PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Buakaw Por Pramuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norbert Schwager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buakaw Por Pramuki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Norbert Schwager's chin.

Por Pramuki
vs
Schwager

174 cm
32
176 lbs
20 - 19 - 0

175 cm
31
173 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Buakaw Por Pramuki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Norbert Schwager!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Por Pramuki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Schwager misses with a few strikes there.
Por Pramuki misses the jab.
Por Pramuki looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Por Pramuki throws a hook but Schwager avoids it easily.
Por Pramuki paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Por Pramuki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Schwager throws a jab but it's blocked by Por Pramuki.
Schwager lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Por Pramuki comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Schwager takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schwager bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Por Pramuki's head backwards.
Schwager has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Por Pramuki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Por Pramuki smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Por Pramuki dodges the punch combination from Schwager.
Schwager throws a right hand that Por Pramuki ducks under and follows up with a left that Por Pramuki also avoids with ease.
The fighters circling - Schwager throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwager misses with a double jab

and Por Pramuki counters by clinching up.
Schwager wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Por Pramuki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Schwager.
A slow jab from Schwager misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Por Pramuki misses.
Por Pramuki has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Por Pramuki misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Schwager, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Por Pramuki lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Schwager.
Schwager looks to score with a jab to the body but Por Pramuki is just out of range.
Por Pramuki misses with a series of wild punches.
Schwager lands a jab to Por Pramuki's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schwager scores with a punch to the head.
Schwager slips under a jab.
Por Pramuki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Por Pramuki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schwager.
Schwager lunges at Por Pramuki with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Por Pramuki's hand.
A jab lands there for Schwager.
Schwager moves out of range as Por Pramuki strikes.
A shot to the liver by Schwager. Beautiful body shot.
Por Pramuki looks to throw the jab but Schwager is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuki swings for the body but Schwager moves out of range.
Por Pramuki throws a lazy right hand but Schwager sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Por Pramuki dodges the punch combination from Schwager.
Por Pramuki misses with a body shot.
Por Pramuki lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Por Pramuki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Schwager.
Schwager takes a swing at Por Pramuki's ribcage but misses.
Schwager looks to land a combination. Por Pramuki sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Por Pramuki missing with a left hand there. Schwager was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Schwager scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Por Pramuki lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Schwager goes down! The ref sends Por Pramuki to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Schwager is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
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!
Schwager misses the shot to the body.
Schwager defending well as Por Pramuki loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwager thows a body shot but no joy.
Por Pramuki thows a body shot but no joy.
Por Pramuki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schwager moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schwager connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Por Pramuki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schwager lands with an uppercut that bounces Por Pramuki off the ropes and back into range.
Schwager rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Por Pramuki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schwager takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sloppy strikes from Por Pramuki. Those never looked like landing.
Por Pramuki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Schwager counters with a left to the body.
Schwager swings for the body but Por Pramuki moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Por Pramuki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Schwager uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Por Pramuki.
Nice cross by Por Pramuki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buakaw Por Pramuki should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Por Pramuki misses the shot to the body.
Schwager tries to bum rush Por Pramuki with a series of wild strikes but Por Pramuki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Por Pramuki misses with an uppercut.
Por Pramuki connects with a right hand. Schwager shakes it off.
Schwager rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Por Pramuki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Por Pramuki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schwager moves away.
Por Pramuki cracks Schwager with an open hand slap.
Schwager moves out of range as Por Pramuki strikes.
Schwager throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Por Pramuki counters with a stiff right hand.
Por Pramuki needs to keep his hands up - Schwager had a free shot at his head there.
Por Pramuki swings for the body but Schwager moves out of range.
Por Pramuki throws an overhand right that lands on Schwager's shoulder, as Schwager tries to avoid the shot.
Por Pramuki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schwager manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Schwager there.
Buakaw Por Pramuki is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Por Pramuki blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwager throws a jab when Por Pramuki was well out of range.
Schwager swinging wildly here.
Por Pramuki swinging wildly here.
Schwager avoids the body shot from Por Pramuki.
Por Pramuki just misses with a punch to the body.
Schwager paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Por Pramuki misses with a two punch combination.
Por Pramuki takes a jab right on the kisser.
Schwager connects with a looping right hand.
Schwager swinging wildly here.
Schwager dodges the punch combination from Por Pramuki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwager misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Por Pramuki fails to land with a series of punches.
Schwager connects with a nice looking jab.
Schwager doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Por Pramuki dips to his left and cracks Schwager with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schwager swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Por Pramuki swings for the body but Schwager moves out of range.
Schwager fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Por Pramuki manages to avoid it.
Por Pramuki throws a series of punches but Schwager moves out of range.
Schwager missing with a left hand there. Por Pramuki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Schwager scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Por Pramuki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuki throws a right and a left that Schwager avoids nicely.
Schwager's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Por Pramuki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Schwager scrambles back to his feet.
Por Pramuki looks to land a combination but Schwager avoids it well.
Por Pramuki takes a swing at Schwager's ribcage but misses.
Por Pramuki closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Por Pramuki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Por Pramuki looks to score with a jab to the body but Schwager is just out of range.
Schwager scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Schwager is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Por Pramuki.
Schwager lands with a right hand.
Por Pramuki misses the jab.
Schwager moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Por Pramuki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Schwager.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwager throws a body punch but Por Pramuki moves out of range.
Por Pramuki misses with a body shot.
Por Pramuki misses the shot to the body.
Por Pramuki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Por Pramuki ducks under a wild hook from Schwager.
Por Pramuki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Por Pramuki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Por Pramuki looks to score with a jab to the body but Schwager is just out of range.
Buakaw Por Pramuki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schwager scores with a punch to the head.
Schwager missing with a left hand there. Por Pramuki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Por Pramuki avoids the body shot from Schwager.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schwager slips under a jab from Por Pramuki.
Schwager jabs Por Pramuki right on the nose. Por Pramuki blinks but takes it well.
Schwager tries to move into range but Por Pramuki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Por Pramuki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Schwager.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Buakaw Por Pramuki will probably get the nod.
That's time! Por Pramuki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Schwager jabs Por Pramuki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Por Pramuki scores with a jab. Schwager acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Por Pramuki connects with a body shot that sends Schwager's belly button to the back.
Schwager connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Por Pramuki's hands.
Por Pramuki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Por Pramuki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Por Pramuki throws a big shot that misses.
Por Pramuki throws a series of punches but Schwager moves out of range.
Por Pramuki scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right-left combo lands from Por Pramuki.

Schwager is rocked!
Por Pramuki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schwager.
Schwager is still on wobbly legs! Can Por Pramuki finish him?
Schwager moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Schwager seems to have recovered his senses.
Schwager lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwager lands a nice shot to the body.
Schwager uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Por Pramuki.
A big right from Por Pramuki misses.
Por Pramuki shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Por Pramuki goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Por Pramuki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
No joy there for Schwager, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Por Pramuki takes one on the button.
Por Pramuki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schwager moves away.
Schwager staying out of range there.
Schwager showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Por Pramuki.
Por Pramuki throws a left and a right that both miss
and Por Pramuki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schwager scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwager misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schwager gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Por Pramuki throws a body punch but Schwager moves out of range.
Schwager lands with a hook. Por Pramuki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Schwager fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Por Pramuki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Por Pramuki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Schwager lands with an uppercut that bounces Por Pramuki off the ropes and back into range.
Por Pramuki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schwager.
Por Pramuki walks into a left hand.
Por Pramuki thows a body shot but no joy.
Schwager listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Por Pramuki.
Por Pramuki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schwager moves away.
Por Pramuki throws an overhand right that lands on Schwager's shoulder, as Schwager tries to avoid the shot.
Schwager lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Por Pramuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Por Pramuki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Schwager avoids a punch combination nicely.
Por Pramuki misses with a jab to the body
and Schwager counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Por Pramuki. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Por Pramuki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schwager takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
No joy there for Schwager, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schwager misses with a wild combination.
Schwager throws a right hand that Por Pramuki ducks under and follows up with a left that Por Pramuki also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwager closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Por Pramuki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schwager moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schwager throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schwager's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Schwager duly obliges.
Por Pramuki looks to land a combination but Schwager avoids it well.
Schwager lands with a shot to the body.
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!
Por Pramuki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Schwager counters with a stiff right hand.
Por Pramuki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schwager lands a nice looking body shot.
Por Pramuki misses with a body shot.
Schwager uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Por Pramuki has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Norbert Schwager just about did enough to take it.
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.

Schwager takes one to the side of the head.
Por Pramuki ducks under a wild hook from Schwager.
Schwager throws a hook but Por Pramuki blocks it.
Por Pramuki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Por Pramuki connects with a body shot that sends Schwager's belly button to the back.
Por Pramuki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Schwager lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Por Pramuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Por Pramuki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schwager misses with a series of wild punches.
Por Pramuki throws a jab when Schwager was well out of range.
Por Pramuki misses with a wild combination.
Por Pramuki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwager jabs Por Pramuki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Schwager slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Schwager scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Por Pramuki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Por Pramuki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Por Pramuki misses.
Por Pramuki lands with a good body shot.
Schwager swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schwager lands a right hook to the body.
Por Pramuki swings for the body but Schwager moves out of range.
A punch combination from Por Pramuki misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Schwager showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Por Pramuki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwager pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Por Pramuki back to the ropes. Schwager follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Por Pramuki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schwager lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Schwager takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schwager throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Por Pramuki counters by clinching up.

Por Pramuki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Por Pramuki takes a swing at Schwager's ribcage but misses.
Schwager misses with a wild combination.
Por Pramuki misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwager throws a series of punches but Por Pramuki avoids them all with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schwager. Por Pramuki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Por Pramuki lands a jab to Schwager's midsection.
Por Pramuki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schwager misses with a series of wild punches.
Schwager works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Por Pramuki is looking to wear down Schwager with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Por Pramuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schwager.
A combination from Por Pramuki does no damage.
Schwager avoids the body shot from Por Pramuki.
Schwager lands with a nice body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuki misses the shot to the body.
Schwager is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Por Pramuki.
Good standup being displayed there by Schwager as he connects with a hook.
Schwager punishes Por Pramuki's body with a nice straight punch.
Por Pramuki throws a nice looking combination but Schwager bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Por Pramuki tries to bum rush Schwager with a series of wild strikes but Schwager uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Schwager feints a jab promting Por Pramuki to slip. Schwager then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Por Pramuki slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Schwager throws a series of punches but Por Pramuki avoids them all with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Por Pramuki walks into a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schwager looks to score with a jab to the body but Por Pramuki is just out of range.
Por Pramuki misses with the combination.
Schwager gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Por Pramuki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Norbert Schwager will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A decent looking cross lands there for Schwager.
Por Pramuki misses with a straight right.
Por Pramuki blocks a jab.
Por Pramuki blocks a jab.
Schwager on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Por Pramuki throws a lazy right hand but Schwager sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Schwager dodges the punch combination from Por Pramuki.
Por Pramuki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Por Pramuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schwager.
Schwager changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Schwager steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Por Pramuki.
Por Pramuki misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwager jabs at Por Pramuki's body.
A cross from Schwager lands.
Schwager scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Por Pramuki doesn't seem bothered though.
Schwager misses with a series of wild punches.
Por Pramuki lands a nice shot to the body.
Schwager looks to land a combination but Por Pramuki avoids it well.
Schwager throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Por Pramuki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schwager misses with a right hand
and Por Pramuki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Schwager works the jab nicely.
Schwager throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Schwager is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Schwager circles away quickly and effectively.
Por Pramuki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Por Pramuki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Schwager sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Por Pramuki closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Por Pramuki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Schwager.
Por Pramuki just misses with a punch to the body.
Por Pramuki throws a predictable looking body shot
and Schwager counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Por Pramuki slips a jab and a cross from Schwager.
Schwager throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Por Pramuki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Schwager misses with a double jab.
Schwager swinging wildly here.
Schwager slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuki shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Schwager eats them both and turns towards Por Pramuki to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Por Pramuki jabs at Schwager's body.
Por Pramuki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A left and a right from Por Pramuki both land. Nice combination.
Schwager feints a jab promting Por Pramuki to slip. Schwager then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Por Pramuki slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Schwager ducks under a wild hook from Por Pramuki.
Schwager scores with a shot to the body.
Schwager works the jab nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Schwager, as that shot connected.
Schwager takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schwager sizes up Por Pramuki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Por Pramuki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Por Pramuki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Schwager counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Por Pramuki slips under a jab.
Schwager throws a big shot that misses.
Schwager scores with a one two! Por Pramuki had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Schwager scores with a nice head shot.
Por Pramuki sizes up Schwager with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Schwager misses with a two punch combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schwager missing with a left hand there. Por Pramuki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Schwager takes a swing at Por Pramuki's ribcage but misses.
Por Pramuki swinging wildly here.

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 Buakaw Por Pramuki.
Well Por Pramuki 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 46:48
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 48:48
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Oh dear, what a disastrous situation! The belt remains unclaimed and both fighters go home unhappy!