PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maukka Peusjaetkae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Courage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Peusjaetkae
vs
Courage

186 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

183 cm
19
207 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maukka Peusjaetkae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christian Courage!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Peusjaetkae closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Peusjaetkae trying to control the action but Courage is working from the bottom.
Courage tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Peusjaetkae wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Courage's face as Peusjaetkae controls the position.
Peusjaetkae misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Courage tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Peusjaetkae lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Courage down.
Courage struggling a bit here.

Peusjaetkae decides to stand up, so the ref orders Courage to his feet.
Courage with a lazy takedown attempt

and Peusjaetkae counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Courage's guard now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Courage doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peusjaetkae with a flurry of punches that miss.

Peusjaetkae decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A right-left combo lands from Peusjaetkae.

It looks like Christian Courage has been cut.

Peusjaetkae scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Peusjaetkae in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Peusjaetkae in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Peusjaetkae lands a nice forearm strike.
Peusjaetkae landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Peusjaetkae wants to control but Courage is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Peusjaetkae's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peusjaetkae scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Courage to see if he's OK.
Peusjaetkae content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

Peusjaetkae decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Good work by Courage as he checks the leg kick.
A head kick by Peusjaetkae misses

and Courage counters by moving into the clinch.
Courage slows down the pace here.
Peusjaetkae is trying to stall.

Peusjaetkae manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Peusjaetkae gets a takedown into half guard.
Peusjaetkae throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Courage tries to get to full guard but Peusjaetkae has control of the leg.
Peusjaetkae drops an elbow to the side of Courage's head.
Peusjaetkae throwing shots but Courage is blocking nicely.

Peusjaetkae stands up from half guard.

Peusjaetkae closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Peusjaetkae lands in his opponent's guard.
Courage wants to hit a switch here but Peusjaetkae passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Courage there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Peusjaetkae cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Peusjaetkae connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peusjaetkae scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Courage?
Peusjaetkae controlling from mount.
Peusjaetkae punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Courage wants to hold on but Peusjaetkae pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maukka Peusjaetkae dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christian Courage's cut.
That's time! Peusjaetkae's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Peusjaetkae misses with a wild combination.
Peusjaetkae moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Peusjaetkae connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Courage is rocked!
Peusjaetkae bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Courage's head backwards.
Courage is still on wobbly legs! Can Peusjaetkae finish him?
Courage closes the distance looking to clinch

and Peusjaetkae counters with a double leg that slams his opponent to the canvas! Courage is in trouble here! Peusjaetkae pounds away until the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Maukka Peusjaetkae!