PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aristides Abel (ranked 1277 p4p, 1499 weight class) and Ananada Bunyasarn (ranked 196 p4p, 232 weight class). Abel's entrance music is Express Yourself. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Abel
vs
Bunyasarn

190 cm
37
203
24 - 20 - 0

185 cm
35
192
28 - 14 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conquer

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 24 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aristides Abel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ananada Bunyasarn!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bunyasarn misses with a lunging right hand
and Abel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bunyasarn tries a head kick but it misses.
Abel misses with a hook. Bunyasarn ducked under it nicely.
A nice side step and Bunyasarn releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Abel lands a leg kick that knocks Bunyasarn off balance momentarily.
Bunyasarn thows a leg kick but Abel checks it
and Abel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bunyasarn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bunyasarn moves out of range of the strikes.
Abel throws a lazy head kick
and Bunyasarn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Abel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
No joy there for Abel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bunyasarn misses with a wild body shot.
Bunyasarn staying out of range there.
Abel wants to clinch up but Bunyasarn keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bunyasarn.
Abel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aristides Abel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abel slips under a jab from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Abel throws a right and a left that Bunyasarn avoids nicely.
Abel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Abel moves out of range of the body kick.
Bunyasarn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Abel misses the target.
Bunyasarn keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Abel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Abel tries to clinch there but Bunyasarn circles away.
Bunyasarn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Abel defending well as Bunyasarn loads up on a big left hand.
Bunyasarn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Abel clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abel swings wildly with an uppercut but Bunyasarn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abel lands a shoulder strike.
Abel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bunyasarn's elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abel lands a hook that snaps the head of Bunyasarn backwards.
Bunyasarn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Abel swings wildly with an uppercut but Bunyasarn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bunyasarn lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bunyasarn tries a body shot but Abel blocks it.
Abel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Abel.
Abel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bunyasarn digs a right hand underneath Abel's ribcage. Abel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Abel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bunyasarn blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bunyasarn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bunyasarn backwards.
Bunyasarn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abel.
Bunyasarn swings wildly with an uppercut but Abel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bunyasarn can't find room to land a body shot as Abel controls the action.
Abel lands a body punch.
Abel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Abel.
Bunyasarn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bunyasarn tries a body shot but Abel blocks it.
Abel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Abel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn tries to throw a body punch but Abel avoids it by throwing Bunyasarn back against the cage.
Abel misses with a knee to the head.
Bunyasarn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abel's elbow.
Abel misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bunyasarn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Abel.
Bunyasarn working aggressively here.
Bunyasarn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abel backwards.
Abel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bunyasarn throws a head punch that misses.
Bunyasarn throws a punch but it's blocked by Abel.
Abel misses with a punch on the inside.
Bunyasarn lands with a light punch inside.
Abel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bunyasarn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bunyasarn misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abel.
Bunyasarn can't find room to land a body shot as Abel controls the action.
Abel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bunyasarn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bunyasarn misses with a body punch.
Abel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Abel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bunyasarn's brow.
Abel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abel prevents a body shot from Bunyasarn.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bunyasarn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abel backwards.
Bunyasarn lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bunyasarn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ananada Bunyasarn will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Good shot there by Bunyasarn.
Abel throws a lazy head kick
and Bunyasarn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Abel wants to clinch.
Bunyasarn motions for Abel to come forward. Bunyasarn throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bunyasarn gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Abel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Abel moves into the clinch.
Bunyasarn blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunyasarn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Abel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bunyasarn tries a body shot but Abel blocks it.

Bunyasarn breaks from the clinch.
Abel throws a head kick but Bunyasarn moves out of range.
Abel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bunyasarn momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abel misses with a low kick as Bunyasarn jumps back.
Abel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bunyasarn doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nice defenses there by Abel.
A head kick misses from Abel.
Bunyasarn with the inside leg kick.
Abel throws a lazy uppercut
and Bunyasarn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bunyasarn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Abel rushes Bunyasarn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bunyasarn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abel's elbow.
Abel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bunyasarn tries a body shot but Abel blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Abel fails to land.
Abel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abel misses with a punch on the inside.
Aristides Abel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Abel blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn misses with a body punch.
Abel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bunyasarn blocks an elbow strike.
Bunyasarn misses with a punch to the body.
Abel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bunyasarn's elbow.
Abel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bunyasarn backwards.
Abel working aggressively here.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abel lands with a right to the head.
Abel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bunyasarn or not.
Bunyasarn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abel backwards.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bunyasarn lands a shoulder strike.
Abel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Abel working aggressively here.
Abel lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bunyasarn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Abel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abel tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bunyasarn is able to avoid easily.
Abel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bunyasarn finds it's way round the side to connect with Abel's head.
Abel missing with a left hand there. Bunyasarn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bunyasarn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Abel checks it well.
As Bunyasarn backs away, Abel returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bunyasarn connects with a right hand. Abel shakes it off.
Bunyasarn cracks a nice hook into Abel's ribs.
A head kick by Abel misses
and Bunyasarn counters with a stiff right hand.
Ananada Bunyasarn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Abel throws an off balance right hand
and Abel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Abel misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Abel takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abel misses with a lunging right hand
and Bunyasarn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Abel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bunyasarn, pushing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunyasarn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abel pushes Bunyasarn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abel.
Bunyasarn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bunyasarn.
Abel throws a head punch that misses.
Bunyasarn lands a shoulder strike.
Abel has a couple of punches blocked by Bunyasarn.
Abel blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Abel.
Abel lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn pushes Abel back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Bunyasarn fails to land.
Bunyasarn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A body shot lands from Bunyasarn.
A short right from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn lands a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ananada Bunyasarn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Abel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Abel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bunyasarn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bunyasarn moves into range and connects with a jab.
Abel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Abel throws a poor cross that misses
and Bunyasarn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Abel misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abel moves away.
Abel throws a lazy uppercut
letting Bunyasarn counter with a right hand.
Abel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bunyasarn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Abel takes a swing at Bunyasarn's ribcage but misses.
Bunyasarn scores with a jab to the jaw.
Abel misses with a double jab.
Abel 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.
Bunyasarn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bunyasarn throws a leg kick but Abel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bunyasarn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Abel. That did some damage!
Abel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bunyasarn.
Abel misses with a head kick.
Abel misses with a leg kick
enabling Bunyasarn to counter with a crisp jab.
Bunyasarn lunges at Abel with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Abel's hand.
Aristides Abel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Bunyasarn slams his shin into Abel's torso.
Bunyasarn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abel manages to avoid it.
Abel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bunyasarn checks a leg kick.
Abel throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bunyasarn misses with a leg kick
and Abel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Abel swings widly with a right hand
and Bunyasarn counters with a left to the body.
Bunyasarn avoids the head kick by Abel.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bunyasarn scoring well with a low kick there.
Bunyasarn lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bunyasarn blocks a head kick by Abel.
Bunyasarn connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abel scores with a nice strike.
Bunyasarn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Abel.
Bunyasarn lands a nice looking body shot.
Bunyasarn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Abel loads up on a big right hand but Bunyasarn slips the punch.

Bunyasarn forces Abel back against the cage and clinches.
A short uppercut from Bunyasarn.
Abel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Abel misses with a punch on the inside.
Bunyasarn swings wildly with an uppercut but Abel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bunyasarn working aggressively here.
Bunyasarn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bunyasarn has a couple of punches blocked by Abel.
Abel prevents a body shot from Bunyasarn.
Abel working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Abel.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abel working aggressively here.
Abel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bunyasarn backwards.
Abel throws a head punch that misses.
Abel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abel can't find room to land a body shot as Bunyasarn controls the action.

Bunyasarn breaks from the clinch.
Abel throws an off balance right hand
enabling Bunyasarn to counter with a crisp jab.
Abel tries a low kick but Bunyasarn avoids it.
Abel throws a leg kick but Bunyasarn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bunyasarn appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bunyasarn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Abels jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bunyasarn throws a body punch but Abel moves out of range.
Bunyasarn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Abel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bunyasarn.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ananada Bunyasarn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bunyasarn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

The fight is ruled a majority draw!