PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlos Narvaez (ranked 1996 p4p, 2736 weight class) and Tommy Harinck (ranked 159 p4p, 208 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Narvaez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ñetas for Life - Anvesh Mallick. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Narvaez
vs
Harinck

172 cm
31
145
21 - 10 - 3

159 cm
29
147
13 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Powerful

NARCOS

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 21 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Narvaez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Harinck!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harinck pushes Narvaez up against the ropes in a clinch.
Narvaez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Narvaez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Narvaez fails to land.
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.
Narvaez blocking some punches.
Narvaez blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Narvaez.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harinck.
Harinck working aggressively here.
Narvaez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Narvaez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harinck stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Narvaez misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harinck.
Narvaez lands with a left to the head.
Harinck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harinck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harinck tries to throw a body punch but Narvaez avoids it by throwing Harinck back against the ropes.
Harinck lands a hook that snaps the head of Narvaez backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Narvaez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Narvaez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harinck has a couple of punches blocked by Narvaez.
Harinck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Narvaez backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harinck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Narvaez tries a body shot but Harinck blocks it.
Harinck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Narvaez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Narvaez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harinck swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Narvaez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harinck.
Harinck has a couple of punches blocked by Narvaez.
Harinck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Narvaez tries to work over Harinck's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Narvaez.
Harinck has a couple of punches blocked by Narvaez.
Narvaez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Narvaez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Narvaez breaks the clinch.
Narvaez slips a jab from Harinck.
Narvaez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harinck is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Harinck avoids the body shot from Narvaez.
Harinck tries to counter by closing the distance.
Harinck looks to land a right hand but Narvaez moved out of range.
Harinck is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harinck tries to clinch but Narvaez is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab by Narvaez.
A slapping leg kick lands for Narvaez.
Narvaez with the inside leg kick.
Narvaez with a nice calf kick.
Narvaez connects with an inside leg kick.
Narvaez looks to land a combination but Harinck avoids it well.
Narvaez misses with a wild body shot.
Harinck moves in looking to clinch but Narvaez pushes him off.

Harinck closes the distance and pushes Narvaez back into the ropes.
Narvaez lands a right hand.
Narvaez swings wildly with an uppercut but Harinck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Narvaez tries a body shot but Harinck blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harinck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harinck prevents a body shot from Narvaez.
Harinck lands with a short shot to the head.
Narvaez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harinck misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Narvaez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Carlos Narvaez will probably get the nod.
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.

Harinck fails with an attempt to clinch.
Narvaez looks to score with a jab to the body but Harinck is just out of range.
Harinck moves out of range of the leg kick from Narvaez.
Narvaez keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheers as Narvaez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harinck doesn't seem phased though.
Harinck keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Harinck darts in and clinches Narvaez up against the ropes.
Good body shot from Harinck.
Narvaez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Narvaez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harinck swings wildly with an uppercut but Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Narvaez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Narvaez misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harinck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Narvaez struggles to land a body shot inside as Harinck controls his hands.
Narvaez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Narvaez misses with some punches.
Harinck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Narvaez backwards.
Narvaez lands with a short shot to the head.
Narvaez lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez lands with a light punch inside.
Harinck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Narvaez has a couple of punches blocked by Harinck.
Harinck goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Narvaez pushes Harinck back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Narvaez blocks an uppercut.
Harinck swings wildly with an uppercut but Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harinck misses with a punch to the body.
Narvaez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harinck tries to work over Narvaez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Harinck fails to land.
Harinck misses with the head strike.
Harinck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harinck pushes off an throws an elbow but Narvaez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Narvaez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harinck prevents a body shot from Narvaez.
Narvaez scores with a shoulder strike.
Narvaez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Narvaez misses with a body punch.
Narvaez blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harinck throws a punch but it's blocked by Narvaez.
Narvaez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harinck prevents a body shot from Narvaez.
Harinck looking to slow down the pace here.
Narvaez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Narvaez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harinck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Narvaez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harinck swings wildly with an uppercut but Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harinck misses with the head strike.
Harinck throws a head punch that misses.

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

Harinck forces Narvaez back against the ropes and clinches.
Narvaez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harinck is leaning against Narvaez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Narvaez struggles to land a body shot inside as Harinck controls his hands.
Harinck throws a punch but it's blocked by Narvaez.
Tommy Harinck seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harinck can't find room to land a body shot as Narvaez controls the action.
Narvaez can't find room to land a body shot as Harinck controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Narvaez dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Harinck tries to close the distance and clinch up but Narvaez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tommy Harinck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harinck chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Narvaez can pounce on him.
Harinck tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Narvaez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Narvaez half committed to a counter leg kick.
Harinck tries to clinch but Narvaez moves out of range.
Narvaez lands a leg kick that knocks Harinck off balance momentarily.
Narvaez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harinck tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Narvaez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Narvaez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Narvaez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harinck moves away.
Narvaez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Narvaez tries to keep at a distance but Harinck has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harinck struggles to land a body shot inside as Narvaez controls his hands.
Narvaez struggles to land a body shot inside as Harinck controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hook to the body lands for Narvaez.
Narvaez tries to throw a body punch but Harinck avoids it by throwing Narvaez back against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Narvaez.
Narvaez struggles to land a body shot inside as Harinck controls his hands.
Narvaez lands a body punch.
Harinck stalling in the clinch but Narvaez improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harinck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a nice shot to the body.
Harinck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harinck goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harinck working aggressively here.
Harinck lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Harinck.
Narvaez misses with a body punch.
Harinck prevents a body shot from Narvaez.
Harinck swings wildly with an uppercut but Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Narvaez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harinck or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harinck.
A hook to the body from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a right hand.
Narvaez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Narvaez lands a shoulder strike.
Harinck blocks a body shot from Narvaez.
Harinck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Narvaez lands a shot to the body.
Narvaez can't find room to land a body shot as Harinck controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Narvaez digs a right hand into Harinck's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harinck's gas tank.
A nice left hand lands by Narvaez.
Narvaez tries a body shot but Harinck blocks it.
Narvaez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Narvaez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harinck's elbow.
Narvaez lands a body shot.
Narvaez struggles to land a body shot inside as Harinck controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Narvaez.
Harinck takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harinck struggles to land a body shot inside as Narvaez controls his hands.
Narvaez lands with a short shot to the head.
Narvaez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harinck scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harinck can't find room to land a body shot as Narvaez controls the action.
Harinck misses with a punch to the body.
Harinck working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harinck misses with a punch on the inside.
Harinck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Narvaez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harinck can do to turn this around?
Narvaez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harinck's elbow.
Harinck lands a body punch in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Narvaez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Narvaez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Narvaez!
During a confident post fight interview, Carlos Narvaez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.