PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wasyl Plutov (ranked 2617 p4p, 264 weight class) and Manuel La Bor (ranked 1558 p4p, 177 weight class). La Bor has chosen Centuries as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Plutov
vs
La Bor

178 cm
30
155 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

179 cm
39
152 lbs
30 - 21 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wasyl Plutov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 21 - 2, fighting out of London, Manuel La Bor!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Bor throws a big shot that misses.
Some wild striking there from La Bor.
La Bor 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.
La Bor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Plutov.
Plutov throws an overhand right that lands on La Bor's shoulder, as La Bor tries to avoid the shot.
La Bor walks into a straight right hand from Plutov.
Plutov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slapping leg kick lands for Plutov.
La Bor jabs Plutov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Plutov scores with a hook.
Wasyl Plutov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Plutov throws a leg kick but La Bor sees it coming and moves out of range.
La Bor tries to counter with a clinch but Plutov shakes him off and moves away.
Plutov lands with a shot to the body.
Plutov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Big Bear Fight Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Plutov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La Bor.
La Bor circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Plutov.
Plutov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Plutov throws a quick inside leg kick.
La Bor throws a body shot but no joy.
Plutov throws a predictable looking body shot

and La Bor holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plutov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from La Bor.
A right handed body shot lands from La Bor.
La Bor lands with a right to the head.
Plutov misses with a punch on the inside.
La Bor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
Plutov prevents a body shot from La Bor.
La Bor misses with some punches.
Plutov prevents La Bor from breaking the clinch.
La Bor lands a body punch.
Plutov tries to break the clinch but La Bor is controlling the position.
Plutov looking to slow down the pace here.
La Bor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La Bor takes an elbow to the temple.
Plutov lands a nice elbow.

Plutov breaks from the clinch.
La Bor avoids the body shot from Plutov.
La Bor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Plutov is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor is looking to chop away at Plutov's legs.
Plutov connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Plutov slips a jab from La Bor.
La Bor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Plutov.
La Bor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Bor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
La Bor on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Plutov misses with a hook. La Bor ducked under it nicely.
Plutov moves out of range of the strikes.
Plutov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
No joy there for Plutov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Plutov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping La Bor at a distance.
Plutov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and La Bor connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Plutov scrambles back to his feet.
La Bor cracks Plutov with a good jab.
La Bor misses with a hook.
La Bor dodges the punch combination from Plutov.
Plutov dips to his left and cracks La Bor with an uppercut!
La Bor takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good shot there by La Bor.
Plutov tries to clinch up.
Plutov misses with a right hand
and La Bor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Plutov ducks under a wild hook from La Bor.
Plutov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La Bor misses with a looping right.
Plutov checks a low kick from La Bor.
An attempted straight right counter from Plutov misses the target.
Plutov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Plutov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
La Bor misses with a body shot.
Plutov lands a leg kick that knocks La Bor off balance momentarily.
La Bor walks into a jab.
La Bor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Plutov scores with a decent looking hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Bor lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
La Bor misses with a hook.
Plutov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
La Bor dodges the punch combination from Plutov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plutov lands with a hook. La Bor tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
La Bor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Plutov throws a looping overhand right but La Bor ducks down to avoid it.
La Bor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Plutov moves away.
Plutov throws a hook but La Bor blocks it.
La Bor does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Plutov throws a hook but La Bor blocks it.
La Bor lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
La Bor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Plutov is looking to counter punch.
La Bor misses with a few strikes there.
Plutov throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Plutov connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Plutov misses with a looping left.
La Bor misses with a wild body shot.
La Bor misses with a hook
and Plutov counters with a nice kick to the body.
La Bor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Wasyl Plutov will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

La Bor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Plutov misses with a jab, cross combination.
A lazy left from Plutov finds it's target.
A right-left combo lands from Plutov.
La Bor misses with a double jab
and Plutov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A swing and a miss from Plutov.
La Bor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Plutov throws out the jab.
La Bor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Plutov jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
La Bor swings widly with a right hand
and Plutov counters with a series of strikes. La Bor will be more careful next time no doubt.
La Bor's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Plutov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Plutov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Bor can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plutov avoids the body shot from La Bor.
La Bor tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Plutov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Plutov misses with a looping left.
Plutov throws the left hand but La Bor avoids the punch easily.
La Bor throws a half hearted mid kick.
Plutov looks to land a right hand but La Bor moved out of range.
Plutov sets himself, and La Bor steps forward looking for the clinch! Plutov avoids it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plutov throws a jab but it's blocked by La Bor.
Plutov moves out of range of the strikes.
Plutov throws out a powerful jab.
Plutov blocks a low kick nicely.
La Bor scores with a nice head shot.
Plutov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Bor.
Plutov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Plutov shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
La Bor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Plutov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Plutov lands with an uppercut that bounces La Bor off the cage and back into range.
Plutov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent La Bor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
La Bor slips under a jab.
Plutov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La Bor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
La Bor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Plutov lands a nice leg kick that just misses La Bor's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plutov lands a nice shot that snaps La Bor's head back.
Plutov missing with a left hand there. La Bor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plutov moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
La Bor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Plutov connects with a nice looking jab.
La Bor drops his hands momentarily and Plutov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La Bor lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Plutov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Plutov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
La Bor misses with the combination.
Plutov lands with a nice body punch.
Plutov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Plutov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
La Bor throws a nice looking combination but Plutov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
La Bor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La Bor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Plutov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Plutov scores with a kick to the body.
La Bor throws a lazy right hand but Plutov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plutov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
La Bor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
La Bor throws a body shot but no joy.
Plutov misses with an uppercut. La Bor saw that one coming.
La Bor misses with a double jab.
Plutov swings for the body but La Bor moves out of range.
La Bor feints and then cracks Plutov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Plutov down.
La Bor misses with a straight left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Plutov.
La Bor takes one on the chin but seems OK.
La Bor throws a nice inside leg kick.
Plutov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Plutov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
La Bor scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Plutov doesn't seem bothered though.
La Bor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Plutov slips a straight right by La Bor.
Plutov blocks a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Plutov thumps La Bor with a low kick.
Plutov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plutov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Plutov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and La Bor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Plutov throws a poor cross that misses
enabling La Bor to counter with a crisp jab.
Plutov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Plutov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La Bor.
Plutov staying out of range there.
La Bor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Plutov.
La Bor connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wasyl Plutov is winning the standup battle so far.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La Bor checks a leg kick.
La Bor tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Plutov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slapping leg kick lands for La Bor.
La Bor cracks a nice hook into Plutov's ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Bor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Plutov.
La Bor checks the leg kick nicely there.
La Bor tries to counter with a clinch but Plutov shakes him off and moves away.
Plutov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Bor moves away.
La Bor scores with a sloppy right hand. Plutov should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wasyl Plutov dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

La Bor throws an off balance right hand
and Plutov counters with a left and a right that stings La Bor.
Plutov staying out of range there.
Plutov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Plutov misses the shot to the body.
Plutov thuds his shin into the meat of La Bor's side.
A decent looking cross lands there for La Bor.
La Bor needs to keep his hands up - Plutov had a free shot at his head there.
La Bor lands an overhand right.
Plutov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Plutov tries to clinch there but La Bor circles away.
La Bor tries to clinch up.
La Bor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Plutov throws a body punch but La Bor moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Plutov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plutov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La Bor.
La Bor pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Plutov back to the cage. La Bor follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
La Bor misses with a double jab.
Plutov scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice cross by Plutov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - La Bor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La Bor checks a low kick from Plutov.
La Bor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Plutov.
Plutov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and La Bor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
La Bor avoids a punch combination nicely.
La Bor tries to counter by closing the distance.
Plutov misses with a hook. La Bor ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Plutov does it's job there.
Plutov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La Bor.
La Bor misses with a straight left.
Plutov feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Plutov.
La Bor throws a chopping leg kick but Plutov manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
La Bor missing with a left hand there. Plutov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La Bor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
La Bor tried to score with a low kick but Plutov checks it.
La Bor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Plutov moves out of range of the body kick from La Bor.
Wasyl Plutov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Plutov misses its intended target.
La Bor takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Plutov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Plutov fails to land with a series of punches.
La Bor connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
La Bor lands with an uppercut that bounces Plutov off the cage and back into range.
Plutov scores with a hook to the body. La Bor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
La Bor takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Plutov slips a jab from La Bor.
Plutov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and La Bor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
La Bor blocks a head kick by Plutov.
La Bor lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
La Bor jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Plutov lands a head shot.
Plutov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Bor misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Plutov lands a nice leg kick that just misses La Bor's sensitive parts.
A leg kick checked by Plutov.
Plutov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Plutov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but La Bor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Plutov lands a right hook to the body.
Plutov misses the jab.
Plutov sets himself, and La Bor steps forward looking for the clinch! Plutov avoids it this time.
Plutov thuds a left hand into La Bor's body.
Plutov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
La Bor attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Plutov clinches.
La Bor throws a head punch that misses.
La Bor has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
La Bor works on Plutov's body with a couple of short punches.
Plutov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La Bor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La Bor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La Bor tries a body shot but Plutov blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Plutov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by La Bor.
Plutov connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Bor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Plutov is looking to counter punch.
Manuel La Bor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La Bor throws a hook but Plutov avoids it easily.
Plutov seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Plutov blocks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from La Bor misses.

Plutov gets a clinch.
Plutov stalling against the cage.
Plutov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning La Bor up against the cage.
La Bor dodges an elbow strike from Plutov.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Bor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
A body shot lands from La Bor.
Plutov blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Wasyl Plutov.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Plutov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wasyl Plutov!
During a confident post fight interview, Wasyl Plutov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.