PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jomlong Kiapoity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Addict Yo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kiapoity
vs
Yo

160 cm
27
135 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

150 cm
27
137 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jomlong Kiapoity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Addict Yo!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiapoity looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jomlong Kiapoity seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yo stuffs the takedown attempt from Kiapoity. Kiapoity gets slowly back to his feet.
Kiapoity with a lazy takedown attempt
and Yo counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jomlong Kiapoity. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yo lands a front kick.

Yo rushes Kiapoity and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kiapoity letting Yo take a breather here.
Yo stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees to the body from Yo.
Knees to the body from Yo.
Kiapoity is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Yo to keep the fight standing.
Kiapoity tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Yo struggles to land a body shot inside as Kiapoity controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yo lands a nice shot to the body.
Yo's coach down at Fitness elite 24/7 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Yo's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kiapoity is trying to pull guard but Yo has him pressed against the cage.
Yo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short body shot lands from Yo as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Yo on the inside.
Yo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kiapoity tries to pull guard but Yo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Yo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kiapoity fails to pull guard.
Yo connects with a knee to the head.
Kiapoity tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yo smiles and moves away.
Kiapoity misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Yo lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiapoity walks into a stiff left hand from Yo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiapoity fails with a takedown attempt.
Yo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yo scoring well with a low kick there.
Kiapoity shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kiapoity fails with the takedown.
Kiapoity shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yo defends it nicely.
Kiapoity is breathing heavily.
Kiapoity takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Yo clinches with his opponent.
Yo scores with a knee to the head.
Yo working Kiapoity over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiapoity tries to pull guard but Yo holds him up against the cage and eventually Kiapoity drops back down to his feet.
Yo crunches a lovely knee into Kiapoity's ribcage.
Kiapoity takes a knee right on the jaw!

Yo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Yo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kiapoity's sensitive parts.

Kiapoity drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Kiapoity drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kiapoity jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kiapoity. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kiapoity wants to control from the top but Yo keeps moving.

Kiapoity drops back looking for a leg! Yo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Yo manages to kick Kiapoity off! Kiapoity jumps back into Yo's guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Kiapoity's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yo is trying to keep Kiapoity in close.
Kiapoity throwing strikes from guard but Yo blocks nicely.

Kiapoity thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kiapoity 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Addict Yo dominated that round.
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.

Yo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kiapoity fails to land the takedown.
No luck for Kiapoity with that takedown attempt.
And Yo responds with a good body kick, but Kiapoity manages to step out the way in time.
Yo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kiapoity.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jomlong Kiapoity. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yo lands with a nice body kick.
Yo cracks the inside of Kiapoity's front leg.
Yo pushes Kiapoity away with a front kick.
Yo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kiapoity crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yo - the referee stops the clock and Kiapoity gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yo. Kiapoity manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yo lands with a cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kiapoity looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Yo!

Kiapoity is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Yo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Yo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kiapoity wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Yo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kiapoity trying to control the action but Yo is working from the bottom.
Yo is looking for a sweep.
Kiapoity gets to mount! Yo was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiapoity landing strikes from the mount and Yo is in trouble!
Kiapoity with shots to the head and body - Yo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Yo is looking to improve his position but Kiapoity isn't that keen on the idea.
Jomlong Kiapoity overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Kiapoity is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Kiapoity!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jomlong Kiapoity!
A determined Jomlong Kiapoity didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!