PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Magus Arbenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samak Tiyapairat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiyapairat has chosen Ram Muay as his entrance music. Samak Tiyapairat acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Arbenson
vs
Tiyapairat

183 cm
36
179 lbs
22 - 13 - 1

174 cm
29
166 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

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 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Magus Arbenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Samak Tiyapairat!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arbenson tries a head kick but it misses.

Tiyapairat darts in and clinches Arbenson up against the cage.

Tiyapairat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tiyapairat will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Arbenson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tiyapairat bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Arbenson darts in and clinches Tiyapairat up against the cage.
Tiyapairat lands a damaging elbow.
Arbenson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat avoiding damage as Arbenson throws knees to the body.
Tiyapairat is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Arbenson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Arbenson lands an elbow inside.
Arbenson misses with a knee strike.
Arbenson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the body.
Arbenson is breathing heavily.
Arbenson tries to land knees in the clinch but Tiyapairat avoids the damage to the body.
Tiyapairat misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arbenson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tiyapairat is defending well for now.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Arbenson throws an elbow but it misses.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Arbenson avoids it.

Tiyapairat breaks from the clinch.
Donk. Tiyapairat catches Arbenson right on the button with a cross.
Arbenson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat misses with a head kick.

Tiyapairat closes the distance and clinches.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Arbenson.

Arbenson darts in and clinches Tiyapairat up against the cage.
Arbenson managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Arbenson obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tiyapairat obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiyapairat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Arbenson's defenses.
Tiyapairat throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arbenson avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tiyapairat obliges.
Arbenson scores with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arbenson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tiyapairat lands with a kick to the ribs.

Arbenson clinches up with Tiyapairat and pushes him back against the cage.
Tiyapairat lands a nice shot to the body.
Arbenson is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Arbenson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tiyapairat.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tiyapairat.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tiyapairat.
Arbenson throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tiyapairat takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Arbenson blocks a head kick by Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat looks to land a combination. Arbenson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arbenson.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tiyapairat.

Arbenson closes the distance and clinches.
Tiyapairat effectively controlling the action here.
Arbenson lands a knee to the head.
Arbenson throws an elbow but it misses.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but Arbenson blocks it.
Tiyapairat crunches a lovely knee into Arbenson's ribcage.
Tiyapairat just leaning against Arbenson, taking a breather.
Arbenson misses with an elbow over the top.
Tiyapairat has Arbenson pushed against the cage.
Arbenson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tiyapairat blocks it with crossed arms.
Arbenson misses with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arbenson missing with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Tiyapairat.
Arbenson misses with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat working Arbenson over with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arbenson is defending well for now.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Arbenson missing with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tiyapairat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tiyapairat managing to block the knees to the body from Arbenson.
Tiyapairat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arbenson is defending well for now.
Tiyapairat managing to block the knees to the body from Arbenson.
Tiyapairat trying to control the position but instead, Arbenson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tiyapairat into the cage.
Tiyapairat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arbenson is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch.

Tiyapairat rushes Arbenson and presses him up against the cage.
Tiyapairat tries a body shot but Arbenson blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samak Tiyapairat dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tiyapairat thows a left - swing and a miss!

Arbenson rushes Tiyapairat and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Arbenson avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Arbenson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tiyapairat lands a good knee to the midsection. Arbenson won't want to take too many of those.
Arbenson missing with knees to the body.
Arbenson trying to land knees to the body.
Arbenson looking to throw knees to the head but Tiyapairat is blocking nicely.
Arbenson tries to land a knee to the head but Tiyapairat blocks with his arms.
Arbenson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tiyapairat trying to land knees to the body.
Tiyapairat scores with a shot to the side of Arbenson's head.
Tiyapairat managing to block the knees to the body from Arbenson.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the head.
Arbenson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tiyapairat avoids it.
Tiyapairat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arbenson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Arbenson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tiyapairat wants to stall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Arbenson looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tiyapairat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tiyapairat waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arbenson.
Tiyapairat misses with a wild body shot.

Arbenson gets a clinch.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tiyapairat blocks an elbow strike from Arbenson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tiyapairat obliges.
Tiyapairat managing to block the knees to the body from Arbenson.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Magus Arbenson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arbenson takes a swing at Tiyapairat's ribcage but misses.

Tiyapairat closes the distance and clinches.

Tiyapairat breaks from the clinch.

Tiyapairat gets a clinch.
Tiyapairat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arbenson is defending well for now.
Arbenson wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tiyapairat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tiyapairat avoids a wild elbow strike from Arbenson.
Tiyapairat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiyapairat avoids a wild elbow strike from Arbenson.
Arbenson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tiyapairat lands a nice elbow.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Arbenson misses with an elbow strike.
Arbenson tries a knee to the head but Tiyapairat blocks it.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body.
Tiyapairat scores with a knee to the head.
Arbenson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiyapairat connects with a nasty looking knee right to Arbenson's face.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tiyapairat throws a push kick but Arbenson slaps the foot to one side.
Tiyapairat lands a slapping body shot.
Samak Tiyapairat seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tiyapairat with a nice cross.
Tiyapairat throws a quick inside leg kick.

Tiyapairat has closed the distance and engaged Arbenson in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tiyapairat obliges.
Arbenson takes an elbow to the forehead.

Tiyapairat breaks from the clinch.
Samak Tiyapairat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheers as Tiyapairat lands an impressive looking overhand right. Arbenson doesn't seem phased though.
Tiyapairat has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Tiyapairat moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tiyapairat moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiyapairat pushes Arbenson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tiyapairat dodges an elbow strike from Arbenson.
Arbenson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow just above Arbenson 's eye.
Tiyapairat connects with a knee to the head.
Arbenson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tiyapairat is defending well for now.
Arbenson throws an elbow but it misses.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat crunches a lovely knee into Arbenson's ribcage.
Tiyapairat managing to block the knees to the body from Arbenson.
Arbenson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Tiyapairat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arbenson tries a head kick but it misses.

Tiyapairat drives through and clinches with Arbenson against the cage.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tiyapairat lands a right hook to the body.
Tiyapairat lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tiyapairat swings for the body but Arbenson moves out of range.
Arbenson fails to land with a series of punches.
Arbenson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arbenson throws a head kick but Tiyapairat moves out of range.

Tiyapairat darts in and clinches Arbenson up against the cage.
Tiyapairat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tiyapairat blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samak Tiyapairat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Arbenson takes a kick to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat throws a head kick but Arbenson moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Tiyapairat. Beautiful body shot.
Nice jab there from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat tests Arbenson's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Arbenson takes the fight into the clinch.
Tiyapairat managing to block the knees to the body from Arbenson.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arbenson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch.
Tiyapairat lands a jab.
The fighters circling - Arbenson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiyapairat throws a front kick that sends Arbenson stumbling back into the cage.
Tiyapairat jabs Arbenson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tiyapairat moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Arbenson moves into the clinch.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Arbenson avoids the damage to the body.
Arbenson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.
Arbenson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arbenson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tiyapairat is defending well for now.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but Arbenson blocks with his arms.
Arbenson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Arbenson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Arbenson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tiyapairat looking to throw knees to the head but Arbenson is blocking nicely.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tiyapairat moves into range and clinches up with Arbenson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tiyapairat lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tiyapairat misses with a knee strike.
Tiyapairat tries to work over Arbenson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat looking to throw knees to the head but Arbenson is blocking nicely.
Tiyapairat looking to stall.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tiyapairat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Tiyapairat as the two fighters clinch.
Tiyapairat lands a nice elbow.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee strike.
Arbenson misses with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Arbenson.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tiyapairat cracks a nice hook into Arbenson's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tiyapairat has closed the distance and engaged Arbenson in a clinch.
Arbenson avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Arbenson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tiyapairat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Arbenson managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat scores with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but Arbenson blocks with his arms.
Arbenson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Arbenson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arbenson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tiyapairat tries a body shot but Arbenson blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tiyapairat.
Magus Arbenson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tiyapairat looking to stall.
Samak Tiyapairat seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow that stopped Arbenson in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tiyapairat misses with an elbow strike.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee to the head.
Arbenson tries to land knees in the clinch but Tiyapairat avoids the damage to the body.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Arbenson avoids it.
The referee calls for Tiyapairat to work.
Arbenson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Arbenson avoids the elbow strike from Tiyapairat, against the cage.

Tiyapairat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tiyapairat cracks the inside of Arbenson's front leg.
Arbenson avoids the body shot from Tiyapairat.

Arbenson clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Arbenson.
Arbenson avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Arbenson tries to land knees in the clinch but Tiyapairat avoids the damage to the body.
Tiyapairat misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Samak Tiyapairat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tiyapairat 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samak Tiyapairat!
Samak Tiyapairat tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.