PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Sniddlegrass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samak Tiyapairat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiyapairat has chosen Ram Muay as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sniddlegrass
vs
Tiyapairat

175 cm
29
155 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

174 cm
32
166 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benjamin Sniddlegrass!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samak Tiyapairat!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiyapairat scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sniddlegrass attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sniddlegrass chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tiyapairat's corner calls for a 1-2. Tiyapairat obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Sniddlegrass moves into range and clinches up with Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the body.
Sniddlegrass trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sniddlegrass 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 landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tiyapairat scores with a nice hook to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tiyapairat takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tiyapairat is leaning against Sniddlegrass and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sniddlegrass working aggressively here.
Tiyapairat is trying to break free.
Sniddlegrass tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tiyapairat is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow inside.
Sniddlegrass is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sniddlegrass tries to land knees in the clinch but Tiyapairat avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tiyapairat as Sniddlegrass tries to tie him up.
Sniddlegrass seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Tiyapairat is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Sniddlegrass lands a shoulder strike.
Tiyapairat lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Tiyapairat.
Sniddlegrass misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sniddlegrass throws an elbow but it misses.
Sniddlegrass 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.
Sniddlegrass throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sniddlegrass struggles to land a body shot inside as Tiyapairat controls his hands.
Sniddlegrass tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tiyapairat avoids it.
Sniddlegrass trying to stall but Tiyapairat improves his position.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A body shot lands from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiyapairat has Sniddlegrass pressed against the cage.
Sniddlegrass misses with some punches.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow inside that Sniddlegrass shrugs off.

It looks like Benjamin Sniddlegrass has been cut.
Sniddlegrass misses with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat with a knee to the head.
Sniddlegrass tries to work over Tiyapairat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sniddlegrass missing with knees to the body.
Sniddlegrass is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tiyapairat is keeping busy.
Sniddlegrass misses with a knee strike.
Sniddlegrass managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Sniddlegrass pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tiyapairat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sniddlegrass is breathing heavily.
Sniddlegrass using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tiyapairat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tiyapairat lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sniddlegrass misses with a hook to the ribs.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch.

Tiyapairat pushes Sniddlegrass up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body.
Sniddlegrass letting Tiyapairat take a breather here.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tiyapairat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tiyapairat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Tiyapairat has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tiyapairat managing to block the knees to the body from Sniddlegrass.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee strike.
Sniddlegrass's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow that stopped Sniddlegrass in his tracks for a moment.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the body.
Sniddlegrass trying to control the position but instead, Tiyapairat has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sniddlegrass into the cage.
Tiyapairat scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sniddlegrass is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sniddlegrass misses with some punches.
Tiyapairat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sniddlegrass lands a good knee to the midsection. Tiyapairat won't want to take too many of those.
A left hand lands to the body for Tiyapairat.
Sniddlegrass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tiyapairat avoiding damage as Sniddlegrass throws knees to the body.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sniddlegrass avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sniddlegrass avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Sniddlegrass taking a breather.
Tiyapairat lands a nice knee to the body.
Tiyapairat avoiding damage.

Tiyapairat manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samak Tiyapairat dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benjamin Sniddlegrass's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tiyapairat forces Sniddlegrass back against the cage and clinches.
Tiyapairat digs a right hand into Sniddlegrass's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sniddlegrass's gas tank.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch.
Jab by Tiyapairat.
Sniddlegrass lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tiyapairat circles away quickly and effectively.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sniddlegrass misses with a wild body shot.
Sniddlegrass thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tiyapairat blocks a head kick by Sniddlegrass.

Tiyapairat drops Sniddlegrass with a beautiful combination! Sniddlegrass stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tiyapairat is looking for the KO!

Sniddlegrass is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiyapairat throws an uppercut from hell that sends Sniddlegrass clean off his feet! He's out cold! Tiyapairat stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Samak Tiyapairat! Samak Tiyapairat retains his lightweight title!
Samak Tiyapairat decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.