PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Mickey Clark (ranked 21640 p4p, 731 weight class) and Somchai Paowsong (ranked 21255 p4p, 677 weight class). Mickey Clark has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Clark
vs
Paowsong

204 cm
23
270 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

193 cm
23
256 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Somchai Paowsong!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark defending well as Paowsong loads up on a big left hand.
Clark connects with a right hand. Paowsong shakes it off.
Clark lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Clark drives through and clinches with Paowsong against the ropes.
Clark prevents Paowsong from breaking the clinch.
Paowsong lands a shoulder strike.
Clark lands with a left to the head.
Paowsong is trying to break the clinch but Clark is controlling him.
Paowsong tries to work over Clark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Paowsong.
Paowsong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paowsong looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Clark scores with a shot to the side of Paowsong's head.
Clark gets through Paowsong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Paowsong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Clark breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Clark misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Paowsong misses with a looping left.
Paowsong has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Paowsong misses the body punch
and Clark counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clark throws a lazy right hand but Paowsong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clark. Paowsong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paowsong moves out of range as Clark strikes.
Paowsong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Clark sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Clark throwing a counter right hand but Paowsong manages to avoid it.
Paowsong takes a swing at Clark's ribcage but misses.
Clark swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Paowsong.
Clark avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Clark scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice uppercut lands for Clark. That snapped Paowsong's head back.
Clark lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Paowsong circles away quickly and effectively.
Paowsong swings for the body but Clark moves out of range.
Clark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paowsong.
Jab from Clark.
Clark is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paowsong takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Clark is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Paowsong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clark.
Paowsong throws out a counter right but Clark avoids it with no problem.
Jab from Clark.
It looks like Clark has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.

Clark takes the fight into the clinch.
Paowsong misses with some punches.

Clark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clark is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Paowsong misses with a wild body shot.
Clark's jab looks to have found its range, popping Paowsong under the eye.
Paowsong misses the shot to the body.
Clark misses with a combination
and Paowsong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Clark thinking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clark digs a good hook to Paowsong's body.
Clark scores with the left hand. Paowsong knows he should have avoided that one.
A shot to the body from Clark misses
and Paowsong counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Mickey Clark has been cut.
Clark is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Clark instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Clark dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mickey Clark's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Clark swings widly with a right hand
and Paowsong counters with a stiff right hand.
Clark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paowsong can do to turn this around?
Paowsong's jab looks to have found its range, popping Clark under the eye.
Clark waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Paowsong.
Clark misses with a two punch combination.
Clark loads up on a big right hand but Paowsong slips the punch.
Paowsong looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Clark lands a lovely overhand right.
Clark throws a looping overhand right but Paowsong ducks down to avoid it.
Paowsong looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Clark scores with a punch to the head.
Clark swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Paowsong counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Clark rushes Paowsong and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Paowsong has had enough of the clinch but Clark keeps him there for the moment.
Clark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paowsong misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Clark.
A short left from Clark.
Clark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mickey Clark has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Clark breaks the clinch.
Clark takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Mickey Clark's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark scores with a hook to the body. Paowsong takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Paowsong looks to throw the jab but Clark is out of range.
Paowsong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Clark throws out the jab.
Clark works the jab nicely.
Clark slips a straight right by Paowsong.
Paowsong lunges at Clark with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Clark's hand.
A jab lands there for Clark.

Clark moves into the clinch.
Paowsong working aggressively here.
Clark prevents a body shot from Paowsong.

Clark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Paowsong blocks a jab.
Paowsong on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Clark missing with a left hand there. Paowsong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clark takes a swing at Paowsong's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a hook. Paowsong ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Paowsong! But no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paowsong throws a body shot but no joy.
Clark is looking for a counter combo.
Clark gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A big right from Clark misses.
It seemed like Paowsong was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Clark misses with a body shot.
Clark misses with an uppercut
and Paowsong counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Clark scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Clark scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice defenses there by Paowsong.
Paowsong throws a right hand that misses
and Clark makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Clark throws a nice looking combination but Paowsong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Paowsong is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Clark with a body shot.
Clark throws a right hand that Paowsong ducks under and follows up with a left that Paowsong also avoids with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paowsong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Clark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A cross from Clark lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Clark dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mickey Clark's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Paowsong walks into a straight right hand from Clark.
Clark is looking to clinch but Paowsong is avoiding it.
Paowsong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clark.
Clark misses with a hook.
Clark works over Paowsong's head and body with a nice combination.
Clark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paowsong on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Clark throws a looping overhand right but Paowsong ducks down to avoid it.
Paowsong walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Clark just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paowsong takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Paowsong on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Paowsong has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Clark slips a jab from Paowsong.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clark is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paowsong.
Paowsong just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paowsong slips a straight right by Clark.
Paowsong looks to land a combination but Clark avoids it well.
Clark ducks under a wild hook from Paowsong.
Nice defenses there by Clark.
Paowsong misses with a straight right.
Clark throws a one two combo.
Clark comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Good exchange - Clark coming out on top.
Clark ducks under a wild hook from Paowsong.
Clark tries to bum rush Paowsong with a series of wild strikes but Paowsong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Paowsong misses the jab.
Clark with a nice cross.
Clark throws a body punch but Paowsong moves out of range.
Mickey Clark is winning the standup battle so far.
Clark throws a right and a left that Paowsong avoids nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paowsong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Paowsong throws an overhand right that lands on Clark's shoulder, as Clark tries to avoid the shot.
Clark throws out a loose jab but Paowsong uses good head movement to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Paowsong misses.
Clark misses with a hook.
Mickey Clark is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paowsong ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Clark throws a good cross that connects.
Clark lands a glancing blow to the side of Paowsong's head.
Clark throws a shot to the body.
Somchai Paowsong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paowsong throws a jab when Clark was well out of range.
Donk. Clark catches Paowsong right on the button with a cross.
Clark uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paowsong.

Clark has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Clark breaks from the clinch.
Paowsong slips a jab from Clark.
Clark cracks Paowsong with a right hand to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey Clark showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clark 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27

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