PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Yevgen Maartins (ranked 5222 p4p, 494 weight class) and Henry Lancaster (ranked 1681 p4p, 220 weight class). Henry Lancaster has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Yevgen Maartins's chin.

Maartins
vs
Lancaster

180 cm
24
192 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

183 cm
19
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yevgen Maartins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Henry Lancaster!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lancaster on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Maartins looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maartins will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Yevgen Maartins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maartins misses with an attempted mid kick.
It seemed like Lancaster was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Maartins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lancaster slips a straight right by Maartins.
Maartins walks into a stiff left hand from Lancaster.
Maartins swings widly with a right hand

and Lancaster counters with a beautiful hook that drops Maartins to the mat! Will Maartins be able to recover his senses? The referee starts the count at 3 having sent Lancaster to a neutral corner. 4,5,6 and Maartins is up. He looks OK to continue.

It looks like Yevgen Maartins has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Maartins closes the distance and pushes Lancaster back into the ropes.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike.
Maartins trying to land knees to the body.
Maartins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maartins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Maartins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lancaster's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Maartins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lancaster's brow.
Lancaster misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lancaster lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lancaster on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lancaster swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maartins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maartins misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maartins with a knee to the head.
Lancaster looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Maartins trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maartins.
Our sources have told us that Maartins has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Maartins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lancaster is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maartins.
Lancaster is leaning against Maartins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lancaster lands a hook that snaps the head of Maartins backwards.
Maartins landing knees to the head.
Lancaster is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Maartins is keeping busy.
Lancaster has a couple of punches blocked by Maartins.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lancaster.
Lancaster has a couple of punches blocked by Maartins.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lancaster.
Maartins blocks a body shot from Lancaster.
Lancaster lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maartins misses with a knee to the head.
Maartins looking to throw knees to the head but Lancaster is blocking nicely.
Lancaster managing to block the knees to the body from Maartins.
Lancaster wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Maartins misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maartins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lancaster in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lancaster lands a left hand.
Lancaster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lancaster working aggressively here.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lancaster avoids it.
Lancaster blocks an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Lancaster.
Lancaster avoiding damage as Maartins throws knees to the body.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the head but Lancaster blocks with his arms.
Maartins blocking some punches.
Lancaster blocks an elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Lancaster.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lancaster avoids it.
Lancaster misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maartins tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancaster avoids the damage to the body.
Maartins pushes off an throws an elbow but Lancaster leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Lancaster swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lancaster digs a right hand into Maartins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maartins's gas tank.
Maartins is breathing heavily.

Lancaster breaks the clinch.
Maartins throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maartins drops his hands momentarily and Lancaster takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lancaster connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Maartins's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Maartins - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Henry Lancaster!