PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Judah Benjamin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitali Zaitsef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benjamin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, lions sleeps tonight. Zaitsef has chosen Mother Puncher - Mastodon as his entrance music. Judah Benjamin is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Benjamin
vs
Zaitsef

189 cm
37
276 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

194 cm
26
275 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Judah Benjamin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vitali Zaitsef!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benjamin tries to clinch there but Zaitsef circles away.

Benjamin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Benjamin throws an elbow that misses.
Benjamin pushes Zaitsef back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaitsef is trying to maintain a safe position but Benjamin gets an underhook and turns Zaitsef into the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benjamin as Zaitsef tries to tie him up.
Benjamin trying to land knees to the body.
Benjamin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Zaitsef.
Benjamin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Benjamin prevents a body shot from Zaitsef.
Zaitsef's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zaitsef throws an elbow but it misses.
Zaitsef lands a hook that snaps the head of Benjamin backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benjamin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Benjamin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zaitsef's defenses.

It looks like Vitali Zaitsef has been cut.
Benjamin tries to land a knee to the head but Zaitsef blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Benjamin throws an elbow but misses.
Zaitsef misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zaitsef misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Zaitsef.
Zaitsef tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benjamin prevents a body shot from Zaitsef.
Zaitsef misses with a body punch.
A short right from Benjamin on the inside.
Benjamin tries to stall but Zaitsef uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zaitsef misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zaitsef as Benjamin tries to tie him up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benjamin.
Zaitsef lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Benjamin.
Zaitsef looks winded!
Benjamin lands a nice elbow.
Benjamin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benjamin connects with a knee to the head.

Zaitsef is rocked!
Benjamin stalling the fight.
Zaitsef fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benjamin misses with an elbow strike.
Zaitsef goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benjamin blocks a body shot from Zaitsef.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaitsef doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zaitsef misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benjamin lands an elbow that stopped Zaitsef in his tracks for a moment.

Benjamin creates a bit of space and cracks Zaitsef with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Zaitsef is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!
Zaitsef is still on wobbly legs! Can Benjamin finish him?
Benjamin tries to clinch there but Zaitsef circles away.
Zaitsef seems to have recovered his senses.
Vitali Zaitsef is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zaitsef avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benjamin looks to land a combination but Zaitsef avoids it well.
Benjamin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benjamin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benjamin tries to clinch but Zaitsef moves out of range.
Benjamin tries to clinch but Zaitsef is having none of it.
Benjamin closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Zaitsef counter with a right hand.
Zaitsef misses with a wild body shot.
Benjamin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zaitsef lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Zaitsef waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benjamin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zaitsef misses with a wild body shot.

Benjamin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zaitsef, pushing him back against the ropes.
Zaitsef misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Benjamin.
Zaitsef working aggressively here.
Benjamin lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Benjamin.
Benjamin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benjamin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Zaitsef wants to break free but Benjamin has control.
Benjamin scores with a shot to the side of Zaitsef's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Zaitsef breaks from the clinch.
Benjamin staying out of range there.
Benjamin moves in looking to clinch but Zaitsef pushes him off.
Good work by Zaitsef as he checks the leg kick.
Zaitsef avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zaitsef looks to throw the jab but Benjamin is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benjamin moves in looking to clinch but Zaitsef pushes him off.
Benjamin tries to clinch up.
Zaitsef scores with a jab to the body.
Judah Benjamin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Benjamin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zaitsef, pushing him back against the ropes.
A right hand to the body from Benjamin.
Benjamin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zaitsef.
Zaitsef misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zaitsef takes a shot to the head.
Benjamin lands a nice uppercut.
Zaitsef is looking to control Benjamin's arms but Benjamin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zaitsef has his back to the ropes.
Benjamin blocking some punches.
Zaitsef misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benjamin lands with a short shot to the head.
Benjamin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benjamin just leaning against Zaitsef, taking a breather.
Benjamin trying to control the position but instead, Zaitsef has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benjamin into the ropes.
Zaitsef can't find room to land a body shot as Benjamin controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Judah Benjamin should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Vitali Zaitsef's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Benjamin lands a nice uppercut.
Benjamin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Benjamin breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Zaitsef with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Zaitsef looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Zaitsef 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 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Judah Benjamin!
After winning the bout, Judah Benjamin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.