PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Barney Rumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nai Khanom Tom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumble kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Queens of the Stone Age - My God is the Sun . Nai Khanom Tom has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rumble
vs
Khanom Tom

200 cm
27
266 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

193 cm
37
261 lbs
25 - 16 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barney Rumble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nai Khanom Tom!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khanom Tom lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Barney Rumble has been cut.

Khanom Tom closes the distance and clinches.
Rumble lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khanom Tom backwards.
Rumble throws a punch but it's blocked by Khanom Tom.
Khanom Tom lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rumble keeps control of Khanom Tom as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Rumble fails to land.
Our sources have told us that Rumble has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Khanom Tom pushes Rumble back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Rumble digs a right hand into Khanom Tom's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khanom Tom's gas tank.
Rumble lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Nai Khanom Tom has been cut.
Rumble misses with a knee to the head.
Rumble lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Rumble.
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!

Rumble breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Rumble clinches.
Rumble is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khanom Tom is defending well for now.
Khanom Tom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khanom Tom is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanom Tom avoiding damage as Rumble throws knees to the body.
Rumble misses with a knee to the head.
Khanom Tom lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rumble backwards.
Khanom Tom is trying to break the clinch but Rumble is controlling him.
Rumble blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Khanom Tom breaks from the clinch.
Rumble throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Khanom Tom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Khanom Tom takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rumble attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Khanom Tom has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A big left from Rumble misses.
Rumble blocks a leg kick.
Rumble moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rumble throws a body shot but no joy.

Khanom Tom has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rumble lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khanom Tom backwards.
Rumble blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rumble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khanom Tom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rumble working aggressively here.
Rumble avoiding damage as Khanom Tom throws knees to the body.

Khanom Tom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rumble gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Khanom Tom scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rumble has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khanom Tom.
Rumble scores with a leg kick.
Rumble loads up on a big right hand but Khanom Tom slips the punch.
Khanom Tom connects with a leg kick. Rumble looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Khanom Tom moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Khanom Tom will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khanom Tom tries to clinch there but Rumble circles away.
Rumble misses with a kick to the body.
Khanom Tom tries to clinch but Rumble moves out of range.
Khanom Tom on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanom Tom on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rumble. Rumble obviously looking to wear him down.
Rumble plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Khanom Tom throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rumble on the side of the head.
Khanom Tom swings for the body but Rumble moves out of range.
Khanom Tom misses with a body shot.
Khanom Tom throws a shot from downtown. Rumble moves away and avoids it.

Rumble has Khanom Tom up against the ropes in a clinch.

Rumble breaks from the clinch.

Rumble tries to keep at a distance but Khanom Tom has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rumble lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rumble unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rumble lands a damaging elbow.
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!
Khanom Tom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rumble landing knees to the body.
Khanom Tom looks winded!

Rumble breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rumble looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rumble lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That has opened up Nai Khanom Tom's cut even more.
Khanom Tom misses with a wild body shot.
Nai Khanom Tom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khanom Tom avoids a kick to the body.
Khanom Tom moves in looking to clinch but Rumble pushes him off.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rumble.
Rumble thows a body kick. Khanom Tom tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good work by Khanom Tom as he checks the leg kick.
Rumble avoids a kick to the body.
Rumble connects with a looping right hand.
Khanom Tom chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rumble can pounce on him.
Rumble lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khanom Tom's sensitive parts.
Rumble is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nice shot by Rumble.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khanom Tom jabs at Rumble's body.
Rumble scores with a decent looking hook.

Khanom Tom is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Khanom Tom misses the target.
Khanom Tom takes a swing at Rumble's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Rumble dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rumble slips a jab from Khanom Tom.
Rumble scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rumble.
Khanom Tom scores with a body shot.
Khanom Tom's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Khanom Tom duly obliges.
Rumble is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khanom Tom can do to turn this around?
Rumble throws a low kick but Khanom Tom moves out of range easily.
Rumble tries to work over Khanom Tom's front leg with a kick but Khanom Tom checks it.

Rumble rushes Khanom Tom and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Rumble swings wildly with an uppercut but Khanom Tom uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Rumble just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khanom Tom's brow.

Khanom Tom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khanom Tom's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rumble fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khanom Tom.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rumble checks a leg kick.
Khanom Tom blocks a head kick by Rumble.
Rumble pushes Khanom Tom away with a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khanom Tom doesn't manage to clinch there - Rumble circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rumble lands with a cross.
Khanom Tom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rumble appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rumble moves out of range as Khanom Tom strikes.
Rumble fires out a quick counter leg kick but Khanom Tom just manages to avoid it.
Barney Rumble is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khanom Tom darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rumble drops his hands momentarily and Khanom Tom takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Rumble gets tackled into the ropes by Khanom Tom. Khanom Tom maintains the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rumble unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khanom Tom is breathing heavily.
Khanom Tom has a couple of punches blocked by Rumble.
Barney Rumble has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rumble has a couple of punches blocked by Khanom Tom.

Rumble manages to break the clinch.
Khanom Tom looks to land a left hand but Rumble moved out of range nicely.
Nice cross by Rumble.
Khanom Tom tries to close the distance and clinch but Rumble swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Rumble gets tackled into the ropes by Khanom Tom. Khanom Tom maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rumble working Khanom Tom over with knees to the body.
Rumble misses with some punches.
Rumble lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rumble working aggressively here.
Rumble misses with a punch to the body.
Rumble swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rumble can't find room to land a body shot as Khanom Tom controls the action.
Rumble tries to work over Khanom Tom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rumble.
Rumble misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Khanom Tom breaks the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Khanom Tom checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The fighters circling - Khanom Tom throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rumble is looking to land body kicks.
Khanom Tom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rumble.
Khanom Tom moves in looking to clinch but Rumble pushes him off.
Rumble delivers a nice body kick.
Khanom Tom misses with an uppercut.
Khanom Tom tries to clinch up but Rumble circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Rumble was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Khanom Tom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanom Tom is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rumble.
Khanom Tom lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rumble circles away quickly and effectively.
Rumble looks to land a right hand but Khanom Tom moved out of range.
Khanom Tom looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rumble goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khanom Tom tries to clinch there but Rumble circles away.
Rumble throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rumble scores with a shot to the body.
Khanom Tom throws a hook to the side of Rumble's head but Rumble sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rumble circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rumble takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rumble lands a nice looking body kick.
Khanom Tom takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rumble chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Rumble tries to keep at a distance but Khanom Tom has taken the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Rumble.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rumble working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rumble lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rumble lands an uppercut.
Khanom Tom misses with a hook from the clinch.

Rumble breaks from the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rumble.

Rumble has closed the distance and engaged Khanom Tom in a clinch.
Rumble lands with a short shot to the head.
Rumble prevents Khanom Tom from breaking the clinch.
Rumble gets through Khanom Tom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khanom Tom is trying to break the clinch but Rumble is controlling him.
Rumble tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khanom Tom's elbow.
Khanom Tom throws a head punch that misses.
Rumble presses Khanom Tom against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rumble misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Rumble dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Khanom Tom takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rumble has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Khanom Tom.
Rumble throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khanom Tom stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khanom Tom takes one on the button.
Khanom Tom walks into a left hand.
Khanom Tom is still on wobbly legs! Can Rumble finish him?
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Rumble throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Khanom Tom is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the ropes! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Barney Rumble!
Barney Rumble decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.