PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Vladimir Tarlac (ranked 16102 p4p, 4641 weight class) and Keith Thurman (ranked 664 p4p, 541 weight class). Tarlac comes to the ring accompanied by Nobody Knows- The Tony RIch Project. The crowd seem to be enjoying Thurman 's choice of entrance music: DMX lord give me a sign. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tarlac
vs
Thurman

174 cm
45
195
26 - 29 - 0

188 cm
30
190
3 - 5 - 0

Solid boxing
Experienced

Excellent MT
Powerful

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 26 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Tarlac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keith Thurman !
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarlac falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thurman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thurman with a jab.
Tarlac throws a right hand that Thurman ducks under and follows up with a left that Thurman also avoids with ease.
Tarlac moves in looking to clinch but Thurman pushes him off.
Thurman lands with a nice combination. Tarlac backs away looking to recover.
Thurman misses with a series of wild punches.
Thurman slips a jab and a cross from Tarlac.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thurman . That's going to slow Tarlac down.
Tarlac rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thurman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tarlac takes a kick to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tarlac has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thurman .
Thurman lands a lovely overhand right.
Tarlac closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tarlac throws a hook to the side of Thurman 's head but Thurman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice jab there from Thurman .
Thurman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Tarlac does no damage.

Tarlac gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thurman tries to break the clinch but Tarlac is controlling the position.
Tarlac keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thurman 's efforts to push away.

Thurman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tarlac misses with a series of wild punches.

Tarlac rushes Thurman and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Thurman manages to break the clinch.
A low kick from Tarlac misses
and Thurman counters with a nice kick to the body.
Tarlac throws a right and a left that Thurman avoids nicely.

Thurman lands a head kick that bluckles Tarlac and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Thurman no doubt looking to push for a finish!
Tarlac is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Thurman scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Tarlac beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.

Tarlac is rocked!
Tarlac could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Thurman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oh Tarlac is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thurman feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Tarlac collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Keith Thurman !
Keith Thurman bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Vladimir Tarlac spoke after the fight, saying 'until next time '.