PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 16719 p4p, 5943 weight class) and Chong Tay (ranked 720 p4p, 613 weight class). Putin comes to the ring accompanied by Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Chong Tay enters the ring!

Putin
vs
Tay

183 cm
39
175
30 - 30 - 1

150 cm
31
210
21 - 25 - 2

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 30 - 1, fighting out of New York, Vlad Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 25 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chong Tay!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Putin avoids the head kick by Tay.
Putin throws a head kick but Tay moves out of range.
Tay throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A counter left hand to the body from Putin misses its target.
A low kick lands for Putin.
Tay misses with a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Putin throws a head kick that half lands.
A head kick misses from Tay.
Tay scores with a leg kick.
Putin looks to land a combination. Tay sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tay swinging wildly here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Tay.
Tay tries a head kick but it misses.
Tay misses with a body kick.
Tay tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Putin darts in and clinches Tay up against the ropes.

Tay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tay 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.
Tay keeps the fight on the outside.
Putin punishes Tay's body with a nice straight punch.
Tay fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Putin gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tay manages to break the clinch.
Tay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tay takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Putin misses with a few strikes there.
Chong Tay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Putin slips a jab and a cross from Tay.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Putin.
Tay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tay misses with a series of wild punches.

Putin instigates a clinch.
Putin working aggressively here.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Tay looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tay is defending well for now.

Tay breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but Tay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Putin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tay has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Putin lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tay misses with an uppercut. Putin saw that one coming.
Tay pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A quick step to the side and Putin tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Putin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Putin misses with a double jab.
Tay swats away the attempt to clinch by Putin.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tay paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Putin rushes Tay and presses him up against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Putin.
Putin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Putin landing knees to the body.
Putin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Putin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tay lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tay looks winded!
Tay tries to break free but Putin pushes him back against the ropes.
Tay takes a knee right on the jaw!
Putin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Tay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Putin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tay swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick by Tay misses
and Putin counters with a two punch combo.
Tay fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Putin checks it well.
Crunch! Putin slams his shin into Tay's torso.
Putin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Putin closes the distance and clinches.
Tay is trying to break the clinch but Putin is controlling him.

Tay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Putin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tay moves away.
Tay misses with an uppercut.
Putin wants to clinch.
Tay throws a leg kick but Putin checks it.
Tay looks for the body kick but Putin saw that one coming.
Tay swinging wildly here.
Putin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tay stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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!
Tay fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Putin is out of range.
Putin is looking for a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tay moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tay throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Putin tests Tay's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Putin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tay throws a series of punches but Putin moves out of range.
Putin misses with a series of wild punches.
Tay throws a sloppy head kick and Putin moves out of range easily.
Tay throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tay throws a push kick but Putin slaps the foot to one side.
Tay swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Putin to counter with a crisp jab.
Tay throws a series of punches but Putin avoids them all with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tay fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Putin.
Tay throws a head kick that misses.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but Tay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tay throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Putin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Putin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Putin moves into the clinch.
Putin scores with a knee to the head.
Tay has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Tay pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Putin lands a head kick. Tay smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tay moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tay throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Putin.
Tay misses with a few strikes there.
Putin is looking to wear down Tay with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Putin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Vlad Putin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Putin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Putin misses with an elbow over the top.
Putin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tay can do to turn this around?
Putin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. Tay won't want to take too many of those.
Tay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Tay tries to circle away but Putin has him pinned against the ropes.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tay blocks it with crossed arms.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Tay blocks with his arms.
Tay tries to break free but Putin pushes him back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tay wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Tay manages to break the clinch.
Putin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tay scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tay tries a head kick but it misses.
Tay is breathing heavily.
Putin misses with the combination.
Tay pivots, looking for a leg kick but Putin is out of range and Tay settles back down.

Putin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Tay escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Putin here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Putin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Putin tries to clinch but Tay is having none of it.
Tay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Putin connects with a body shot that sends Tay's belly button to the back.
Putin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Putin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Putin throws a right and a left that both miss.

Putin pushes Tay up against the ropes in a clinch.

Tay manages to break the clinch.
Tay throws a leg kick which misses Putin's front leg but catches the back leg as Putin tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tay takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tay!
Tay is looking to score with low kicks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Putin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tay - the referee stops the clock and Putin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tay. Putin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tay swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Putin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tay is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Putin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tay scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tay misses with a body kick.
Putin works over Tay's head and body with a nice combination.
Putin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tay has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Putin throws a right hand that Tay ducks under and follows up with a left that Tay also avoids with ease.
A combination from Tay does no damage.
Tay lands with a nice combination. Putin backs away looking to recover.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Putin scores with a shot to the side of Tay's head.

Tay breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chong Tay seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Tay does no damage.
Tay swinging wildly here.

Putin closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Tay crashing to the mat! Tay uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
Putin staying out of range there.
Tay finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice body kick there by Putin.
Tay takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tay avoids a punch combination nicely.
Putin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
No joy there for Putin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tay tries a head kick but it misses.
Tay throws a nice looking combination but Putin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick by Tay misses
and Putin counters with a three punch combo that has Tay backing up. Tay nods at Putin to acknowledge the strikes.

Putin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin lands a damaging elbow.
Tay is trying to break the clinch but Putin has him pressed against the ropes.

Tay manages to break the clinch.
Putin misses with a wild combination.
Putin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Putin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tay throws a sloppy head kick and Putin moves out of range easily.
Putin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tay misses with a low kick as Putin jumps back.
Putin works Tay's body with a nice hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Putin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but Tay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Putin closes the distance and pushes Tay back into the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Putin keeps control of Tay as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Putin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tay in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Putin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Tay breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tay is looking to chop away at Putin's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Putin will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Decent striking displayed by Putin there.
Putin catches Tay with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tay looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Putin dodges the punch combination from Tay.
Tay looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Putin slips a jab and a cross from Tay.

Putin has taken the fight to the clinch.

Tay escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but Tay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Putin blocks a head kick by Tay.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A thudding body kick lands there by Putin!
Putin moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tay throws a head kick that misses.
Putin scores with a push kick.
Putin with a nice calf kick.
Tay takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Putin fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Putin.
A head kick misses from Tay.
Tay has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Putin.
Tay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Putin circles away quickly and effectively.
Putin scores with a hook.

Putin takes the fight into the clinch.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tay avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Tay is trying to break the clinch but Putin has him pressed against the ropes.
Putin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tay in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Putin swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Tay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tay walks into a left hand.
Tay's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tay throws a head kick but Putin moves out of range.
Putin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Tay manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Tay.
Tay swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Putin wants to clinch up but Tay keeps it at a distance.
Tay looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tay takes one to the side of the head.
Tay misses with a two punch combination.
Tay lands a leg kick that knocks Putin off balance momentarily.
Tay stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Putin.
Tay throws a head kick but Putin moves out of range.
Tay gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Putin rushes Tay and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Tay is trying to break the clinch but Putin is controlling him.
Putin has Tay pressed against the ropes, preventing Tay from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tay blocks an elbow strike.
Putin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tay is trying to break the clinch but Putin has him pressed against the ropes.
Putin lands with a short shot to the head.
Putin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tay's face.

Tay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Putin has closed the distance and engaged Tay in a clinch.
Tay blocks an elbow strike.
Tay can't break the clinch.
Putin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tay's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Tay blocks it.
Putin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tay's elbow.
Putin presses Tay against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tay tries to break the clinch but Putin is controlling the position.

Tay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Putin moves out of range as Tay throws a body kick.
Tay looks to land a combination but Putin avoids it well.
Vlad Putin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tay misses with a two punch combination.
Tay tries a head kick but it misses.
Putin wants to clinch up but Tay keeps it at a distance.
Tay throws a right hand that Putin ducks under and follows up with a left that Putin also avoids with ease.
It looked like Putin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tay.
Putin dips to his left and cracks Tay with an uppercut!
Putin works the jab nicely.
Chong Tay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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!
Putin lands with a straight right. Tay didn't see that one coming.
Tay throws a series of punches but Putin avoids them all with ease.
Putin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Putin works Tay's body with a nice hook.
Putin scores with a nice right hand.
Putin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tay takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A slapping leg kick lands for Putin.
Putin wants to clinch up but Tay keeps it at a distance.
Putin connects with the punch.
Tay avoids a kick to the body.
Putin lands the left hand.
Tay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Putin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tay throws a head kick that misses.
Putin misses with a few strikes there.
Putin avoids the head kick by Tay.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vlad Putin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Putin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:26
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vlad Putin!
A relieved looking Vlad Putin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.