PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Samart Thanasukarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Ponce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Thanasukarn
vs
Ponce

225 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Big right hand

Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Atlantis
Vikai Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Samart Thanasukarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pablo Ponce!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ponce swinging wildly here.

Ponce darts in and clinches Thanasukarn up against the cage.
Thanasukarn avoiding damage as Ponce throws knees to the body.
Ponce lands a nice elbow.
Thanasukarn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ponce blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thanasukarn swings wildly with an uppercut but Ponce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thanasukarn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ponce blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thanasukarn misses with the head strike.
Ponce blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thanasukarn blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ponce.
Thanasukarn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thanasukarn misses with some punches.
Thanasukarn lands with a short shot to the head.
Thanasukarn misses with a punch on the inside.
Ponce throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thanasukarn avoids the elbow strike from Ponce, against the cage.
Ponce tries to land a knee to the head but Thanasukarn blocks with his arms.

Ponce breaks the clinch.
Pablo Ponce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ponce takes the fight into the clinch.
Thanasukarn misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thanasukarn.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thanasukarn.
Ponce throws an elbow but it misses.

Ponce breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ponce misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ponce misses with a low kick.
Ponce lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Ponce has closed the distance and engaged Thanasukarn in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Thanasukarn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thanasukarn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ponce lands a damaging elbow.
Thanasukarn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Ponce breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ponce misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thanasukarn.
Thanasukarn really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ponce looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ponce tries to clinch but Thanasukarn is having none of it.
Ponce connects with a looping right hand.
Ponce tries to clinch but Thanasukarn moves away

and before Ponce can reset, Thanasukarn rushes him with a swarm of punches, sending him crashing to the floor, in all sorts of trouble! Ponce is trying to beat the count but we're up to 6 already and he's nowhere near. 7,8... he's up! He's going to continue!

Ponce moves into the clinch.
Ponce blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Thanasukarn on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thanasukarn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thanasukarn throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Thanasukarn.
Ponce lands with a right to the head.
Ponce looks winded!
Ponce's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Still in the clinch, Thanasukarn scores with a nice short uppercut.

Ponce is rocked!
Thanasukarn lands with a right to the head.
Ponce is still on wobbly legs! Can Thanasukarn finish him?
Ponce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thanasukarn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thanasukarn gets through Ponce's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thanasukarn creates a bit of distance and cracks Ponce with a big uppercut! Ponce goes down! The referee pushes Thanasukarn away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Ponce make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Thanasukarn takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Samart Thanasukarn!