PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Tom Louis (ranked 23236 p4p, 15778 weight class) and Vlad Putin (ranked 613 p4p, 663 weight class). Putin has chosen Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Louis
vs
Putin

186 cm
24
185
11 - 8 - 0

183 cm
44
175
35 - 39 - 1

Lethal high kicks
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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 39 - 1, fighting out of New York, Vlad Putin!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Putin tries to clinch but Louis is having none of it.
Louis scores with a push kick.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Louis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Louis throws a looping overhand right but Putin ducks down to avoid it.
Putin tries to bum rush Louis with a series of wild strikes but Louis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Putin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Putin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Putin misses with a right hand
and Louis counters with a stiff right hand.
Louis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Putin feints a counter leg kick.

Putin closes the distance and clinches.
Louis is trying to break the clinch but Putin has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis dodges an elbow strike from Putin.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Putin.
Louis tries to throw a body punch but Putin avoids it by throwing Louis back against the cage.
Louis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin tries to throw a body punch but Louis avoids it by throwing Putin back against the cage.
Putin blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Louis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Louis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Louis blocks with his arms.
Louis trying to land knees to the body.
Putin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Louis backwards.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Louis avoids the damage to the body.
Louis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Louis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.

Louis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Louis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Putin's sensitive parts.
Putin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A clash of legs there as Putin blocks the low kick.
Louis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Putin doesn't seem bothered though.
Putin wants to clinch
and Louis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Putin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Louis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Putin moves out of range of the strikes.
Louis misses with an attempted mid kick.
Louis swats away the attempt to clinch by Putin.
Putin blocks the body kick.
Louis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Desert Fitness & Training (14 Elite Coaches) in the buildup to the fight.

Putin rushes Louis and presses him up against the cage.
Putin throws an elbow that misses.
Louis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Putin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Putin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Louis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Louis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Putin is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Putin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Louis's brow.
Louis avoids the elbow strike from Putin, against the cage.
Putin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Louis.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Louis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Putin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Louis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Putin looks to move away, Louis throws a big counter combo but Putin just gets out of the way.

Putin rushes Louis and presses him up against the cage.
Putin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Louis prevents a body shot from Putin.
Louis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Louis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Putin blocks an elbow strike.
Putin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Putin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Putin.
Louis pushes Putin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Louis takes an elbow to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Louis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Louis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Putin is defending well for now.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Louis is defending well for now.
Putin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Putin blocks a body shot from Louis.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Louis blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Louis blocks it.
Putin misses with the head strike.
Putin tries a body shot but Louis blocks it.
Louis blocks an elbow strike from Putin.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Putin.
A shot in the inside from Putin.
Louis can't break the clinch.
Putin misses with the head strike.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Louis is trying to stall.
Putin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Putin scores a nice knee to the body.
Putin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Putin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Louis blocks it.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Putin misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis blocking some punches.
Louis works on Putin's body with a couple of short punches.
Louis tries to throw a body punch but Putin avoids it by throwing Louis back against the cage.

Louis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Louis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Putin momentarily.
Louis throws a body shot but no joy.

Putin rushes Louis and presses him up against the cage.
Louis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Putin's elbow.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Louis blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Louis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Louis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Louis misses with a punch on the inside.
Louis lands a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Putin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Putin moves to clinch but Louis breaks away
and Louis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Putin is looking to clinch.

Putin moves into the clinch.
Putin connects with a knee to the head.
Louis looking to slow down the pace here.
Louis avoids the elbow strike from Putin, against the cage.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Louis avoids it.
Putin keeps control of Louis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Louis working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Putin's elbow.

Louis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Louis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Louis throws a body shot but no joy.
Louis fails to land with a series of punches.

Putin moves into range and clinches up with Louis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Putin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Louis's brow.
Louis misses with a body punch.
Putin misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Putin fails to land.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Louis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Louis is leaning against Putin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Putin misses with a body punch.
Louis tries to throw a body punch but Putin avoids it by throwing Louis back against the cage.
Putin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Putin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Louis blocks with his arms.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Louis blocks it with crossed arms.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Louis is defending well for now.
Louis avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Louis lands a right hand.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Putin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Putin blocks an uppercut.

Louis manages to break the clinch.
Putin tries to clinch but Louis moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin moves out of range of the body kick from Louis.
Putin tries to clinch up.

Putin clinches up against the cage.
Putin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Louis landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Louis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Louis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Putin lands an elbow inside that Louis shrugs off.

Louis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Louis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vlad Putin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Louis lands with a kick to the temple. Putin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Louis cracks Putin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Putin is rocked!
Louis slips a straight right by Putin.
Putin is still on wobbly legs! Can Louis finish him?
Putin wants to clinch up but Louis keeps it at a distance.
Putin seems to have recovered his senses.

Putin takes the fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tom Louis.
I think Louis 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!