PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between The Lek Wor Sangprapai (ranked 19312 p4p, 480 weight class) and Silva Scorpion (ranked 3405 p4p, 332 weight class). Wor Sangprapai comes to the ring accompanied by *Thailand Music. Silva Scorpion has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with The Lek Wor Sangprapai's chin.

Lek Wor Sangprapai
vs
Scorpion

173 cm
29
155 lbs
15 - 15 - 1

172 cm
26
148 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, The Lek Wor Sangprapai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silva Scorpion!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wor Sangprapai throws a nice looking combination but Scorpion bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wor Sangprapai moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Scorpion takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Wor Sangprapai closes the distance and clinches.
Wor Sangprapai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scorpion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Wor Sangprapai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Scorpion's brow.
I was talking to Wor Sangprapai's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wor Sangprapai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scorpion has a couple of punches blocked by Wor Sangprapai.
Scorpion tries to work over Wor Sangprapai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Wor Sangprapai fails to land.
Scorpion has a couple of punches blocked by Wor Sangprapai.
Scorpion blocking some punches.
Scorpion lands with a left to the head.

Wor Sangprapai breaks from the clinch.
Scorpion lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wor Sangprapai misses with a looping right.
A nice side step and Scorpion releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Silva Scorpion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Scorpion.
Wor Sangprapai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Scorpion darts in trying to clinch
and Wor Sangprapai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion fails to land with a series of punches.
Scorpion takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Scorpion delivers a nice body kick.
Scorpion defending well as Wor Sangprapai loads up on a big left hand.
A little jabbing left from Scorpion on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Scorpion misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wor Sangprapai.
A solid leg kick lands there for Scorpion.
Scorpion tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Wor Sangprapai manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scorpion avoids the head kick by Wor Sangprapai.
Wor Sangprapai takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wor Sangprapai throws a good cross that connects.
Wor Sangprapai throws a shot to the body.
Scorpion throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good standup being displayed there by Wor Sangprapai as he connects with a hook.
Wor Sangprapai lands with a slapping head kick.

Scorpion closes the distance and clinches.
Scorpion tries a body shot but Wor Sangprapai blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion misses with some punches.
Wor Sangprapai blocking some punches.
Scorpion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Scorpion lands a shot to the body.
Scorpion tries a body shot but Wor Sangprapai blocks it.
Wor Sangprapai misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wor Sangprapai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.

Wor Sangprapai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scorpion throws out a powerful jab.
Scorpion moves into range and connects with a jab.
Scorpion connects with a body shot that sends Wor Sangprapai's belly button to the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scorpion lands a slapping body shot.
Scorpion takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Scorpion scores with a jab to the head.
Scorpion lands a leg kick that knocks Wor Sangprapai off balance momentarily.
Scorpion throws a jab when Wor Sangprapai was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Silva Scorpion will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wor Sangprapai lands with a thumping leg kick.
Scorpion misses with a left hand
and Wor Sangprapai counters with a series of strikes. Scorpion will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wor Sangprapai avoids the head kick by Scorpion.
Wor Sangprapai connects with a body shot that sends Scorpion's belly button to the back.
Wor Sangprapai lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A head kick misses from Scorpion.

Wor Sangprapai closes the distance and pushes Scorpion back into the ropes.
Wor Sangprapai struggles to land a body shot inside as Scorpion controls his hands.
A short left from Scorpion.
A hook to the body from Scorpion.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Scorpion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wor Sangprapai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scorpion backwards.
Scorpion working aggressively here.
Wor Sangprapai is trying to break the clinch but Scorpion is controlling him.
Wor Sangprapai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Scorpion lands with a light punch inside.

Wor Sangprapai is rocked!
Wor Sangprapai lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Wor Sangprapai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva Scorpion seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Scorpion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wor Sangprapai seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wor Sangprapai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a short shot to the head.
Scorpion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Scorpion fails to land.
Scorpion tries to work over Wor Sangprapai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Wor Sangprapai breaks the clinch.
Scorpion ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Scorpion buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Wor Sangprapai pushes Scorpion up against the ropes in a clinch.

Wor Sangprapai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wor Sangprapai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scorpion.
Scorpion fakes the leg kick and cracks Wor Sangprapai in the body.
Scorpion buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Scorpion takes the fight into the clinch.
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!
Scorpion misses with the head strike.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but Wor Sangprapai avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Scorpion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wor Sangprapai is looking to break free of the clinch but Scorpion has double underhooks.
Scorpion lands with a right to the head.
Wor Sangprapai struggles to land a body shot inside as Scorpion controls his hands.
Scorpion works on Wor Sangprapai's body with a couple of short punches.
Scorpion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Wor Sangprapai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Scorpion.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Scorpion moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Scorpion.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scorpion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wor Sangprapai misses with a knee to the head.
Scorpion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wor Sangprapai misses with a knee to the head.
Scorpion misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silva Scorpion showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Scorpion turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wor Sangprapai misses with a head kick.
Scorpion changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Scorpion throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Wor Sangprapai counter with a right hand.
Scorpion uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wor Sangprapai.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Scorpion.
A head kick from Wor Sangprapai lands but Scorpion takes it in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Scorpion.
Scorpion does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wor Sangprapai tries a head kick but it misses.
Scorpion swings for the body but Wor Sangprapai moves out of range.
The Lek Wor Sangprapai is winning the standup battle so far.
Wor Sangprapai swings for the body but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wor Sangprapai steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scorpion.
Wor Sangprapai moves out of range of the body kick from Scorpion.
Wor Sangprapai was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Scorpion missing with a left hand there. Wor Sangprapai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Scorpion tries to clinch up but Wor Sangprapai circles away and keeps his distance.
Wor Sangprapai was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Scorpion moves in looking to clinch but Wor Sangprapai pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion misses with an uppercut.
Wor Sangprapai stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Scorpion lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wor Sangprapai at a distance.
Wor Sangprapai takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wor Sangprapai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Scorpion is looking to clinch but Wor Sangprapai is avoiding it.
Wor Sangprapai seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A big left from Scorpion misses.
Wor Sangprapai throws a lazy right hand but Scorpion sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva Scorpion is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Scorpion throws a body shot but no joy.
Scorpion slips a jab from Wor Sangprapai.
Wor Sangprapai scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Scorpion doesn't seem bothered though.
Scorpion tries to close the distance and clinch but Wor Sangprapai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wor Sangprapai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scorpion moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wor Sangprapai misses the shot to the body.
Wor Sangprapai throws a nice looking combination but Scorpion bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Scorpion blocks a head kick by Wor Sangprapai.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scorpion tries to clinch up.
Wor Sangprapai looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Wor Sangprapai throws a head kick but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Scorpion lands a really nice looking cross but Wor Sangprapai seems unphased.
A head kick misses from Wor Sangprapai.
The Lek Wor Sangprapai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Scorpion tries to close the distance and clinch but Wor Sangprapai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wor Sangprapai throws a sloppy head kick and Scorpion moves out of range easily.
The Lek Wor Sangprapai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wor Sangprapai moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Scorpion gets a clinch.
Wor Sangprapai struggles to land a body shot inside as Scorpion controls his hands.
Wor Sangprapai wants to break free but Scorpion has control.
Scorpion lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wor Sangprapai backwards.
Wor Sangprapai tries to break the clinch but Scorpion is controlling the position.
Wor Sangprapai struggles to land a body shot inside as Scorpion controls his hands.

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 The Lek Wor Sangprapai.
I think Scorpion has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silva Scorpion!
In defeat, The Lek Wor Sangprapai stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you'.