PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Uriah Small (ranked 3438 p4p, 6213 weight class) and Igor Shevchenko (ranked 432 p4p, 680 weight class). Shevchenko is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Mouth For War - Pantera. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Small
vs
Shevchenko

183 cm
43
200
34 - 18 - 2

190 cm
31
270
15 - 8 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Urban Fighter

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 34 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Uriah Small!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Igor Shevchenko!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shevchenko avoids the body shot from Small.
Small takes one to the chin there.
Small digs a good body shot into Shevchenko's ribs.
Small ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shevchenko moves away.
Small misses with a jab, cross combination.
Small takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A punch combination from Shevchenko misses.
Shevchenko slips a straight right by Small.
Shevchenko throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Shevchenko cracks Small with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
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!
Shevchenko fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Small is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Small. That's going to slow Shevchenko down.
Shevchenko misses with an uppercut.
Shevchenko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Shevchenko tries to land a front kick but Small steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shevchenko scores with a nice right hand.
Shevchenko looks to land a left hand but Small moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shevchenko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Small connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Small misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shevchenko.
Small ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shevchenko looks to land a right hand but Small moved out of range.
Small throws a lazy right hand but Shevchenko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice leg kick from Small, right into the meat of the thigh.
Small misses with an uppercut.
Small with a nice calf kick.
Shevchenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Small connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shevchenko. Small does a little dance to reset his feet.
Small uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shevchenko.
Small takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Small attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Shevchenko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Small misses with a lunging right hand
and Shevchenko counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Small scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Small misses with a straight left.
Small closes the distance but Shevchenko moves to the side
and Shevchenko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shevchenko throws a leg kick that misses.
Small misses with a wild combination.
Uriah Small seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Small misses the jab.
Small misses the shot to the body.

Small clinches up with Shevchenko and pushes him back against the ropes.
Shevchenko digs a right hand underneath Small's ribcage. Small let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Shevchenko blocks a body shot from Small.
Shevchenko can't find room to land a body shot as Small controls the action.
Shevchenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Small throws a head punch that misses.
Shevchenko lands a hook that snaps the head of Small backwards.
Shevchenko is leaning against Small and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Small blocking some punches.
Shevchenko pushes Small back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Shevchenko blocking some punches.
Small struggles to land a body shot inside as Shevchenko controls his hands.
Small blocks a body shot from Shevchenko.
Shevchenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Small misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shevchenko.
Shevchenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shevchenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shevchenko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Shevchenko blocks a body shot from Small.
Small is working Shevchenko over against the ropes.
Shevchenko working aggressively here.
Shevchenko swings wildly with an uppercut but Small uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Shevchenko.
Shevchenko swings wildly with an uppercut but Small uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Small working aggressively here.
Shevchenko misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Shevchenko.
Shevchenko lands a nice uppercut.
Small misses with a body punch.
Shevchenko blocks an uppercut.
Small has a couple of punches blocked by Shevchenko.
Shevchenko misses with a punch to the body.
Shevchenko lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shevchenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shevchenko working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Shevchenko.
Shevchenko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Small backwards.
Small tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shevchenko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Small is breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shevchenko.
Still in the clinch, Shevchenko scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Shevchenko dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Shevchenko slips under a jab from Small.
Small is looking to chop away at Shevchenko's legs.
Small misses with a jab to the body
and Shevchenko counters with a straight right hand.
Shevchenko misses with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Shevchenko.
Small wants to slow Shevchenko down by chopping away at his legs.
Shevchenko misses the shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Shevchenko blocks the low kick.
Small tries to clinch there but Shevchenko circles away.
Small uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shevchenko has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shevchenko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Small circles away quickly and effectively.
Shevchenko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Small tries to score with a low kick but Shevchenko moves his leg out of the way.
Shevchenko moves out of range of the strikes.
Igor Shevchenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Small throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shevchenko on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shevchenko checks a low kick from Small.
Shevchenko looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Shevchenko misses.
Small moves out of range of the strikes.
Small half committed to a counter leg kick.
Small swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Small with the inside leg kick.

Shevchenko clinches with his opponent.
A right hand to the body from Small.
Small tries a body shot but Shevchenko blocks it.
Small blocking some punches.
Small throws a punch but it's blocked by Shevchenko.
Small softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Small prevents a body shot from Shevchenko.
Shevchenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shevchenko tries to throw a body punch but Small avoids it by throwing Shevchenko back against the ropes.
Shevchenko blocks an uppercut.
Shevchenko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shevchenko scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Small takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shevchenko.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shevchenko misses with the head strike.
Shevchenko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Small backwards.
Shevchenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shevchenko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Small.
Shevchenko misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Shevchenko.
Shevchenko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Shevchenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Small backwards.
Small takes a shot to the head.

Small is rocked!
Igor Shevchenko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right hand to the body from Shevchenko.
Small takes a shot to the head.

Shevchenko creates a bit of space and cracks Small with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Small 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!
Oh Small is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crunch! Shevchenko slams his shin into Small's torso.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Shevchenko, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shevchenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Small.
Small seems to have got his legs back now.
Small takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Look low, kick high! Shevchenko uses the oldest trick in the book to send Small tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Shevchenko is absolutely delighted - when Small wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Igor Shevchenko!
After winning the bout, Igor Shevchenko thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.