PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Mateusz Biernat (ranked 3133 p4p, 15981 weight class) and Vlad Putin (ranked 414 p4p, 694 weight class). Biernat's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ballroom Blitz. Putin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Biernat
vs
Putin

178 cm
32
171
19 - 24 - 1

183 cm
43
175
34 - 38 - 1

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 - 24 - 1, fighting out of London, Mateusz Biernat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 38 - 1, fighting out of New York, Vlad Putin!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Putin closes the distance and clinches.

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

It looks like Mateusz Biernat has been cut.
Biernat circles away from the clinch attempt.
Putin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Biernat gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Putin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Putin landing knees to the head.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Biernat is blocking nicely.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Putin lands with a right to the head.

Biernat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Putin tries to clinch there but Biernat circles away.
Mateusz Biernat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Putin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Biernat manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A punch combination from Putin misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Biernat clinches with his opponent.
I was talking to Biernat's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Putin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Putin tries a knee to the head but Biernat blocks it.
Putin tries a body shot but Biernat blocks it.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.

Biernat manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Biernat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Biernat manages to break the clinch.

Biernat has managed to clinch.

Biernat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Putin looks to score with a jab to the body but Biernat is just out of range.
Biernat throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Putin instigates a clinch.

Biernat breaks the clinch.
Biernat tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Putin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Biernat closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Putin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Putin fails to land.
Biernat misses with a hook to the ribs.
Biernat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Biernat managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Biernat lands a damaging elbow.
Putin blocks an elbow strike.

Biernat breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Biernat has taken the fight to the clinch.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Biernat blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Biernat managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin lands a knee to the head.
Putin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Biernat's face.
Putin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Putin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biernat.
Good body shot from Putin.
Biernat lands a damaging elbow.
Biernat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Biernat is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Putin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Putin takes a shot to the head.
Biernat lands an elbow inside that Putin shrugs off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Biernat blocks with his arms.
Putin struggles to land a body shot inside as Biernat controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Biernat.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Putin tries to work over Biernat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Biernat manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vlad Putin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mateusz Biernat's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Biernat looks to land a combination but Putin avoids it well.
Biernat comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Biernat clinches up with Putin and pushes him back against the ropes.
Biernat is leaning against Putin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Biernat wants to break free but Putin has control.
Biernat lands with a light punch inside.
Biernat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Putin.
Biernat working hard to break the clinch.
Biernat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Biernat breaks from the clinch.
Biernat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Biernat tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but Biernat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Biernat takes the fight into the clinch.
Biernat lands an elbow just above Putin 's eye.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vlad Putin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Biernat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Putin forces Biernat back against the ropes and clinches.
Biernat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Biernat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Biernat tries to close the distance and clinch but Putin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Biernat backs off Putin throws a huge counter combo but Biernat manages to avoid it all.

Putin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Biernat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Biernat blocks it with crossed arms.
Putin pushes Biernat back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Biernat blocks with his arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Putin.
Biernat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Putin lands a nice elbow.
Biernat managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Biernat lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Putin.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Biernat blocks it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
Putin lands on the inside with an uppercut.

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

Biernat drives through and clinches with Putin against the ropes.
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!
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Biernat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Biernat breaks the clinch.
Vlad Putin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Putin doesn't manage to clinch there - Biernat circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Biernat gets tackled into the ropes by Putin. Putin maintains the clinch.
Biernat lands an elbow that stopped Putin in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Vlad Putin has been cut.
Biernat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

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

Biernat clinches up against the ropes.

Biernat breaks the clinch.

Biernat lands a head kick that bluckles Putin and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Biernat no doubt looking to push for a finish!

Putin is rocked!
The fight stays on the outside here - Biernat looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Putin is still on wobbly legs! Can Biernat finish him?
Biernat lands a nice shot to the body.

Biernat closes the distance and clinches.
Biernat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Putin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Putin seems to have recovered his senses.
Biernat wants to break free but Putin has control.
Biernat works on Putin's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Putin.
Biernat managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Biernat lands a nice elbow.
Biernat working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Biernat.
Putin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mateusz Biernat dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Putin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and as Putin looks to reset his feet, Biernat counters with a string of precision punches, right on the button, sending Putin crashing to the canvas! Putin is in big trouble here! The referee has started the count but Putin is so wobbly that the ref has given up the count at 6 - he's called the bout off! Biernat is your winner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mateusz Biernat!
An out of breath Mateusz Biernat thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.