PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stefan De Vries (ranked 1506 p4p, 1470 weight class) and Klahan Metharom (ranked 88 p4p, 84 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

De Vries
vs
Metharom

168 cm
32
143
16 - 9 - 0

165 cm
38
135
28 - 14 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stefan De Vries!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Klahan Metharom!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Metharom avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Metharom now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
De Vries misses with an uppercut. Metharom saw that one coming.
Metharom looks to land a left hand but De Vries moved out of range nicely.
De Vries appears to be looking for a big counter.
De Vries throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Metharom counters with a right hand to the body.
Good shot there by Metharom.
Metharom throws a good cross that connects.
Metharom lands a lovely overhand right.
De Vries swings widly with a right hand
and Metharom counters with a right hand to the body.
A head kick misses from Metharom.
De Vries throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Metharom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Vries definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
De Vries lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Metharom tenderised De Vries's leg. De Vries is trying to keep his angry face on.
Metharom dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on De Vries. That did some damage!
De Vries avoids the head kick by Metharom.
De Vries appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Metharom lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Vries circles away quickly and effectively.
Metharom uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Vries.
A nice side step and Metharom releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Metharom misses with a double jab
and De Vries counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Metharom misses with a combination
and De Vries counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metharom misses with a wild body shot.
Metharom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Vries.
De Vries tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Metharom was well out of range. Poor timing from De Vries.
De Vries throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Metharom counters with a nice uppercut.
De Vries takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Metharom moves out of range of the strikes.
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!
De Vries takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Metharom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Vries thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Vries takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metharom lands with a straight right. De Vries didn't see that one coming.
Metharom moves into range and connects with a jab.
Metharom looks to throw a body kick
and De Vries connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the body from De Vries misses
and Metharom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Metharom feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Vriess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Klahan Metharom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Metharom slips a straight right by De Vries.
De Vries throws an overhand right that lands on Metharom's shoulder, as Metharom tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from De Vries misses.
Metharom misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metharom lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Vries at a distance.
Metharom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Vries cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Metharom is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De Vries had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Metharom moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Metharom scores with a nice right hand.
Metharom looks to land a combination but De Vries avoids it well.
Metharom bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps De Vries's head backwards.
De Vries staying out of range there.
Metharom lands with a hook. De Vries tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Metharom throws a lazy body kick
enabling De Vries to counter with a crisp jab.
Metharom misses with a wild combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Klahan Metharom dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Metharom lands with a hook. De Vries tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De Vries takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Metharom lands a nice shot that snaps De Vries's head back.
Metharom has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Vries misses with a right hand
and Metharom counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Metharom misses.
Metharom moves out of range as De Vries strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Metharom misses with a looping left.
De Vries swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
De Vries misses with a hook
and Metharom connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Vries avoids the body shot from Metharom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Metharom slips under a jab from De Vries.
Metharom connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Vries. De Vries circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De Vries bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Metharom's head backwards.
Metharom throws a lazy uppercut
enabling De Vries to counter with a crisp jab.
De Vries throws a jab when Metharom was well out of range.
Metharom cracks De Vries with a good jab.
De Vries gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
De Vries scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Vries gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Metharom showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Vries.
De Vries takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Metharom takes a swing at De Vries's ribcage but misses.
De Vries moves out of range as Metharom throws a body kick.
De Vries is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Metharom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Vries was well out of range. Poor timing from Metharom.
De Vries with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries misses with a body shot.
Metharom throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Vries just misses with a punch to the body.
Metharom moves out of range of the strikes.
De Vries throws a jab but it's blocked by Metharom.
Metharom connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Metharom cracks De Vries with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Vries stalks Metharom and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Metharom's face. Metharom staggers backwards, shaken.
Metharom misses with a head kick.
De Vries throwing a counter right hand but Metharom manages to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Metharom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metharom throws a hook but De Vries blocks it.
De Vries is looking to counter punch.
De Vries scores with a punch to the head.
Metharom misses with a body punch
and De Vries counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Vries takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Metharom misses the target.
De Vries scores with a nice head shot.
De Vries moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Vries throws the left hand but Metharom avoids the punch easily.
De Vries loads up on a big right hand but Metharom slips the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Klahan Metharom will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

De Vries misses with an uppercut.
Metharom counters with a body kick.
Metharom throws a combination that misses
and De Vries counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Vries looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Metharom throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Metharom lands a body shot.
De Vries has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Metharom finds it's way round the side to connect with De Vries's head.
Metharom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Vries avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Klahan Metharom seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Metharom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Metharom unleashes a big counter combination but De Vries bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
De Vries is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Metharom.
Metharom connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Metharom connects with a nice looking jab.
De Vries lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Metharom throws a lazy uppercut
enabling De Vries to counter with a crisp jab.
De Vries lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Metharom goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A combination from Metharom does no damage.
Nice uppercut there from Metharom.
De Vries fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Metharom manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Metharom on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Metharom bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Metharom looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stefan De Vries has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries misses with a wild combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Vries takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Vries stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Metharom.
Metharom misses with a straight left.
A shot to the body from Metharom misses
and De Vries counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Metharom throws a leg kick which misses De Vries's front leg but catches the back leg as De Vries tries to avoid it.
De Vries takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metharom connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De Vries's hands.
Metharom connects with a looping right hand.
Metharom lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Metharom ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Vries keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Vries is looking to counter punch.
De Vries avoids a punch combination nicely.
Metharom throws a low kick but De Vries moves out of range easily.
A jab from Metharom does it's job there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metharom displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Vries throws out the jab.
De Vries drops his hands momentarily and Metharom takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Metharom stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Metharom. That's going to slow De Vries down.
De Vries walks forward, straight into a front kick from Metharom.
De Vries misses with a looping right.
De Vries staying out of range there.
De Vries swings away with a body shot that misses
and Metharom connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Metharom throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Vries counters with a straight right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Klahan Metharom comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Metharom has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Klahan Metharom!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Klahan Metharom waved his t-shirt featuring KOMBAT KLOTHING's logo in front of the cameras.