PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Marcus Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuriy Kuznetmedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Santiago
vs
Kuznetmedov

190 cm
27
250 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
212 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Very strong

Great elbows
Granite chin

SHINTO

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcus Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuriy Kuznetmedov!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago slips a straight right by Kuznetmedov.
Santiago misses with an uppercut.
Santiago has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Savage Empire in the buildup to the fight.
Santiago walks into a left hand.
Kuznetmedov looks to land a right hand but Santiago moved out of range.
Santiago swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Santiago misses the target.
Santiago looks to land a right hand but Kuznetmedov moved out of range.
Santiago misses with a jab to the body
and Kuznetmedov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santiago blocks a head kick by Kuznetmedov.

Santiago moves into range and clinches up with Kuznetmedov.
Santiago lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kuznetmedov or not.
Santiago misses with the head strike.
Santiago struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuznetmedov controls his hands.
Santiago working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kuznetmedov throws an elbow that misses.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but Kuznetmedov avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the ropes.
Santiago lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santiago lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Kuznetmedov.
Santiago tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Santiago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Yuriy Kuznetmedov has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kuznetmedov backwards.
Santiago misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Santiago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kuznetmedov misses with an elbow over the top.
Kuznetmedov misses with an elbow strike.
Santiago misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kuznetmedov blocking some punches.
Santiago can't find room to land a body shot as Kuznetmedov controls the action.
Kuznetmedov blocks an uppercut.
Kuznetmedov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Santiago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kuznetmedov's elbow.
Santiago effectively controlling the action here.
Kuznetmedov is trying to maintain a safe position but Santiago gets an underhook and turns Kuznetmedov into the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santiago.
Santiago misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Santiago fails to land.
Santiago tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuznetmedov tries to land knees in the clinch but Santiago avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santiago.
Santiago swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuznetmedov uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetmedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuznetmedov pushes off an throws an elbow but Santiago leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Santiago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santiago struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuznetmedov controls his hands.
Santiago swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuznetmedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuznetmedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kuznetmedov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kuznetmedov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuznetmedov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Santiago blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kuznetmedov looking to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Santiago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Santiago fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kuznetmedov lands a body punch.
Santiago dodges an elbow strike from Kuznetmedov.
Kuznetmedov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Santiago dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yuriy Kuznetmedov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Santiago misses with a straight right.
Santiago misses with a right hand
and Santiago takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Santiago fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kuznetmedov, pushing him back against the ropes.
Santiago struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuznetmedov controls his hands.
Santiago lands a nice uppercut.
Kuznetmedov misses with an elbow strike.
Santiago throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuznetmedov.
Santiago lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kuznetmedov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kuznetmedov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuznetmedov.
Santiago has a couple of punches blocked by Kuznetmedov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuznetmedov trying to land knees to the body.
Santiago makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kuznetmedov is looking to control Santiago's arms but Santiago gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kuznetmedov has his back to the ropes.
Santiago cracks Kuznetmedov with a nice body shot.
Kuznetmedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuznetmedov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Santiago misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kuznetmedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Kuznetmedov.
Santiago lands a left hand.

That has opened up Yuriy Kuznetmedov's cut even more.
Santiago creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Kuznetmedov crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Kuznetmedov face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Santiago takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marcus Santiago!
Post fight, Marcus Santiago took to the microphone: 'YEAH !!!!!!!'.