PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Khumpai Prayut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmy Smithy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smithy has chosen Too sexy for my shirt - George Sampson as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Prayut
vs
Smithy

174 cm
23
144 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

157 cm
26
141 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Khumpai Prayut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Timmy Smithy!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smithy keeps the fight on the outside.
Prayut blocks a head kick by Smithy.
A shot to the body from Smithy misses
and Prayut makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Smithy really felt that one!
Timmy Smithy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prayut throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Smithy counters with a left to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prayut.
Smithy scores with a leg kick.
Prayut slips under a jab.
A big right from Smithy misses.
Smithy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Prayut throws a leg kick
and Smithy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Prayut lands but Smithy takes it in his stride.
Smithy misses with a series of wild punches.
Prayut looks for the body kick but Smithy saw that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prayut.
Smithy blocks a head kick by Prayut.
Prayut misses with a leg kick
and Smithy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Prayut darts in and clinches Smithy up against the cage.
Smithy avoiding damage as Prayut throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prayut misses with an elbow over the top.
Smithy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smithy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Prayut blocks a body shot from Smithy.
Smithy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Prayut looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Smithy misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Prayut has Smithy pressed against the cage, preventing Smithy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smithy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Prayut blocks an uppercut.
Prayut takes an elbow to the temple.
Smithy struggles to land a body shot inside as Prayut controls his hands.
Smithy tries to work over Prayut's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Prayut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Prayut tries to land knees in the clinch but Smithy avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Prayut throws an elbow but misses.
Prayut connects with a knee to the head.
Smithy misses with an elbow strike.
Smithy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Prayut with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smithy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smithy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Smithy.
Smithy is trying to maintain a safe position but Prayut gets an underhook and turns Smithy into the cage.
Smithy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Prayut avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prayut tries to land a knee to the head but Smithy blocks with his arms.
Prayut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smithy is defending well for now.
Smithy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prayut.
Smithy pushes Prayut back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smithy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Prayut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Prayut scores a nice knee to the body.
Smithy blocks an elbow strike from Prayut.
Smithy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Khumpai Prayut has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smithy.
Smithy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Prayut with a knee to the head.
Prayut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smithy.
Smithy blocks an elbow strike from Prayut.
Smithy tries for a takedown. No joy.
Smithy takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Timmy Smithy has been cut.
Stalling in the clinch from Smithy.
Prayut looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Smithy trying to land knees to the body.
Prayut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smithy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A hook to the body from Smithy.
Prayut is breathing heavily.
Smithy tries to work over Prayut's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Smithy on the inside.
Smithy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Prayut avoids a wild elbow strike from Smithy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smithy landing knees to the head.
A short left from Smithy.
Smithy managing to block the knees to the body from Prayut.
Prayut tries to land knees in the clinch but Smithy avoids the damage to the body.
Smithy blocks the elbow strike.
Smithy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smithy lands a shot to the body.
Prayut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smithy avoids it.
Prayut tries a knee to the head but Smithy blocks it.

Smithy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smithy scores with a decent looking hook.
A big right from Smithy misses.
Smithy lands a head kick. Prayut smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Smithy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Smithy moves out of range of the leg kick from Prayut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timmy Smithy dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Prayut avoids the body shot from Smithy.
Smithy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Prayut wants to clinch
and Smithy counters with a nice leg kick.
Smithy misses the shot to the body.
Prayut moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Prayut takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Prayut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smithy scores with a kick to the body.
Smithy looks to score with a jab to the body but Prayut is just out of range.
Smithy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Prayut lands a jab.
Prayut turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Smithy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prayut tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Smithy is able to avoid easily.
Prayut throws a body punch but Smithy moves out of range.
Smithy misses with a kick to the body.
Smithy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smithy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good shot there by Smithy.
Smithy throws out a leg kick but Prayut moves out of range and Smithy only half commits.
Smithy misses with a low kick.
Smithy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prayut was well out of range. Poor timing from Smithy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prayut displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smithy throws out the jab.
Good work by Prayut as he checks the leg kick.
Prayut scores with a push kick.
Smithy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Smithy misses the shot to the body.
Prayut throws a nice head kick!
Smithy throws an overhand right that lands on Prayut's shoulder, as Prayut tries to avoid the shot.
Prayut connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prayut throws a leg kick but Smithy checks it.
Smithy throws a series of punches but Prayut moves out of range.
Smithy with a hook.
Prayut throws a sloppy head kick and Smithy moves out of range easily.
Smithy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Prayut tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smithy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Prayut is out of range and Smithy settles back down.
Prayut tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smithy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Khumpai Prayut will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Prayut moves away from the strike by Smithy.
A big left from Smithy misses.
Timmy Smithy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smithy throws a hook but Prayut blocks it.
Smithy looks to land a left hand but Prayut moved out of range nicely.
A lazy body kick from Prayut
and Smithy counters with a nice body shot.
Prayut gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Smithy counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prayut looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Prayut lands with a slapping head kick.
Prayut showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smithy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smithy misses with a head kick.
Prayut avoids the body shot from Smithy.
Smithy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prayut moves to clinch but Smithy breaks away
and Smithy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Prayut thinking.
Smithy misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Prayut misses with a leg kick
and Smithy counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prayut misses with a wild body shot.
Prayut throws a leg kick that misses.
Smithy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Prayut attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Smithy missing with a left hand there. Prayut was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smithy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Prayut uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smithy.
Prayut fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Smithy checks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Prayut misses
and Smithy counters with an outside leg kick.
Prayut misses with a body shot.
Smithy takes a swing at Prayut's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Smithy misses.
Prayut throws a jab but it's blocked by Smithy.
Smithy misses with a head kick.
Prayut displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smithy throws out the jab.
Smithy swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Prayut with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Prayut misses with the body kick
and Smithy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Prayut throws a body kick that misses.
Smithy slips under a jab.
Smithy throws the left hand but Prayut avoids the punch easily.
Prayut tries a low kick but Smithy avoids it.
Prayut moves out of range of the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smithy. Prayut does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Timmy Smithy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Smithy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timmy Smithy!