PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Chong Starbowski (ranked 4477 p4p, 438 weight class) and Viktor Bestarsson (ranked 2727 p4p, 316 weight class). Starbowski kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Traditional Thai Music . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Starbowski
vs
Bestarsson

175 cm
28
183 lbs
12 - 14 - 0

179 cm
37
166 lbs
24 - 15 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Heavy handed

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 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chong Starbowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Viktor Bestarsson!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Starbowski.
Starbowski takes a swing at Bestarsson's ribcage but misses.
Bestarsson throws out a counter right but Starbowski avoids it with no problem.

Bestarsson drives through and clinches with Starbowski against the ropes.
Starbowski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bestarsson pushes Starbowski back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Starbowski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Starbowski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Starbowski tries to break the clinch but Bestarsson is controlling the position.
Starbowski is stalling here.
Bestarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bestarsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bestarsson lands a right hand.
Starbowski misses with a punch to the body.
Bestarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Starbowski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Starbowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Bestarsson.
Bestarsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Starbowski avoids it.
Bestarsson lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Starbowski scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starbowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bestarsson avoids it.
Bestarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Bestarsson working aggressively here.
Bestarsson tries to work over Starbowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Bestarsson.
Bestarsson lands a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bestarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Starbowski working aggressively here.
Starbowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Starbowski blocks an uppercut.
Bestarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Starbowski's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bestarsson.
Starbowski working aggressively here.
Bestarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Starbowski controls the action.
Bestarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Starbowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Starbowski blocking some punches.
Starbowski tries to throw a body punch but Bestarsson avoids it by throwing Starbowski back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starbowski looking to stall.
Starbowski tries a knee to the head but Bestarsson blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Bestarsson.
Bestarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Starbowski looking to throw knees to the head but Bestarsson is blocking nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Starbowski.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bestarsson digs a right hand into Starbowski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Starbowski's gas tank.
Bestarsson lands a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Starbowski.
Bestarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Starbowski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bestarsson's brow.
Bestarsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Starbowski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Starbowski is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Starbowski.
Still in the clinch, Starbowski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bestarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Starbowski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Bestarsson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Bestarsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Starbowski.
Bestarsson avoids the head kick by Starbowski.
Bestarsson counters with a body kick.
Bestarsson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Starbowski.
Starbowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Bestarsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Starbowski misses with a double jab
and Bestarsson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Starbowski's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bestarsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bestarsson unleashes a big counter combination but Starbowski bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Bestarsson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Chong Starbowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Bestarsson.

Starbowski is rocked!
Starbowski looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starbowski looks to land a combination but Bestarsson avoids it well.
Oh Starbowski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Starbowski lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bestarsson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bestarsson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Starbowski seems to have got his legs back now.
Bestarsson throws a looping overhand right but Starbowski ducks down to avoid it.
Bestarsson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bestarsson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Starbowski misses with a two punch combination.
Starbowski throws a head kick but Bestarsson moves out of range.
Bestarsson throws out a counter right but Starbowski avoids it with no problem.
Bestarsson lands with a good body shot.
Bestarsson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Starbowski doesn't seem bothered though.
Bestarsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Starbowski manages to avoid it.
Bestarsson misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Starbowski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bestarsson scores with a nice strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bestarsson lands a right and a left and another right! Starbowski goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Viktor Bestarsson!
Viktor Bestarsson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Chong Starbowski was interviewed post fight and said 'Merci'.