PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Konstantin Bumov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bumov
vs
Mayweather

170 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
20
165 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Solid boxing
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Konstantin Bumov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Floyd Mayweather!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bumov lands with a good body shot.
Konstantin Bumov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Mayweather.
Mayweather misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mayweather will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bumov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mayweather takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mayweather takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bumov lands with an uppercut that bounces Mayweather off the ropes and back into range.

Bumov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bumov.
Mayweather managing to block the knees to the body from Bumov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bumov scores with a shot to the side of Mayweather's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bumov.
Bumov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bumov has him pressed against the ropes.
Bumov presses Mayweather against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bumov lands an elbow that stopped Mayweather in his tracks for a moment.
Bumov lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bumov obliges.
Bumov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bumov missing with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bumov lands a damaging elbow.
Bumov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Bumov has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Mayweather takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Bumov.
Bumov lands an elbow inside that Mayweather shrugs off.
Bumov prevents Mayweather from breaking the clinch.
Bumov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayweather wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bumov has him pressed against the ropes.
Bumov working Mayweather over with knees to the body.
Mayweather looks winded!
Bumov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Floyd Mayweather has been cut.
Bumov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bumov lands a damaging elbow.
Bumov crunches a lovely knee into Mayweather's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bumov obliges.
Bumov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Bumov.
Bumov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mayweather takes a shot to the head.
Mayweather takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bumov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bumov.
Bumov pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Bumov lands a knee to the body.
Bumov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bumov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bumov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bumov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bumov lands an elbow inside.
Bumov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bumov pushes Mayweather back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bumov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bumov.
A left hand lands to the body for Bumov.
Bumov lands a knee to the head.
Bumov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mayweather's face.
Bumov scores a nice knee to the body.
Bumov working Mayweather over with knees to the body.
Mayweather takes an elbow to the temple.
Bumov keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bumov lands a shoulder strike.
Bumov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bumov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bumov is struggling to control the position.
Bumov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bumov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bumov.
Bumov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayweather.
Bumov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bumov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mayweather is defending well for now.
Bumov crunches a lovely knee into Mayweather's ribcage.
Mayweather looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bumov prevents Mayweather from breaking the clinch.
Mayweather is trying to push Bumov away but Bumov has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Mayweather takes an elbow to the temple.
Bumov taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Bumov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Bumov.
Bumov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bumov lands a damaging elbow.
Bumov lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Konstantin Bumov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Floyd Mayweather's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bumov throws a switch kick that catches Mayweather on the top of the head and drops him to the canvas! Mayweather looks hurt - I'm not sure he's going to get back up! The referee starts the count but calls it off at seven as Mayweather flops around on the canvas, clearly in no position to continue! This fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Konstantin Bumov!
After winning the bout, Konstantin Bumov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.