PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 15821 p4p, 24157 weight class) and Francisco De Brito (ranked 614 p4p, 592 weight class). Putin comes to the ring accompanied by Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Putin
vs
De Brito

183 cm
43
175
34 - 39 - 1

185 cm
20
180
2 - 5 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
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 34 - 39 - 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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Francisco De Brito!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Putin rushes De Brito and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Brito is trying to force a seperation but Putin has the dominant position.
Putin lands an elbow just above De Brito 's eye.
De Brito avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but De Brito avoids the damage to the body.
De Brito looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Putin.
Putin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Brito's efforts to push away.
De Brito tries to break the clinch but Putin is controlling the position.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Brito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Brito has had enough of the clinch but Putin keeps him there for the moment.
We've been informed that De Brito 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.
Putin lands an elbow inside that De Brito shrugs off.

It looks like Francisco De Brito has been cut.
Putin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Putin prevents De Brito from breaking the clinch.
De Brito is trying to break free.
De Brito is trying to break the clinch but Putin is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Putin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Putin keeps control of De Brito as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Putin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Putin scores with a knee to the head.
Putin landing knees to the head.
Putin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
De Brito is trying to break the clinch but Putin is controlling him.
Nice elbow from Putin.
Nice elbow from Putin.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Brito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Brito avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
De Brito is trying to break the clinch but Putin is controlling him.
De Brito managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Brito.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Brito dodges an elbow strike from Putin.
Putin lands a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Putin.
Putin lands a hook that snaps the head of De Brito backwards.
Putin lands a hook that snaps the head of De Brito backwards.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. De Brito won't want to take too many of those.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Brito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Putin.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Putin lands an elbow inside.
Putin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Putin unloads a knee to the mid-section. De Brito lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Brito managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
De Brito takes an elbow to the temple.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Putin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Francisco De Brito's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

De Brito looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Putin misses with a wild body shot.
Francisco De Brito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Brito throws a head kick that misses.

Putin rushes De Brito and presses him up against the ropes.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Putin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Brito's defenses.
Putin lands a right hand.
Putin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the fighters up against the ropes, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
Putin landing knees to the head.
Putin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Brito can do to turn this around?
Putin scores with a knee to the head.

De Brito is rocked!
A right handed body shot lands from Putin.
De Brito is still on wobbly legs! Can Putin finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Putin.
De Brito is trying to force a seperation but Putin has the dominant position.
Putin creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting De Brito off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! De Brito is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! Putin is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Vlad Putin!
A victorious Vlad Putin thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.