PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Robert Patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tum Pukorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Robert Patrick has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Patrick
vs
Pukorn

178 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good kicks
Tends to cut

On Tap (160Q & Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Patrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tum Pukorn!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patrick misses with a low kick.
Patrick bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pukorn's head.
Patrick connects with a leg kick. Pukorn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Patrick misses with a kick to the body.
Pukorn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pukorn takes a swing at Patrick's ribcage but misses.
Pukorn throws a body shot but no joy.
Pukorn looks to land a right hand but Patrick moved out of range.
As Pukorn looks to move away, Patrick throws a big counter combo but Pukorn just gets out of the way.
Tum Pukorn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pukorn clinches up with Patrick and pushes him back against the ropes.
Pukorn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Patrick blocks a body shot from Pukorn.
Patrick working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Pukorn.
Pukorn avoiding damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patrick blocks a body shot from Pukorn.
Patrick is looking to break free of the clinch but Pukorn has double underhooks.
Pukorn tries to throw a body punch but Patrick avoids it by throwing Pukorn back against the ropes.
Patrick is trying to break the clinch but Pukorn has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Pukorn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick is trying to break free.
Pukorn lands an uppercut.

It looks like Robert Patrick has been cut.
Pukorn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Patrick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patrick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patrick prevents a body shot from Pukorn.
Pukorn looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Patrick can't find room to land a body shot as Pukorn controls the action.
Patrick is trying to break the clinch but Pukorn is controlling him.
Patrick wants to get back to striking at distance but Pukorn won't allow it.
Pukorn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Patrick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pukorn's elbow.
Patrick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Patrick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pukorn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pukorn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Patrick.
Pukorn is working Patrick over against the ropes.
Patrick tries to throw a body punch but Pukorn avoids it by throwing Patrick back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrick misses with some punches.
Pukorn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Patrick blocks a body shot from Pukorn.
Patrick misses with a punch to the body.
Pukorn tries to work over Patrick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pukorn stalling in the clinch.
Patrick has had enough of the clinch but Pukorn keeps him there for the moment.
Pukorn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patrick can't break the clinch.
Pukorn tries to throw a body punch but Patrick avoids it by throwing Pukorn back against the ropes.
Pukorn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Patrick backwards.
Patrick blocks a body shot from Pukorn.
Pukorn tries to land knees in the clinch but Patrick avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pukorn.
Pukorn struggles to land a body shot inside as Patrick controls his hands.
Pukorn presses Patrick against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Pukorn - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pukorn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tum Pukorn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Patrick's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pukorn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Patrick's calf.
Pukorn slips a straight right by Patrick.
Patrick looks to land a left hand but Pukorn moved out of range nicely.
Patrick avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Patrick swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Pukorn clinches with his opponent.
Pukorn misses with a body punch.
Pukorn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pukorn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pukorn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patrick backwards.
Pukorn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pukorn tries to work over Patrick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pukorn scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pukorn tries a body shot but Patrick blocks it.
Pukorn tries to work over Patrick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patrick blocking some punches.
Pukorn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pukorn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Patrick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pukorn's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukorn misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Pukorn on the inside.
Patrick lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pukorn can't find room to land a body shot as Patrick controls the action.
Pukorn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Patrick tries to throw a body punch but Pukorn avoids it by throwing Patrick back against the ropes.
Pukorn gets through Patrick's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pukorn misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pukorn.
Patrick tries to work over Pukorn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pukorn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pukorn lands with a short shot to the head.
Patrick managing to block the knees to the body from Pukorn.
Patrick misses with a punch on the inside.
Pukorn can't find room to land a body shot as Patrick controls the action.
Pukorn tries a body shot but Patrick blocks it.
Pukorn lands with a light punch inside.
Patrick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pukorn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pukorn blocking some punches.
Pukorn lands a hook that snaps the head of Patrick backwards.
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!
Pukorn lands with a left to the head.
Pukorn lands with a light punch inside.
Pukorn misses with a body punch.
Pukorn can't find room to land a body shot as Patrick controls the action.
Pukorn tries to work over Patrick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patrick tries to break free but Pukorn pushes him back against the ropes.
Pukorn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pukorn misses with a body punch.
Pukorn looking to throw knees to the head but Patrick is blocking nicely.
Pukorn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pukorn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patrick's elbow.
Pukorn tries to throw a body punch but Patrick avoids it by throwing Pukorn back against the ropes.
Patrick prevents a body shot from Pukorn.
Tum Pukorn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Patrick working aggressively here.
Pukorn misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tum Pukorn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Robert Patrick's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Pukorn instigates a clinch.
Pukorn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pukorn misses with some punches.
Patrick avoiding damage as Pukorn throws knees to the body.
Patrick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Pukorn on the inside.
Pukorn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pukorn cracks Patrick with a nice body shot.
Patrick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patrick takes a shot to the head.
Patrick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patrick can't find room to land a body shot as Pukorn controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patrick prevents a body shot from Pukorn.
Pukorn can't find room to land a body shot as Patrick controls the action.
Pukorn misses with a punch to the body.
Patrick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pukorn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Patrick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pukorn has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukorn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pukorn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pukorn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pukorn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pukorn stalling against the ropes.
Pukorn works on Patrick's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Patrick takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Pukorn.
Pukorn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patrick's elbow.
Pukorn misses with a punch to the body.
Pukorn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pukorn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pukorn blocking some punches.
Pukorn pushes Patrick back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Pukorn.
Pukorn digs a right hand underneath Patrick's ribcage. Patrick let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pukorn pushes Patrick back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pukorn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Patrick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pukorn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pukorn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pukorn lands a nice shot to the body.
Pukorn can't find room to land a body shot as Patrick controls the action.
A hook to the body from Pukorn.
Patrick misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Pukorn.
Pukorn scores with a hook to the body.
Pukorn lands a hook that snaps the head of Patrick backwards.
Pukorn can't find room to land a body shot as Patrick controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Pukorn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pukorn stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tum Pukorn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pukorn can't find room to land a body shot as Patrick controls the action.
Robert Patrick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Patrick blocks a body shot from Pukorn.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tum Pukorn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pukorn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 26:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tum Pukorn!