PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rex Tyrannosaurus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Zalachenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyrannosaurus comes to the ring accompanied by MacArthurPark. Zalachenko has chosen Fistfull of Credit Cards as his entrance music. Alexander Zalachenko has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rex Tyrannosaurus's chin.

Tyrannosaurus
vs
Zalachenko

199 cm
25
283 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

211 cm
30
270 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rex Tyrannosaurus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Zalachenko!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zalachenko fails in his attempt to clinch.

Zalachenko gets tackled into the ropes by Tyrannosaurus. Tyrannosaurus maintains the clinch.
Zalachenko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tyrannosaurus is keeping busy.
Knees to the body from Zalachenko.
Tyrannosaurus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zalachenko pushes off an throws an elbow but Tyrannosaurus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Zalachenko told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Zalachenko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Rex Tyrannosaurus has been cut.
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 missing with knees to the body.
Zalachenko dodges an elbow strike from Tyrannosaurus.
Zalachenko trying to stall but Tyrannosaurus improves his position.
Zalachenko blocking some punches.

Tyrannosaurus breaks the clinch.
Zalachenko lands a head kick. Tyrannosaurus smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Zalachenko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zalachenko throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Zalachenko avoids a kick to the body.
Tyrannosaurus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Zalachenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab from Tyrannosaurus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalachenko throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tyrannosaurus just misses with a punch to the body.
Zalachenko avoids a kick to the body.
Zalachenko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tyrannosaurus looks to score with a jab to the body but Zalachenko is just out of range.
Tyrannosaurus moves out of range of the body kick from Zalachenko.
Zalachenko checks the leg kick.
Tyrannosaurus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zalachenko scores with a body shot.
Zalachenko is looking to clinch but Tyrannosaurus is avoiding it.
Tyrannosaurus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A left lands for Zalachenko.
Alexander Zalachenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zalachenko swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Zalachenko punishes Tyrannosaurus's body with a nice straight punch.
Tyrannosaurus misses with a leg kick.
Zalachenko throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyrannosaurus.
Zalachenko's corner calls for a 1-2. Zalachenko obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zalachenko misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Zalachenko lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tyrannosaurus doesn't seem phased though.
A thudding body kick lands there by Zalachenko!
Zalachenko with a nice cross.
Zalachenko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zalachenko is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zalachenko.
Tyrannosaurus throws a wild body kick that Zalachenko sees coming a mile off.
Tyrannosaurus avoids the head kick by Zalachenko.
Tyrannosaurus takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tyrannosaurus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zalachenko.
Tyrannosaurus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyrannosaurus takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zalachenko throws a push kick but Tyrannosaurus slaps the foot to one side.
Tyrannosaurus attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zalachenko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyrannosaurus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyrannosaurus needs to keep his hands up - Zalachenko had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Zalachenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rex Tyrannosaurus's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zalachenko checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tyrannosaurus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zalachenko.
Zalachenko misses with a body shot
and Tyrannosaurus counters with a nice body kick.
Tyrannosaurus throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Zalachenko's head.
A bone on bone clash there as Zalachenko blocks the leg kick.
Tyrannosaurus takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zalachenko, right into the meat.
Zalachenko throws a head kick that half lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zalachenko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zalachenko ducks under a wild hook from Tyrannosaurus.
Nice uppercut lands for Zalachenko. That snapped Tyrannosaurus's head back.

Tyrannosaurus rushes Zalachenko and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Tyrannosaurus lands an elbow just above Zalachenko 's eye.
Zalachenko lands a nice elbow.
Zalachenko with a knee to the head.
A short right from Tyrannosaurus on the inside.
Tyrannosaurus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zalachenko is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus lands an elbow that stopped Zalachenko in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Alexander Zalachenko has been cut.
Tyrannosaurus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zalachenko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tyrannosaurus blocks the elbow strike.
Our sources have told us that Tyrannosaurus has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Tyrannosaurus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zalachenko misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zalachenko backwards.
Zalachenko misses with an elbow strike.
Tyrannosaurus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zalachenko blocks the elbow strike.
Zalachenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tyrannosaurus avoids it.
Tyrannosaurus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zalachenko's elbow.
Zalachenko takes an elbow to the forehead.
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!
Tyrannosaurus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyrannosaurus misses with an elbow strike.
Tyrannosaurus dodges an elbow strike from Zalachenko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus has Zalachenko pressed against the ropes.
Zalachenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tyrannosaurus takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zalachenko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tyrannosaurus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zalachenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Tyrannosaurus avoids the damage to the body.
Tyrannosaurus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tyrannosaurus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zalachenko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tyrannosaurus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Zalachenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zalachenko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Tyrannosaurus.
Zalachenko landing knees to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zalachenko letting Tyrannosaurus take a breather here.
Zalachenko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zalachenko avoiding damage as Tyrannosaurus throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rex Tyrannosaurus dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Zalachenko avoids a kick to the body.
A big left from Tyrannosaurus misses.
Zalachenko misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tyrannosaurus counters with a thumping low kick.
Zalachenko scores with a jab. Tyrannosaurus acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zalachenko scores with a jab. Tyrannosaurus acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zalachenko bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tyrannosaurus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tyrannosaurus is looking to slow Zalachenko down with leg kicks.
Zalachenko misses with a kick to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zalachenko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zalachenko takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tyrannosaurus - that will leave a mark!

Tyrannosaurus closes the distance and clinches.
Zalachenko lands an elbow inside that Tyrannosaurus shrugs off.
Tyrannosaurus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Tyrannosaurus misses with a body punch.
Zalachenko tries a knee to the head but Tyrannosaurus blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zalachenko tries a knee to the head but Tyrannosaurus blocks it.
Tyrannosaurus pushes Zalachenko back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyrannosaurus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zalachenko.
Tyrannosaurus misses with a knee strike.
Zalachenko has had enough of the clinch but Tyrannosaurus keeps him there for the moment.
Zalachenko misses with a knee strike.
Tyrannosaurus misses with an elbow over the top.
Tyrannosaurus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zalachenko wants to stall.
Still in the clinch, Tyrannosaurus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zalachenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zalachenko misses with a knee to the head.
Zalachenko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zalachenko throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zalachenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tyrannosaurus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tyrannosaurus avoids a wild elbow strike from Zalachenko.
Tyrannosaurus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyrannosaurus managing to block the knees to the body from Zalachenko.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tyrannosaurus.
Zalachenko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tyrannosaurus up against the ropes.
Zalachenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tyrannosaurus.
Zalachenko looking to throw knees to the head but Tyrannosaurus is blocking nicely.
Zalachenko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zalachenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tyrannosaurus lands an elbow just above Zalachenko 's eye.
Zalachenko avoids a wild elbow strike from Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus working Zalachenko over with knees to the body.

Tyrannosaurus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rex Tyrannosaurus clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A solid leg kick lands there for Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Zalachenko takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A head kick by Zalachenko misses
and Tyrannosaurus counters with a thumping low kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tyrannosaurus!

Tyrannosaurus closes the distance and pushes Zalachenko back into the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tyrannosaurus lands a nice elbow.
Tyrannosaurus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zalachenko is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Zalachenko missing with knees to the body.
Tyrannosaurus blocking some punches.
Zalachenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tyrannosaurus.
Zalachenko is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus lands a hook that snaps the head of Zalachenko backwards.
Zalachenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tyrannosaurus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tyrannosaurus scores with a shoulder strike.
Tyrannosaurus presses Zalachenko against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zalachenko scores with a knee to the head.
Zalachenko misses with a knee to the head.
Zalachenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zalachenko missing with knees to the body.
Zalachenko takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyrannosaurus lands a shot to the body.
Tyrannosaurus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Tyrannosaurus.
A short right from Tyrannosaurus on the inside.
Tyrannosaurus crunches a lovely knee into Zalachenko's ribcage.
Tyrannosaurus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tyrannosaurus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tyrannosaurus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rex Tyrannosaurus has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tyrannosaurus pushes off an throws an elbow but Zalachenko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tyrannosaurus lands a body punch.
Tyrannosaurus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zalachenko backwards.
Tyrannosaurus looking to throw knees to the head but Zalachenko is blocking nicely.
Tyrannosaurus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zalachenko backwards.
Zalachenko trying to land knees to the body.
Tyrannosaurus lands a hook that snaps the head of Zalachenko backwards.
Zalachenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tyrannosaurus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tyrannosaurus lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tyrannosaurus blocks an elbow strike.
Tyrannosaurus avoiding damage as Zalachenko throws knees to the body.
Tyrannosaurus gets through Zalachenko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tyrannosaurus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rex Tyrannosaurus had his way with Alexander Zalachenko in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tyrannosaurus thumps Zalachenko with a low kick.
Tyrannosaurus is looking to wear down Zalachenko with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A shot to the body from Zalachenko misses

and Tyrannosaurus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tyrannosaurus.
Nice elbow from Tyrannosaurus.
Zalachenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tyrannosaurus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tyrannosaurus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zalachenko backwards.
Tyrannosaurus lands a good knee to the midsection. Zalachenko won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyrannosaurus lands a body shot.
Tyrannosaurus lands with a short shot to the head.
Tyrannosaurus lands a knee to the body.
Tyrannosaurus lands a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus lands with a right to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Zalachenko is looking to control Tyrannosaurus's arms but Tyrannosaurus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zalachenko has his back to the ropes.
Zalachenko is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A nice right hand lands inside from Tyrannosaurus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus avoiding damage as Zalachenko throws knees to the body.
Zalachenko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rex Tyrannosaurus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tyrannosaurus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus managing to block the knees to the body from Zalachenko.
A short left from Tyrannosaurus.
Zalachenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tyrannosaurus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zalachenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zalachenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tyrannosaurus tries a knee to the head but Zalachenko blocks it.
Zalachenko lands an elbow just above Tyrannosaurus 's eye.
Tyrannosaurus throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Zalachenko taking a breather.
Tyrannosaurus lands a nice elbow.
Zalachenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tyrannosaurus.
Zalachenko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zalachenko tries to stall but Tyrannosaurus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tyrannosaurus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zalachenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zalachenko scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tyrannosaurus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zalachenko looking to slow down the pace here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rex Tyrannosaurus showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tyrannosaurus 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 49:46
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 49:46
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rex Tyrannosaurus!
During a confident post fight interview, Rex Tyrannosaurus thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Alexander Zalachenko had this to say: 'I wish I hadn't spent the night with a Thai prostitute ... not making excuses here but that girl was willing to do some crazy stuff and I had to try everything she offered ... '.