PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Superbon Banchamek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis Bowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Superbon Banchamek could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Louis Bowen's chin.

Banchamek
vs
Bowen

177 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

166 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Solid chin

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Quark's

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Superbon Banchamek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Louis Bowen!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banchamek misses the jab.
Banchamek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Banchamek instigates a clinch.
Banchamek tries to circle away but Bowen has him pinned against the ropes.
Bowen lands with a right to the head.
Bowen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Bowen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Banchamek's brow.
Banchamek misses with a punch on the inside.
Bowen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Banchamek working aggressively here.
Banchamek gets through Bowen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Banchamek tries to circle away but Bowen has him pinned against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Banchamek.
Banchamek is trying to break the clinch but Bowen has him pressed against the ropes.
Banchamek blocking some punches.
Banchamek scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banchamek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bowen swings wildly with an uppercut but Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Bowen fails to land.
Bowen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Banchamek avoids the elbow strike from Bowen, against the ropes.
Banchamek is trying to force a seperation but Bowen has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bowen.
Bowen scores with a shoulder strike.
Banchamek working aggressively here.
Banchamek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Banchamek looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Nice body punch from Bowen - that landed with a thud.
Bowen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banchamek's elbow.
Banchamek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Banchamek has a couple of punches blocked by Bowen.
Bowen takes a shot to the head.
Banchamek takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Banchamek.
Banchamek swings wildly with an uppercut but Bowen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bowen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bowen blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Banchamek blocking some punches.
Banchamek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bowen.
Bowen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bowen blocking some punches.
Bowen misses with a body punch.
Banchamek pushes Bowen back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Banchamek is trying to break free.
Bowen swings wildly with an uppercut but Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banchamek lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Superbon Banchamek 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.

Bowen digs a good hook to Banchamek's body.
Banchamek throws a jab when Bowen was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Banchamek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bowen moves away from the strike by Banchamek.
Bowen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bowen misses with a hook
and Banchamek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bowen throws a shot to the body.
Bowen tries to clinch but Banchamek moves out of range.
Banchamek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Bowen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Banchamek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Banchamek blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Banchamek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Banchamek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bowen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banchamek's elbow.
Superbon Banchamek has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Banchamek misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banchamek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Banchamek swings wildly with an uppercut but Bowen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banchamek gets through Bowen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bowen misses with a punch on the inside.
Banchamek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bowen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Bowen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Banchamek is trying to force a seperation but Bowen has the dominant position.
Banchamek blocks an elbow strike.
Bowen misses with an elbow strike.
Bowen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banchamek.
Banchamek misses with a punch on the inside.
Banchamek throws a head punch that misses.
Banchamek lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bowen backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowen misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bowen.
Banchamek misses with some punches.
Banchamek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Banchamek throws a punch but it's blocked by Bowen.
Banchamek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bowen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bowen lands with a right to the head.
Banchamek swings wildly with an uppercut but Bowen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bowen throws a punch but it's blocked by Banchamek.
Banchamek can't break the clinch.
Bowen misses with an elbow strike.
Banchamek misses with a punch on the inside.
Bowen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bowen lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Louis Bowen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Bowen wants to clinch up but Banchamek keeps it at a distance.

Banchamek moves into range and clinches up with Bowen.
A head punch on the inside from Bowen fails to land.
Banchamek misses with the head strike.
Banchamek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bowen throws a punch but it's blocked by Banchamek.
Banchamek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Bowen.
Bowen throws a punch but it's blocked by Banchamek.
Banchamek lands with a light punch inside.
Banchamek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Bowen has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowen throws a punch but it's blocked by Banchamek.
Bowen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Banchamek takes an elbow to the temple.
Bowen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Banchamek.
Bowen swings wildly with an uppercut but Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowen misses with the head strike.
Bowen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Bowen.
Bowen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bowen blocks an uppercut.
Bowen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Banchamek throws a punch but it's blocked by Bowen.
Bowen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Banchamek misses with a punch on the inside.
Banchamek lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hand to the body from Bowen.
Bowen misses with a body punch.

Banchamek breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bowen. Banchamek does a little dance to reset his feet.
Banchamek misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Banchamek clinches.
Banchamek working hard to break the clinch.
Banchamek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bowen throws a head punch that misses.
Banchamek's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bowen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Banchamek is looking to break free of the clinch but Bowen has double underhooks.
Banchamek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Banchamek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bowen swings wildly with an uppercut but Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bowen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Bowen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Banchamek blocks an elbow strike.
Banchamek misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Louis Bowen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bowen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 David Hoff scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 28:29
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louis Bowen!
An out of breath and clearly excited Louis Bowen thanked Quark's for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).