PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Meas Chanta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Funkyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chanta comes to the cage accompanied by get up-50 cent. Funkyama has chosen Renegade of Funk as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chanta
vs
Funkyama

185 cm
23
185 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

178 cm
22
183 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Meas Chanta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ben Funkyama!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chanta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chanta tries to clinch up.
Chanta tries to close the distance and clinch but Funkyama swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chanta moves in looking to clinch but Funkyama pushes him off.
Chanta looks to land a combination but Funkyama avoids it well.
Chanta avoids the body shot from Funkyama.
Chanta tries to clinch up but Funkyama circles away and keeps his distance.
Funkyama closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chanta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chanta closes the distance looking to clinch
and Funkyama counters with an outside leg kick.
Ben Funkyama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chanta throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Funkyama!

It looks like Meas Chanta has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chanta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chanta ducks under a wild hook from Funkyama.
Chanta blocks a jab.
Funkyama rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chanta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chanta defending well as Funkyama loads up on a big left hand.
Funkyama throws a leg kick but Chanta checks it.
Chanta closes the distance looking to clinch
and Funkyama counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chanta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chanta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chanta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Funkyama swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Funkyama circles away from the clinch attempt.
Funkyama misses with a wild body shot.

Chanta gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama lands with a light punch inside.
Funkyama has Chanta pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Chanta manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Chanta is pressed up against the cage. Funkyama has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Chanta down to the mat. Chanta avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Funkyama throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chanta is looking to clinch but Funkyama is avoiding it.
Funkyama connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Funkyama misses the shot to the body.
Chanta is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Funkyama.
Chanta tries to clinch up
and Funkyama counters with a series of strikes. Chanta will be more careful next time no doubt.
Chanta tries to clinch but Funkyama moves out of range.
Funkyama swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chanta wants to clinch but Funkyama slips to the side
and Funkyama connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Funkyama gets tackled into the cage by Chanta. Chanta maintains the clinch.
Funkyama wants a takedown but no success here.
Meas Chanta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Funkyama.
Funkyama changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Chanta fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Chanta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Funkyama swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chanta slips a jab and a cross from Funkyama.
Chanta tries to clinch but Funkyama is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Funkyama. Those never looked like landing.
Chanta wants to clinch
and Funkyama counters with a left to the body.
Chanta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Funkyama misses with a lunging right hand
and Chanta counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Funkyama is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Funkyama rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chanta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chanta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Funkyama.

Chanta moves into range and clinches up with Funkyama.
Chanta tries a knee to the head but Funkyama blocks it.
Chanta working Funkyama over with knees to the body.
Chanta tries to land a knee to the head but Funkyama blocks with his arms.
Chanta gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Funkyama.
Funkyama looks gassed!
Chanta working Funkyama over with knees to the body.
Chanta tries to land a knee to the head but Funkyama blocks with his arms.
Chanta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chanta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short uppercut from Chanta.
Chanta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Funkyama blocks it with crossed arms.
Chanta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Funkyama.
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 Meas Chanta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Meas Chanta's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Funkyama misses with a double jab.
Chanta slips under a jab from Funkyama.
Chanta tries to clinch
and Funkyama counters with a series of strikes. Chanta will be more careful next time no doubt.
Chanta doesn't manage to clinch there - Funkyama circles away.
Chanta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Chanta is rocked!
Chanta walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Chanta limp body while Funkyama jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ben Funkyama!