PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Luke Venderag (ranked 22415 p4p, 479 weight class) and Alex Alexandrov (ranked 5844 p4p, 415 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Venderag
vs
Alexandrov

181 cm
22
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luke Venderag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Alexandrov!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Alexandrov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Venderag, pushing him back against the ropes.
Alexandrov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Venderag scores with a knee to the head.
Venderag misses with a body punch.
Venderag lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexandrov won't want to take too many of those.
Venderag lands a body shot in the clinch.
Alexandrov looks winded!
Venderag lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexandrov won't want to take too many of those.
A nice right hand lands inside from Venderag.
Venderag with a knee to the head.
Venderag cracks Alexandrov with a nice body shot.
Venderag lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Venderag.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Venderag lands an uppercut.
Venderag unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Venderag with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Venderag.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Venderag obliges.
A right hook to the body lands for Venderag.
Venderag landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Venderag with a knee to the head.
Venderag working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Venderag lands a nice knee to the body.
Venderag utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Venderag landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Venderag works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Venderag lands a left hand.
Venderag with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short left from Venderag.
Venderag makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Venderag is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Venderag landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Venderag lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexandrov won't want to take too many of those.
Venderag putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alexandrov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short left from Venderag.
Venderag lands an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Venderag obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Venderag lands a nice knee to the body.
Venderag connects with a knee to the head.
Venderag lands a shoulder strike.
Venderag lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexandrov won't want to take too many of those.
Venderag lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexandrov won't want to take too many of those.
Venderag connects with a knee to the head.
Venderag lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alexandrov backwards.
A shot in the inside from Venderag.
Venderag working Alexandrov over with knees to the body.
Venderag lands a left hand.
Good body shot from Venderag.
A short right from Venderag.
Venderag lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A frustrated look appears on Alexandrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Venderag digs a right hand into Alexandrov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alexandrov's gas tank.
Venderag lands a body shot.
A hook to the body from Venderag.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Venderag 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.

Venderag connects with a body shot.
Alexandrov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Venderag scores with a decent looking hook.
Venderag lands with a good body shot.

Alexandrov walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Venderag rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Alexandrov has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.

Alexandrov is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Venderag cracks Alexandrov with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Alexandrov is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Alexandrov is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Alexandrov could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Luke Venderag!
Our winner, Luke Venderag, 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.