PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yulian Vyacheslavovich (ranked 4828 p4p, 480 weight class) and Vinicio Serpico (ranked 2034 p4p, 245 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vyacheslavovich
vs
Serpico

201 cm
22
242 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

205 cm
24
260 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yulian Vyacheslavovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vinicio Serpico!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vyacheslavovich works Serpico's body with a nice hook.
Vyacheslavovich slips under a jab from Serpico.
Vyacheslavovich stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Serpico tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vyacheslavovich was well out of range. Poor timing from Serpico.
An attempted straight right counter from Vyacheslavovich misses the target.
Vyacheslavovich takes a swing at Serpico's ribcage but misses.
Serpico tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Serpico steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vyacheslavovich.
Serpico throws a lazy uppercut
and Vyacheslavovich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Serpico misses the shot to the body.
Vyacheslavovich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Serpico! But no joy.
Vyacheslavovich shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Vyacheslavovich tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Serpico manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vyacheslavovich throws an off balance right hand
and Serpico counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Serpico takes a jab right on the kisser.
Serpico jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vyacheslavovich fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Serpico connects with a nice looking jab.
Serpico uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vyacheslavovich.
Vyacheslavovich loads up on a big right hand but Serpico slips the punch.
Serpico is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Serpico clinches.
Serpico misses with a hook to the ribs.
Serpico swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vyacheslavovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vyacheslavovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Serpico misses with a body punch.
Serpico throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vyacheslavovichs head.
Vyacheslavovich tries to throw a body punch but Serpico avoids it by throwing Vyacheslavovich back against the ropes.
Serpico can't find room to land a body shot as Vyacheslavovich controls the action.
Serpico throws a punch but it's blocked by Vyacheslavovich.
Our sources have told us that Vyacheslavovich has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Serpico doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Serpico lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vyacheslavovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Serpico's elbow.
Serpico tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vyacheslavovich pushes off an throws an elbow but Serpico leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Serpico lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Serpico.
Serpico lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vyacheslavovich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serpico pushes Vyacheslavovich back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vyacheslavovich tries to work over Serpico's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Serpico misses with the head strike.
Vyacheslavovich throws an elbow but it misses.

Serpico breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Serpico swats away the attempt to clinch by Vyacheslavovich.
Serpico blocks a leg kick.
Vyacheslavovich tries to close the distance and clinch but Serpico swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Serpico throws a looping overhand right but Vyacheslavovich ducks down to avoid it.
Serpico misses with a body shot.

Serpico moves into range and clinches up with Vyacheslavovich.
Vyacheslavovich tries to throw a body punch but Serpico avoids it by throwing Vyacheslavovich back against the ropes.
Vyacheslavovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Serpico avoids it.
Vyacheslavovich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Serpico lands with a short shot to the head.
Serpico misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Serpico goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Serpico prevents a body shot from Vyacheslavovich.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serpico lands a body shot in the clinch.
Vyacheslavovich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Serpico fails to land.
Vyacheslavovich misses with a punch to the body.
Vyacheslavovich blocking some punches.
Vyacheslavovich blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Serpico.
A nice left hand lands by Serpico.
Serpico scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vyacheslavovich lands with a right to the head.
Serpico lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vyacheslavovich pushes off an throws an elbow but Serpico leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Serpico working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Serpico doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Serpico works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Serpico tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vyacheslavovich misses with an elbow over the top.
Vyacheslavovich lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Serpico misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serpico doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Serpico misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Serpico tries to work over Vyacheslavovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Serpico lands a hook to the side of the head.
Serpico lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vyacheslavovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Serpico tries to work over Vyacheslavovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vyacheslavovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Serpico lands a hook that snaps the head of Vyacheslavovich backwards.
Serpico goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Serpico fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Serpico tries a body shot but Vyacheslavovich blocks it.
Vyacheslavovich blocking some punches.
Serpico works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Serpico swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Serpico blocks an elbow strike from Vyacheslavovich.
Vyacheslavovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Serpico's elbow.
Vyacheslavovich takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinicio Serpico dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vyacheslavovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Serpico counters with a nice body shot.
Nice defenses there by Serpico.
Serpico throws a hook but Vyacheslavovich avoids it easily.
Serpico misses with a wild body shot.
Vyacheslavovich is looking to counter punch.
Yulian Vyacheslavovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Serpico showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vyacheslavovich.
Serpico stuns Vyacheslavovich with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vyacheslavovich on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vyacheslavovich needs to keep his hands up - Serpico had a free shot at his head there.
Vyacheslavovich misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Serpico was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vyacheslavovich scores with a sloppy right hand. Serpico should have avoided that one.
A head kick misses from Serpico.
Serpico scores with a decent looking hook.
Vyacheslavovich misses with a hook. Serpico ducked under it nicely.
Vyacheslavovich connects with a good right hand that stumbles Serpico. Serpico circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vyacheslavovich moves out of range as Serpico strikes.
Vyacheslavovich misses the jab.
Serpico looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vyacheslavovich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Serpico paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vyacheslavovich throws a jab when Serpico was well out of range.
Vyacheslavovich throws a hook but Serpico avoids it easily.
Serpico misses with a looping right.
Serpico throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vyacheslavovich throws a combination that misses
and Serpico counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Vyacheslavovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Serpico blocks a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Serpico as he connects with a hook.
Vyacheslavovich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vyacheslavovich on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Serpico scores with a hook.
Serpico missing with a left hand there. Vyacheslavovich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serpico blocks a jab.
Vyacheslavovich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vyacheslavovich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Serpico lands a right hook to the body.
Serpico looks to throw the jab but Vyacheslavovich is out of range.
Serpico misses with a shot to the body
and Vyacheslavovich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Serpico throws a jab but it's blocked by Vyacheslavovich.
Serpico lands a slapping body shot.
Vyacheslavovich drops his hands momentarily and Serpico takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Serpico closes the distance and clinches.
Serpico lands an uppercut.
Serpico doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Serpico has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vyacheslavovich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vyacheslavovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vyacheslavovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Serpico lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serpico scores with a nice hook to the head.
Serpico misses with a punch on the inside.
Serpico takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short right from Serpico.
Serpico swings wildly with an uppercut but Vyacheslavovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Serpico misses with some punches.
Serpico swings wildly with an uppercut but Vyacheslavovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Serpico.
Serpico fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Serpico struggles to land a body shot inside as Vyacheslavovich controls his hands.
Serpico lands a shot to the body.
Vyacheslavovich throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Serpico is working Vyacheslavovich over against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Serpico misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Serpico prevents a body shot from Vyacheslavovich.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Vyacheslavovich throws an elbow but misses.
Serpico prevents a body shot from Vyacheslavovich.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serpico lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vyacheslavovich.
Serpico has a couple of punches blocked by Vyacheslavovich.
Serpico tries to work over Vyacheslavovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Serpico swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinicio Serpico seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Serpico lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Serpico throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Serpico.
Serpico lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Serpico - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Serpico on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Serpico.
Serpico lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Serpico.
Serpico lands a hook that snaps the head of Vyacheslavovich backwards.
Serpico lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Serpico gets through Vyacheslavovich's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Serpico lands a body punch.
A hook to the body from Serpico.
Serpico lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinicio Serpico showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Serpico throws out a powerful jab.
Vyacheslavovich blocks a leg kick.
Vyacheslavovich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Serpico.
A jab from Serpico finds it's way through Vyacheslavovich's defenses.
Vyacheslavovich throws a leg kick but Serpico sees it coming and moves out of range.
Vyacheslavovich scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Serpico scores with a nice right hand.
Serpico fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vyacheslavovich looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vyacheslavovich misses with a right hand
and Serpico counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Serpico throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Vyacheslavovich misses its target.
Vyacheslavovich misses with a wild combination.
Vyacheslavovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vyacheslavovich misses with a shot to the body
and Serpico counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Serpico.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vyacheslavovich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vyacheslavovich wants to clinch
and Vyacheslavovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Serpico ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vyacheslavovich moves away.
Serpico cracks a nice hook into Vyacheslavovich's ribs.
Serpico lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Serpico scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Donk. Serpico catches Vyacheslavovich right on the button with a cross.
Vyacheslavovich swings widly with a right hand
and Serpico counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Serpico connects with the punch.
Vyacheslavovich moves forwards but Serpico connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vyacheslavovich tries to clinch up.
Vyacheslavovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Serpico staying out of range there.
Serpico scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Serpico keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vyacheslavovich closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Serpico scores with a body shot.
Serpico feints and then cracks Vyacheslavovich's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vyacheslavovich down.
Vyacheslavovich slips a straight right by Serpico.
Vyacheslavovich slips under a jab.
Serpico lands a jab to the nose.
Serpico waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vyacheslavovich.
Vyacheslavovich throwing a counter right hand but Serpico manages to avoid it.
Serpico scores with a nice strike.
Vyacheslavovich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vyacheslavovich just misses with a punch to the body.
Serpico scores with a nice head shot.
Serpico changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vyacheslavovich moves to clinch but Serpico breaks away
enabling Serpico to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serpico walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vyacheslavovich closes the distance but Serpico moves to the side
and Serpico cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Serpico lands a jab to the head.
Serpico throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vyacheslavovich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vyacheslavovich throws out a loose jab but Serpico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Serpico motions for Vyacheslavovich to come forward. Serpico throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vyacheslavovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Serpico moves away.
Serpico throws a hook to the side of Vyacheslavovich's head but Vyacheslavovich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Serpico looks to move away, Vyacheslavovich throws a big counter combo but Serpico just gets out of the way.
Nice uppercut there from Vyacheslavovich.
Serpico bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vyacheslavovich's head backwards.
Vyacheslavovich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Serpico.
Vyacheslavovich swings widly with a right hand
and Serpico counters with a nice body shot.
Vyacheslavovich checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab lands there for Serpico.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Vyacheslavovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vyacheslavovich misses with a hook.
A slow jab from Vyacheslavovich misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Serpico on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Serpico misses with an uppercut. Vyacheslavovich saw that one coming.
Serpico uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vyacheslavovich.
Serpico looks to score with a jab to the body but Vyacheslavovich is just out of range.
Vyacheslavovich looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vyacheslavovich throws a jab when Serpico was well out of range.
Serpico throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Serpico looks to score with a jab to the body but Vyacheslavovich is just out of range.
Vyacheslavovich was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Serpico moves out of range of the strikes.
Vyacheslavovich moves out of range of the strikes.
Vyacheslavovich swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Serpico lands a jab-cross combination.
Vyacheslavovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vyacheslavovich misses with a straight left.
Yulian Vyacheslavovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Serpico misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vinicio Serpico comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Serpico has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinicio Serpico!
Vinicio Serpico decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.