PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 16070 p4p, 24377 weight class) and Alexander Lincoln (ranked 657 p4p, 704 weight class). Putin comes to the ring accompanied by Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Putin
vs
Lincoln

183 cm
45
175
37 - 42 - 2

180 cm
22
160
1 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

World class 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 37 - 42 - 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexander Lincoln !
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Putin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lincoln backs up against the ropes.

It looks like Alexander Lincoln has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Putin misses the target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Putin.

Putin gets a clinch.
Putin lands with a left to the head.
Lincoln takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lincoln lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Putin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lincoln on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Putin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lincoln 's elbow.
Putin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lincoln 's elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lincoln is working Putin over against the ropes.
Lincoln has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Putin scores a nice knee to the body.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Putin misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Lincoln breaks from the clinch.
Putin misses with a left hand
and Lincoln counters with a nice uppercut.
Lincoln scores with a crisp jab that stopped Putin in his tracks.
Jab from Lincoln .

That's one minute gone in the round.

Putin moves into the clinch successfully.
Putin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lincoln wants to get back to striking at distance but Putin won't allow it.
Putin misses with the head strike.
Putin has a couple of punches blocked by Lincoln .
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Putin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lincoln 's elbow.
Lincoln misses with a hook from the clinch.
Putin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Putin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Putin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Putin working Lincoln over with knees to the body.
Putin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Putin misses with the head strike.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lincoln is defending well for now.
Lincoln is trying to break free.
Lincoln tries to circle away but Putin has him pinned against the ropes.

Lincoln breaks from the clinch.

Putin moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Putin.
Putin throws a punch but it's blocked by Lincoln .
Lincoln throws a punch but it's blocked by Putin.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Putin.
Putin has Lincoln pressed against the ropes, preventing Lincoln from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lincoln pushes Putin back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lincoln managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Lincoln blocks it.
Putin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lincoln 's face.
Putin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lincoln 's elbow.
Putin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lincoln is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Lincoln breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circle momentarily. Putin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lincoln scores with a punch to the head.
Putin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Putin fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putin scores with a sloppy right hand. Lincoln should have avoided that one.
Putin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lincoln counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lincoln lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Putin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lincoln in his tracks.
A combination from Putin does no damage.
Lincoln avoids the body shot from Putin.
A little jabbing left from Lincoln on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Putin walks into a jab.
Putin takes a jab right on the kisser.

Putin is rocked!

Putin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oh Putin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lincoln softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lincoln blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lincoln tries a body shot but Putin blocks it.

Lincoln breaks the clinch.
Putin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Putin seems to have got his legs back now.
Vlad Putin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lincoln with a hook.
Lincoln ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lincoln avoids the body shot from Putin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln cracks Putin with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Putin is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Putin is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Putin could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Alexander Lincoln !