PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chalong Kitjakarn (ranked 4307 p4p, 4378 weight class) and Jake Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kitjakarn kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Three Little Birds (Dub). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kitjakarn
vs
Willis

181 cm
18
170
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
172
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chalong Kitjakarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Willis!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kitjakarn clinches with his opponent.
Kitjakarn is trying to maintain a safe position but Willis gets an underhook and turns Kitjakarn into the cage.
Willis fails to pull guard.
Willis is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kitjakarn pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Willis tries to stall but Kitjakarn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kitjakarn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kitjakarn's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kitjakarn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Willis's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kitjakarn taking a breather.
Willis is trying to force a seperation but Kitjakarn has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitjakarn's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Willis fails to pull guard.
Chalong Kitjakarn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Willis.
Kitjakarn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Willis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kitjakarn cracks Willis with a nice body shot.
Kitjakarn is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kitjakarn lands with a left to the head.
Kitjakarn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Willis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Willis tries to land knees in the clinch but Kitjakarn avoids the damage to the body.
Kitjakarn lands a knee to the body.
Willis looks winded!
Willis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kitjakarn avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kitjakarn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Willis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn lands a right hand.
Kitjakarn slows down the pace here.
Willis wants to get back to striking at distance but Kitjakarn won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kitjakarn.
Willis being controlled against the cage.
Kitjakarn avoiding damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee calls for Kitjakarn to work.
Willis is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chalong Kitjakarn.

Kitjakarn gets a clinch.
Willis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kitjakarn pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kitjakarn wants to clinch up but Willis keeps it at a distance.

Kitjakarn moves into the clinch.
Kitjakarn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kitjakarn's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kitjakarn controlling the action here for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn leaning against his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Kitjakarn.
The referee calls for Kitjakarn to work.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chalong Kitjakarn.

Kitjakarn clinches up against the cage.
Kitjakarn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kitjakarn controlling the action here for a moment.
Kitjakarn will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Willis up against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kitjakarn effectively controlling the action here.
Kitjakarn seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chalong Kitjakarn dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kitjakarn darts in and clinches Willis up against the cage.
Willis missing with knees to the body.
Willis fails to pull guard.
Kitjakarn just leaning against Willis, taking a breather.
Willis takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Jake Willis has been cut.
Kitjakarn is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kitjakarn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kitjakarn is pushing Willis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chalong Kitjakarn.

Kitjakarn clinches with his opponent.
Willis is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Kitjakarn - that landed with a thud.
Willis is breathing heavily.
A right handed body shot lands from Kitjakarn.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kitjakarn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kitjakarn stalling in the clinch.
Willis jumps guard but Kitjakarn stands there with Willis around his waist. Willis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kitjakarn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kitjakarn gets underhooks to prevent Willis's takedown attempt.
Chalong Kitjakarn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Willis.
Stalling in the clinch from Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Kitjakarn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kitjakarn slowing the pace effectively.
Kitjakarn gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chalong Kitjakarn.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kitjakarn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kitjakarn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kitjakarn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Willis.
Kitjakarn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Kitjakarn on the inside.
Willis letting Kitjakarn take a breather here.
Kitjakarn slowing the pace effectively.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Kitjakarn for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn presses Willis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kitjakarn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Willis up against the cage.
Kitjakarn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Willis can do to turn this around?
Willis takes a knee right on the jaw!

Willis is rocked!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kitjakarn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chalong Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chalong Kitjakarn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kitjakarn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kitjakarn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Willis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Willis feints the counter takedown.
Kitjakarn is looking to clinch.
Willis keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kitjakarn rushes Willis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kitjakarn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short right from Kitjakarn on the inside.
Kitjakarn just leaning against Willis, taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Willis up against the cage.
Kitjakarn effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kitjakarn slows down the pace here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chalong Kitjakarn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jake Willis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kitjakarn forces Willis back against the cage and clinches.
Chalong Kitjakarn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kitjakarn controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chalong Kitjakarn.
Willis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kitjakarn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Willis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kitjakarn counters with a straight right hand.
Kitjakarn wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kitjakarn is looking to clinch.
Kitjakarn tries to clinch up but Willis circles away and keeps his distance.
Willis only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Kitjakarn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Willis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kitjakarn paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Willis or perhaps it was just good defense by Kitjakarn, which made it look bad.
Willis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Willis wants to clinch.
Kitjakarn appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kitjakarn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kitjakarn wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kitjakarn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Willis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kitjakarn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Willis is still on wobbly legs! Can Kitjakarn finish him?
Kitjakarn moves in looking to clinch but Willis pushes him off.
As Kitjakarn backs off Willis throws a huge counter combo but Kitjakarn manages to avoid it all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn wants to clinch up but Willis keeps it at a distance.
Willis keeps the fight on the outside.
Willis steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kitjakarn.

Kitjakarn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Willis, pushing him back against the cage.
Kitjakarn slowing the pace effectively.
Kitjakarn landing knees to the body.
Willis seems to have recovered his senses.
Kitjakarn pushes Willis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kitjakarn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Willis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kitjakarn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kitjakarn connects with a knee right up the middle! Willis tumbles to the floor and Kitjakarn stands over him, dominant and satisfied with his glorious KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Chalong Kitjakarn!