PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Raiden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papoh Bamoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bamoya comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lupang Hinirang kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Raiden
vs
Bamoya

183 cm
24
183 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
20
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Raiden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Papoh Bamoya!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bamoya wants to clinch up but Raiden keeps it at a distance.
Raiden keeps Bamoya at a distance using the push kick.
Bamoya on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Raiden. Raiden obviously looking to wear him down.
Bamoya throws a head kick but Raiden moves out of range.

Raiden fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bamoya sprawls well initially but Raiden persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Raiden stops Bamoya from getting back to his feet.
Raiden wants to pass to mount but Bamoya is defending the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Raiden stops Bamoya from getting back to his feet.
Raiden is pressing down on Bamoya's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bamoya is holding on for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Bamoya takes the fight into the clinch.
Raiden avoiding damage as Bamoya throws knees to the body.
Raiden lands a nice knee to the body.

Raiden pulls guard effortlessly.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bamoya stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Bamoya blocks a head kick by Raiden.
Raiden scores with a body shot.
Bamoya takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bamoya looks gassed!
Raiden throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Raiden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jack Raiden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raiden misses with a low kick.
Bamoya tries to clinch up.
Raiden closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Papoh Bamoya has been cut.
Bamoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Raiden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Raiden shoots in for a double leg but Bamoya sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bamoya fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bamoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Raiden tries to pull guard but Bamoya won't allow it.
Bamoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Raiden misses with a knee to the head.
Bamoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raiden blocks it with crossed arms.
Bamoya lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raiden throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside.
Bamoya tries a knee to the head but Raiden blocks it.
Nice elbow from Bamoya.
Raiden tries to land knees in the clinch but Bamoya avoids the damage to the body.
Raiden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raiden tries to pull guard but Bamoya holds him up against the cage and eventually Raiden drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Raiden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bamoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bamoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Raiden fails to pull guard.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside that Raiden shrugs off.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Bamoya misses with a knee strike.
Raiden takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bamoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bamoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raiden's face.
A knee to the head by Bamoya.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Bamoya with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Bamoya.
Bamoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raiden blocks it with crossed arms.

Raiden turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Raiden manages to end up in side control.
Bamoya is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Raiden is controlling him well.
An elbow from Raiden crashes against the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya is looking for a sweep.

Raiden decides to stand up, so the ref orders Bamoya to his feet.
Jab by Raiden.
Bamoya throws a head kick that misses.
Bamoya throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bamoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raiden keeps the fight on the outside.
Bamoya tries to clinch but Raiden is having none of it.
Raiden moves away from the strike by Bamoya.
Raiden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Bamoya closes the distance and pushes Raiden back into the cage.
Nice elbow from Bamoya.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Raiden's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raiden tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Bamoya landing knees to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bamoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raiden's face.
Bamoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bamoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raiden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bamoya lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bamoya gets underhooks to prevent Raiden's takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Bamoya.
Bamoya misses with a knee to the head.

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

Bamoya moves into the clinch.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.
Raiden looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bamoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.

Raiden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bamoya throws a lazy head kick

and Raiden counters with a shoot takedown. Bamoya fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bamoya uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Raiden throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Raiden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Papoh Bamoya's cut.
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.

Bamoya darts in trying to clinch

and Raiden counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bamoya!
Raiden tries to control but Bamoya wriggling away.

Raiden is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Bamoya has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Raiden is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Bamoya wants to hold on but Raiden pushes him away.
Bamoya is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Bamoya tries to reverse the position but Raiden maintains control.

Raiden is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Bamoya is surviving well by controlling Raiden's body position as best he can.
Bamoya is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamoya is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bamoya bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Bamoya stands and steps away. Raiden gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bamoya tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raiden swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bamoya moves out of range as Raiden throws a body kick.
Bamoya tries to clinch up but Raiden circles away and keeps his distance.
Raiden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bamoya.
A head kick from Raiden lands but Bamoya takes it in his stride.
Bamoya blocks a head kick by Raiden.
Raiden keeps the fight on the outside.
Bamoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Raiden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bamoya moves in looking to clinch but Raiden pushes him off.
Raiden takes a swing at Bamoya's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raiden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Raiden fails with a takedown attempt.
Raiden swats away the attempt to clinch by Bamoya.
Raiden keeps the fight on the outside.
Raiden looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Bamoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Raiden fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Raiden is trying to break the clinch but Bamoya is controlling him.
Raiden is trying to break free.
Bamoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raiden tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bamoya smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Raiden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bamoya tries to clinch up but Raiden circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bamoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raiden misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bamoya has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bamoya obliges.
Bamoya tries a knee to the head but Raiden blocks it.
Raiden misses with a knee to the head.
Bamoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raiden's face.

It looks like Jack Raiden has been cut.
Bamoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raiden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bamoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bamoya lands a knee to the body.
Bamoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Papoh Bamoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bamoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Bamoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raiden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raiden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bamoya is defending well for now.
Bamoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bamoya lands a knee to the body.
Bamoya looking to throw knees to the head but Raiden is blocking nicely.
Bamoya looking to throw knees to the head but Raiden is blocking nicely.
Raiden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bamoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Raiden avoids the damage to the body.
Raiden can't break the clinch.
Bamoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Raiden is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bamoya gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Bamoya.
Bamoya blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Bamoya.
Bamoya tries a knee to the head but Raiden blocks it.
Raiden misses with a knee strike.
Bamoya throws an elbow but it misses.
Bamoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raiden's defenses.
Raiden takes a knee right on the jaw!
Raiden avoiding damage as Bamoya throws knees to the body.
Raiden tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Raiden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bamoya has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Bamoya.
Raiden fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bamoya looking to throw knees to the head but Raiden is blocking nicely.
Raiden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.
Bamoya throws an elbow but it misses.
Bamoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raiden missing with knees to the body.
Bamoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Bamoya.
Raiden missing with knees to the body.
Raiden managing to block the knees to the body from Bamoya.
Raiden with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papoh Bamoya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Raiden avoids a kick to the body.
Raiden pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bamoya throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Raiden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bamoya ducks under a wild hook from Raiden.
Raiden fails to land with a series of punches.

Bamoya has closed the distance and engaged Raiden in a clinch.

Raiden manages to break the clinch.
Bamoya throws a sloppy head kick
and Raiden counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bamoya throws a sloppy head kick and Raiden moves out of range easily.
Raiden blocks a head kick by Bamoya.
Raiden keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab by Raiden.
Raiden will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Raiden displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamoya fakes the leg kick and cracks Raiden in the body.
Bamoya moves in looking to clinch but Raiden pushes him off.
Jack Raiden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A leg kick checked by Bamoya.
Raiden misses with a head kick.
Bamoya tries to clinch there but Raiden circles away.
Bamoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Raiden circles away.
Bamoya misses with a head kick.

Bamoya moves into range and clinches up with Raiden.
Bamoya with a knee to the head.
Bamoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Raiden blocks an elbow strike from Bamoya.
Bamoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raiden avoids it.

Raiden pulls guard effortlessly.

Raiden has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bamoya off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Horrible takedown by Raiden or perhaps it was just good defense by Bamoya which made him look bad.
Bamoya tries to clinch but Raiden moves away
and Raiden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya wants to clinch up but Raiden keeps it at a distance.

Bamoya clinches up with Raiden and pushes him back against the cage.
Bamoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raiden's face.
Knees to the body from Raiden.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside that Raiden shrugs off.
Raiden missing with knees to the body.
Bamoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raiden's face.
Raiden wants to get back to striking at distance but Bamoya won't allow it.
Bamoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Raiden's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bamoya misses with a knee to the head.
Raiden tries to land a knee to the head but Bamoya blocks with his arms.
Bamoya throws an elbow but it misses.
Bamoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bamoya has Raiden pressed against the cage, preventing Raiden from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bamoya connects with a knee to the head.
Bamoya pushes off an throws an elbow but Raiden leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bamoya trying to land knees to the body.
Raiden looking to throw knees to the head but Bamoya is blocking nicely.
Raiden fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Raiden avoids the elbow strike from Bamoya, against the cage.
Bamoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Raiden misses with a knee to the head.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raiden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raiden tries a knee to the head but Bamoya blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Raiden obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Bamoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Raiden has had enough of the clinch but Bamoya keeps him there for the moment.
Bamoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raiden tries to circle away but Bamoya has him pinned against the cage.
Bamoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bamoya keeps control of Raiden as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Bamoya missing with knees to the body.
Raiden throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raiden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Raiden on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Raiden manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Bamoya misses the target.
Bamoya throws a sloppy head kick and Raiden moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bamoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raiden lands a right hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
An inside leg kick from Raiden misses.
Raiden defending well as Bamoya loads up on a big left hand.
Raiden plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Raiden looks to land a left hand but Bamoya moved out of range nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Bamoya as Raiden shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Raiden. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bamoya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Raiden, pushing him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Bamoya.
Knees to the body from Bamoya.
Bamoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raiden's face.
Bamoya scores with a knee to the head.
Raiden goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bamoya prevents it.
Bamoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bamoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raiden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bamoya misses with a knee strike.
Raiden misses with a knee to the head.

Raiden pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Papoh Bamoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bamoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bamoya tries to move into range but Raiden moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bamoya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Raiden throws out the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Papoh Bamoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bamoya 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papoh Bamoya!