PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ubaldo Cortez (ranked 5880 p4p, 15234 weight class) and Vlad Putin (ranked 547 p4p, 563 weight class). Putin has chosen Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Cortez
vs
Putin

186 cm
27
180
11 - 11 - 0

183 cm
48
175
41 - 46 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Conviction
Conquer

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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ubaldo Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 46 - 2, fighting out of New York, Vlad Putin!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Putin.
Cortez blocks a head kick by Putin.

Cortez moves into the clinch.
Cortez has a couple of punches blocked by Putin.
Cortez lands with a left to the head.
Cortez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Putin's elbow.
Cortez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Putin swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortez lands an uppercut.
Cortez is leaning against Putin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cortez.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Cortez avoids the damage to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Cortez.
Cortez blocking some punches.
Putin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Putin.
Putin avoids a wild elbow strike from Cortez.
Cortez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Putin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cortez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cortez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Cortez blocks it.
Putin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cortez lands a nice shot to the body.
Cortez is leaning against Putin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Putin looks winded!
Cortez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Cortez.
Putin working aggressively here.
Putin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cortez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Putin takes a shot to the head.

Putin is rocked!
Cortez cracks Putin with a nice body shot.
Cortez digs a right hand underneath Putin's ribcage. Putin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cortez lands a body punch.
Cortez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A short left from Cortez.
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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cortez.
Putin is still on wobbly legs! Can Cortez finish him?
Cortez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
Cortez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cortez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cortez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Putins head.
Putin swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortez scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Cortez.
Cortez lands a shoulder strike.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cortez avoids it.
Cortez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cortez lands an uppercut.
Cortez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Cortez lands a hook that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Putin fails to land.
Cortez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cortez breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Putin with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Putin looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Putin get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ubaldo Cortez!
An out of breath Ubaldo Cortez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.