PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Yevgen Maartins (ranked 4969 p4p, 513 weight class) and Dustin Queen (ranked 4509 p4p, 483 weight class). Dustin Queen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Maartins
vs
Queen

180 cm
23
192 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
26
155 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Excellent MT
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yevgen Maartins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dustin Queen!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maartins throws a solid leg kick but Queen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Maartins.
Queen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maartins. Queen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maartins throws a leg kick which misses Queen's front leg but catches the back leg as Queen tries to avoid it.
Maartins tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Queen counters with a left to the body.
Queen's corner calls for a 1-2. Queen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Queen with a jab.
Maartins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Maartins thuds a left hand into Queen's body.
Maartins is looking to chop away at Queen's legs.

Maartins darts in and clinches Queen up against the ropes.
Queen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Queen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Queen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maartins's elbow.
Maartins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Queen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maartins utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Queen takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maartins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Queen or not.
Queen misses with a body punch.
Maartins lands a damaging elbow.
Maartins working Queen over with knees to the body.
Queen looks winded!
Maartins connects with a knee to the head.
Maartins lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maartins connects with a knee to the head.
Maartins lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maartins lands an elbow that stopped Queen in his tracks for a moment.
Queen takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Queen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Maartins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Queen misses with some punches.
Queen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maartins lands a damaging elbow.
Maartins stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Maartins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Queen has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Maartins seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Queen can turn it around.
Still in the clinch, Maartins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Maartins lands an elbow inside.
Queen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maartins lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maartins lands an elbow just above Queen 's eye.
Queen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maartins has him pressed against the ropes.
Maartins lands an elbow just above Queen 's eye.
Maartins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Queen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maartins is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maartins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Queen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maartins lands a damaging elbow.
Maartins landing knees to the body.
Maartins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Queen's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maartins.
Knees to the body from Maartins.
Maartins landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Maartins.
Maartins lands an elbow inside that Queen shrugs off.
Maartins lands a knee to the head.
Queen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maartins's elbow.
Maartins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maartins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Queen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maartins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Queen backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maartins.
Maartins landing knees to the head.
Maartins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maartins unloads a knee to the mid-section. Queen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maartins unloads a knee to the mid-section. Queen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maartins unloads a knee to the mid-section. Queen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maartins lands a nice knee to the body.
Maartins connects with a knee to the head.
Maartins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Queen struggles to land a body shot inside as Maartins controls his hands.
Maartins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maartins landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maartins scores with a knee to the head.
Maartins is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Queen fails to land.
Maartins utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Maartins landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maartins crunches a lovely knee into Queen's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maartins lands an elbow just above Queen 's eye.
Maartins blocks a body shot from Queen.
Nice elbow from Maartins.
Nice elbow from Maartins.
Maartins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maartins.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maartins.
Maartins with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maartins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Queen is trying to push Maartins away but Maartins has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Maartins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maartins lands a good knee to the midsection. Queen won't want to take too many of those.
A body shot lands from Maartins.
Maartins scores a nice knee to the body.
Maartins lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hand to the body from Maartins.
Maartins with a knee to the head.
Maartins lands with a short shot to the head.
Queen takes an elbow to the temple.
Maartins with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yevgen Maartins dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice body punch from Maartins.
Maartins misses with a left hand
and Queen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maartins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Maartins forces Queen back against the ropes and clinches.
Queen misses with a body punch.
Maartins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Maartins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maartins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Queen blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maartins obliges.
Queen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maartins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Queen tries a body shot but Maartins blocks it.
Maartins unloads a knee to the mid-section. Queen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Queen is breathing heavily.
Queen misses with a punch to the body.
Maartins lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maartins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maartins.
Knees to the body from Maartins.
Maartins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Queen can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Maartins.
Maartins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Queen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maartins lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Maartins.
Maartins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Queen misses with a punch to the body.
Queen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maartins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maartins lands an elbow inside.
Maartins crunches a lovely knee into Queen's ribcage.
Maartins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Queen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maartins lands an elbow inside that Queen shrugs off.
Queen takes an elbow to the temple.
Maartins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Queen's defenses.
Maartins with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Queen is rocked!
Queen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Queen is still on wobbly legs! Can Maartins finish him?
A knee to the head by Maartins.
Maartins scores with a knee to the head.
Queen misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maartins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maartins lands an elbow inside.
Maartins scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Maartins.
Maartins lands an elbow inside.
Maartins lands an elbow just above Queen 's eye.
Queen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maartins lands an elbow that stopped Queen in his tracks for a moment.
Maartins lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maartins landing knees to the body.
Maartins lands a nice elbow.
Queen tries to throw a body punch but Maartins avoids it by throwing Queen back against the ropes.
Maartins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maartins lands an elbow that stopped Queen in his tracks for a moment.
Maartins lands a knee to the head.
Queen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maartins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maartins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Queen.
Maartins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maartins lands a nice elbow.
Maartins landing knees to the body.
Queen managing to block the knees to the body from Maartins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queen tries to work over Maartins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Queen misses with a punch to the body.
Queen tries to break the clinch but Maartins is controlling the position.
Maartins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Queen seems to have recovered his senses.
Yevgen Maartins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Queen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maartins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Queen blocks it with crossed arms.
Queen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Queen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maartins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Queen tries to throw a body punch but Maartins avoids it by throwing Queen back against the ropes.
Queen dodges an elbow strike from Maartins.
Queen takes an elbow to the temple.
Queen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Maartins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Queens head.
Queen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maartins misses with an elbow over the top.
Queen working hard to break the clinch.
Maartins utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Maartins lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maartins lands an elbow just above Queen 's eye.
Maartins tries to work over Queen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Queen misses with a body punch.
Queen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maartins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Queen's defenses.
Maartins missing with knees to the body.
Queen misses with the head strike.
Maartins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Queen blocks the elbow strike.
Queen tries a body shot but Maartins blocks it.
Maartins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maartins lands a nice knee to the body.
Maartins lands a nice elbow.
Queen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Queen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maartins lands a good knee to the midsection. Queen won't want to take too many of those.
Queen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maartins's elbow.
Maartins lands an elbow that stopped Queen in his tracks for a moment.
Maartins throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yevgen Maartins dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Queen. Maartins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Queen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Maartins in his tracks.
Maartins lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dustin Queen seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Maartins clinches up with Queen and pushes him back against the ropes.
Queen misses with a punch to the body.
Queen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maartins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maartins blocks a body shot from Queen.
Maartins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Maartins lands an elbow inside.
Queen misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Queen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Maartins.
Maartins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Maartins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Queen dodges an elbow strike from Maartins.
Queen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen misses with some punches.
Maartins misses with an elbow strike.
Queen takes a shot to the head.
Queen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Maartins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maartins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maartins utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Queen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Queen can't find room to land a body shot as Maartins controls the action.
Maartins with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Queen - that landed with a thud.
Maartins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Queen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Queen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Queen throws a head punch that misses.
Maartins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Queen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
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!
Queen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Queen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Queen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dustin Queen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maartins lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Queen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Queen tries to break the clinch but Maartins is controlling the position.
Maartins prevents a body shot from Queen.
Queen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Queen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Queen can't find room to land a body shot as Maartins controls the action.
Maartins lands a knee to the head.
Maartins tries to land a knee to the head but Queen blocks with his arms.
Maartins blocking some punches.
Queen lands a body shot.
Queen avoids a wild elbow strike from Maartins.

Queen breaks the clinch.
Maartins fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yevgen Maartins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maartins wants to clinch
and Queen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maartins tries to clinch but Queen moves away
and Queen counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yevgen Maartins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Queen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Queen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maartins moves away.
Maartins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Queen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Queen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Maartins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Queen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Queen scores with a nice right hand.
Queen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Maartins in his tracks.
Queen misses with a left hand
and Maartins counters with a big head kick but Queen shrugs it off.
Queen throws a lazy uppercut
and Maartins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maartins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Queen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Maartins throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Queen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maartins doesn't manage to clinch there - Queen circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Queen! But no joy.
Queen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maartins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Queen throws a sloppy body shot
and Maartins counters with a head kick. That will keep Queen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Queen avoids the head kick by Maartins.
Maartins moves to clinch but Queen breaks away
and Queen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

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 Yevgen Maartins.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Maartins, 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 30:26
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:28
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yevgen Maartins!
Our winner, Yevgen Maartins, 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.