PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tun Min Naing (ranked 6656 p4p, 174 weight class) and Albert Van Rooy (ranked 764 p4p, 30 weight class). Naing comes to the ring accompanied by Myanmar Lethwei Songs. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Min Naing
vs
Van Rooy

187 cm
23
271 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

196 cm
25
256 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

RESISTANCE
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tun Min Naing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Albert Van Rooy!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Rooy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Naing softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Naing throws an elbow that misses.
Naing lands a damaging elbow.
Van Rooy dodges an elbow strike from Naing.
Naing misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Naing lands a body punch in the clinch.
Naing goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Naing looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Rooy struggles to land a body shot inside as Naing controls his hands.
Naing lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Rooy avoids a wild elbow strike from Naing.
Naing lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Naing throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Naing throws an elbow but misses.
Van Rooy dodges an elbow strike from Naing.
Naing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Rooy avoids it.
Van Rooy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Naing lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Rooy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Naing.
Van Rooy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naing lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van Rooy blocks an elbow strike from Naing.
Naing prevents a body shot from Van Rooy.
Naing doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Van Rooy.
Naing doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Rooy tries a body shot but Naing blocks it.
Van Rooy avoids a wild elbow strike from Naing.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Naing.
Van Rooy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Naing or not.
Naing lands an elbow that stopped Van Rooy in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Albert Van Rooy has been cut.
Van Rooy misses with a punch to the body.
Naing throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Naing misses with an elbow strike.
Van Rooy can't find room to land a body shot as Naing controls the action.
Van Rooy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Rooy blocks a body shot from Naing.
A right hand to the body from Naing.
Van Rooy blocks an elbow strike from Naing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naing misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Rooy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rooy avoids the elbow strike from Naing, against the ropes.
A right hand to the body from Naing.
Van Rooy looks winded!
Naing lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
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!
Naing lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Rooy backwards.
Naing comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Naing lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Naing creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Rooy's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Naing.
Naing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Naing lands with a left to the head.
Van Rooy digs a right hand underneath Naing's ribcage. Naing let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Van Rooy lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Rooy takes an elbow to the temple.
Naing throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Rooy blocks an elbow strike.
Van Rooy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tun Min Naing dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Albert Van Rooy's cut.
That's time! Naing's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Van Rooy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Van Rooy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Naing seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Van Rooy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Naing.
Naing looks to land a combination but Van Rooy avoids it well.
Van Rooy tries to clinch up but Naing circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Naing misses the target.
Naing is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Rooy can do to turn this around?
Naing swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Rooy.
Naing was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fight stays on the outside here - Naing looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Rooy lands a lovely overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naing is looking to clinch.
Naing throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Naing tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Rooy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naing doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tun Min Naing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Naing misses with the combination.
Van Rooy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Naing manages to avoid it.
Naing seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Van Rooy closes the distance and clinches.
Naing blocks a body shot from Van Rooy.
Naing tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Rooy avoids the damage to the body.
Van Rooy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Naing blocks a body shot from Van Rooy.
Naing blocks a body shot from Van Rooy.
Van Rooy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Rooy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rooy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Naing throws an elbow that misses.
Van Rooy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Naing struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Rooy controls his hands.
Naing throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Rooy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Naing.
Naing trying to land knees to the body.
Naing misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Naing.
Van Rooy takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Rooy takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Albert Van Rooy's cut even more.
Van Rooy blocks the elbow strike.
Van Rooy avoids the elbow strike from Naing, against the ropes.
Naing prevents a body shot from Van Rooy.
Naing blocks a body shot from Van Rooy.
Van Rooy blocks an elbow strike from Naing.
Naing struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Rooy controls his hands.
Naing pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Rooy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Naing utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Naing misses with an elbow over the top.
Naing tries to work over Van Rooy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Rooy blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tun Min Naing dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Albert Van Rooy's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Naing misses with a wild combination.

Van Rooy takes the fight into the clinch.
Naing throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Naing misses with some punches.
Van Rooy blocks an elbow strike from Naing.
Naing creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Rooy prevents a body shot from Naing.
Naing tries to work over Van Rooy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Naing just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van Rooy's brow.
Naing tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Rooy's elbow.
Naing throws an elbow but it misses.
Naing scores with a shot to the side of Van Rooy's head.
Tun Min Naing has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Naing.
Van Rooy tries a body shot but Naing blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naing pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Naing just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van Rooy's brow.
Van Rooy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Rooy tries a body shot but Naing blocks it.
Naing creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Naing lands with a left to the head.
Naing scores with a hook to the body.
Van Rooy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Naing doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Naing struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Rooy controls his hands.
Van Rooy managing to block the knees to the body from Naing.
Naing lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Naing lands with a left to the head.
Naing tries to work over Van Rooy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Naing blocks a body shot from Van Rooy.
Naing lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Naing.
Naing's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Van Rooy prevents a body shot from Naing.
Naing doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Naing.
Naing tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Rooy's elbow.
Van Rooy blocks a body shot from Naing.
Naing works on Van Rooy's body with a couple of short punches.
Albert Van Rooy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Van Rooy blocks an elbow strike from Naing.
Good body shot from Naing.
Naing lands a left hand.
Naing lands an elbow that stopped Van Rooy in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Albert Van Rooy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Naing lands a left hand.
Naing lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Naing lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Naing pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Van Rooy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tun Min Naing is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Albert Van Rooy's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Albert Van Rooy's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tun Min Naing!
Tun Min Naing thanked the fans post fight for their support.