PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Pierre Smirnoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samart Khamsing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khamsing has chosen Alice In Chains - Man In The Box as his entrance music. Pierre Smirnoff has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Smirnoff
vs
Khamsing

185 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

173 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good knees
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Powerful

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pierre Smirnoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Samart Khamsing!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khamsing drives through and clinches with Smirnoff against the ropes.
Smirnoff lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Khamsing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smirnoff is defending well for now.
Smirnoff is trying to force a seperation but Khamsing has the dominant position.
Smirnoff looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smirnoff wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khamsing effectively controlling the action here.

Khamsing escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khamsing scoring well with a low kick there.
Khamsing lands a leg kick that knocks Smirnoff off balance momentarily.
Khamsing rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smirnoff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smirnoff looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khamsing swats away the attempt to clinch by Smirnoff.
Khamsing fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smirnoff has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Smirnoff checks a leg kick.
Smirnoff tries to bum rush Khamsing with a series of wild strikes but Khamsing uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khamsing feints and then cracks Smirnoff's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smirnoff down.

Khamsing instigates a clinch.
Khamsing stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Smirnoff working hard to break the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Khamsing as the two fighters clinch.
Khamsing tries to land a knee to the head but Smirnoff blocks with his arms.
Khamsing using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smirnoff has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Khamsing escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smirnoff falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khamsing counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smirnoff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Khamsing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smirnoff lunges at Khamsing with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khamsing's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smirnoff scores with a jab to the jaw.
Khamsing thows a body kick. Smirnoff tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Khamsing gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The referee calls for Khamsing to work.
Smirnoff fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Smirnoff breaks from the clinch.

Khamsing gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

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

Khamsing moves into range and clinches up with Smirnoff.
Khamsing working Smirnoff over with knees to the body.

Khamsing breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pierre Smirnoff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smirnoff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samart Khamsing dominated that round.
That's time! Smirnoff's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Khamsing rushes Smirnoff and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Khamsing breaks from the clinch.

Khamsing gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Smirnoff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khamsing.
Smirnoff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khamsing.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khamsing.
Smirnoff looking to slow down the pace here.
Smirnoff is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smirnoff tries to stall but Khamsing uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Maybe Smirnoff would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Smirnoff throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khamsing avoiding damage as Smirnoff throws knees to the body.

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

Khamsing forces Smirnoff back against the ropes and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khamsing breaks the clinch.
Smirnoff tries to bum rush Khamsing with a series of wild strikes but Khamsing uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khamsing is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Khamsing gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khamsing gets through Smirnoff's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Khamsing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smirnoff lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khamsing circles away quickly and effectively.
Khamsing tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khamsing slips a jab and a cross from Smirnoff.
Sloppy strikes from Smirnoff. Those never looked like landing.
Khamsing steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Smirnoff.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Smirnoff - that will leave a mark!
Khamsing lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Khamsing clinches.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khamsing closes the distance and clinches.

Khamsing manages to break the clinch.
Smirnoff is looking to clinch.
Khamsing fails to land with a series of punches.
Smirnoff misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smirnoff misses with a two punch combination.
Pierre Smirnoff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khamsing tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smirnoff thinks about countering with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Khamsing.
Khamsing slips a jab and a cross from Smirnoff.
Smirnoff moves forwards but Khamsing connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Khamsing has taken the fight to the clinch.
Smirnoff misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samart Khamsing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Khamsing moves into the clinch.

Khamsing manages to break the clinch.

Khamsing closes the distance and clinches.
Smirnoff tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smirnoff has had enough of the clinch but Khamsing keeps him there for the moment.
Khamsing lands with a light punch inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Khamsing takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Khamsing's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Khamsing manages to break the clinch.
Smirnoff misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khamsing changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Smirnoff takes a kick to the side of the head.
Khamsing misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khamsing feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smirnoffs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Smirnoff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khamsing looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Smirnoff takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Khamsing pushes Smirnoff up against the ropes in a clinch.
Khamsing has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Smirnoff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khamsing avoids it.
Khamsing has Smirnoff pressed against the ropes, preventing Smirnoff from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smirnoff is trying to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khamsing.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khamsing lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khamsing avoiding damage as Smirnoff throws knees to the body.

Khamsing breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Khamsing drives through and clinches with Smirnoff against the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Khamsing.
Khamsing is pushing Smirnoff up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

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

Khamsing moves into range and clinches up with Smirnoff.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Khamsing escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khamsing throws a body shot but no joy.
Smirnoff misses with a few strikes there.
Khamsing wants to counter with a clinch but Smirnoff pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samart Khamsing really dominated that 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.

Khamsing forces Smirnoff back against the ropes and clinches.
Khamsing lands a good knee to the midsection. Smirnoff won't want to take too many of those.
Smirnoff tries to land knees in the clinch but Khamsing avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khamsing.
Smirnoff fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khamsing stalling the fight.
Smirnoff is trying to break the clinch but Khamsing is controlling him.
Smirnoff being controlled against the ropes.
Smirnoff is trying to break the clinch but Khamsing has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

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

Khamsing clinches up against the ropes.

Khamsing breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khamsing throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khamsing forces Smirnoff back against the ropes and clinches.
Smirnoff is trying to stall.
Smirnoff tries to land a knee to the head but Khamsing blocks with his arms.
Khamsing tries to land a knee to the head but Smirnoff blocks with his arms.
Khamsing lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smirnoff backwards.
Smirnoff trying to stall but Khamsing improves his position.
Smirnoff has had enough of the clinch but Khamsing keeps him there for the moment.
Khamsing holding his opponent close, against the ropes.

Khamsing breaks the clinch.
Khamsing throws a head kick that misses.
Smirnoff misses with a body shot.
Khamsing throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khamsing closes the distance and clinches.
Smirnoff looking to slow down the pace here.

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

Khamsing clinches up against the ropes.

Khamsing breaks the clinch.
Khamsing throws a front kick that sends Smirnoff stumbling back into the ropes.
The crowd cheers as Khamsing lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smirnoff doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khamsing avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khamsing throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Smirnoff on the side of the head.
Khamsing avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Khamsing fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smirnoff, pushing him back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samart Khamsing dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Khamsing misses with a two punch combination.
Smirnoff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Khamsing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khamsing jabs at Smirnoff's body.

Khamsing clinches up with Smirnoff and pushes him back against the ropes.
Khamsing displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smirnoff up against the ropes.

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

Khamsing clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Khamsing breaks from the clinch.
Khamsing connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Smirnoff fails in his attempt to clinch.

Khamsing clinches up with Smirnoff and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khamsing lands a shot to the body.
Khamsing working Smirnoff over with knees to the body.

Khamsing pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smirnoff fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smirnoff tries to clinch there but Khamsing circles away.
Smirnoff tries to clinch up but Khamsing circles away and keeps his distance.
Khamsing misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Samart Khamsing seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Khamsing clinches.

Khamsing's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Khamsing clinches.

Khamsing breaks from the clinch.

Khamsing has taken the fight to the clinch.
Smirnoff tries to break the clinch but Khamsing is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khamsing's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Khamsing clinches up against the ropes.
Khamsing managing to block the knees to the body from Smirnoff.
Khamsing lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smirnoff backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smirnoff wants to get back to striking at distance but Khamsing won't allow it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khamsing obliges.
Smirnoff looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khamsing taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

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

Khamsing has Smirnoff up against the ropes in a clinch.
Pierre Smirnoff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Samart Khamsing seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Samart Khamsing is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Khamsing stalls.
The crowd are getting on Khamsing's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Samart Khamsing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khamsing has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 43:50
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 44:50
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 43:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samart Khamsing!
Samart Khamsing thanked the fans post fight for their support.