PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Prachuap Prasoetram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spoon McGinty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Prasoetram
vs
McGinty

170 cm
25
158 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

175 cm
26
162 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
KO power

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Prachuap Prasoetram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Spoon McGinty!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGinty circles away from the clinch attempt.
Prasoetram looks for a takedown but McGinty sprawls well.
Prasoetram throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McGinty cracks Prasoetram with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Prasoetram throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from McGinty.
Prasoetram walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Prasoetram tries a knee to the head but McGinty blocks it.
Prasoetram fails to pull the fight into his guard.
McGinty is trying to push Prasoetram away but Prasoetram has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Prasoetram scores with a knee to the head.

McGinty breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Prasoetram shoots in for a double leg but McGinty sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Prachuap Prasoetram. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prasoetram tries a head kick but it misses.
Some wild striking there from McGinty.
McGinty moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Prasoetram looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McGinty throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Prasoetram on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prasoetram moves in looking to clinch but McGinty pushes him off.
A left and a right from McGinty both land. Nice combination.
Prasoetram wants to clinch.
McGinty swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Prasoetram.
McGinty keeps the fight on the outside.
McGinty misses with a few strikes there.
Prasoetram swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McGinty fails to land with a series of punches.
McGinty throws a series of punches but Prasoetram avoids them all with ease.

Prasoetram closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Prasoetram taking a breather.
Prasoetram tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McGinty wants to break the clinch but can't.
Prasoetram tries to stall but McGinty uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Prasoetram keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGinty's efforts to push away.
Prasoetram lands a knee to the head.
Prasoetram tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Prasoetram trying to land knees to the body.
Prasoetram scores a nice knee to the body.

Prasoetram breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prasoetram tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Prasoetram closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Prasoetram misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Prasoetram is looking to clinch.
McGinty works the jab nicely.
McGinty cracks Prasoetram with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A slapping body kick lands there for McGinty.
McGinty tries to bum rush Prasoetram with a series of wild strikes but Prasoetram uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McGinty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spoon McGinty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prasoetram throws a sloppy head kick and McGinty moves out of range easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McGinty.
McGinty circles away from the clinch attempt.
Prasoetram shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McGinty sprawls well. McGinty wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Prasoetram gets slowly back to his feet.
Prasoetram is breathing heavily.
Prasoetram throws a leg kick but McGinty checks it.
Prasoetram feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McGinty's calf.
McGinty fails to land with a series of punches.
Prasoetram pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McGinty goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGinty keeps the fight on the outside.
Prasoetram looks for the body kick but McGinty saw that one coming.
McGinty stalks Prasoetram and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Prasoetram's face. Prasoetram staggers backwards, shaken.
Prasoetram moves in looking to clinch but McGinty pushes him off.
McGinty will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McGinty keeps the fight on the outside.
McGinty is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Prasoetram had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A punch combination from McGinty misses.
McGinty connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Prasoetram walks into a straight right hand from McGinty.
Prasoetram goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McGinty cracks a nice hook into Prasoetram's ribs.
McGinty throws a series of punches but Prasoetram moves out of range.
Prasoetram takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Prasoetram, right into the meat.
Prasoetram lands with a kick to the temple. McGinty shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The fight stays on the outside here - Prasoetram looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prasoetram takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by McGinty.
Prasoetram throws a head kick but McGinty moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGinty moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
McGinty throws a right hand that Prasoetram ducks under and follows up with a left that Prasoetram also avoids with ease.
McGinty throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Prasoetram plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
McGinty swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Prasoetram counters with a head kick that drops McGinty to the mat! McGinty scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

McGinty is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prasoetram explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
McGinty is working the combinations to good effect here.
Prasoetram fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Prasoetram is looking to clinch but McGinty is avoiding it.
Prasoetram looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Prasoetram throws a head kick but McGinty moves out of range.
McGinty scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sloppy strikes from McGinty. Those never looked like landing.
McGinty cracks Prasoetram with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
McGinty blocks a head kick by Prasoetram.
McGinty misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McGinty lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Prasoetram circles away quickly and effectively.
McGinty might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
McGinty throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good exchange - McGinty coming out on top.
Prasoetram tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Prasoetram tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McGinty swivels and escapes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Prachuap Prasoetram dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McGinty throws a series of punches but Prasoetram moves out of range.
McGinty throws a right and a left that both miss.
McGinty throws a right and a left that Prasoetram avoids nicely.
McGinty misses with the combination.
Prasoetram avoids the head kick by McGinty.
McGinty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Prasoetram.
McGinty throws a right hand that Prasoetram ducks under and follows up with a left that Prasoetram also avoids with ease.
Prasoetram tries to clinch there but McGinty circles away.
Prasoetram misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Prasoetram closes this distance looking for a takedown but McGinty circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Prasoetram pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Prasoetram on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice shot lands for McGinty.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGinty thuds a left hand into Prasoetram's body.
McGinty throws a one two combo.
McGinty misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from Prasoetram.
McGinty throws a combination. Prasoetram tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
McGinty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGinty stalks Prasoetram and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Prasoetram's face. Prasoetram staggers backwards, shaken.
McGinty throws a series of strikes that have Prasoetram backpedaling.

Prasoetram rushes McGinty and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Prasoetram tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McGinty avoids it.
McGinty takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Prasoetram using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McGinty wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McGinty wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Prasoetram has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Prasoetram.

Prasoetram manages to pull guard.
Prasoetram wants to sweep here but McGinty controlling him for the moment.
McGinty wants to control from the top but Prasoetram keeps moving.

McGinty thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
McGinty works a leg free and moves into half guard.

McGinty is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
McGinty works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McGinty is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Prasoetram is trying to escape and McGinty transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Prasoetram is forced to tap! Nice work there by McGinty! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Spoon McGinty!