PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muay Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thai has chosen Deadly Muay Thai Skills 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!

West
vs
Thai

215 cm
25
300 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

225 cm
29
300 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jay West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Muay Thai!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Thai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. West manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.

Thai clinches up with West and pushes him back against the cage.
Thai trying to land knees to the body.
Thai with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jay West has been cut.
Thai misses with a knee strike.
Thai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but West blocks it with crossed arms.
Thai is trying to maintain a safe position but West gets an underhook and turns Thai into the cage.
Thai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thai misses with a knee strike.
Thai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West takes an elbow to the temple.
Thai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thai is looking for a takedown.
Thai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but West blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thai throws a knee to the head but misses.
West takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thai stops a takedown attempt from West.
Thai misses with a knee to the head.

West breaks the clinch.
Thai blocks a low kick nicely.
Muay Thai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but West pushes him off.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Thai tries to clinch but West is having none of it.
Thai is looking to clinch but West is avoiding it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Thai tries to clinch but West is having none of it.
West swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
West throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thai looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
West misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Thai rushes West and presses him up against the cage.

West has clasped his hands together around Thai's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Thai is trying to buck West off.
Thai is not content to let West control the position.
Thai wants to get back to his feet but West drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West trying to control the position but Thai is working away.
West just content to control the position.
West trying to control the action but Thai is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Jay West wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
West throws a series of punches but Thai moves out of range.
West throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Muay Thai has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thai moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thai is looking to clinch.
West misses with a shot to the body
and Thai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - West circles away.
West circles away from the clinch attempt.

West closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
West is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
West scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Thai looks like he's trying to stand up.
West is stalling here. Thai is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! West seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Thai has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
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 Jay West will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. West manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Thai rushes West and presses him up against the cage.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thai tries to land a knee to the head but West blocks with his arms.
Thai misses with a knee strike.
Thai throws a knee to the head but misses.

Thai breaks from the clinch.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Jay West is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
West throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thai.
Thai throws a series of punches but West moves out of range.
Thai defends well against a solid takedown attempt from West.
Thai slips a jab from West.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
West throws a series of punches but Thai avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai slaps away a takedown attempt from West, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
West throws a combination that misses
and Thai counters with a good, hard body kick but West shrugs it off.

Thai fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with West, pushing him back against the cage.

Thai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thai tries to clinch but West is having none of it.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - West circles away.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but West swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thai tries to clinch but West moves out of range.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but West swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. West manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
West throws a combination that misses
and Thai counters with a stiff right hand.
Thai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as West backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Thai moves into the clinch.
Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through West's defenses.
West wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai is pushing West up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Thai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thai stalling in the clinch but West improves position.
Thai lands an elbow just above West 's eye.
Thai connects with a knee to the head.
Muay Thai seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thai lands a nice elbow.
Thai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but West has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thai controlling the action here for a moment.

Thai manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to West's calf.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
West avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thai wants to clinch up but West keeps it at a distance.
Thai lands a jab-cross combination.
Thai tries to clinch but West is having none of it.

Thai closes the distance and clinches.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thai is struggling to control the position.

Thai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thai tries to clinch up but West circles away and keeps his distance.

Thai rushes West and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thai working West over with knees to the body.
Thai working West over with knees to the body.
Thai tries a knee to the head but West blocks it.

Thai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
West misses with a jab, cross combination.

Thai rushes West and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Thai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

West tries to keep at a distance but Thai has taken the fight into the clinch.

Thai decides to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muay Thai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - West circles away.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Thai stuffs the takedown attempt from West. West gets slowly back to his feet.
West ducks right into an uppercut from Thai.
Thai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. West manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
West keeps the fight on the outside.

Thai has West up against the cage in a clinch.

Thai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thai tries to clinch up.
West has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from West there as he acknowledges the shot.
Some wild striking there from West.
Thai changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Thai gets a clinch.
Thai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. West is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thai escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
West looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thai lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Thai moves into the clinch.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
Thai working West over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Thai pulls guard successfully.
Thai wants to improve his position but instead West has moved into half guard.
Thai lands a couple of sideways elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West is looking to take a break and control but Thai is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thai tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thai tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Thai manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Thai tries to clinch but West moves out of range.
Thai clobbers West with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Thai tries to clinch but West is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from West.
Thai wants to clinch up but West keeps it at a distance.
Thai tries to clinch but West is having none of it.
West throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thai.
West tries to bum rush Thai with a series of wild strikes but Thai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thai tries to clinch but West moves out of range.
Thai throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Thai moves into the clinch.

Thai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
West avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. West manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from West does no damage.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but West pushes him off.
Thai tries to clinch but West moves out of range.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but West swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West throws the left hand but Thai avoids the punch easily.
West swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Thai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. West manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thai taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Thai scores a nice knee to the body.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but West blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thai connects with a knee to the head.
Thai tries to land a knee to the head but West blocks with his arms.
Thai wants a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muay Thai really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

West fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thai avoids a punch combination nicely.
West motions for Thai to come forward. West throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
West throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but West moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Thai gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thai drops to a knee looking for a takedown but West gets the underhooks and prevents it.
West avoiding damage as Thai throws knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thai working West over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thai landing knees to the body.
Thai scores with a knee to the head.

Thai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
West looks to throw the jab but Thai is out of range.
West shoots in for a takedown but Thai shows good takedown defense.
West circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Thai closes the distance and clinches.
Thai landing knees to the head.
West prevents a takedown attempt there.
Thai misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West avoiding damage as Thai throws knees to the body.
Thai misses with a knee to the head.
West avoiding damage as Thai throws knees to the body.
Thai lands an elbow just above West 's eye.
Thai tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jay West has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muay Thai.
West tries to break the clinch but Thai is controlling the position.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.

West lands a takedown into guard.
Thai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
West won't allow Thai to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai looking to control.
Thai throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
West slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Jay West has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Thai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
West throws a right and a left that Thai avoids nicely.
West throws a right and a left that both miss.
West throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thai.
West closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but West pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thai tries to clinch up but West circles away and keeps his distance.
West misses with a double jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! West crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Thai - the referee stops the clock and West gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Thai. West manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Thai tries to clinch up but West circles away and keeps his distance.
Thai wants to clinch.
Thai is looking to clinch.
Thai tries to clinch but West is having none of it.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Thai is looking to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but West swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thai wants to clinch.
Thai scores with a spinning back kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muay Thai dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A solid leg kick lands there for Thai.

West gets tackled into the cage by Thai. Thai maintains the clinch.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.

West breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Thai clinches up with West and pushes him back against the cage.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
Thai is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Thai misses with a knee strike.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
Thai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thai tries to score a body lock takedown but West shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Thai is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Thai.
West wants a takedown.
Thai has West pressed against the cage, preventing West from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thai tries for a takedown. No joy.
Thai is trying to stall.
West tries to score a body lock takedown but Thai shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay West. That's going to take a lot out of him.

West has clasped his hands together around Thai's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thai managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by West.
Jay West overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
West passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Thai!
West controlling his opponent.
Thai is desperately trying to improve his position but West has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West won't let Thai get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Thai throwing hammer fists to the chest of West. What's that going to do exactly?
West looking to control but Thai is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thai sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Thai kicks West off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
West looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thai is fending him off so far but West persists. Nope, Thai circles away and we're back to standing.
Thai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. West manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thai wants to clinch up but West keeps it at a distance.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but West swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
West will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
West shoots in but no luck this time.
Thai wants to clinch.

Thai has managed to clinch.
Jay West has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muay Thai is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through West's defenses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Muay Thai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Thai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 46:49
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 45:49
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Muay Thai!
After winning the bout, Muay Thai thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.