PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dick Cheese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Somchai Paowsong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Cheese
vs
Paowsong

210 cm
20
275 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

193 cm
21
247 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
KO power

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dick Cheese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Somchai Paowsong!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paowsong slips a jab and a cross from Cheese.
Cheese lands a jab to Paowsong's midsection.
Cheese scores with a body shot.
Cheese lands with a cross.

Cheese closes the distance and clinches.
Cheese misses with some punches.
Cheese makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paowsong looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cheese struggles to land a body shot inside as Paowsong controls his hands.
Paowsong lands a left hand.
Paowsong misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Cheese's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Paowsong misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Cheese breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paowsong throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
Cheese seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cheese scores with a decent looking hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheese works the jab nicely.

Cheese drives through and clinches with Paowsong against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paowsong blocking some punches.
Paowsong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cheese or not.
Cheese lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paowsong.
Paowsong tries to stall but Cheese uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Paowsong misses with a body punch.
Cheese lands with a left to the head.
Cheese misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cheese misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cheese pushes Paowsong back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paowsong.
Paowsong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paowsong working aggressively here.
Cheese has a couple of punches blocked by Paowsong.
Paowsong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Paowsong misses with a punch on the inside.
Cheese lands a body shot.
Cheese lands with a light punch inside.
Paowsong's coach down at Samran Muay Thai was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Paowsong's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cheese.
Cheese swings wildly with an uppercut but Paowsong uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Cheese on the inside.
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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cheese.
Cheese blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paowsong has a couple of punches blocked by Cheese.
Paowsong tries to work over Cheese's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cheese scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Cheese on the inside.
Cheese lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cheese scores with a shot to the side of Paowsong's head.
Cheese lands a left hand that snaps the head of Paowsong backwards.
Good body shot from Cheese.
Paowsong misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cheese.

Paowsong is rocked!

Cheese breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Paowsong with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Paowsong looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Paowsong get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!
Paowsong is still on wobbly legs! Can Cheese finish him?
Cheese is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheese keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paowsong walks straight into a big right, left combination from Cheese and drops to the floor! Oh, he's out cold! He's out cold! Wow, that finish was brutal! Congratulations to Cheese as he moves his way up the rankings!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dick Cheese!
After the fight, Dick Cheese was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.