PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Zacharias Kassicus (ranked 23219 p4p, 1544 weight class) and Valentin Saric (ranked 569 p4p, 179 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Kassicus
vs
Saric

190 cm
24
240
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
26
195
8 - 5 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent boxing
Granite chin

Conviction
Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zacharias Kassicus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valentin Saric!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kassicus scores with a jab.
Saric is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Saric looks to score with a jab to the body but Kassicus is just out of range.
Kassicus looks to land a left hand but Saric moved out of range nicely.
Saric fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Saric connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Saric dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Saric cracks Kassicus with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Valentin Saric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kassicus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Saric throws a shot from downtown. Kassicus moves away and avoids it.
Saric uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kassicus.
Saric steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kassicus.
Saric looks to throw the jab but Kassicus is out of range.
Kassicus throws a big counter combination but Saric scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Good standup being displayed there by Kassicus as he connects with a hook.
Kassicus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saric manages to avoid it.
Saric looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kassicus misses with a looping right.
Saric cracks Kassicus with a right hand to the side of the head.
Saric throws a hook to the side of Kassicus's head but Kassicus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kassicus looks to score with a jab to the body but Saric is just out of range.
Saric throws a good cross that connects.
Saric lands a nice looking body shot.
Saric misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saric fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kassicus manages to avoid it.
Saric lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Saric misses with a right hand
enabling Kassicus to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Valentin Saric has been cut.
Saric shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Saric has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kassicus throws a lazy uppercut
and Saric counters with a straight right hand.
Saric looks to score with a jab to the body but Kassicus is just out of range.
Kassicus ducks under a wild hook from Saric.
Saric throws a hook but Kassicus blocks it.
Saric waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kassicus.
A little feinted left hand from Kassicus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kassicus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kassicus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saric.
Saric misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Saric misses the target.
Kassicus misses with a series of wild punches.
Saric slips under a jab from Kassicus.
Kassicus misses with a body punch
and Saric counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Kassicus.
Saric pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kassicus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Saric gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Saric connects with a crisp jab.
Saric lands with a right hand.
Kassicus ducks under a wild hook from Saric.
Kassicus misses the body punch
enabling Saric to counter with a crisp jab.
Saric misses with a hook.
Saric takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Saric throws an overhand right that lands on Kassicus's shoulder, as Kassicus tries to avoid the shot.
Kassicus lands with an overhand left.
Saric loads up on a big right hand but Kassicus slips the punch.
Saric has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Saric there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kassicus throws a jab but it's blocked by Saric.
Saric misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kassicus.
Saric throws out a loose jab but Kassicus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kassicus throws a jab but it's blocked by Saric.
Saric swings for the body but Kassicus moves out of range.
Kassicus lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kassicus is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saric.
Saric lunges at Kassicus with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kassicus's hand.
Saric throws a right hand that misses
and Kassicus counters with a three punch combo that has Saric backing up. Saric nods at Kassicus to acknowledge the strikes.
Kassicus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saric throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kassicus is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Saric misses with an uppercut.
Saric cracks Kassicus with a right hand to the side of the head.
Saric misses with the combination.
Kassicus throwing a counter right hand but Saric manages to avoid it.
Saric takes one to the chin there.
Saric takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Saric ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Kassicus.
Saric throws the left hand but Kassicus avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kassicus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saric moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Saric comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kassicus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saric.
Saric misses with a looping left.
Kassicus was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saric throws a hook to the side of Kassicus's head but Kassicus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saric is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kassicus.
Zacharias Kassicus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kassicus avoids the body shot from Saric.
Saric connects with the punch.
Saric looks to throw the jab but Kassicus is out of range.
Kassicus throwing a counter right hand but Saric manages to avoid it.
Kassicus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saric.
Saric ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kassicus needs to keep his hands up - Saric had a free shot at his head there.
Saric swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kassicus is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kassicus jabs at Saric's body.
Saric on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Saric throws a big shot that misses.
Kassicus appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kassicus throws an overhand right that lands on Saric's shoulder, as Saric tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kassicus throws a shot from downtown. Saric moves away and avoids it.
Kassicus moves out of range as Saric strikes.
Kassicus ducks under a wild hook from Saric.
Kassicus jabs Saric right on the nose. Saric blinks but takes it well.
Kassicus connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Valentin Saric will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Valentin Saric's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Saric misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kassicus.
Saric throws a hook to the side of Kassicus's head but Kassicus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kassicus looks to throw the jab but Saric is out of range.
Kassicus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saric.
Kassicus throws a hook but Saric avoids it easily.
Kassicus throws a lazy right hand but Saric sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kassicus is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saric.
Saric loads up on a big right hand but Kassicus slips the punch.
Saric misses the jab.
Saric throws a nice looking combination but Kassicus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Kassicus finds it's way through Saric's defenses.
Saric throws a hook but Kassicus avoids it easily.
Saric looks to throw the jab but Kassicus is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left lands for Kassicus.
Saric looks to score with a jab to the body but Kassicus is just out of range.
Saric tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kassicus was well out of range. Poor timing from Saric.
Saric throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kassicus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saric.
The fighters circling - Saric throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saric misses the jab.
Kassicus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kassicus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saric.
Kassicus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kassicus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kassicus moves out of range as Saric strikes.
Kassicus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big left from Saric misses.
Saric looks to score with a jab to the body but Kassicus is just out of range.
Kassicus moves away from the strike by Saric.
Kassicus swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Saric.
A telegraphed right hand from Saric misses the target.
Valentin Saric seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Saric swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saric throws a hook but Kassicus avoids it easily.
Saric misses with a hook
letting Kassicus counter with a right hand.
Kassicus misses with a wild body shot.
Kassicus ducks under a wild hook from Saric.
Kassicus misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saric darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kassicus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kassicus feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sarics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Saric steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kassicus.
Kassicus avoids the body shot from Saric.
Kassicus connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Saric's hands.

Saric is rocked!
Kassicus knocks out Saric with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Kassicus before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Kassicus picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zacharias Kassicus!