PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Lukas Giorgas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cweti Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Giorgas
vs
Ivanov

171 cm
19
154 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

177 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Great elbows
Very strong

Decent boxing
Determined

Steel Penn's Exchange Extravaganza

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lukas Giorgas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cweti Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giorgas misses with a series of wild punches.

Ivanov rushes Giorgas and presses him up against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ivanov.
Giorgas has had enough of the clinch but Ivanov keeps him there for the moment.

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

Ivanov forces Giorgas back against the ropes and clinches.
Giorgas tries to break the clinch but Ivanov is controlling the position.

Ivanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Giorgas instigates a clinch.
Ivanov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Ivanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ivanov wants to clinch up but Giorgas keeps it at a distance.
Giorgas scores with a one two! Ivanov had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Cweti Ivanov has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giorgas looks to land a combination. Ivanov sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Ivanov is rocked!

Giorgas closes the distance and clinches.
Ivanov is still on wobbly legs! Can Giorgas finish him?

Ivanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ivanov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ivanov tries to clinch there but Giorgas circles away.
Ivanov throws a right hand that Giorgas ducks under and follows up with a left that Giorgas also avoids with ease.
Giorgas tries to bum rush Ivanov with a series of wild strikes but Ivanov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ivanov seems to have recovered his senses.
Giorgas circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ivanov rushes Giorgas and presses him up against the ropes.
Giorgas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ivanov keeps control of Giorgas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

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

Ivanov gets a clinch.
Giorgas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ivanov gets through Giorgas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ivanov keeps control of Giorgas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ivanov works on Giorgas's body with a couple of short punches.
Giorgas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Ivanov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giorgas swinging wildly here.

Giorgas gets tackled into the ropes by Ivanov. Ivanov maintains the clinch.
Giorgas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ivanov has him pressed against the ropes.
Ivanov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Giorgas backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Giorgas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giorgas is trying to break free.

Ivanov breaks the clinch.
Giorgas tries to clinch up but Ivanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Some wild striking there from Giorgas.
Ivanov circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ivanov rushes Giorgas and presses him up against the ropes.
Giorgas is trying to break the clinch but Ivanov has him pressed against the ropes.
Giorgas throws a punch but it's blocked by Ivanov.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ivanov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ivanov lands a body punch.
Giorgas is breathing heavily.
Giorgas scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Ivanov manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ivanov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Giorgas.
Giorgas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Ivanov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ivanov lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cweti Ivanov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cweti Ivanov's cut.
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.

Giorgas wants to clinch.
Ivanov slips a jab and a cross from Giorgas.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ivanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Giorgas tries to bum rush Ivanov with a series of wild strikes but Ivanov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ivanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Giorgas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Giorgas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ivanov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ivanov tries to clinch up.
Giorgas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good shot there by Ivanov.
Ivanov tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Giorgas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Giorgas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ivanov circles away from the clinch attempt.

Giorgas clinches up with Ivanov and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ivanov breaks the clinch.
Ivanov tries to clinch there but Giorgas circles away.
Ivanov wants to clinch up but Giorgas keeps it at a distance.
Lukas Giorgas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ivanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ivanov wants to clinch up but Giorgas keeps it at a distance.
Giorgas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ivanov.

Giorgas is rocked!
Ivanov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oh Giorgas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ivanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Giorgas circles away.
Giorgas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Giorgas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ivanov tries to clinch there but Giorgas circles away.
Ivanov is breathing heavily.
Ivanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Giorgas circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Ivanov rushes Giorgas and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Giorgas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Giorgas lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ivanov.
Ivanov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Giorgas can't break the clinch.
Ivanov prevents Giorgas from breaking the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Ivanov.
Giorgas wants to get back to striking at distance but Ivanov won't allow it.
Giorgas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ivanov lands a hook that snaps the head of Giorgas backwards.
Ivanov lands a nice uppercut.
Giorgas takes a shot to the head.
Giorgas is trying to force a seperation but Ivanov has the dominant position.
Ivanov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Giorgas backwards.
Ivanov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ivanov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Giorgas is trying to push Ivanov away but Ivanov has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ivanov breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Giorgas with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Giorgas looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Giorgas 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 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Cweti Ivanov!