PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alan Cobra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Zalachenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Zalachenko's choice of entrance music: Torture Chamber. 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.

Cobra
vs
Zalachenko

188 cm
32
250 lbs
15 - 7 - 1

211 cm
25
270 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Alan Cobra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Zalachenko!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cobra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Cobra.
Zalachenko managing to block the knees to the body from Cobra.
Cobra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zalachenko.
Cobra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zalachenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
Nice body punch from Zalachenko - that landed with a thud.
Cobra scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zalachenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cobra.
Zalachenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cobra digs a right hand into Zalachenko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zalachenko's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Cobra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Cobra.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cobra obliges.
Zalachenko looks gassed!
Zalachenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cobra is defending well for now.
Cobra prevents a body shot from Zalachenko.
Cobra taking a breather.
Cobra scores a nice knee to the body.
Cobra looking to throw knees to the head but Zalachenko is blocking nicely.
Cobra lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zalachenko backwards.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zalachenko avoids it.
Zalachenko throws an elbow but it misses.
Zalachenko managing to block the knees to the body from Cobra.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalachenko misses with a punch to the body.
Zalachenko working aggressively here.
Cobra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cobra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zalachenko avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Cobra scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Cobra - that landed with a thud.
Cobra is struggling to control the position.
Cobra lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobra is leaning against Zalachenko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zalachenko avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Zalachenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Cobra.
Cobra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cobra trying to land knees to the body.
Zalachenko can't find room to land a body shot as Cobra controls the action.
Cobra lands an elbow inside.
Cobra lands an elbow inside that Zalachenko shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Zalachenko blocks with his arms.
Cobra scores with a hook to the body.
Cobra dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Cobra scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Cobra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cobra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Zalachenko blocks with his arms.
Zalachenko managing to block the knees to the body from Cobra.
Zalachenko wants to stall.
Zalachenko misses with the head strike.
Zalachenko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cobra is keeping busy.
Cobra holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zalachenko misses with a body punch.
Zalachenko tries to throw a body punch but Cobra avoids it by throwing Zalachenko back against the ropes.
Cobra lands an elbow just above Zalachenko 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Cobra dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice cross by Cobra.
Cobra scores with a hook to the body. Zalachenko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Good standup being displayed there by Cobra as he connects with a hook.
Cobra takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zalachenko just misses with a punch to the body.

Cobra moves into the clinch.
Zalachenko misses with some punches.
Cobra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobra effectively controlling the action here.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zalachenko avoids it.
Cobra lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Alexander Zalachenko has been cut.
Cobra looking to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Cobra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zalachenko's brow.
Cobra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zalachenko has a couple of punches blocked by Cobra.
Zalachenko is breathing heavily.
Zalachenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobra effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cobra lands an elbow inside.
Cobra scores with a hook to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zalachenko as Cobra tries to tie him up.
Zalachenko can't find room to land a body shot as Cobra controls the action.
Cobra lands a left hand.
Cobra landing knees to the head.
Zalachenko misses with a body punch.
Cobra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zalachenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobra lands an elbow that stopped Zalachenko in his tracks for a moment.
Cobra scores with a knee to the head.
Cobra lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zalachenko backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cobra pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Cobra lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Cobra.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Alan Cobra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zalachenko managing to block the knees to the body from Cobra.
Zalachenko scores with a shoulder strike.
Cobra taking a breather.
Zalachenko takes an elbow to the temple.
Cobra stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cobra lands a body punch.
Zalachenko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cobra lands a damaging elbow.
Cobra lands a good knee to the midsection. Zalachenko won't want to take too many of those.
Cobra's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cobra lands an elbow just above Zalachenko 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Cobra dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Zalachenko's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cobra misses with a straight right.
Cobra misses the jab.
Zalachenko will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Alexander Zalachenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zalachenko throws out a loose jab but Cobra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobra misses with an uppercut.
Cobra lands with a hook. Zalachenko tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Cobra forces Zalachenko back against the ropes and clinches.
Cobra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zalachenko can do to turn this around?
Cobra comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cobra dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Zalachenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cobra is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zalachenko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cobra is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
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!
Zalachenko avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Cobra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short right from Cobra on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalachenko takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Cobra.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from Cobra.
A short right from Cobra.
Cobra lands with a light punch inside.
Zalachenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cobra crunches a lovely knee into Zalachenko's ribcage.
Cobra has Zalachenko pressed against the ropes.
Cobra seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Cobra is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cobra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zalachenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Cobra.
Cobra scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobra lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zalachenko backwards.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Cobra here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobra.
Cobra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zalachenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cobra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zalachenko's defenses.
Cobra lands a shot to the body.
Cobra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cobra lands an elbow just above Zalachenko 's eye.
Cobra lands an elbow inside that Zalachenko shrugs off.
Cobra working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Cobra.
Cobra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zalachenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cobra stalling in the clinch but Zalachenko improves position.
Zalachenko takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zalachenko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cobra lands a good knee to the midsection. Zalachenko won't want to take too many of those.
Cobra lands a nice knee to the body.
Cobra is pushing Zalachenko up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Cobra clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Zalachenko's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Cobra misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Zalachenko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Cobra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zalachenko swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zalachenko takes an elbow to the temple.
Zalachenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Zalachenko missing with knees to the body.
Cobra lands a good knee to the midsection. Zalachenko won't want to take too many of those.
Zalachenko taking a breather.
Cobra trying to land knees to the body.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zalachenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zalachenko is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Cobra stalling against the ropes.
Cobra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zalachenko's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobra scores a nice knee to the body.
Cobra works on Zalachenko's body with a couple of short punches.
Cobra is leaning against Zalachenko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cobra softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cobra obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobra lands a knee to the head.
Cobra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cobra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zalachenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cobra stalls.
Cobra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zalachenko.
Zalachenko misses with the head strike.
Cobra lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cobra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Zalachenko throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zalachenko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zalachenko avoids it.
Cobra lands a nice elbow.
Zalachenko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zalachenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cobra scores a nice knee to the body.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zalachenko avoids it.
Cobra has Zalachenko pushed against the ropes.
Cobra tries to land knees in the clinch but Zalachenko avoids the damage to the body.
Zalachenko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cobra slows down the pace here.
Cobra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cobra scores with a hook to the body.
Cobra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice body punch from Cobra - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Cobra had his way with Alexander Zalachenko in that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Zalachenko's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Cobra fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fighters circle momentarily. Zalachenko darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cobra swinging wildly here.
Zalachenko chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cobra can pounce on him.
Zalachenko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cobra sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zalachenko connects with a high kick.
Zalachenko swings for the body but Cobra moves out of range.
Cobra checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zalachenko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cobra lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cobra listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alan Cobra is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zalachenko lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cobra has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cobra and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cobra misses with a head kick.
Zalachenko dodges the punch combination from Cobra.
Zalachenko is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A looping hook to the body misses from Zalachenko. Cobra does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalachenko looks to score with a jab to the body but Cobra is just out of range.
A slow jab from Zalachenko misses its intended target.

Cobra moves into range and clinches up with Zalachenko.
Zalachenko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Cobra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zalachenko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Alan Cobra is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cobra as Zalachenko tries to tie him up.
Knees to the body from Cobra.
Cobra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cobra is pushing Zalachenko up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cobra.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cobra obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobra crunches a lovely knee into Zalachenko's ribcage.
Cobra is stalling here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobra landing knees to the body.
Cobra lands a good knee to the midsection. Zalachenko won't want to take too many of those.
Cobra lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Cobra.
Cobra lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cobra missing with knees to the body.
Cobra manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cobra gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Cobra throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zalachenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alexander Zalachenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zalachenko managing to block the knees to the body from Cobra.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alan Cobra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cobra has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 50:44
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 50:44
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alan Cobra!