PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Willemoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prachao Sua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willemoes's entrance music is Rage Against The Machine- Bomb Track. A fine choice. Lasse Willemoes had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Willemoes
vs
Sua

185 cm
24
213 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

200 cm
24
212 lbs
9 - 0 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lasse Willemoes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Prachao Sua!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willemoes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sua sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Danga de danga de dang - Sua scores with a four punch combination!
Sua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Willemoes scores with a hook.
Sua lands a nice leg kick that just misses Willemoes's sensitive parts.
Willemoes looks to land a left hand but Sua moved out of range nicely.
Willemoes shoots for a double leg takedown but Sua sprawls well. He's pushed Willemoes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Willemoes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sua manages to avoid it.
Willemoes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sua counters with a left to the body.
Sua cracks Willemoes with a good jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Willemoes misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sua delivers a nice body kick.
Willemoes tests Sua's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sua throws a predictable looking body shot
and Willemoes counters with a left to the body.

Sua gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sua.
Willemoes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sua tries a knee to the head but Willemoes blocks it.
Willemoes is trying to force a seperation but Sua has the dominant position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sua obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Willemoes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Willemoes misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Willemoes. Sua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Willemoes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sua manages to avoid it.
Sua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Willemoes.
Willemoes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sua.
Willemoes misses with a wild body shot.
Sua is looking to slow Willemoes down with leg kicks.
Prachao Sua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sua takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Willemoes checks a leg kick.
Sua uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Willemoes.
Sua throws an overhand right that lands on Willemoes's shoulder, as Willemoes tries to avoid the shot.
Willemoes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sua can pounce on him.
Willemoes throws a jab when Sua was well out of range.
Sua tries a head kick but it misses.
Willemoes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Willemoes loads up on a big right hand but Sua slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes keeps the fight on the outside.
Willemoes lands with a good body shot.
Willemoes misses with a body punch
and Sua counters with a nice uppercut.
Willemoes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sua doesn't manage to clinch there - Willemoes circles away.
Sua tries to clinch but Willemoes is having none of it.
Sua lands a nice leg kick that just misses Willemoes's sensitive parts.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sua connects with a high kick.
Sua avoids the body shot from Willemoes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Prachao Sua dominated that round.
That's time! Willemoes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Willemoes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sua's waist but Sua gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Willemoes off to one side.
Sua misses with a head kick.
Willemoes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Willemoes shoots in for a takedown but Sua shows good takedown defense.
Willemoes throws a jab but it's blocked by Sua.
Sua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sua lands with a right hand.
Sua tries to clinch but Willemoes is having none of it.
A cross from Willemoes lands.
Sua tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willemoes throws a right hand that Sua ducks under and follows up with a left that Sua also avoids with ease.
Sua throws a push kick but Willemoes slaps the foot to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Willemoes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Willemoes closes the distance and clinches up with Sua, looking for a takedown. Willemoes pushes Sua against the cage but Sua circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lasse Willemoes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Willemoes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sua takes one on the button.
Willemoes scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sua tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Willemoes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Willemoes blocks a head kick by Sua.
Sua turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Willemoes blocks a head kick by Sua.
Sua throws a front kick aimed at Willemoes's knee but Willemoes avoids it well.
Willemoes loads up on a big right hand but Sua slips the punch.
Willemoes misses with a wild body shot.
Sua looks for the body kick but Willemoes saw that one coming.
Willemoes throws a body punch but Sua moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sua.
Willemoes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sua was well out of range. Poor timing from Willemoes.
Willemoes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sua.
Sua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Willemoes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sua moves away.

Willemoes looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sua preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sua wants to stand and escape but Willemoes is having none of it.
Willemoes postures up in Sua's guard and throws a big left but Sua blocks it.
Willemoes won't allow Sua to get back to his feet.
Willemoes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Willemoes wants to control from the top but Sua keeps moving.
Willemoes slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Lasse Willemoes wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sua is looking to clinch.
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 Lasse Willemoes will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Sua tries a head kick but it misses.
Sua looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sua tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Willemoes. Sua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sua has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sua misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sua tries to land a front kick but Willemoes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Willemoes drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Willemoes.
Willemoes trying to control the position from guard on top but Sua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Willemoes controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willemoes prevents Sua from getting back to his feet.
Willemoes wants to control from the top but Sua keeps moving.
Willemoes pushes down on Sua's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Willemoes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sua defending well though.

Willemoes seems to be working for a kimura but Sua defends the submission attempt.
Willemoes working over Sua with some ground and pound. Sua looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Willemoes not doing much here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Willemoes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sua is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Willemoes scores with a couple of nice shots.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sua can do anything to dispel that myth.
Willemoes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Willemoes wants to control but Sua is keeping him busy.
Willemoes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willemoes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sua does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Willemoes is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sua is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Willemoes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Willemoes stops Sua from getting back to his feet.
Lasse Willemoes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes is nestled in close to Sua, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Willemoes not doing much here.
Willemoes working over Sua with some ground and pound. Sua looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Willemoes throwing shots but Sua is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sua pushes Willemoes off looking to stand but Willemoes dives back in and keeps control.
Willemoes passes to full mount!
Sua is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Willemoes scoring with strikes but Sua is staying in there.
Willemoes working Sua over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sua is squirming around, avoiding Willemoes's attempts to control the action.
Willemoes controlling the pace for now.
Sua is squirming around, avoiding Willemoes's attempts to control the action.
Sua wants to try and get back to his feet.
Willemoes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sua really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Willemoes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sua is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Willemoes landing strikes from the mount.
Sua takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Willemoes unloading with bombs!

And that's the end of the fight!
Lasse Willemoes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Willemoes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Lasse Willemoes!
Our winner, Lasse Willemoes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.