PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yulian Vyacheslavovich (ranked 6576 p4p, 110 weight class) and Anthony Ventura (ranked 10125 p4p, 186 weight class). Yulian Vyacheslavovich had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Vyacheslavovich
vs
Ventura

201 cm
24
242 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

204 cm
45
265 lbs
13 - 22 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 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 13 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anthony Ventura!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vyacheslavovich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ventura takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ventura gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vyacheslavovich missing with a left hand there. Ventura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vyacheslavovich looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ventura.
Ventura throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vyacheslavovich counters with a low kick, right behind Ventura 's knee.
Ventura has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ventura lunges at Vyacheslavovich with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vyacheslavovich's hand.
Ventura throws the left hand but Vyacheslavovich avoids the punch easily.
Ventura throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ventura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ventura throws out a loose jab but Vyacheslavovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vyacheslavovich appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Vyacheslavovich throws a lazy right hand but Ventura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vyacheslavovich avoids the head kick by Ventura.
A little feinted left hand from Vyacheslavovich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vyacheslavovich connects with a right hand. Ventura shakes it off.
Ventura throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Vyacheslavovich misses.
Ventura throws an overhand right that lands on Vyacheslavovich's shoulder, as Vyacheslavovich tries to avoid the shot.
Vyacheslavovich cracks a nice hook into Ventura's ribs.
Yulian Vyacheslavovich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Vyacheslavovich drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Ventura onto his butt! Ventura pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
Vyacheslavovich ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Ventura out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yulian Vyacheslavovich!
After the fight, Yulian Vyacheslavovich was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.