PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Arnaldo Silva (ranked 19217 p4p, 23113 weight class) and Yevgen Maartins (ranked 635 p4p, 655 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
Maartins

186 cm
34
187
28 - 18 - 0

180 cm
31
186
16 - 16 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arnaldo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yevgen Maartins!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maartins connects with a solid leg kick.
Maartins moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Maartins plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Maartins moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Maartins tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
It appears Silva was looking to counter with a kick there.
A swing and a miss from Maartins.
A little feinted left hand from Silva on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silva was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Maartins takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Maartins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping body kick lands there for Maartins.
Maartins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maartins. That's going to slow Silva down.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Maartins looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
It seemed like Maartins was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Maartins slips a jab from Silva.
Silva slips a jab from Maartins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maartins moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Maartins's ribs.
A combination from Maartins does no damage.
Maartins slips under a jab from Silva.
Maartins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maartins connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
Maartins throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Maartins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Maartins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
A jab from Maartins misses.
Maartins scores with a head kick.
Maartins feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva misses with a hook.
Maartins 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.
Maartins throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Maartins misses with an uppercut.
Silva tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Maartins manages to circle out of the way.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Maartins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maartins ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Maartins misses with a body shot.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maartins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Maartins turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Maartins throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jab from Maartins.
Silva misses the jab.
Maartins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Silva wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Maartins blocks a jab.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big right from Maartins misses.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Silva misses its target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maartins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva digs a good body shot into Maartins's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maartins. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Maartins throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Maartins throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yevgen Maartins dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Maartins.
Maartins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva scores with a jab. Maartins acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Maartins tries a head kick but it misses.
Maartins has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Silva.
Silva moves out of range as Maartins strikes.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Maartins's shoulder, as Maartins tries to avoid the shot.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Maartins.
Maartins moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Maartins tries a quick counter leg kick but Silva is wise to it.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Maartins's head but Maartins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva avoids the body shot from Maartins.
Good leg kick by Maartins.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maartins throws a head kick that misses.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Maartins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Maartins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maartins. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maartins misses with a low kick.
Maartins swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Maartins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Maartins slips under a jab from Silva.
Maartins connects with a body shot.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yevgen Maartins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maartins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maartins throws a lazy uppercut
and Silva makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Maartins really felt that one!
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maartins.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maartins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Maartins's head but Maartins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva throws a head kick but Maartins moves out of range.
Maartins tries a quick counter leg kick but Silva is wise to it.
Maartins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maartins misses the body punch
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maartins.
Maartins feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Maartins throws a sloppy body shot
and Silva counters with a good low kick that Maartins was not able to check.
Maartins misses with a jab to the body
and Silva counters with a left and a right that stings Maartins.
Maartins misses with the combination.
Silva takes a swing at Maartins's ribcage but misses.
Maartins takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Maartins moved out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Maartins misses.
Maartins works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maartins.
Maartins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maartins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maartins misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good shot there by Silva.
Maartins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva misses with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arnaldo Silva dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva slips a jab from Maartins.
Maartins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maartins.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Silva misses with a hook.
Maartins is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Silva with a body shot.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Maartins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maartins lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Maartins cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Maartins wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva scores with a body shot.
Maartins tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maartins moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maartins plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Maartins takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva steps in and throws a big head kick that drops Maartins to the mat! Maartins looks in trouble, can he beat the count? Silva is bouncing in a neutral corner joining in with the referee '4,5,6' they both chant. 7,8,9... he's not going to make it! 10! He's out! Silva jumps onto the ropes and takes in the acclaim from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Arnaldo Silva!
Arnaldo Silva was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.