PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thu Pham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden Preston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Preston is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fuckin Problem. Thu Pham is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Pham
vs
Preston

166 cm
24
144 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

160 cm
23
147 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thu Pham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aiden Preston!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pham keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Preston.

Pham clinches.
Preston is struggling to control the position.
Preston misses with a punch on the inside.
Preston utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pham is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Preston to keep the fight standing.
Preston landing knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Preston creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Preston misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pham.
Preston pushes off an throws an elbow but Pham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Preston using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Preston misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Preston scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Preston lands a left hand.
Nice elbow from Preston.

It looks like Thu Pham has been cut.
Preston pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pham avoids a wild elbow strike from Preston.
Preston lands an elbow inside.
Preston working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Preston lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pham's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preston lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pham backwards.

Pham is rocked!
Preston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pham managing to block the knees to the body from Preston.
Preston using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Preston lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Preston missing with knees to the body.
Preston misses with a body punch.
Preston lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pham blocking some punches.
Preston lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preston makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Preston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pham tries for a takedown but Preston manages to get underhooks.
Pham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Preston doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pham managing to block the knees to the body from Preston.
Preston scores with a shot to the side of Pham's head.
Pham avoiding damage as Preston throws knees to the body.
Preston tries to throw a body punch but Pham avoids it by throwing Preston back against the cage.
Preston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Preston softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preston lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oh Pham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A shot in the inside from Preston.
Preston misses with the head strike.
Pham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Preston.
Pham seems to have got his legs back now.
Preston lands an elbow just above Pham 's eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Preston throws an elbow but misses.
Preston lands a right hand.

Pham drags the fight down to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aiden Preston dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thu Pham's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pham misses with a low kick as Preston jumps back.
Preston throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pham sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pham misses with a wild body shot.
Pham fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Preston.
Pham looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Preston ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pham shoots for a takedown but Preston saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Preston throws a half hearted mid kick.
Preston connects with an inside leg kick.
Pham shoots and misses
and Preston makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Preston slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Preston fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Preston lands the left hand.
Preston lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pham takes a step back to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Preston misses with a hook.
Pham takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pham scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Preston doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Preston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big left from Pham misses.
Pham bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Preston's head.
Pham fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thu Pham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pham slips under a jab.
Pham tries to clinch up.
Pham tries to close the distance and clinch but Preston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pham throws a body punch but Preston moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Preston as Pham shoots in.
Preston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Preston.
Pham shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Preston defends it nicely.

Pham is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Preston's half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pham stops Preston from getting back to his feet.
Preston avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pham.
Preston has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Pham thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Preston's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Preston wants to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pham throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pham throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Pham is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Preston has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pham missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pham missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Preston is defending against the submission attempts here by Pham.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pham throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pham throws a strike but Preston avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Pham is looking to work some ground and pound but Preston has wrist control.
Pham trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Preston keeping moving, preventing Pham from controlling successfully.
Pham throws a big right hand that misses.
Pham cracks Preston with a solid left hand.
Pham postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pham postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preston wants to stand and escape but Pham is having none of it.
Pham is working Preston over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pham scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pham looking to pass the guard.
Pham postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pham trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pham postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pham postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Pham postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Preston is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Pham, into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thu Pham dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thu Pham's cut.
That's time! Pham's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Pham looks to score with a jab to the body but Preston is just out of range.
Pham tries to move into range but Preston moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Preston throws a lazy right hand but Pham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pham fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Preston buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Preston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Preston swings for the body but Pham moves out of range.
Pham throws a body punch but Preston moves out of range.
Preston throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pham sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pham blocks the body kick.
Preston tests Pham's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pham missing with a left hand there. Preston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Preston missing with a left hand there. Pham was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pham misses the shot to the body.
Preston misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Preston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Preston bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pham's head backwards.
Pham comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Pham darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Pham is working for a kimura but Preston is defending it quite comfortably.
Thu Pham overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Preston keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preston regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Pham.
Pham looking to pass the guard.
Pham loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pham throwing strikes but missing.
Pham throws an elbow that misses. Preston uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pham's guard. Nice move by Preston!
Preston stays in close to Pham's body and controls the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Pham is looking for a triangle but Preston pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pham has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Preston can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Preston is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Pham looking for a sweep. Not yet Pham, not yet.
Pham keeping moving, preventing Preston from controlling successfully.
Preston tries to free his leg and advance position but Pham is retaining full guard.

Preston is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Pham looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Preston passes into side control.
Pham avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Preston.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pham struggling a bit here.
Pham being controlled for a moment.
Pham is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Preston's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Pham wants to get back to full guard.
Preston tries to pass the half guard into mount. Pham knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Preston wants to take a breather but Pham is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Preston is thwarting Pham's attempts to control the position.
Pham is not content to let Preston control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aiden Preston.
I think Preston 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aiden Preston!
Aiden Preston looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Its only a matter of time. Lets go.'.