PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 15457 p4p, 21598 weight class) and Adam Larsson (ranked 599 p4p, 604 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Putin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Putin
vs
Larsson

183 cm
44
175
35 - 39 - 2

183 cm
29
186
4 - 4 - 0

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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 35 - 39 - 2, fighting out of New York, Vlad Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adam Larsson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Putin throws an overhand right that lands on Larsson's shoulder, as Larsson tries to avoid the shot.
Putin throws the left hand but Larsson avoids the punch easily.
Putin throws a series of punches but Larsson avoids them all with ease.
Putin avoids the body shot from Larsson.

Putin takes the fight into the clinch.
Larsson works on Putin's body with a couple of short punches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Putin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Larsson's brow.
Putin lands a shoulder strike.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Putin throws an elbow that misses.
Putin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Putin misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Putin.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Putin misses with a knee strike.

Larsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Putin.
Putin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Larsson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Putin closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Larsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Larsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Putin.
Larsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Putin ducks right into an uppercut from Larsson.
Larsson thumps Putin with a low kick.
Larsson defending well as Putin loads up on a big left hand.
Putin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Larsson.
Larsson misses with a body shot.
Putin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Larsson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Putin is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Putin tries to clinch
and Larsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Larsson lands a really nice looking cross but Putin seems unphased.
Putin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larsson moves away.
Putin wants to clinch up but Larsson keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Larsson throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice shot lands for Larsson.
Putin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Larsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Larsson misses.
A little feinted left hand from Putin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Putin tries to clinch but Larsson moves out of range.
Putin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Larsson.
Putin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Putin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Larsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Putin clinches.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Larsson blocks it.
Putin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Larsson avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Larsson avoids the damage to the body.
Putin is leaning against Larsson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Putin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Putin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Putin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Larsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larsson throws a counter combo.
Putin walks into a straight right hand from Larsson.
Putin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Putin tries to clinch up.
Larsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Putin darts in and clinches Larsson up against the ropes.
Putin lands a knee to the head.
Putin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Larsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Putin throws an elbow that misses.
Putin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Putin swings wildly with an uppercut but Larsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Putin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Larsson's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larsson.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Putin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Putin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Larsson's brow.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Larsson is defending well for now.
Vlad Putin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Larsson avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Putin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Larsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Larsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
A head punch on the inside from Putin fails to land.
Putin swings wildly with an uppercut but Larsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Larsson is defending well for now.
Putin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Putin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Putin misses with a punch on the inside.
Putin tries a body shot but Larsson blocks it.
Putin misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Putin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Larsson's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larsson.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Putin working aggressively here.
Putin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Putin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larsson avoids the elbow strike from Putin, against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Putin dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Larsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adam Larsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Larsson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Putin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Putin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Putin misses with a low kick.
Putin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Larsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Larsson lands the left hand.
Putin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Vlad Putin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Putin tries to clinch up.
Putin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Larsson throws a hook but Putin blocks it.
Putin misses with a hook to the body
and Larsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Putin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Putin doesn't manage to clinch there - Larsson circles away.
Larsson misses with a hook. Putin ducked under it nicely.

Putin clinches up against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Larsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Putin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Larsson lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Putin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Larsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Putin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Larsson blocks with his arms.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Larsson on the inside.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Larsson is defending well for now.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Putin pushes off an throws an elbow but Larsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Putin struggles to land a body shot inside as Larsson controls his hands.
Larsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Putin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larsson misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Larsson is blocking nicely.
Larsson tries a body shot but Putin blocks it.
Larsson prevents a body shot from Putin.
Larsson managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Larsson blocks an uppercut.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Larsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Larsson blocking some punches.
Putin lands a nice elbow.
Vlad Putin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Larsson.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Larsson avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Larsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Putin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Vlad Putin!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Vlad Putin!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Vlad Putin!

Vlad Putin wins by unanimous decision!
Vlad Putin thanked the fans post fight for their support.