PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Secco Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Somsak Ram Chanchai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chanchai comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Here come the Chanchai kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Jones
vs
Ram Chanchai

175 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

182 cm
20
202 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Secco Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Somsak Ram Chanchai!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chanchai gets tackled into the ropes by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chanchai swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Chanchai lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Secco Jones has been cut.
Chanchai lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chanchai.
Chanchai lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Chanchai lands a shoulder strike.
I was talking to Jones's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Chanchai blocking some punches.
Chanchai scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chanchai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chanchai connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chanchai.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Chanchai.
Chanchai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chanchai lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones is breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chanchai.
Chanchai tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Chanchai throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chanchai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chanchai.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Chanchai drops Jones with a big knee! Will Jones beat the count? Yep, he's up already and we're only at 3... let's see if he's just faking it or if he's actually OK.

Jones is rocked!

Secco Jones's cut is getting worse.
Chanchai circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Jones tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Chanchai wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Somsak Ram Chanchai!
Somsak Ram Chanchai decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.