PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuai Lai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denton Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lai comes to the cage accompanied by CKY - Chinese Rap. Thunder has chosen No More Mr. Nice Guy as his entrance music. Kuai Lai is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Lai
vs
Thunder

195 cm
25
215 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

199 cm
22
215 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kuai Lai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Denton Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thunder lands with a nice body punch.
Thunder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lai moves away.
Thunder getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lai walks into a stiff left hand from Thunder.
Lai throws a leg kick
and Thunder counters with an outside leg kick.
Thunder lands a jab.
A head kick by Lai misses
and Thunder counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder lands the left hand.
Thunder on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lai blocks a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Thunder, as that shot connected.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thunder.
Thunder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lai was well out of range. Poor timing from Thunder.
Lai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lai blocks a jab.
Lai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thunder was well out of range. Poor timing from Lai.
A head kick by Lai misses
and Thunder cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lai ducks under a wild hook from Thunder.
Thunder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lai keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Denton Thunder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lai is out of range and Thunder settles back down.
Thunder misses the jab.
Thunder throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lai.
Thunder misses with a lunging right hand
and Lai counters with a good low kick that Thunder was not able to check.
Lai takes one to the chin there.
Thunder throws a body punch but Lai moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder looks to land a left hand but Lai moved out of range nicely.
A low kick from Lai misses
and Thunder connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good exchange - Thunder coming out on top.
Thunder dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thunder goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Thunder connects with an inside leg kick.
Thunder throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denton Thunder dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Thunder throws a poor cross that misses
and Lai counters with a leg kick.
Thunder misses with a hook
and Lai counters with a left to the body.
Lai throws a low kick but Thunder moves out of range easily.
Thunder connects with a crisp jab.
Thunder misses with an uppercut.
Lai pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lai scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thunder doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lai on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Thunder misses with a right hand
and Lai counters with an inside leg kick.
A low kick from Lai is predictable there
and Thunder counters with an inside leg kick.
Lai takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kuai Lai is winning the standup battle so far.
Thunder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lai was well out of range. Poor timing from Thunder.
Thunder misses with a left hand
and Lai counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder tries a low kick but Lai avoids it.
Lai throws a leg kick that is checked
and Thunder connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thunder doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lai pivots, looking for a leg kick but Thunder is out of range and Lai settles back down.
An inside leg kick lands from Lai.
Thunder is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lai takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder looks to land a left hand but Lai moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Thunder misses the target.
Thunder scores with a decent looking hook.
Lai throws a head kick that misses
and Thunder counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lai misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lai takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Thunder connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lai swings widly with a right hand
and Thunder counters with a low kick, right behind Lai 's knee.
Thunder misses the jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lai.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thunder misses with a hook. Lai ducked under it nicely.
Thunder jabs at Lai's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuai Lai dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A head kick by Lai misses
and Thunder counters with an outside leg kick.
Lai misses with a leg kick
and Thunder counters with a solid body kick.
Lai misses with a wild body shot.
Thunder misses with a right hand
and Lai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Thunder throws out a loose jab but Lai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder thuds his right hand into Lai's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Thunder lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thunder throws a lazy uppercut
and Lai counters with a right hand to the body.
Thunder throws an off balance right hand
and Lai counters with a slapping leg kick.
Thunder takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lai scores with a leg kick.
Thunder swings widly with a right hand
and Lai counters with a thumping low kick.
Lai is looking to wear down Thunder with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lai counters with a nice kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thunder motions for Lai to come forward. Thunder throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thunder moves away.
Thunder throws a poor cross that misses
and Lai makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Thunder really felt that one!
Lai tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thunder is able to avoid easily.
Lai misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lai scores with a leg kick.
Lai lands a body shot.
Lai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thunder moves away.
Thunder misses with a lunging right hand
and Lai makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lai throws a quick inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Thunder checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Thunder misses
and Lai counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thunder thinking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thunder misses with a hook
and Lai counters with a low kick, right behind Thunder 's knee.
Thunder misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kuai Lai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lai has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuai Lai!