick which misses Yakov's front leg but catches the back leg as Yakov tries to avoid it.
Aoki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aoki misses with a body shot
and Yakov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Aoki closes the distance and catches Yakov with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Yakov is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Yakov is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Yakov is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Aoki takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Shiny Aoki!
Shiny Aoki retains his middleweight title!
As Shiny Aoki got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I want yakov!! or Mike scott bitch ass'.