PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Rami Astalo (ranked 3028 p4p, 329 weight class) and Saenchai Sor. Khamsing (ranked 3498 p4p, 373 weight class). Astalo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff. Sor. Khamsing comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wai Khru Ram kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Astalo
vs
Sor. Khamsing

168 cm
29
145 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

177 cm
39
167 lbs
26 - 16 - 1

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rami Astalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Saenchai Sor. Khamsing !
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sor. Khamsing scores with a jab to the head.
Astalo misses with a straight left.
Sor. Khamsing misses with a hook. Astalo ducked under it nicely.
Sor. Khamsing jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Sor. Khamsing clinches.
Astalo lands a left hand.

Astalo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sor. Khamsing throws a hook but Astalo avoids it easily.
Astalo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Astalo misses with a straight right.
Astalo tries to score with a low kick but Sor. Khamsing moves his leg out of the way.
Nice defenses there by Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing jabs Astalo right on the nose. Astalo blinks but takes it well.
Astalo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sor. Khamsing lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sor. Khamsing is looking to clinch.
Astalo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sor. Khamsing looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sor. Khamsing throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Astalo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sor. Khamsing has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Astalo throws a series of punches but Sor. Khamsing avoids them all with ease.
Astalo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sor. Khamsing wants to clinch up but Astalo keeps it at a distance.
Astalo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sor. Khamsing walks into a jab.
Astalo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sor. Khamsing tries to counter with a clinch but Astalo shakes him off and moves away.
Sor. Khamsing scores with the left hand. Astalo knows he should have avoided that one.
Sor. Khamsing doesn't manage to clinch there - Astalo circles away.
Sor. Khamsing misses with an uppercut. Astalo saw that one coming.
Astalo misses with a few strikes there.
Astalo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sor. Khamsing at a distance.
Astalo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sor. Khamsing manages to avoid it.
Astalo lands an overhand right.
Astalo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Astalo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sor. Khamsing scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sor. Khamsing jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sor. Khamsing is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Astalo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Astalo slips under a jab from Sor. Khamsing .
Sor. Khamsing dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sor. Khamsing tries to clinch but Astalo is having none of it.
Sor. Khamsing connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A slow jab from Sor. Khamsing misses its intended target.
Sor. Khamsing avoids the body shot from Astalo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astalo missing with a left hand there. Sor. Khamsing was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Astalo does no damage.
Astalo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sor. Khamsing lands with an overhand left.
Sor. Khamsing connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Astalo momentarily.
Astalo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sor. Khamsing misses with a low kick.
Sor. Khamsing slips under a jab.
Astalo misses with a low kick.
Astalo slips under a jab from Sor. Khamsing .
Sor. Khamsing throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sor. Khamsing . Astalo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sor. Khamsing throws a body punch but Astalo moves out of range.
Astalo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sor. Khamsing misses with a low kick as Astalo jumps back.
Astalo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Astalo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astalo swats away the attempt to clinch by Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Astalo throws a hook but Sor. Khamsing blocks it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Astalo.
Astalo sets himself, and Sor. Khamsing steps forward looking for the clinch! Astalo avoids it this time.
Astalo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo swats away the attempt to clinch by Sor. Khamsing .
Sor. Khamsing throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Astalo on the side of the head.
Sor. Khamsing connects with a single shot there.
Astalo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sor. Khamsing misses with a jab to the body
and Astalo counters with a thumping low kick.
Astalo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo blocks a low kick nicely.
Astalo throws a hook to the side of Sor. Khamsing 's head but Sor. Khamsing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Astalo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sor. Khamsing .
Sor. Khamsing throws a jab when Astalo was well out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sor. Khamsing looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sor. Khamsing lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sor. Khamsing lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Astalo swings for the body but Sor. Khamsing moves out of range.
Sor. Khamsing tries to clinch but Astalo is having none of it.
Astalo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Astalo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Astalo throws a sloppy head kick and Sor. Khamsing moves out of range easily.
Sor. Khamsing tries a low kick but Astalo avoids it.
Astalo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Astalo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sor. Khamsing sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Astalo keeps the fight on the outside.
Astalo misses with an uppercut. Sor. Khamsing saw that one coming.
Astalo throws a leg kick but Sor. Khamsing sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sor. Khamsing steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Astalo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Astalo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Astalo works the jab nicely.
Astalo tries a head kick but it misses.
Sor. Khamsing is looking to chop away at Astalo's legs.
Astalo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saenchai Sor. Khamsing dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Astalo tried to score with a low kick but Sor. Khamsing checks it.
Astalo thumps Sor. Khamsing with a low kick.
Sor. Khamsing waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Astalo.
Astalo walks into a jab.
Astalo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sor. Khamsing .
Sor. Khamsing tests Astalo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Astalo misses the shot to the body.
Sor. Khamsing throws a low kick, looking for Astalo's leg but Astalo calmly moves out of range.
Sor. Khamsing throws the left hand but Astalo avoids the punch easily.
Saenchai Sor. Khamsing seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sor. Khamsing tries a head kick but it misses.
Sor. Khamsing misses with a body kick.
A right-left combo lands from Sor. Khamsing .
Sor. Khamsing circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sor. Khamsing misses with a jab, cross combination.
Astalo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A cross from Astalo lands.
Astalo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Sor. Khamsing has managed to clinch.
Sor. Khamsing avoids a wild elbow strike from Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing lands a left hand that snaps the head of Astalo backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astalo blocks an elbow strike from Sor. Khamsing .
Sor. Khamsing lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Astalo has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Sor. Khamsing is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sor. Khamsing tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sor. Khamsing goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Astalo lands a left hand.
Astalo lands a shoulder strike.
Sor. Khamsing avoiding damage.
Sor. Khamsing lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Astalo gets through Sor. Khamsing 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sor. Khamsing has a couple of punches blocked by Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing trying to land knees to the body.
Sor. Khamsing has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Astalo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Astalo lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Astalo.
Astalo lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Astalo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sor. Khamsing throws a punch but it's blocked by Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing looking to slow down the pace here.

Astalo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sor. Khamsing closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sor. Khamsing lands a right hand.
Sor. Khamsing trying to control the position but instead, Astalo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sor. Khamsing into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Saenchai Sor. Khamsing seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Good body shot from Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right from Sor. Khamsing on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Rami Astalo has been cut.
Sor. Khamsing scores with a shoulder strike.
Astalo lands an elbow inside.
Sor. Khamsing goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Come on Astalo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sor. Khamsing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Astalo blocks it with crossed arms.
Astalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Astalo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sor. Khamsing scores with a shot to the side of Astalo's head.
Astalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right from Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo has Sor. Khamsing pushed against the cage.
Astalo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sor. Khamsing backwards.
Sor. Khamsing lands a good knee to the midsection. Astalo won't want to take too many of those.
Astalo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sor. Khamsing throws a punch but it's blocked by Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing working aggressively here.
Sor. Khamsing throws a knee to the head but misses.

Astalo breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Astalo misses the target.
Astalo throws a leg kick but Sor. Khamsing sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sor. Khamsing connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sor. Khamsing cracks the inside of Astalo's front leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sor. Khamsing throws a looping overhand right but Astalo ducks down to avoid it.
Sor. Khamsing tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Astalo was well out of range. Poor timing from Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo connects with a nice looking jab.
Sor. Khamsing misses with an uppercut.
Sor. Khamsing looks to land a right hand but Astalo moved out of range.
Sor. Khamsing tries to clinch up.
Sor. Khamsing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Astalo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sor. Khamsing checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Astalo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sor. Khamsing is looking to clinch.
A counter left hand to the body from Astalo misses its target.
Sor. Khamsing blocks the body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Astalo fails to land with a series of punches.
Sor. Khamsing steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Astalo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sor. Khamsing .
Sor. Khamsing misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saenchai Sor. Khamsing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rami Astalo's cut.
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!

Sor. Khamsing needs to keep his hands up - Astalo had a free shot at his head there.
Astalo motions for Sor. Khamsing to come forward. Astalo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sor. Khamsing connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sor. Khamsing is looking to clinch.
Astalo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sor. Khamsing tries to clinch up.
Sor. Khamsing lets loose with a powerful body kick. Astalo will feel that in the morning.
Sor. Khamsing walks into a straight right hand from Astalo.
Astalo throws a body shot but no joy.
Sor. Khamsing swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sor. Khamsing throws a big shot that misses.
Sor. Khamsing throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Astalo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Sor. Khamsing moves into the clinch successfully.
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!
Sor. Khamsing with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sor. Khamsing misses with a knee to the head.
Astalo pushes Sor. Khamsing back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Astalo misses with the head strike.
Sor. Khamsing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Astalo blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astalo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sor. Khamsing misses with a punch on the inside.
Sor. Khamsing throws a head punch that misses.
Astalo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sor. Khamsing tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Astalo lands a left hand.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Astalo lands a left hand.
Nice elbow from Astalo.
Astalo blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Sor. Khamsing fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Astalo.
Astalo misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Sor. Khamsing fails to land.
Sor. Khamsing misses with a punch on the inside.
Sor. Khamsing is trying to stall.
Sor. Khamsing with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astalo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Astalo can't break the clinch.
Astalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Astalo lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Astalo takes an elbow to the temple.
A body shot lands from Sor. Khamsing .
Nice elbow from Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing lands a good knee to the midsection. Astalo won't want to take too many of those.
Astalo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Astalo working aggressively here.

Astalo breaks from the clinch.
Astalo scores with a jab to the body.
Sor. Khamsing swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Astalo tried to counter with a leg kick but Sor. Khamsing avoided it.
Astalo staying out of range there.
Astalo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Astalo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sor. Khamsing moves away.
Astalo needs to keep his hands up - Sor. Khamsing had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Sor. Khamsing .
Sor. Khamsing avoids the body shot from Astalo.
Nice defenses there by Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing tries to land a leg kick but Astalo saw it coming and moves away.
Sor. Khamsing tries to clinch up.
Astalo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Astalo avoids the head kick by Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo slips a jab and a cross from Sor. Khamsing .
Astalo cracks a nice hook into Sor. Khamsing 's ribs.
Sor. Khamsing takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Astalo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sor. Khamsing s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sor. Khamsing is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Astalo.
Astalo looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sor. Khamsing throws a shot to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Astalo. Sor. Khamsing shrugs it off though.
Astalo lands with a straight right. Sor. Khamsing didn't see that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sor. Khamsing scores with a sloppy right hand. Astalo should have avoided that one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing misses with a few strikes there.
Sor. Khamsing takes one to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sor. Khamsing gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Astalo tries to clinch but Sor. Khamsing is having none of it.
Sor. Khamsing with a jab.
Astalo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sor. Khamsing .
A solid leg kick lands there for Astalo.
Rami Astalo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sor. Khamsing misses with a body kick.
Astalo throws a nice looking combination but Sor. Khamsing bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sor. Khamsing throws the left hand but Astalo avoids the punch easily.
Astalo jabs Sor. Khamsing to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice cross by Astalo.
Sor. Khamsing is looking to clinch.
Astalo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Astalo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sor. Khamsing looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sor. Khamsing takes the fight into the clinch.
Astalo is leaning against Sor. Khamsing and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Astalo can't find room to land a body shot as Sor. Khamsing controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rami Astalo.
Well Sor. Khamsing 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saenchai Sor. Khamsing !
In his post fight interview, Saenchai Sor. Khamsing gave a big smile as he said 'LEt's talk titles i want the winner of wade v haller next..THANK YOU OUT COLD for bring back KT to MMA TYCOON! the crowd erupts!'.
Rami Astalo spoke after the fight, saying 'Nothing to say but fuck off,gonna smoke joint or two'.