PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kanchai Kaewpadung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Dow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kaewpadung
vs
Dow

195 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
21
249 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kanchai Kaewpadung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Dow!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dow tries to clinch up but Kaewpadung circles away and keeps his distance.
Dow shoots in for a takedown but Kaewpadung shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dow fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kaewpadung avoids it really well and circles away.
Dow misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kanchai Kaewpadung has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Dow.
Dow closes the distance and clinches up with Kaewpadung, looking for a takedown. Dow pushes Kaewpadung against the cage but Kaewpadung circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dow shoots in looking for a takedown. Kaewpadung tries to sprawl out of it but Dow keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kaewpadung manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dow 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crunch! Dow slams his shin into Kaewpadung's torso.
Dow looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kaewpadung is fending him off so far but Dow persists. Nope, Kaewpadung circles away and we're back to standing.

Dow gets a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kaewpadung tries to pull guard but Dow won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dow jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kaewpadung walks away with a smile on his face. Dow gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kaewpadung connects with an inside leg kick.
Kanchai Kaewpadung is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kaewpadung. Dow shrugs it off though.

Dow shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dow stalling.
Kaewpadung looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kaewpadung tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Dow has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Dow avoids the attempt from Kaewpadung to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dow landing shots from mount.
Kaewpadung is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dow punishing his opponent with strikes.

It looks like Kanchai Kaewpadung has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaewpadung tries to hold on but Dow postures up.
Kaewpadung could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Dow scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dow looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Kanchai Kaewpadung's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kaewpadung is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dow postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Kaewpadung badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Dow around the waist but Dow pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Dow is the winner by TKO! Dow jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Dow!