PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between King Naresuan (ranked 22604 p4p, 502 weight class) and Karlos Svoboda (ranked 23399 p4p, 486 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Naresuan
vs
Svoboda

194 cm
23
223 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

215 cm
28
252 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, King Naresuan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karlos Svoboda!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naresuan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Svoboda connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Naresuan scrambles back to his feet.
Svoboda pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Svoboda has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Naresuan looks to land a right hand but Svoboda moved out of range.
Svoboda wants to counter with a clinch but Naresuan pushes him away.
Naresuan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Svoboda.
Svoboda looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Naresuan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Svoboda is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Svoboda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Naresuan manages to avoid it.
Naresuan moves out of range of the body kick from Svoboda.
A head kick misses from Naresuan.
Svoboda feints and then cracks Naresuan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Naresuan down.

Svoboda drives through and clinches with Naresuan against the ropes.
Svoboda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Naresuans head.
Svoboda lands a hook that snaps the head of Naresuan backwards.
Naresuan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Naresuan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Svoboda lands a body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Naresuan prevents a body shot from Svoboda.
Naresuan gets through Svoboda's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svoboda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Svoboda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Naresuan backwards.
Svoboda presses Naresuan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Svoboda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svoboda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Svoboda throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Naresuan is breathing heavily.
Svoboda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Svoboda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Svoboda misses with a punch to the body.
Svoboda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Svoboda misses with a hook from the clinch.
Naresuan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Svoboda working aggressively here.
Svoboda misses with a punch to the body.
Naresuan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Svobodas head.
Svoboda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Svoboda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Svoboda misses with a punch to the body.
Svoboda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Svoboda.
Svoboda struggles to land a body shot inside as Naresuan controls his hands.
Svoboda working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Svoboda tries to throw a body punch but Naresuan avoids it by throwing Svoboda back against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Svoboda.
Svoboda misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svoboda stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Naresuan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Svoboda backwards.
Naresuan lands an uppercut.
I was talking to Naresuan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Naresuan misses with some punches.
Svoboda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Naresuan can't find room to land a body shot as Svoboda controls the action.
Svoboda makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Svoboda misses with a body punch.
Svoboda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Svoboda lands with a left to the head.
Naresuan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Naresuan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Naresuan looking to stall.
Naresuan blocks an uppercut.
Naresuan is trying to stall.
Svoboda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Svoboda.
Svoboda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Naresuan blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naresuan lands a shoulder strike.
Svoboda lands a body punch in the clinch.
Naresuan blocks a body shot from Svoboda.
Svoboda misses with a hook from the clinch.
Naresuan lands an uppercut.
Svoboda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Svoboda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Naresuan lands with a light punch inside.
Naresuan trying to control the position but instead, Svoboda has worked for underhooks and has pushed Naresuan into the ropes.

Naresuan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Svoboda.
Svoboda darts in trying to clinch
and Naresuan counters with a nice uppercut.
Svoboda digs a good hook to Naresuan's body.
Svoboda lands a nice hook to Naresuan's body. Naresuan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Naresuan avoids a kick to the body.
Naresuan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Svoboda fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Naresuan, pushing him back against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svoboda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Naresuan.
Svoboda lands a left hand that snaps the head of Naresuan backwards.
Svoboda lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Svoboda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Naresuan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Naresuan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Naresuan misses with some punches.
Naresuan tries to throw a body punch but Svoboda avoids it by throwing Naresuan back against the ropes.
Naresuan tries to throw a body punch but Svoboda avoids it by throwing Naresuan back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Svoboda.
Naresuan looking to slow down the pace here.
Naresuan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Naresuan struggles to land a body shot inside as Svoboda controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Naresuan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Svoboda misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Svoboda.
Svoboda working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Svoboda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karlos Svoboda dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Svoboda is looking to slow Naresuan down with leg kicks.
Svoboda has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Naresuan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Svoboda scores with a spinning back kick!
Svoboda takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Naresuan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Naresuan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Naresuan throws a head kick but Svoboda moves out of range.
Naresuan pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Svoboda fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Naresuan, pushing him back against the ropes.
A right handed body shot lands from Svoboda.
Svoboda misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Naresuan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Svoboda.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Svoboda scores with a hook to the body.
Svoboda lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Svoboda lands a nice shot to the body.
Svoboda lands an uppercut.
Naresuan blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svoboda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Naresuan or not.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Svoboda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Svoboda scores with a hook to the body.
Svoboda lands a right hand that snaps the head of Naresuan backwards.
Naresuan blocking some punches.
Svoboda works on Naresuan's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Svoboda fails to land.
Naresuan misses with a body punch.
Naresuan takes a shot to the head.
Karlos Svoboda seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Svoboda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Svoboda tries a body shot but Naresuan blocks it.
Naresuan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Svoboda tries to work over Naresuan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Svoboda tries a body shot but Naresuan blocks it.
Svoboda lands a shoulder strike.
Svoboda blocks an uppercut.
Svoboda working aggressively here.
Naresuan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Svoboda scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Svoboda - that landed with a thud.
Naresuan misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Svoboda throws a head punch that misses.
Svoboda lands a hook to the side of the head.
Svoboda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Naresuan tries to throw a body punch but Svoboda avoids it by throwing Naresuan back against the ropes.
Naresuan can't find room to land a body shot as Svoboda controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Svoboda.
Svoboda makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Svoboda lands with a light punch inside.
Svoboda lands a right hand.
Svoboda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Naresuan's elbow.
Naresuan working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Naresuan fails to land.
Svoboda lands with a light punch inside.
Svoboda misses with a punch on the inside.
Svoboda blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Naresuan.
A head punch on the inside from Svoboda fails to land.
Svoboda lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Svoboda prevents a body shot from Naresuan.
Svoboda swings wildly with an uppercut but Naresuan uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Svoboda - that landed with a thud.
Svoboda struggles to land a body shot inside as Naresuan controls his hands.
Svoboda misses with a body punch.
Svoboda misses with a body punch.
Svoboda lands a shoulder strike.
Naresuan blocks a body shot from Svoboda.
Svoboda tries a body shot but Naresuan blocks it.
Svoboda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Naresuan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Svoboda scores with a nice hook to the head.
Naresuan misses with the head strike.
Svoboda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Svoboda lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Svoboda prevents a body shot from Naresuan.
Svoboda tries a body shot but Naresuan blocks it.
Svoboda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Naresuan's elbow.
Svoboda tries to throw a body punch but Naresuan avoids it by throwing Svoboda back against the ropes.
Svoboda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Naresuan misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Naresuan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svoboda has a couple of punches blocked by Naresuan.
Svoboda scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Naresuan.
Svoboda has a couple of punches blocked by Naresuan.
Svoboda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Svoboda working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Naresuan.
Naresuan swings wildly with an uppercut but Svoboda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naresuan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Svoboda.
Naresuan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Svoboda is keeping busy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Svoboda.
Svoboda lands a right hand that snaps the head of Naresuan backwards.
Svoboda struggles to land a body shot inside as Naresuan controls his hands.
Svoboda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Naresuan misses with the head strike.
Naresuan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Naresuan lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karlos Svoboda 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. This is the final round!

Nice uppercut lands for Svoboda. That snapped Naresuan's head back.
Svoboda throws a head kick but Naresuan moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Svoboda.
Svoboda tries a head kick but it misses.
Naresuan misses with a straight left.
Svoboda feints and then cracks Naresuan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Naresuan down.
Naresuan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Svoboda has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Svoboda looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Naresuan tries to keep at a distance but Svoboda has taken the fight into the clinch.
Naresuan misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naresuan prevents a body shot from Svoboda.
Naresuan blocks a body shot from Svoboda.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Svoboda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Naresuan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Svoboda can't find room to land a body shot as Naresuan controls the action.
Svoboda swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svoboda can't find room to land a body shot as Naresuan controls the action.
Naresuan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Svoboda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Svoboda has a couple of punches blocked by Naresuan.
Naresuan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Svoboda can't find room to land a body shot as Naresuan controls the action.
Svoboda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Svoboda.
Naresuan misses with a body punch.
Naresuan tries to work over Svoboda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Svoboda is working Naresuan over against the ropes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Naresuan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Svoboda pushes Naresuan back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Svoboda lands with a right to the head.
Svoboda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Svoboda misses with a punch to the body.
Naresuan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Svoboda works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Svoboda tries a body shot but Naresuan blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Svoboda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naresuan blocks an uppercut.
Svoboda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Svoboda fails to land.
Naresuan stalling in the clinch but Svoboda improves position.
Naresuan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Svoboda lands a shot to the body.
Naresuan prevents a body shot from Svoboda.
Naresuan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Naresuan looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Svoboda fails to land.
Svoboda has a couple of punches blocked by Naresuan.
Svoboda lands a right hand that snaps the head of Naresuan backwards.
Svoboda misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Svoboda.
Naresuan swings wildly with an uppercut but Svoboda uses good head movement to avoid it.

Naresuan manages to break the clinch.
Svoboda throws a head kick that Naresuan semi-blocks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naresuan throws a push kick but Svoboda slaps the foot to one side.
Svoboda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Naresuan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Naresuan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A head kick misses from Naresuan.
A chopping leg kick lands by Svoboda.
Naresuan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Svoboda doesn't manage to clinch there - Naresuan circles away.
Naresuan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Svoboda lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Svoboda pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Naresuan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Svoboda scores with a leg kick.
Naresuan throws a head kick that misses.
Svoboda attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Svoboda slips under a jab.
Svoboda tries to counter with a clinch but Naresuan shakes him off and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svoboda scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Svoboda thuds his right hand into Naresuan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Svoboda lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Naresuan at a distance.
Svoboda throws a body shot but no joy.

Svoboda clinches with his opponent.
Svoboda works on Naresuan's body with a couple of short punches.
Svoboda misses with a body punch.
Svoboda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Svoboda tries to throw a body punch but Naresuan avoids it by throwing Svoboda back against the ropes.
Karlos Svoboda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Naresuan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Svoboda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Naresuan or not.
Svoboda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Naresuan has a couple of punches blocked by Svoboda.
King Naresuan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Naresuan misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karlos Svoboda comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Svoboda 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Karlos Svoboda!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Karlos Svoboda!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Karlos Svoboda!

Karlos Svoboda wins by unanimous decision!