PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Abhidi Sharma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buakaw Por Pramuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sharma's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Meditation. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sharma
vs
Por Pramuk

160 cm
22
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
19
145 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abhidi Sharma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buakaw Por Pramuk!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sharma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buakaw Por Pramuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Por Pramuk fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sharma is out of range.
Sharma tries to close the distance and clinch but Por Pramuk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Por Pramuk's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Por Pramuk duly obliges.
Por Pramuk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Por Pramuk. That's going to slow Sharma down.
Sharma checks the leg kick nicely there.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick but Sharma moves out of range.
Por Pramuk tried to score with a low kick but Sharma checks it.
Por Pramuk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Sharma instigates a clinch.
Sharma is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharma blocking some punches.
Sharma content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.
Por Pramuk throws a body punch but Sharma moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Por Pramuk lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Por Pramuk throws a sloppy head kick and Sharma moves out of range easily.
Por Pramuk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Por Pramuk swinging wilding here.
Por Pramuk throws out a powerful jab.
Por Pramuk tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sharma is able to avoid easily.
Por Pramuk swats away the attempt to clinch by Sharma.
Por Pramuk will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Por Pramuk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Por Pramuk tries to bum rush Sharma with a series of wild strikes but Sharma uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Por Pramuk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Por Pramuk moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Por Pramuk throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Por Pramuk scores with a sloppy right hand. Sharma should have avoided that one.
Por Pramuk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Por Pramuk throws a wild body kick that Sharma sees coming a mile off.
Por Pramuk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Por Pramuk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Por Pramuk tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Por Pramuk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Por Pramuk throws a leg kick but Sharma sees it coming and moves out of range.

Sharma drives through and clinches with Por Pramuk against the cage.
Por Pramuk working hard to break the clinch.
Sharma content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Por Pramuk wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sharma slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buakaw Por Pramuk dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Por Pramuk tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Sharma blocks the leg kick.
A punch combination from Por Pramuk misses.
Por Pramuk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sharma blocks a leg kick.
Sharma avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Por Pramuk. Sharma shrugs it off though.
Sharma checks a leg kick.
Sharma on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Por Pramuk throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sharma rushes Por Pramuk and presses him up against the cage.
Por Pramuk tries to break free but Sharma pushes him back against the cage.
The referee calls for Sharma to work.
Por Pramuk has had enough of the clinch but Sharma keeps him there for the moment.
Por Pramuk can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Por Pramuk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Por Pramuk wants to break free but Sharma has control.
Por Pramuk is looking to break free of the clinch but Sharma has double underhooks.
Por Pramuk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Por Pramuk can't break the clinch.
Por Pramuk is trying to break the clinch but Sharma is controlling him.
Sharma stalling against the cage.
Por Pramuk tries to break free but Sharma pushes him back against the cage.
Por Pramuk is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuk can't break the clinch.
Come on Sharma - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Por Pramuk wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sharma taking a breather.
Sharma keeps control of Por Pramuk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sharma has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sharma taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.
Por Pramuk misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Por Pramuk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Por Pramuk wants to land a leg kick but Sharma is out of range.
Por Pramuk fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sharma checks it well.
Por Pramuk scoring well with a low kick there.
Por Pramuk throws a right and a left that Sharma avoids nicely.
Sharma dodges the punch combination from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk lands with a thumping leg kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sharma doesn't manage to clinch there - Por Pramuk circles away.
Por Pramuk throws a front kick aimed at Sharma's knee but Sharma avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Buakaw Por Pramuk will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Por Pramuk throws a series of punches but Sharma avoids them all with ease.
Sharma chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Por Pramuk can pounce on him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Por Pramuk, right into the meat.
Sharma wants to clinch up but Por Pramuk keeps it at a distance.
Sharma checks a leg kick.
Sharma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Por Pramuk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Por Pramuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sharma avoids the body shot from Por Pramuk.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Por Pramuk misses.
A clash of legs there as Sharma blocks the low kick.
Por Pramuk tries to land a front kick but Sharma steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Por Pramuk throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Por Pramuk throws the kick towards the body but Sharma avoids it.
Por Pramuk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An inside leg kick from Por Pramuk misses.
Abhidi Sharma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some bone on bone action there as Sharma checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Por Pramuk lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sharma has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sharma and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Por Pramuk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Sharma has taken the fight to the clinch.
Por Pramuk wants to break the clinch but can't.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sharma.
Por Pramuk wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Por Pramuk is trying to break free.
Por Pramuk wants to get back to striking at distance but Sharma won't allow it.
Sharma displaying some good clinch control by pressing Por Pramuk up against the cage.
Sharma is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Por Pramuk is trying to break free.
Por Pramuk wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sharma stalling.
Por Pramuk is trying to break the clinch but Sharma is controlling him.
Sharma has Por Pramuk pressed against the cage, preventing Por Pramuk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuk looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Por Pramuk is trying to stall.
Sharma stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Por Pramuk can't break the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.
A bone on bone clash there as Sharma blocks the leg kick.
Sharma checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Por Pramuk tried to score with a low kick but Sharma checks it.
Buakaw Por Pramuk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Por Pramuk throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A combination from Por Pramuk does no damage.
Por Pramuk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Abhidi Sharma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Por Pramuk tries to score with a low kick but Sharma moves his leg out of the way.

And that's the end of the fight!
Buakaw Por Pramuk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Por Pramuk 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buakaw Por Pramuk!