PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Panca Pandu (ranked 6523 p4p, 514 weight class) and Dikanais Didzinieks (ranked 6978 p4p, 527 weight class). Panca Pandu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pandu
vs
Didzinieks

179 cm
20
183 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

198 cm
26
180 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Decent boxing
Determined

Dark Knight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Panca Pandu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dikanais Didzinieks!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Didzinieks moves into range and clinches up with Pandu.
Pandu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Didzinieks blocks it with crossed arms.
Pandu lands a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pandu.
Didzinieks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pandu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Pandu manages to break the clinch.

Didzinieks closes the distance and pushes Pandu back into the ropes.
Pandu misses with an elbow over the top.
Pandu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Pandu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Didzinieks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Didzinieks lands a two punch combo.

Didzinieks has Pandu up against the ropes in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pandu trying to control the position but instead, Didzinieks has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pandu into the ropes.
Our sources have told us that Pandu has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Pandu scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pandu breaks the clinch.
Pandu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pandu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pandu scores with a head kick.

Didzinieks closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Pandu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pandu throws an overhand right that lands on Didzinieks's shoulder, as Didzinieks tries to avoid the shot.
Pandu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Didzinieks misses with a leg kick.
Pandu lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Didzinieks looks to land a combination but Pandu avoids it well.
Didzinieks pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pandu back to the ropes. Didzinieks follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Didzinieks rushes Pandu and presses him up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Didzinieks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Pandu throws out a head kick that Didzinieks doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Didzinieks crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Didzinieks's eyes and has decided to let it go on!

Didzinieks is rocked!

It looks like Dikanais Didzinieks has been cut.
Didzinieks throws a nice looking combination but Pandu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Didzinieks is still on wobbly legs! Can Pandu finish him?

Didzinieks forces Pandu back against the ropes and clinches.
Didzinieks seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

Pandu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Didzinieks moves into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pandu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Pandu looking to throw knees to the head but Didzinieks is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Didzinieks wants to stall.
Didzinieks is trying to break the clinch but Pandu is controlling him.
Pandu looking to throw knees to the head but Didzinieks is blocking nicely.
Didzinieks slows down the pace here.
Pandu trying to land knees to the body.
Pandu stalling in the clinch but Didzinieks improves position.
Didzinieks pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pandu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Didzinieks's face.
Pandu missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Didzinieks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pandu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pandu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Didzinieks has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pandu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pandu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Didzinieks.

Pandu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice leg kick lands there from Didzinieks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Didzinieks closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Didzinieks closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Panca Pandu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dikanais Didzinieks's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pandu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Pandu throws a sloppy body shot
and Didzinieks counters with a left and a right that stings Pandu.
Didzinieks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pandu throws out the jab.
Didzinieks tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Didzinieks closes the distance and clinches.
Didzinieks scores with a hook to the body.
Pandu trying to stall but Didzinieks improves his position.
Didzinieks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Didzinieks tries to break free but Pandu pushes him back against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Didzinieks - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pandu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Pandu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pandu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Didzinieks if he has to take too many more of those.

Didzinieks moves into the clinch.
Pandu lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Didzinieks trying to control the position but instead, Pandu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Didzinieks into the ropes.

Pandu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Didzinieks closes the distance and pushes Pandu back into the ropes.
Didzinieks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pandu looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Pandu fails to land.
Pandu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Didzinieks wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pandu trying to stall but Didzinieks improves his position.
Didzinieks avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Didzinieks wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pandu as Didzinieks tries to tie him up.
Didzinieks controlling the action here for a moment.

Didzinieks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Didzinieks does no damage.
Didzinieks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pandu throws a counter high kick but Didzinieks was just alert enough to avoid it.
Pandu throws a head kick that Didzinieks semi-blocks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Didzinieks gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Didzinieks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Didzinieks misses
and Pandu counters with a straight right hand.
Dikanais Didzinieks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pandu. Didzinieks shrugs it off though.
Didzinieks is breathing heavily.

Didzinieks moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Didzinieks as Pandu tries to tie him up.
Pandu with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Pandu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Didzinieks's brow.
Pandu is looking to control Didzinieks's arms but Didzinieks gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pandu has his back to the ropes.
Pandu stalling in the clinch but Didzinieks improves position.
Didzinieks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Pandu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandu blocks a low kick nicely.
Didzinieks lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Didzinieks attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A chopping leg kick lands by Didzinieks.

Pandu clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pandu wants to stall.
Didzinieks blocking some punches.

Pandu breaks from the clinch.
Pandu looks to land a left hand but Didzinieks moved out of range nicely.
Didzinieks steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Pandu.
Pandu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Didzinieks clinches with his opponent.
Didzinieks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
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 Panca Pandu will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dikanais Didzinieks's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Didzinieks avoids a kick to the body.
Pandu tries a head kick but it misses.
Didzinieks throws a one two combo.
Didzinieks throws a low kick but Pandu avoids it.

Didzinieks takes the fight into the clinch.
Pandu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Didzinieks is defending well for now.
Pandu misses with a knee strike.
Didzinieks is trying to break the clinch but Pandu has him pressed against the ropes.
Pandu tries to land a knee to the head but Didzinieks blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Didzinieks wants to get back to striking at distance but Pandu won't allow it.

Didzinieks manages to break the clinch.
Panca Pandu is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice combination there by Didzinieks.

Didzinieks clinches up with Pandu and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pandu looking to slow down the pace here.

Pandu manages to break the clinch.
Pandu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Pandu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Pandu breaks the clinch.

Pandu darts in and clinches Didzinieks up against the ropes.
Didzinieks has Pandu pressed against the ropes.
Didzinieks tries to circle away but Pandu has him pinned against the ropes.
Pandu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pandu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Didzinieks wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pandu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Didzinieks has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Pandu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pandu throws a jab when Didzinieks was well out of range.

Didzinieks clinches.
Pandu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pandu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Didzinieks tries to break free but Pandu pushes him back against the ropes.
Pandu looking to throw knees to the head but Didzinieks is blocking nicely.
Didzinieks has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Didzinieks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pandu.
Didzinieks controlling the action here for a moment.
Didzinieks is pushing Pandu up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Didzinieks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Didzinieks looking to stall.
Didzinieks taking a breather.
Pandu trying to stall but Didzinieks improves his position.
Pandu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Didzinieks blocks it with crossed arms.

Pandu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Didzinieks forces Pandu back against the ropes and clinches.
Pandu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Didzinieks.
Didzinieks is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Didzinieks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Didzinieks attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
An attempted straight right counter from Pandu misses the target.

Pandu moves into range and clinches up with Didzinieks.
Pandu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pandu throws a knee to the head but misses.

Pandu breaks from the clinch.
Didzinieks attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dikanais Didzinieks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Didzinieks moves into the clinch successfully.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Didzinieks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pandu swings wildly with an uppercut but Didzinieks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pandu is trying to stall.
Dikanais Didzinieks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Didzinieks tries to land knees in the clinch but Pandu avoids the damage to the body.

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 Panca Pandu.
Well Pandu 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Panca Pandu!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Panca Pandu!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Panca Pandu!

Panca Pandu wins by unanimous decision!
Panca Pandu took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, HELLBENT for their support in the buildup to the fight.