PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Gaizka Elizondo (ranked 4447 p4p, 7518 weight class) and Yevgen Maartins (ranked 518 p4p, 657 weight class). Elizondo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Peewee Longway & Money Man - Ooowwweee. Gaizka Elizondo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Elizondo
vs
Maartins

187 cm
21
185
16 - 4 - 0

180 cm
29
192
14 - 12 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

TRAP A-LOT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gaizka Elizondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yevgen Maartins!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maartins has managed to clinch.
Maartins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Elizondo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maartins tries to throw a body punch but Elizondo avoids it by throwing Maartins back against the ropes.
Maartins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Elizondo backwards.
Maartins tries to throw a body punch but Elizondo avoids it by throwing Maartins back against the ropes.
A short right from Maartins.
Maartins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Maartins takes a shot to the head.
Elizondo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Elizondo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maartins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maartins connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Elizondo.
Elizondo managing to block the knees to the body from Maartins.
Elizondo blocks an elbow strike from Maartins.
Elizondo misses with a punch on the inside.
Elizondo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Elizondo.
A nice left hand lands by Elizondo.
Elizondo lands a hook that snaps the head of Maartins backwards.
Elizondo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
I was talking to Elizondo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Elizondo misses with a knee strike.
Maartins lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Elizondo.
Maartins missing with knees to the body.
Maartins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Elizondo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maartins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Elizondo avoiding damage as Maartins throws knees to the body.
Maartins misses with the head strike.
Maartins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Elizondo.
Elizondo lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Maartins.
Maartins misses with a punch to the body.
Maartins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Elizondo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maartins tries to throw a body punch but Elizondo avoids it by throwing Maartins back against the ropes.
Elizondo blocks a body shot from Maartins.
Elizondo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Maartins can't find room to land a body shot as Elizondo controls the action.
Maartins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Elizondo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maartins misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elizondo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Elizondo holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Elizondo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maartins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maartins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maartins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Elizondo lands an uppercut.
Elizondo managing to block the knees to the body from Maartins.
Elizondo misses with the head strike.
Maartins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Elizondo backwards.
Maartins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maartins misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Maartins fails to land.
Maartins misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maartins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Elizondo.
Maartins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Elizondo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Maartins up against the ropes.
Elizondo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yevgen Maartins will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Elizondo has Maartins up against the ropes in a clinch.
Maartins tries to work over Elizondo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Elizondo lands with a short shot to the head.
Elizondo has a couple of punches blocked by Maartins.
Still in the clinch, Elizondo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Elizondo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Maartins scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Elizondo.
Maartins misses with an elbow strike.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elizondo avoids it.
Elizondo avoiding damage as Maartins throws knees to the body.
Elizondo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Elizondo has Maartins pushed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maartins connects with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Elizondo.
Elizondo works on Maartins's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elizondo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Elizondo avoids a wild elbow strike from Maartins.
Maartins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Elizondo's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elizondo blocking some punches.
Elizondo looking to stall.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maartins tries to work over Elizondo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maartins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Elizondo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Elizondo avoiding damage as Maartins throws knees to the body.
Elizondo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Elizondo on the inside.
Elizondo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maartins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maartins pushes off an throws an elbow but Elizondo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Maartins misses with the head strike.
Maartins struggles to land a body shot inside as Elizondo controls his hands.
Elizondo managing to block the knees to the body from Maartins.
Elizondo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maartins avoiding damage as Elizondo throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Maartins fails to land.
Elizondo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Elizondo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Elizondo taking a breather.
Maartins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Elizondo's elbow.
Elizondo stalling.
A short right from Elizondo.
Maartins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Elizondo's elbow.
Maartins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Elizondo's defenses.
Maartins tries a body shot but Elizondo blocks it.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elizondo avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Maartins fails to land.
Elizondo slowing the pace effectively.
Maartins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elizondo is defending well for now.
Maartins takes a shot to the head.
Elizondo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Elizondo blocks an elbow strike from Maartins.
Elizondo swings wildly with an uppercut but Maartins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Elizondo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maartins.
Maartins lands a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Elizondo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaizka Elizondo dominated that second round.
That's time! Elizondo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Maartins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maartins moves in looking to clinch but Elizondo pushes him off.
Maartins tries to clinch up but Elizondo circles away and keeps his distance.
Elizondo throws a big counter combination but Maartins scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Maartins wants to clinch up but Elizondo keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Elizondo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maartins.
Maartins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elizondo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maartins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Elizondo.
A jab from Elizondo misses.

Maartins has managed to clinch.
Elizondo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gaizka Elizondo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Elizondo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Elizondo avoids the elbow strike from Maartins, against the ropes.
Elizondo trying to control the position but instead, Maartins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Elizondo into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elizondo trying to control the position but instead, Maartins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Elizondo into the ropes.
Elizondo throws a head punch that misses.
Elizondo pushes Maartins back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maartins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Elizondo misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Maartins.
Maartins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maartins connects with a knee to the head.
A short right from Elizondo.
Elizondo managing to block the knees to the body from Maartins.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elizondo avoids it.
Elizondo avoids a wild elbow strike from Maartins.
Maartins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Maartins.
Elizondo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Elizondo lands with a right to the head.
Maartins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Elizondo digs a right hand into Maartins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maartins's gas tank.
Maartins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot in the inside from Elizondo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Elizondo.
Elizondo prevents a body shot from Maartins.
A short right from Elizondo on the inside.
Maartins struggles to land a body shot inside as Elizondo controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Elizondo.
Elizondo scores with a shot to the side of Maartins's head.
Elizondo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maartins backwards.
Elizondo lands a nice shot to the body.
Elizondo lands with a light punch inside.
Elizondo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Elizondo lands an uppercut.
Elizondo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the head but Elizondo blocks with his arms.
Elizondo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Maartins.
A short uppercut from Elizondo.

Maartins is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maartins.
Elizondo pushes Maartins back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maartins is still on wobbly legs! Can Elizondo finish him?
Still in the clinch, Elizondo scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Elizondo.
Elizondo breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Maartins with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Maartins looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Maartins get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Gaizka Elizondo!