PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Dank Skenojabitch (ranked 24568 p4p, 3086 weight class) and Tommy Harinck (ranked 327 p4p, 185 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tommy Harinck enters the ring!

Skenojabitch
vs
Harinck

165 cm
22
145
2 - 1 - 0

159 cm
28
148
9 - 6 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dank Skenojabitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Harinck!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harinck darts in and clinches Skenojabitch up against the ropes.
Harinck lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Harinck has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Skenojabitch takes a shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Harinck.
Harinck throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harinck misses with a body punch.
Harinck scores with a shoulder strike.
Harinck dodges an elbow strike from Skenojabitch.
Harinck lands with a short shot to the head.
Harinck'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.
Harinck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harinck.
Harinck lands a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short body shot lands from Harinck as the two fighters clinch.
Skenojabitch tries to break the clinch but Harinck is controlling the position.
Harinck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Skenojabitch backwards.
Harinck lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Harinck lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harinck.
Harinck blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harinck lands an uppercut.
Skenojabitch takes a shot to the head.
Harinck working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skenojabitch.
Harinck lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harinck gets through Skenojabitch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Harinck.

Harinck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harinck slips under a jab.

Harinck forces Skenojabitch back against the ropes and clinches.
Skenojabitch working hard to break the clinch.
Harinck lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harinck lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harinck keeps control of Skenojabitch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harinck stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harinck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harinck lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harinck lands an uppercut.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harinck paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Harinck forces Skenojabitch back against the ropes and clinches.
Harinck lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Harinck.
Skenojabitch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Skenojabitch is looking to break free of the clinch but Harinck has double underhooks.
Our sources have told us that Skenojabitch has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Skenojabitch tries to break free but Harinck pushes him back against the ropes.
Harinck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skenojabitch backwards.
Skenojabitch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harinck lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harinck digs a right hand into Skenojabitch's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skenojabitch's gas tank.

Harinck manages to break the clinch.

Harinck clinches up with Skenojabitch and pushes him back against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harinck lands a left hand.
Harinck lands a shot to the body.
Harinck digs a right hand into Skenojabitch's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skenojabitch's gas tank.
Harinck throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Skenojabitchs head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harinck.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Harinck dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Harinck gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harinck lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Skenojabitch backwards.
Harinck cracks Skenojabitch with a nice body shot.
Harinck digs a right hand underneath Skenojabitch's ribcage. Skenojabitch let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harinck lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harinck keeps control of Skenojabitch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harinck blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harinck'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.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harinck.
Harinck lands a shoulder strike.
Skenojabitch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harinck has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harinck managing to block the knees to the body from Skenojabitch.
Skenojabitch wants to stall.
Tommy Harinck seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Skenojabitch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harinck lands an uppercut.
Harinck softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Harinck breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skenojabitch connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harinck. Harinck circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Skenojabitch scores with a one two! Harinck had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dank Skenojabitch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut there from Harinck.
Harinck scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harinck throws a predictable looking body shot
and Skenojabitch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harinck blocks a jab.
Skenojabitch lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Harinck clinches up with Skenojabitch and pushes him back against the ropes.
Harinck gets through Skenojabitch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Harinck creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Skenojabitch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Harinck creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Skenojabitch is looking to break free of the clinch but Harinck has double underhooks.
Harinck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Skenojabitch backwards.
Skenojabitch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harinck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Skenojabitch swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skenojabitch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harinck misses with a body punch.
Harinck lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Harinck.
Skenojabitch lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Tommy Harinck has been cut.
Skenojabitch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harinck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skenojabitch backwards.
Harinck lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Harinck lands with a light punch inside.
Harinck stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harinck keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Skenojabitch's efforts to push away.
Harinck managing to block the knees to the body from Skenojabitch.
Skenojabitch wants to break free but Harinck has control.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harinck lands with a left to the head.
Harinck digs a right hand into Skenojabitch's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skenojabitch's gas tank.
Harinck lands a body punch.
Harinck lands a left hand.
Skenojabitch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harinck is keeping busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Harinck showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tommy Harinck's cut.
That's time! Skenojabitch's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Harinck works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Harinck throws a shot from downtown. Skenojabitch moves away and avoids it.
Skenojabitch lands with an overhand left.

Harinck closes the distance and clinches.
Harinck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harinck digs a right hand into Skenojabitch's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skenojabitch's gas tank.
Skenojabitch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Skenojabitch is working Harinck over against the ropes.
Harinck managing to block the knees to the body from Skenojabitch.
Harinck lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Skenojabitch dodges an elbow strike from Harinck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harinck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harinck scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harinck lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skenojabitch wants to break free but Harinck has control.
Skenojabitch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harinck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harinck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Skenojabitch backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harinck scores with a shot to the side of Skenojabitch's head.
Skenojabitch tries to break the clinch but Harinck is controlling the position.
A short right from Harinck.
Harinck lands a nice shot to the body.
Skenojabitch tries to circle away but Harinck has him pinned against the ropes.
Skenojabitch is trying to break the clinch but Harinck is controlling him.
Harinck lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Harinck creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Skenojabitch trying to control the position but instead, Harinck has worked for underhooks and has pushed Skenojabitch into the ropes.
Dank Skenojabitch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Skenojabitch wants to break free but Harinck has control.
Skenojabitch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harinck lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Skenojabitch.
A short right from Harinck.
Harinck scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Harinck.
Harinck scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skenojabitch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Skenojabitch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Harinck escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Harinck forces Skenojabitch back against the ropes and clinches.
Harinck gets through Skenojabitch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harinck scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harinck lands a hook that snaps the head of Skenojabitch backwards.
Skenojabitch throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Harinck breaks from the clinch.
Skenojabitch takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harinck jabs at Skenojabitch's body.

Harinck clinches with his opponent.
Harinck softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Harinck lands a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skenojabitch lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Harinck scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harinck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tommy Harinck is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nice body punch from Harinck.
Skenojabitch being controlled against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Harinck comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harinck 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 25:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Harinck!
Our winner, Tommy Harinck, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.