PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Diamond Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Superbon Banchamek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the ring accompanied by I Get Money - 50 Cent. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jackson
vs
Banchamek

172 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diamond Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Superbon Banchamek!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banchamek is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
Jackson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Banchamek moves forwards but Jackson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Banchamek pushes him off.
Jab, jab by Jackson - just one landing.
Banchamek lands a nice shot to the body.
Banchamek connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Banchamek circles away quickly and effectively.

Banchamek has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Banchamek breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
Jackson tries to clinch but Banchamek moves out of range.
Banchamek moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banchamek throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Banchamek.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Banchamek was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
Jackson cracks Banchamek with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jackson throws a body punch but Banchamek moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Banchamek scores with a punch to the head.
Banchamek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Banchamek has Jackson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Banchamek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Banchamek lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Banchamek has him pressed against the ropes.
Banchamek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Banchamek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Banchamek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Banchamek has Jackson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Banchamek is controlling him.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Jackson misses with a punch on the inside.
Jackson working hard to break the clinch.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Jackson tries to circle away but Banchamek has him pinned against the ropes.
Banchamek keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jackson's efforts to push away.
Banchamek scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Banchamek backwards.

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

Jackson instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Banchamek.
Banchamek keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jackson's efforts to push away.
A short uppercut from Banchamek.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Superbon Banchamek dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jackson throws a body punch but Banchamek moves out of range.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Banchamek closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jackson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Banchamek looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Banchamek lands a really nice looking cross but Jackson seems unphased.
Jackson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jackson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
Banchamek uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jackson misses with a body punch

and Banchamek holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.
Banchamek lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Banchamek scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.

Banchamek manages to break the clinch.
Jackson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Banchamek rushes Jackson and presses him up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to push Banchamek away but Banchamek has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

Jackson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Banchamek just misses with a punch to the body.
Diamond Jackson is winning the standup battle so far.
Jackson misses with a double jab

and Banchamek counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Banchamek.
Banchamek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Banchamek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson lands a really nice looking cross but Banchamek seems unphased.
Jackson connects with the punch.
Jackson tries to clinch but Banchamek moves out of range.
Banchamek with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jackson to score with a decent uppercut.
Jackson misses with the combination.
Banchamek sizes up Jackson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banchamek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jackson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson drops his hands momentarily and Banchamek takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Banchamek throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Banchamek bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackson digs a good body shot into Banchamek's ribs.
Banchamek tries to clinch
and Jackson counters with a nice uppercut.
Banchamek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Banchamek walks into a jab.
Jackson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Banchamek moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Banchamek has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banchamek connects with the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Banchamek does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
Banchamek with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Superbon Banchamek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Banchamek throws a big shot that misses.
Superbon Banchamek is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jackson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson takes one on the button.
Banchamek might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jackson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Banchamek forces Jackson back against the ropes and clinches.
Banchamek has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Banchamek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Banchamek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson gets through Banchamek's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Banchamek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson can't find room to land a body shot as Banchamek controls the action.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Banchamek has him pressed against the ropes.
Banchamek throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Banchamek.

Banchamek manages to break the clinch.
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Banchamek.
Banchamek paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Banchamek avoids it well.
A little jabbing left from Banchamek on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jackson misses with a hook to the body
and Banchamek counters with a stiff right hand.
Jackson cracks Banchamek with an open hand slap.
Jackson takes a jab right on the kisser.
A punch lands to the side of Jackson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A decent looking cross lands there for Banchamek.
Diamond Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Banchamek is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Banchamek has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jackson finds it's way round the side to connect with Banchamek's head.
Banchamek works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Banchamek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jackson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Banchamek cracks Jackson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Banchamek's shoulder, as Banchamek tries to avoid the shot.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Banchamek swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Banchamek tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Banchamek manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Banchamek misses the target.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Banchamek.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Banchamek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackson is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jackson connects with a body shot that sends Banchamek's belly button to the back.
Banchamek scores with a decent looking hook.
Banchamek misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banchamek scores with a decent looking hook.
Diamond Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Banchamek wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Superbon Banchamek comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Banchamek 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Superbon Banchamek!
Superbon Banchamek tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.