PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Colestein Veglin (ranked 2337 p4p, 24418 weight class) and Cornbread Pealike (ranked 292 p4p, 540 weight class). Cornbread Pealike acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Veglin
vs
Pealike

184 cm
28
182
7 - 5 - 0

183 cm
23
197
4 - 8 - 0

Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Colestein Veglin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cornbread Pealike!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veglin throws a hook but Pealike blocks it.
Veglin missing with a left hand there. Pealike was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pealike throws a looping overhand right but Veglin ducks down to avoid it.
Veglin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pealike was well out of range. Poor timing from Veglin.
Veglin looks to score with a jab to the body but Pealike is just out of range.
Pealike misses with a double jab.
As Pealike backs away, Veglin returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Veglin checks a low kick from Pealike.
Pealike swinging wildly here.
It looked like Veglin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veglin looks to land a right hand but Pealike moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Veglin. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Pealike misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Veglin does no damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pealike! But no joy.
Veglin blocks a jab.
Veglin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Veglin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pealike moves away.
Pealike looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Veglin gets tackled into the ropes by Pealike. Pealike maintains the clinch.
Pealike pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Veglin avoids the elbow strike from Pealike, against the ropes.
Veglin is trying to break the clinch but Pealike has him pressed against the ropes.
Pealike struggles to land a body shot inside as Veglin controls his hands.

Veglin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Veglin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Veglin.
Veglin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pealike connects with a nice looking jab.
Pealike throws a right and a left that Veglin avoids nicely.
Veglin throwing a counter right hand but Pealike manages to avoid it.
Pealike throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Veglin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veglin takes a swing at Pealike's ribcage but misses.
Pealike lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pealike throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Veglin counters with a one-two to the body.

It looks like Cornbread Pealike has been cut.
Veglin throws the left hand but Pealike avoids the punch easily.
Pealike swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pealike looks to land a right hand but Veglin moved out of range.
Veglin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pealike circles away quickly and effectively.
Pealike ducks under a wild hook from Veglin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Colestein Veglin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cornbread Pealike's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pealike moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pealike takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Veglin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Veglin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pealike counters with a straight right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Veglin. Those never looked like landing.
Pealike takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice body kick there by Pealike.
Pealike throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pealike throws out a loose jab but Veglin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veglin throws a body punch but Pealike moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pealike tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veglin was well out of range. Poor timing from Pealike.
Pealike just misses with a punch to the body.
Pealike looks to land a left hand but Veglin moved out of range nicely.
Pealike smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pealike misses with a body kick.
Pealike slips under a jab.
Pealike scores with a nice right hand.
Pealike swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Veglin avoids a kick to the body.

Pealike gets tackled into the ropes by Veglin. Veglin maintains the clinch.
Veglin wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veglin tries to break the clinch but Pealike is controlling the position.
Pealike fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pealike lands a shoulder strike.
Pealike tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Veglin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Veglin working hard to break the clinch.
Pealike has Veglin pressed against the ropes, preventing Veglin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Veglin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pealike throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pealike misses with a punch on the inside.
Veglin blocking some punches.
Veglin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Pealike breaks from the clinch.

Veglin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pealike, pushing him back against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cornbread Pealike showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cornbread Pealike's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Veglin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Veglin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Veglin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pealike swings for the body but Veglin moves out of range.
Pealike misses with an attempted mid kick.
As Pealike looks to move away, Veglin throws a big counter combo but Pealike just gets out of the way.
Pealike lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pealike takes one to the chin there.
Pealike avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veglin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pealike counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pealike ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Veglin misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pealike looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Veglin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pealike sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Veglin dodges the punch combination from Pealike.
Pealike throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pealike steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Veglin.
Pealike uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Veglin.
Pealike showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Veglin.
Pealike scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veglin misses the jab.
Veglin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pealike momentarily.
Pealike loads up on a big right hand but Veglin slips the punch.
Pealike looks to score with a jab to the body but Veglin is just out of range.
Pealike throws a sloppy head kick and Veglin moves out of range easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pealike.
Veglin throws a series of punches but Pealike avoids them all with ease.
Veglin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pealike manages to avoid it.
Veglin swings for the body but Pealike moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Colestein Veglin did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Cornbread Pealike's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Pealike missing with a left hand there. Veglin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pealike misses with a few strikes there.
A counter left hand to the body from Veglin misses its target.

Veglin instigates a clinch.
Pealike comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Veglin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Veglin throws a right and a left that Pealike avoids nicely.
Veglin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Colestein Veglin is winning the standup battle so far.
Veglin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veglin lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veglin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pealike is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Veglin throws a big counter combination but Pealike scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pealike takes a swing at Veglin's ribcage but misses.
Veglin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pealike throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Veglin looks to score with a jab to the body but Pealike is just out of range.
Pealike throws out a counter right but Veglin avoids it with no problem.
Pealike checks a leg kick.
Pealike lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pealike uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Veglin.
Crunch! Pealike slams his shin into Veglin's torso.
Veglin throws a body punch but Pealike moves out of range.
Colestein Veglin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pealike has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pealike lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Pealike.

Pealike manages to break the clinch.
Pealike misses with a lunging right hand
letting Veglin counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pealike throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pealike defending well as Veglin loads up on a big left hand.
Pealike fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Veglin manages to avoid it.
Veglin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Veglin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

And that's the end of the fight!
Colestein Veglin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Veglin 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 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 39:37
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 39:37
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 39:37

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colestein Veglin!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Colestein Veglin waved his t-shirt featuring Hawaii Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.