PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Yevgen Maartins (ranked 23505 p4p, 23203 weight class) and Iaspero Yalixqua (ranked 721 p4p, 689 weight class). Yalixqua is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Stop This Flame. Iaspero Yalixqua has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Yevgen Maartins's chin.

Maartins
vs
Yalixqua

180 cm
32
186
19 - 20 - 0

183 cm
25
180
13 - 7 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yevgen Maartins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iaspero Yalixqua!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yalixqua lands with a shot to the body.
Maartins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Iaspero Yalixqua has been cut.
Yalixqua lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A chopping leg kick lands by Maartins.
Maartins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maartins throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yalixqua throws a body shot but no joy.
Maartins misses with a head kick.
Yalixqua ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maartins throws out a loose jab but Yalixqua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maartins comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Maartins takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
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!
Maartins walks into a jab.
Maartins throws a push kick but Yalixqua slaps the foot to one side.
A nice side step and Yalixqua releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yalixqua throws a lazy right hand but Maartins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maartins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yalixqua pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yalixqua misses with an uppercut. Maartins saw that one coming.
Yalixqua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yalixqua swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maartins connects with a jab.
Maartins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Maartins misses the target.
Maartins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yalixqua swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yalixqua on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Maartins throws a right hand that misses

and Yalixqua counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Yalixqua struggles to land a body shot inside as Maartins controls his hands.
Yalixqua softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Yalixqua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yalixqua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yalixqua.
Yalixqua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yalixqua gets through Maartins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Maartins missing with knees to the body.
Yalixqua pushes Maartins back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maartins obliges.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yalixqua avoids it.
Yalixqua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yalixqua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yalixqua lands a nice uppercut.
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!
Maartins prevents a body shot from Yalixqua.
Yalixqua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yalixqua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yalixqua lands with a light punch inside.
Yalixqua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yalixqua scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maartins swings wildly with an uppercut but Yalixqua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yalixqua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Maartins in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yalixqua lands with a right to the head.
Maartins tries to land knees in the clinch but Yalixqua avoids the damage to the body.
Yalixqua lands a nice shot to the body.
Maartins struggles to land a body shot inside as Yalixqua controls his hands.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the head but Yalixqua blocks with his arms.
Yalixqua lands an uppercut.
Maartins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yalixqua is defending well for now.
Yalixqua lands a shoulder strike.
Yalixqua throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yalixqua.
A body shot lands from Yalixqua.
Maartins is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yalixqua lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maartins backwards.
Yalixqua lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maartins backwards.
A shot in the inside from Yalixqua.

Maartins is rocked!
Yalixqua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oh Maartins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maartins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yalixqua avoids it.
Yalixqua blocks a body shot from Maartins.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Iaspero Yalixqua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iaspero Yalixqua's cut.
That's time! Maartins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Yalixqua thuds his right hand into Maartins's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yalixqua explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Maartins lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Yalixqua lands with a shot to the body.
Maartins slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Maartins seems to have got his legs back now.
Maartins tries to clinch but Yalixqua moves out of range.
Iaspero Yalixqua seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maartins misses with a kick to the body.
Yalixqua is looking to slow Maartins down with leg kicks.
Yalixqua throws a head kick that misses.
Maartins throws out a leg kick but Yalixqua moves out of range and Maartins only half commits.
Yalixqua dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maartins. That did some damage!
Maartins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yalixqua can pounce on him.
Yalixqua scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maartins misses with a straight left.
Yalixqua throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maartins swings for the body but Yalixqua moves out of range.
Yalixqua lands with an overhand left.
Yalixqua cracks Maartins with a good jab.
Maartins walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Maartins is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Iaspero Yalixqua!
A very excited looking Iaspero Yalixqua made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.