PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lertphong Thongoon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Adams
vs
Thongoon

180 cm
27
270 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

190 cm
21
255 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Wolfpack Threadz

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mark Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lertphong Thongoon!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thongoon wants to clinch.
Adams misses with a hook.
Adams ducks under a wild hook from Thongoon.
Adams throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thongoon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adams. Thongoon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thongoon tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance.
Thongoon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thongoon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Adams misses with a body shot.
Adams shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thongoon pinned against the cage. Thongoon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Thongoon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adams throws a poor cross that misses
and Thongoon counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Adams.
Adams keeps the fight on the outside.
Adams with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thongoon.
Adams has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thongoon.
Thongoon slaps away a takedown attempt from Adams, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Adams is defended easily by Thongoon.
Adams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thongoon.
Adams misses with a left hand
and Thongoon counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Thongoon fails in his attempt to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams misses with a straight left.
Adams has a takedown stuffed.
Thongoon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adams.
Adams is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Thongoon's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Thongoon misses with a body shot.
Adams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thongoon.
Thongoon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adams.

Thongoon rushes Adams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thongoon misses with a knee strike.
Thongoon tries to land knees in the clinch but Adams avoids the damage to the body.
Thongoon misses with an elbow strike.
Thongoon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adams goes for a takedown attempt but Thongoon pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Adams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thongoon is fending him off so far but Adams persists. Nope, Thongoon circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams closes the distance and clinches up with Thongoon, looking for a takedown. Adams pushes Thongoon against the cage but Thongoon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mark Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thongoon avoids the body shot from Adams.
Thongoon stuffs the takedown.
Thongoon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thongoon.
Adams misses with a left hand
enabling Thongoon to counter with a crisp jab.
Thongoon just misses with a punch to the body.
Adams throws a looping overhand right but Thongoon ducks down to avoid it.
Thongoon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adams.
Adams lands a jab to the nose.
Thongoon leaves Adams with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Adams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thongoon.
Thongoon scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adams swings for the body but Thongoon moves out of range.
Adams thows a body shot but no joy.
Adams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thongoon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thongoon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Adams loads up on a big right hand but Thongoon slips the punch.
Adams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thongoon manages to avoid it.
Adams looks to land a left hand but Thongoon moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Adams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adams moves into range and connects with a jab.
Thongoon lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - Adams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thongoon throws a shot from downtown. Adams moves away and avoids it.
Adams misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mark Adams will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Adams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mark Adams is winning the standup battle so far.
Adams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adams swings for the body but Thongoon moves out of range.
Thongoon digs a good body shot into Adams's ribs.
Adams misses with a right hand
and Thongoon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Adams misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Thongoon misses.
Thongoon just misses with a punch to the body.
Adams throws a body punch but Thongoon moves out of range.
Adams misses the jab.
Adams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thongoon.
Thongoon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adams misses with a body shot
and Thongoon counters with an inside leg kick.
Adams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thongoon is fending him off so far but Adams persists. Nope, Thongoon circles away and we're back to standing.
Adams looks for a takedown but Thongoon sprawls well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thongoon cracks the inside of Adams's front leg.
Thongoon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adams.
Thongoon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thongoon scores with a nice body kick.
Thongoon stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thongoon tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thongoon manages to avoid it.
Adams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thongoon manages to avoid it.
Adams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thongoon moves away.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Thongoon. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Adams shoots in for a double leg but Thongoon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Adams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thongoon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Thongoon.
Nice defenses there by Thongoon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams dives in and grabs Thongoon's left leg, looking for a takedown. Thongoon pushes down on Adams's head and hops out.
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!
Thongoon cracks the inside of Adams's front leg.
Adams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thongoon.
Thongoon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thongoon scores with a shot to the body.
Thongoon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adams manages to avoid it.
Thongoon throws a quick inside leg kick.

Thongoon closes the distance and clinches.
Thongoon landing knees to the body.
Thongoon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.
Thongoon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thongoon avoiding damage.
Thongoon missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thongoon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thongoon misses with an elbow strike.
Thongoon stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short left from Thongoon.
Adams drops down looking for an ankle pick but Thongoon pulls his leg out and moves away.

Thongoon forces Adams back against the cage and clinches.
Adams is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Adams looking for a takedown.
Adams drops down looking for an ankle pick but Thongoon pulls his leg out and moves away.

Thongoon pushes Adams up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams goes for a takedown in the clinch but Thongoon prevents it.
Thongoon scores a nice knee to the body.
Adams takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thongoon is pushing Adams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Thongoon is fighting off a takedown attempt but Adams is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Thongoon to the mat. Thongoon regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thongoon is pulling down on Adams's head. It's preventing any offense from Adams, at least for the moment.
Thongoon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Adams's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thongoon's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lertphong Thongoon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Adams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Adams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thongoon.
Adams misses with a straight right.
Adams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Adams throws a lazy uppercut

and Thongoon moves into the clinch.
Adams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thongoon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thongoon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Adams goes for a takedown attempt but Thongoon pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Thongoon is looking to chop away at Adams's legs.
Adams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Adams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thongoon works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Thongoon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thongoon defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Adams.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thongoon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thongoon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Adams. That did some damage!
Adams thows a body shot but no joy.
Thongoon tests Adams's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Thongoon closes the distance and pushes Adams back into the cage.
Thongoon stops a takedown attempt from Adams.
Thongoon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Adams wants a takedown but no success here.
Thongoon missing with knees to the body.
Thongoon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Thongoon takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Thongoon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adams avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thongoon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adams avoiding damage as Thongoon throws knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thongoon.
Adams goes for a takedown attempt but Thongoon pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Thongoon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Adams.

Thongoon rushes Adams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thongoon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adams letting Thongoon take a breather here.
Adams wants a takedown but no success here.
A short left from Thongoon.
Thongoon is pushing Adams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Adams looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thongoon landing knees to the head.
Thongoon landing knees to the head.
Thongoon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Adams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thongoon gets underhooks to prevent Adams's takedown attempt.
Thongoon lands an elbow that stopped Adams in his tracks for a moment.
Adams looking for a takedown.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Adams is trying to drag Thongoon to the mat but Thongoon just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Adams avoiding damage as Thongoon throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thongoon is pressed up against the cage. Adams has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thongoon down to the mat. Thongoon avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Adams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thongoon manages to avoid it.
Thongoon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Adams momentarily.

Thongoon drives through and clinches with Adams against the cage.
Thongoon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thongoon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thongoon obliges.
Thongoon misses with a knee to the head.
Thongoon tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Thongoon gets underhooks to prevent Adams's takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adams goes for a takedown in the clinch but Thongoon prevents it.
Thongoon stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Adams has Thongoon pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Thongoon manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lertphong Thongoon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thongoon 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lertphong Thongoon!