PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Nick Dual (ranked 6593 p4p, 593 weight class) and Jaidee Suramongkol (ranked 8893 p4p, 676 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dual
vs
Suramongkol

179 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
20
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Dual!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jaidee Suramongkol!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dual instigates a clinch.
Dual misses with a hook from the clinch.
Suramongkol crunches a lovely knee into Dual's ribcage.
Suramongkol putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dual in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dual is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suramongkol is defending well for now.
Dual creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Suramongkol trying to land knees to the body.
Suramongkol blocks an uppercut.
Suramongkol blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suramongkol just leaning against Dual, taking a breather.
Suramongkol stalling.
Dual misses with some punches.
Dual blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suramongkol with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dual trying to control the position but instead, Suramongkol has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dual into the ropes.
Dual is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Dual definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dual takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dual has a couple of punches blocked by Suramongkol.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dual tries to stall but Suramongkol uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dual tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees to the body from Suramongkol.
Suramongkol connects with a knee to the head.
Suramongkol missing with knees to the body.
Suramongkol working Dual over with knees to the body.
Dual swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dual fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Suramongkol using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dual is breathing heavily.
Dual swings wildly with an uppercut but Suramongkol uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dual misses with a body punch.
Suramongkol scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dual.
Dual tries to work over Suramongkol's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suramongkol has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dual seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Suramongkol can turn it around.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suramongkol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dual misses with a punch on the inside.
Suramongkol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dual blocks it with crossed arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dual fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Suramongkol.
Suramongkol blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Suramongkol.
Suramongkol using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Suramongkol working Dual over with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Suramongkol - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The referee calls for Suramongkol to work.
Suramongkol receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A knee to the head by Suramongkol.
Suramongkol lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dual throws a punch but it's blocked by Suramongkol.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaidee Suramongkol dominated that round.
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.

Suramongkol throws a switch kick that catches Dual on the top of the head and drops him to the canvas! Dual looks hurt - I'm not sure he's going to get back up! The referee starts the count but calls it off at seven as Dual flops around on the canvas, clearly in no position to continue! This fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Jaidee Suramongkol!