PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Chong Starbowski (ranked 4068 p4p, 423 weight class) and Lars Karlsson (ranked 4347 p4p, 441 weight class). Starbowski comes to the ring accompanied by Traditional Thai Music . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Starbowski
vs
Karlsson

175 cm
27
183 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

179 cm
28
169 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chong Starbowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lars Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Karlsson - just one landing.
Starbowski throws a head kick but Karlsson moves out of range.
A punch combination from Starbowski misses.
Karlsson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Starbowski throws a head kick but Karlsson moves out of range.
Karlsson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Starbowski has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Jako Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Karlsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Starbowski.

Karlsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Starbowski, pushing him back against the ropes.
Starbowski lands a shoulder strike.
Karlsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Starbowski.
Starbowski trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Starbowski throws an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Starbowski scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Starbowski has a couple of punches blocked by Karlsson.
Karlsson misses with some punches.
Starbowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starbowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Karlsson has double underhooks.
Starbowski lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Karlsson fails to land.
Starbowski lands a body shot.
Starbowski effectively controlling the action here.
Karlsson can't find room to land a body shot as Starbowski controls the action.
Karlsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Starbowski blocking some punches.

Starbowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karlsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Starbowski just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Starbowski.
Starbowski swings away with a body shot that misses
and Karlsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Starbowski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lars Karlsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Karlsson misses its intended target.
Karlsson scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starbowski tries to bum rush Karlsson with a series of wild strikes but Karlsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Starbowski clinches with his opponent.
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!
Starbowski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Karlsson is keeping busy.
Karlsson tries a body shot but Starbowski blocks it.
Karlsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Starbowski can't break the clinch.
Starbowski creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Starbowski blocks an uppercut.
Starbowski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Starbowski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Karlsson misses with the head strike.
Karlsson tries to throw a body punch but Starbowski avoids it by throwing Karlsson back against the ropes.
Karlsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Starbowski.
Starbowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Starbowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karlsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Karlsson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Starbowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
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 Chong Starbowski will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Starbowski pushes Karlsson away with a front kick.
Starbowski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karlsson.
Starbowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Starbowski is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Karlsson.
Starbowski throws a head kick that misses.
Starbowski misses with the combination.
Karlsson wants to counter the offense by Starbowski and move into the clinch position.

Starbowski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Karlsson, pushing him back against the ropes.
Starbowski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chong Starbowski has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Starbowski breaks from the clinch.
Starbowski throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karlsson moves away from the strike by Starbowski.
Karlsson swings for the body but Starbowski moves out of range.
Karlsson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Starbowski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Starbowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Starbowski on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starbowski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karlsson.
Karlsson misses the shot to the body.
Starbowski tries to bum rush Karlsson with a series of wild strikes but Karlsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karlsson throws the left hand but Starbowski avoids the punch easily.
Starbowski throws a series of punches but Karlsson avoids them all with ease.
Starbowski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karlsson can do to turn this around?
Starbowski misses with a head kick.
A cross from Karlsson lands.
Karlsson feints a jab promting Starbowski to slip. Karlsson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Starbowski slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Starbowski scores with a push kick.
Karlsson digs a good hook to Starbowski's body.
Starbowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karlsson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Karlsson misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Starbowski loads up on a big right hand but Karlsson slips the punch.
Starbowski ducks under a wild hook from Karlsson.
Starbowski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karlsson misses the shot to the body.
Starbowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Karlsson misses.
As Karlsson tries to get set, Starbowski tries to push him back and clinch up but Karlsson manages to avoid the attempt.
Starbowski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chong Starbowski is winning the standup battle so far.
Starbowski wants to clinch.
Starbowski defending well as Karlsson loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Starbowski misses the target.
Karlsson lands with a straight right. Starbowski didn't see that one coming.
Karlsson looks to throw the jab but Starbowski is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chong Starbowski will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Starbowski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lars Karlsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karlsson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Starbowski.
Starbowski slips under a jab.
Karlsson swings widly with a right hand
and Starbowski counters with a three punch combo that has Karlsson backing up. Karlsson nods at Starbowski to acknowledge the strikes.
Starbowski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Karlsson's sensitive parts.
Karlsson misses with a right hand
and Starbowski counters with a nice kick to the body.
Starbowski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Karlsson throws out the jab.
Starbowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Starbowski lands with an overhand left.
Karlsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Starbowski manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Starbowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Karlsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karlsson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Karlsson loads up on a big right hand but Starbowski slips the punch.
Starbowski connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Starbowski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karlsson.
Starbowski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Karlsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab lands there for Karlsson.
Karlsson looks to land a right hand but Starbowski moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Starbowski.
Good standup being displayed there by Karlsson as he connects with a hook.
Starbowski moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Starbowski dodges the punch combination from Karlsson.
Starbowski seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Starbowski throws a head kick that misses.
Karlsson throws out a loose jab but Starbowski uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Karlsson misses its intended target.
Starbowski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Karlsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Starbowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karlsson misses the shot to the body.
As Karlsson backs away, Starbowski returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Starbowski takes one to the side of the head.
Starbowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karlsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Chong Starbowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Starbowski drops his hands momentarily and Karlsson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Starbowski is rocked!
Karlsson swings and misses with a shot to the body

and as Karlsson resets, Starbowski pounces with a savage head kick that drops Karlsson to the mat! Karlsson looks wobbly but gets back to his feet on the count of 5. The referee continues the count to 8 then steps aside to let these two guys get back at it!

Karlsson is rocked!
Starbowski stuns Karlsson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chong Starbowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Starbowski throws a series of strikes that have Karlsson backpedaling.
Karlsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Starbowski finish him?
Karlsson throws a right hand that misses
and Starbowski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karlsson misses with a hook
and Starbowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Starbowski.

Starbowski moves into range and clinches up with Karlsson.
Karlsson can't find room to land a body shot as Starbowski controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chong Starbowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Starbowski has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chong Starbowski!
Chong Starbowski thanked the fans post fight for their support.