PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Crass Baracuta (ranked 22181 p4p, 6853 weight class) and Spas Spasov (ranked 687 p4p, 625 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baracuta
vs
Spasov

174 cm
28
150
11 - 6 - 0

180 cm
33
159
20 - 24 - 2

Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crass Baracuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 24 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Spas Spasov!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spasov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Spasov scores with a one two! Baracuta had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Baracuta fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Spasov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Baracuta with a jab.
Baracuta misses with a wild body shot.
Baracuta lands a right hook to the body.
Baracuta's jab looks to have found its range, popping Spasov under the eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Spasov instigates a clinch.
Spasov tries to work over Baracuta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spasov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Baracuta on the inside.
I was talking to Baracuta's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice right hand lands inside from Baracuta.
Baracuta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spasov's elbow.
Baracuta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Spasovs head.
Good body shot from Spasov.

Spasov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spasov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baracuta went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Baracuta with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Spasov looks to clinch
and Baracuta counters with a good low kick that Spasov was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Spasov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Spasov tries to work over Baracuta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spasov lands with a left to the head.
Baracuta working aggressively here.
Baracuta swings wildly with an uppercut but Spasov uses good head movement to avoid it.

Baracuta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spasov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Spasov closes the distance and clinches.
Baracuta working aggressively here.
Spasov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Baracuta breaks the clinch.
Spasov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baracuta throws out the jab.
Spasov looks to land a combination. Baracuta sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spasov avoids the body shot from Baracuta.
Baracuta misses with a hook. Spasov ducked under it nicely.
Spasov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice jab there from Spasov.
Baracuta looks for the body kick but Spasov saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baracuta fails to land with a series of punches.
Baracuta dodges the punch combination from Spasov.
Spasov throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Spasov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baracuta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Spasov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spasov throws a right and a left that Baracuta avoids nicely.
And Baracuta counters with a quick kick to the body but Spasov blocks it.
Spasov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baracuta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baracuta lands a nice leg kick that just misses Spasov's sensitive parts.
A jab from Baracuta finds it's way through Spasov's defenses.
Baracuta throws a quick inside leg kick.
Baracuta throws a quick inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spasov staying out of range there.
Spasov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baracuta throws out a powerful jab.
Jab by Spasov.
Spasov stalks Baracuta and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Baracuta's face. Baracuta staggers backwards, shaken.

Baracuta is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Spas Spasov will probably get the nod.
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.

Spasov has managed to clinch.
Oh Baracuta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Good body shot from Spasov.
Spasov digs a right hand underneath Baracuta's ribcage. Baracuta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Spasov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spasov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Spasov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Baracuta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spasov just leaning against Baracuta, taking a breather.
Spasov creates a bit of distance and cracks Baracuta with a big uppercut! Baracuta goes down! The referee pushes Spasov away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Baracuta make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Spasov takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Spas Spasov!
Our winner, Spas Spasov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.