PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 15234 p4p, 3579 weight class) and Barion Montgomery (ranked 562 p4p, 420 weight class). Putin comes to the ring accompanied by Rasputin Vladimir Putin Love The Way You Move. Barion Montgomery has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Vlad Putin's chin.

Putin
vs
Montgomery

183 cm
48
175
40 - 46 - 2

185 cm
24
179
8 - 6 - 0

Great elbows
Experienced

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 40 - 46 - 2, fighting out of New York, Vlad Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barion Montgomery!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Putin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Putin tries to clinch there but Montgomery circles away.
Putin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Montgomery connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Putin momentarily.
Montgomery takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Putin jabs Montgomery to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A lazy left from Putin finds it's target.
Montgomery misses the shot to the body.

Montgomery clinches with his opponent.
Putin lands a nice knee to the body.
Montgomery looks winded!
Putin scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Putin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Montgomery blocks with his arms.
Montgomery's coach down at For Pride and Prodigies was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Montgomery's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Montgomery managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
A shot in the inside from Putin.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Montgomery has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Putin pushes off an throws an elbow but Montgomery leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Putin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Montgomery goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery looking to throw knees to the head but Putin is blocking nicely.
Montgomery tries a knee to the head but Putin blocks it.
Putin tries to throw a body punch but Montgomery avoids it by throwing Putin back against the ropes.
Putin is leaning against Montgomery and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Putin lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Putin.
Putin throws a punch but it's blocked by Montgomery.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Montgomery.
Putin scores with a shot to the side of Montgomery's head.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Montgomery.
A short right from Putin.
Montgomery tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Montgomery blocks an uppercut.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Putin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Putin lands a damaging elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. Montgomery won't want to take too many of those.
Montgomery blocks an elbow strike from Putin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. Montgomery won't want to take too many of those.
A shot in the inside from Putin.
Montgomery takes an elbow to the temple.
Putin swings wildly with an uppercut but Montgomery uses good head movement to avoid it.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Putin pushes off an throws an elbow but Montgomery leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Putin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Putin pushes off an throws an elbow but Montgomery leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Montgomery throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Putin blocks it with crossed arms.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Montgomery tries to work over Putin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Putin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Montgomery tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch on the inside from Putin fails to land.
Putin blocking some punches.
Montgomery looking to throw knees to the head but Putin is blocking nicely.
And that is 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.

Montgomery is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Montgomery slips a straight right by Putin.
Putin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Putin takes a swing at Montgomery's ribcage but misses.

Putin clinches with his opponent.
Putin struggles to land a body shot inside as Montgomery controls his hands.
Putin misses with the head strike.
Putin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Montgomery backwards.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. Montgomery won't want to take too many of those.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Putin lands a left hand.
Putin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Montgomery backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Putin lands a knee to the head.
Montgomery blocking some punches.
Putin has a couple of punches blocked by Montgomery.
Montgomery is breathing heavily.
Montgomery blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Putin.
Putin working Montgomery over with knees to the body.
Putin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Putin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Montgomery backwards.
Putin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Putin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Putin throws a punch but it's blocked by Montgomery.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Putin.
Montgomery throws a punch but it's blocked by Putin.
Putin working aggressively here.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Montgomery has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Montgomery blocks a body shot from Putin.
Putin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Montgomery can do to turn this around?
Putin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Putin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A hook to the body from Montgomery.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Putin misses with an elbow over the top.
Putin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Montgomery's elbow.
Montgomery is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Putin is defending well for now.
Montgomery misses with a body punch.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Montgomery blocks an elbow strike.
Montgomery managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Vlad Putin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Montgomery is defending well for now.
Montgomery lands a knee to the body.
Montgomery lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
Putin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Montgomery tries to land knees in the clinch but Putin avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Putin dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Putin looks to throw the jab but Montgomery is out of range.
Montgomery throws out a counter right but Putin avoids it with no problem.
Putin swings for the body but Montgomery moves out of range.
Putin staying out of range there.
Putin stalks Montgomery and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Montgomery's face. Montgomery staggers backwards, shaken.
Putin misses with a straight right.

Putin moves into range and clinches up with Montgomery.
Putin working aggressively here.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Montgomery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Montgomery avoids the damage to the body.
Montgomery misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montgomery lands a right hand.
Montgomery throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Putin blocks it with crossed arms.
Montgomery takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Putin tries a body shot but Montgomery blocks it.
Montgomery misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Montgomery misses with the head strike.
Putin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin throws a head punch that misses.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Montgomery blocks with his arms.
Putin misses with some punches.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Montgomery is defending well for now.
Montgomery landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Putin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Putin fails to land.
Putin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Putin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vlad Putin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Montgomery lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
Montgomery tries to work over Putin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Putin.
Putin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barion Montgomery has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery misses with a hook from the clinch.
Montgomery tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Putin misses with some punches.
Montgomery doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Montgomery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin working Montgomery over with knees to the body.
Putin misses with a punch on the inside.
Putin has a couple of punches blocked by Montgomery.
Putin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Putin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Montgomery missing with knees to the body.
Montgomery throws a knee to the head but misses.

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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vlad Putin!
An out of breath Vlad Putin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.