PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Alexander Vij (ranked 3066 p4p, 1827 weight class) and Antoine Milfort (ranked 352 p4p, 232 weight class). Milfort has chosen Whiskey Myers - Bar, Guitar and a Honky Tonk Crowd. as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vij
vs
Milfort

187 cm
22
201
5 - 2 - 0

187 cm
27
196
11 - 8 - 1

Dangerous knees
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 St Petersburg, Alexander Vij!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antoine Milfort!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vij throws a jab when Milfort was well out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Milfort. That snapped Vij's head back.
Vij misses with a looping left.
Milfort tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Milfort ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vij moves away.
Milfort scoring well with a low kick there.
Milfort cracks Vij with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Vij walks into a straight right hand from Milfort.

Vij is rocked!
Vij slips under a jab.
Oh Vij is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Milfort takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vij seems to have got his legs back now.
Vij with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Milfort thuds a left hand into Vij's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vij looks to score with a jab to the body but Milfort is just out of range.
Milfort misses with a hook
and Vij counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milfort slips a jab from Vij.
Vij swats away the attempt to clinch by Milfort.
Vij lands with a right hand.
Milfort misses with a lunging right hand
and Vij counters with a stiff right hand.
Vij keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Vij feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Vij looks to score with a jab to the body but Milfort is just out of range.
Milfort throws a low kick but Vij avoids it.
Milfort fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vij checks it well.
Vij throws an overhand right that lands on Milfort's shoulder, as Milfort tries to avoid the shot.
Vij keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Milfort.
Milfort looks to land a left hand but Vij moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vij fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Milfort manages to avoid it.

Vij pushes Milfort up against the ropes in a clinch.
Milfort swings wildly with an uppercut but Vij uses good head movement to avoid it.
Milfort throws a head punch that misses.
Vij looking to throw knees to the head but Milfort is blocking nicely.
A short left from Vij.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Milfort misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vij tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Milfort avoids it.
Vij tries a body shot but Milfort blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Milfort looking to stall.
Milfort takes a shot to the head.
Milfort digs a right hand underneath Vij's ribcage. Vij let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Vij blocks an uppercut.
Vij tries to throw a body punch but Milfort avoids it by throwing Vij back against the ropes.
Milfort swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alexander Vij will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Milfort with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vij to score with a decent uppercut.
Milfort throws a hook but Vij avoids it easily.
Milfort swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vij counters with a straight right hand.
Vij uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Milfort.
Milfort with a nice cross.
Vij lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Milfort lands with a right hand.
Milfort throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Milfort works Vij's body with a nice hook.
Vij listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vij changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Milfort misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Vij misses the target.
Milfort dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vij uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Milfort.
Antoine Milfort seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Milfort throws out a powerful jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Milfort misses the target.
A quick step to the side and Vij tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

Milfort cracks Vij with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Vij is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Vij is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Milfort tries to clinch but Vij moves out of range.
Vij swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vij keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Milfort throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vij misses with an uppercut.
Vij looks to score with a jab to the body but Milfort is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Milfort throws a head kick that misses
and Vij counters with a nice uppercut.
Vij throws an overhand right that lands on Milfort's shoulder, as Milfort tries to avoid the shot.
Vij steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Milfort.
A quick step to the side and Vij tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milfort fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vij.
Milfort pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Milfort looks to score with a jab to the body but Vij is just out of range.
Vij scores with a jab to the head.
A jab from Milfort misses.
A swing and a miss from Milfort.
Nice body punch from Milfort.
Milfort throws the left hand but Vij avoids the punch easily.
Milfort takes a swing at Vij's ribcage but misses.
Vij ducks under a wild hook from Milfort.
A little feinted left hand from Vij on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Milfort throws a right hand that Vij ducks under and follows up with a left that Vij also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Milfort looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Antoine Milfort takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Milfort moves out of range as Vij throws a body kick.
Milfort throws a leg kick but Vij moved away.
A little feinted left hand from Vij on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vij scores with a nice head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vij. Milfort does a little dance to reset his feet.
Milfort misses with a body shot
enabling Vij to counter with a crisp jab.
Vij blocks a leg kick.
Milfort throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Antoine Milfort seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vij throws a hook but Milfort avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Milfort releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Milfort scores with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vij misses with a low kick as Milfort jumps back.
Vij looks to land a right hand but Milfort moved out of range.

Vij closes the distance and clinches.
Milfort lands a hook that snaps the head of Vij backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milfort lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Milfort blocks a body shot from Vij.
Milfort working aggressively here.
Vij stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Milfort blocks a body shot from Vij.
A short left from Vij.
Milfort throws a head punch that misses.
Vij lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Vij.
Milfort takes a knee right on the jaw!
Milfort takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vij lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Milfort.
Vij tries to work over Milfort's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vij blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vij tries to work over Milfort's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vij tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Milfort avoids it.
Good body shot from Vij.
A hook to the body from Vij.
Vij lands a left hand that snaps the head of Milfort backwards.
Alexander Vij has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vij scores with a shoulder strike.
Milfort swings wildly with an uppercut but Vij uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vij tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Milfort prevents a body shot from Vij.

Vij pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Milfort has Vij up against the ropes in a clinch.
Vij with a knee to the head.
Vij tries to work over Milfort's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Milfort makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vij scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vij crunches a lovely knee into Milfort's ribcage.
Milfort lands a right hand.
Vij lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vij obliges.
Vij landing knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vij lands a left hand.

Milfort is rocked!
Milfort misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vij lands a good knee to the midsection. Milfort won't want to take too many of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Vij showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Vij 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!