PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Anuwat Kaewsamrit (ranked 21599 p4p, 386 weight class) and Roderick Weems (ranked 21789 p4p, 383 weight class). Kaewsamrit comes to the ring accompanied by แว้นฟ้อหล่$. Roderick Weems struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 137.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kaewsamrit
vs
Weems

170 cm
23
144 lbs
3 - 9 - 0

172 cm
23
149 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

World class MT
Very quick

World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anuwat Kaewsamrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roderick Weems!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weems throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A quick step to the side and Kaewsamrit tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaewsamrit wants to slow Weems down by chopping away at his legs.
Weems punishes Kaewsamrit's body with a nice straight punch.
Kaewsamrit blocks a low kick nicely.
Kaewsamrit checks a low kick from Weems.
A left and a right from Kaewsamrit both land. Nice combination.
Weems throws a hook but Kaewsamrit blocks it.
Kaewsamrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Weems.
Kaewsamrit scores with a jab.
Kaewsamrit staying out of range there.
Kaewsamrit tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Weems manages to circle out of the way.
Weems dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kaewsamrit. That did some damage!

Weems lands a head kick that bluckles Kaewsamrit and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Weems no doubt looking to push for a finish!

Kaewsamrit is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Weems.
Oh Kaewsamrit is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head kick misses from Weems.
Kaewsamrit tries to counter by clinching up but Weems breaks away and moves out of range.
Weems misses the jab.
Kaewsamrit seems to have got his legs back now.
Kaewsamrit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Weems stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kaewsamrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Weems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weems buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kaewsamrit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kaewsamrit fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kaewsamrit comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kaewsamrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kaewsamrit wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kaewsamrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kaewsamrit checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kaewsamrit is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kaewsamrit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Kaewsamrit.

Weems is rocked!
Kaewsamrit changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaewsamrit lands with a shot to the body.
Weems throws a body shot but no joy.
Weems connects with a body shot that sends Kaewsamrit's belly button to the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaewsamrit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Weems looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Weems connects with a body shot that sends Kaewsamrit's belly button to the back.

Kaewsamrit gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Weems breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good exchange - Kaewsamrit coming out on top.
Kaewsamrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Weems.
Kaewsamrit tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Weems manages to circle out of the way.
Weems lands a high kick!
We've been informed that Weems has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Weems throws a head kick that half lands.
Kaewsamrit is looking to wear down Weems with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Weems tries a head kick but it misses.
Weems throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A jab lands there for Kaewsamrit.
Weems is still on wobbly legs! Can Kaewsamrit finish him?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weems fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kaewsamrit is looking to counter the offense by Weems and move into the clinch.
Kaewsamrit cracks a nice hook into Weems's ribs.
Weems seems to have recovered his senses.
Weems looks winded!
Weems tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kaewsamrit is looking to counter the offense by Weems and move into the clinch.
Kaewsamrit clobbers Weems with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Weems scores with a kick to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Roderick Weems will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kaewsamrit tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kaewsamrit, as that shot connected.
Anuwat Kaewsamrit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Weems drops his guard momentarily, allowing Kaewsamrit to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Weems! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Kaewsamrit takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Anuwat Kaewsamrit!
A relieved looking Anuwat Kaewsamrit thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.