PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Frulegur Wiskeber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sombat Banchamek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiskeber comes into the arena with Michel Cleis - Hey Lady Luck (Official Music Video) blaring out of the sound system. Banchamek has chosen Buakaw Por Pramuk Highlight as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wiskeber
vs
Banchamek

173 cm
25
150 lbs
9 - 12 - 0

174 cm
25
149 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frulegur Wiskeber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sombat Banchamek!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banchamek doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Wiskeber pushes Banchamek up against the ropes in a clinch.
Wiskeber dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Banchamek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Banchamek pushes off an throws an elbow but Wiskeber leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Banchamek misses with a knee to the head.

Wiskeber breaks the clinch.

Banchamek closes the distance and clinches.
Wiskeber scores with a hook to the body.
Wiskeber has Banchamek pushed against the ropes.
Banchamek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiskeber slows down the pace here.
Banchamek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wiskeber slowing the pace effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiskeber unloads a knee to the mid-section. Banchamek lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wiskeber lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Wiskeber using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Banchamek looks winded!
The referee calls for Wiskeber to work.
Wiskeber seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Frulegur Wiskeber.
Banchamek is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wiskeber.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wiskeber, as that shot connected.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Wiskeber takes the fight into the clinch.
Banchamek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wiskeber obliges.
Wiskeber lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wiskeber using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wiskeber is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiskeber lands a body shot in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wiskeber takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Wiskeber landing knees to the body.
Wiskeber is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wiskeber.

Wiskeber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Wiskeber closes the distance and pushes Banchamek back into the ropes.
Wiskeber avoiding damage as Banchamek throws knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Wiskeber.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wiskeber utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wiskeber lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wiskeber dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frulegur Wiskeber dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wiskeber lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Banchamek backs up against the ropes.

Wiskeber gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Banchamek has had enough of the clinch but Wiskeber keeps him there for the moment.
Wiskeber scores with a hook to the body.
Wiskeber lands a good knee to the midsection. Banchamek won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right handed body shot lands from Wiskeber.

Wiskeber manages to break the clinch.

Wiskeber clinches with his opponent.
A knee to the head by Wiskeber.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wiskeber obliges.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wiskeber.

Wiskeber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Banchamek takes the fight into the clinch.
Wiskeber slows down the pace here.

Wiskeber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Banchamek is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Banchamek takes the fight into the clinch.
Wiskeber has Banchamek pressed against the ropes.
Wiskeber misses with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Wiskeber.
A knee to the head by Wiskeber.

It looks like Sombat Banchamek has been cut.
Wiskeber is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Banchamek can do to turn this around?

Wiskeber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Wiskeber forces Banchamek back against the ropes and clinches.
Banchamek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiskeber lands a body punch in the clinch.

Wiskeber breaks from the clinch.
Wiskeber is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

Wiskeber drives through and clinches with Banchamek against the ropes.
Wiskeber stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Wiskeber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Banchamek throws out a loose jab but Wiskeber uses good head movement to avoid it.

Banchamek gets tackled into the ropes by Wiskeber. Wiskeber maintains the clinch.
Wiskeber using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wiskeber displaying some good clinch control by pressing Banchamek up against the ropes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wiskeber lands a good knee to the midsection. Banchamek won't want to take too many of those.
Wiskeber scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Wiskeber.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wiskeber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Banchamek avoids it.
Wiskeber is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frulegur Wiskeber dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sombat Banchamek's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wiskeber dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Banchamek. That did some damage!
Banchamek dodges the punch combination from Wiskeber.

Wiskeber clinches up against the ropes.
Banchamek managing to block the knees to the body from Wiskeber.
Wiskeber stalling.
Banchamek is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Wiskeber avoiding damage.
Banchamek wants to stall.
Wiskeber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Banchamek takes a knee to the side of the body.

Wiskeber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Wiskeber has closed the distance and engaged Banchamek in a clinch.

Wiskeber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Frulegur Wiskeber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wiskeber clinches with his opponent.
Banchamek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wiskeber trying to land knees to the body.
Banchamek throws an elbow that misses.
Wiskeber has Banchamek pushed against the ropes.
Frulegur Wiskeber has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Banchamek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A hook to the body from Wiskeber.
Banchamek taking a breather.
Wiskeber manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wiskeber landing knees to the body.
Frulegur Wiskeber is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wiskeber dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Wiskeber working Banchamek over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Banchamek blocks an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wiskeber lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wiskeber slows down the pace here.
Banchamek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wiskeber avoids it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Banchamek throws an elbow but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wiskeber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Banchamek.

Wiskeber breaks from the clinch.
Sombat Banchamek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sombat Banchamek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wiskeber works over Banchamek's head and body with a nice combination.
Banchamek jabbing away but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frulegur Wiskeber showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wiskeber 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

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