PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 16155 p4p, 1909 weight class) and Yasol Kim (ranked 658 p4p, 262 weight class). Putin comes to the ring accompanied by Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Putin
vs
Kim

183 cm
43
175
34 - 37 - 1

175 cm
30
170
7 - 8 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

World class MT
Granite chin

Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 165$

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 34 - 37 - 1, fighting out of New York, Vlad Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yasol Kim!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Kim.
Kim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Putin. That did some damage!
Putin with a hook.
Kim throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've been informed that Kim 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.
Kim connects with a single shot there.
Kim swings widly with a right hand
and Putin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A nice leg kick from Kim, right into the meat of the thigh.

Putin moves into the clinch.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Putin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Putin.

It looks like Yasol Kim has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Putin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim takes a knee to the side of the body.
Putin lands a body shot.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Kim is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Putin has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
Putin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Putin swings wildly with an uppercut but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kim blocks it with crossed arms.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Kim is blocking nicely.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Putin's elbow.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Kim is blocking nicely.
Kim throws a punch but it's blocked by Putin.
Kim lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Putin.
Putin misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. Kim won't want to take too many of those.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Kim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Kim.
Kim lands with a light punch inside.
Putin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kim struggles to land a body shot inside as Putin controls his hands.
Putin takes a shot to the head.
Kim lands a nice uppercut.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice body punch from Kim.
Kim lands with a left to the head.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
A body shot lands from Kim.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Putin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kim working aggressively here.
Putin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Putin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Kim misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Kim.
Putin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kim's elbow.
Putin lands a hook that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kim.
Kim lands with a short shot to the head.
Kim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Putin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Putin misses with a punch to the body.
Putin can't find room to land a body shot as Kim controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Kim lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kim lands a left hand that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
Putin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim misses with the head strike.
Putin takes a shot to the head.
Kim scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Putin lands a nice elbow.
Kim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Putin prevents a body shot from Kim.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kim misses with a body punch.
Kim lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kim.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kim.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Kim.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vlad Putin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yasol Kim's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Putin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kim attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Putin tries to keep at a distance but Kim has taken the fight into the clinch.
Putin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Kim is blocking nicely.
Putin blocks a body shot from Kim.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Kim is blocking nicely.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Putin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.
Putin misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kim lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
Kim scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Putin swings wildly with an uppercut but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
Kim avoids the elbow strike from Putin, against the ropes.
Vlad Putin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kim lands a nice shot to the body.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Putin digs a right hand underneath Kim's ribcage. Kim let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Kim is working Putin over against the ropes.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kim blocks it with crossed arms.
Kim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim scores with a shoulder strike.
Kim scores with a nice hook to the head.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Kim blocks with his arms.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice body punch from Putin - that landed with a thud.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
Kim lands a shoulder strike.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Kim blocks with his arms.
Kim misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim pushes Putin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kim lands a nice uppercut.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Kim avoids the elbow strike from Putin, against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Putin.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kim.
Kim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kim takes a knee to the side of the body.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
A shot in the inside from Kim.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kim lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from Kim.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Putin.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Kim.
A nice left hand lands by Kim.
Nice elbow from Putin.
Putin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Kim.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Kim avoids a wild elbow strike from Putin.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kim avoids a wild elbow strike from Putin.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Kim is blocking nicely.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim prevents a body shot from Putin.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kim throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Putins head.

Putin is rocked!
Nice body punch from Kim - that landed with a thud.
Oh Putin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kim lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
Kim scores with a shoulder strike.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.
Kim creates a bit of distance and cracks Putin with a big uppercut! Putin goes down! The referee pushes Kim away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Putin make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Kim takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yasol Kim!
After winning the bout, Yasol Kim thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.