PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between El Loco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ong Bak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bak has chosen you've lost that loving feeling as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Loco
vs
Bak

205 cm
36
275 lbs
22 - 17 - 1

225 cm
37
289 lbs
20 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, El Loco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ong Bak!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bak tries to clinch up but Loco circles away and keeps his distance.

Bak darts in and clinches Loco up against the cage.

Loco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ong Bak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loco scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bak in his tracks.
Loco scores with a hook to the body. Bak takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Loco circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big left from Loco misses.
Loco circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Loco connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bak tries to clinch up.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loco paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bak has managed to clinch.
Loco avoids a wild elbow strike from Bak.
Bak throws an elbow but it misses.
Loco blocks an elbow strike from Bak.
Bak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Loco's defenses.
Bak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Loco avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Loco manages to break the clinch.
Bak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bak is looking to clinch.
Bak moves in looking to clinch but Loco pushes him off.
Bak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bak forces Loco back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Loco.
Bak misses with an elbow strike.
Bak is looking to control Loco's arms but Loco gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bak has his back to the cage.
Loco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bak misses with an elbow strike.
Bak prevents Loco from breaking the clinch.
Loco is trying to break free.
Loco is trying to break the clinch but Bak has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bak.
Bak misses with an elbow over the top.
Bak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Loco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Loco scores with a nice right hand.
Bak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Loco definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bak takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Bak clinches up against the cage.
Bak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Loco is defending well for now.
Bak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Loco working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loco blocks an elbow strike.
Loco blocks an elbow strike from Bak.
Loco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Loco takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like El Loco has been cut.
Loco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Bak.

Loco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Loco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Loco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Loco with a nice cross.
A big left from Loco misses.
Loco sets himself, and Bak steps forward looking for the clinch! Loco avoids it this time.
Bak tries to clinch but Loco is having none of it.
Loco throws a series of punches but Bak moves out of range.
Loco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bak is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Bak has closed the distance and engaged Loco in a clinch.
Bak throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Loco wants to break free but Bak has control.
A frustrated look appears on Loco's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Loco avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bak misses with an elbow strike.
Loco avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the cage.
Bak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Loco is defending well for now.
Bak creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Loco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Loco misses with a straight right.
Loco throws a good cross that connects.
Bak takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Loco feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Baks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bak wants to clinch.
Bak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Loco lands a jab.
Loco throws out a loose jab but Bak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Loco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bak is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bak tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Loco moves into the clinch.

Loco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bak doesn't manage to clinch there - Loco circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bak lands an elbow inside.
Loco working hard to break the clinch.
Loco is looking to break free of the clinch but Bak has double underhooks.
Bak lands a damaging elbow.
Bak lands an elbow just above Loco 's eye.
Bak misses with an elbow strike.

Loco manages to break the clinch.

Bak moves into range and clinches up with Loco.
Loco can't break the clinch.
Bak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Loco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bak wants to clinch up but Loco keeps it at a distance.
Loco is looking to counter punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bak wants to clinch up but Loco keeps it at a distance.
Bak fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Bak fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Loco, pushing him back against the cage.
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 El Loco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on El Loco's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Loco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Loco fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bak on the side of the head.
Loco lands with a thumping leg kick.
Loco does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Loco scores with a hook.
Bak gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Loco misses with a few strikes there.
Loco fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Loco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bak closes the distance looking to clinch
and Loco counters with a straight right hand.
Bak throws a series of punches but Loco avoids them all with ease.
Loco scores with a hook to the body. Bak takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Loco connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bak closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Loco avoiding damage as Bak throws knees to the body.
Loco lands a left hand.
Bak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bak pushes off an throws an elbow but Loco leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Loco blocks an elbow strike from Bak.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bak pushes off an throws an elbow but Loco leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Loco's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Loco breaks from the clinch.
Loco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bak.
Bak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bak takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Loco swats away the attempt to clinch by Bak.
Nice jab there from Loco.
Bak is looking to clinch but Loco is avoiding it.
Loco lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ong Bak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bak doesn't manage to clinch there - Loco circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Loco on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bak tries to clinch up
and Loco counters with a nice uppercut.
Bak darts in trying to clinch
and Loco counters with a straight right hand.
Bak doesn't manage to clinch there - Loco circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bak defending well as Loco loads up on a big left hand.
Loco throws a good cross that connects.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big left from Loco misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loco fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Loco looks to land a body kick but Bak moved away.
Bak is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bak doesn't manage to clinch there - Loco circles away.
Bak on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Loco throws a shot from downtown. Bak moves away and avoids it.
Bak slips a straight right by Loco.
El Loco is winning the standup battle so far.
Good exchange - Loco coming out on top.
Loco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Loco has Bak up against the cage in a clinch.
Loco can't break the clinch.
Bak keeps control of Loco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Loco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bak.
Loco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Loco displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bak tries to clinch up.
Loco scores with a hook.
Bak walks into a jab.
Loco throws a jab but it's blocked by Bak.
Loco throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bak tries to clinch there but Loco circles away.
Bak doesn't manage to clinch there - Loco circles away.
Bak doesn't manage to clinch there - Loco circles away.
Bak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Loco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Loco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bak on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Loco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bak.
Bak is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bak tries to clinch but Loco is having none of it.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bak walks into a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bak is looking to clinch but Loco is avoiding it.
Bak throws a left and a right that both miss
and Loco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big right from Loco misses.
Bak swats away the attempt to clinch by Loco.
Bak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Loco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch but Loco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Loco lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Loco keeps the fight on the outside.
Bak has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The fighters circling - Loco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Bak clinches up with Loco and pushes him back against the cage.
Bak has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Loco seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bak can turn it around.
Loco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bak can do to turn this around?
Loco takes a knee to the side of the body.
Loco looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Loco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bak slips a jab and a cross from Loco.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bak wants to clinch.
Bak slips a jab from Loco.
Bak steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Loco.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

El Loco dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on El Loco's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Bak moves out of range of the strikes.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch but Loco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bak closes the distance but Loco moves to the side
and Loco counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Loco lands an overhand right.
Loco with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Bak clinches up against the cage.

Loco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bak wants to land a leg kick but Loco is out of range.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Loco fails to land with a series of punches.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch but Loco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Loco on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Loco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Loco looks to throw the jab but Bak is out of range.
Bak is looking to clinch but Loco is avoiding it.
Bak slips under a jab.
Bak fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bak moves into the clinch successfully.
Loco avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Loco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bak doesn't manage to clinch there - Loco circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Loco.
Bak slips a jab from Loco.
Bak is looking to clinch.
Loco lands a really nice looking cross but Bak seems unphased.
Loco getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bak defending well as Loco loads up on a big left hand.

Bak closes the distance and clinches.
Bak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Loco avoiding damage as Bak throws knees to the body.
Bak keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Loco's efforts to push away.
Bak prevents Loco from breaking the clinch.
Loco is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bak is defending well for now.
Bak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Loco.
Loco wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Loco dodges an elbow strike from Bak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loco wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bak looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bak is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bak just misses with a elbow thrown towards Loco's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Loco avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the cage.
Ong Bak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bak unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bak has Loco pressed against the cage, preventing Loco from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bak throws an elbow that misses.
Loco blocks the elbow strike.
Ong Bak seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bak lands an elbow just above Loco 's eye.
Bak lands a damaging elbow.
Bak throws an elbow but it misses.
Still in the clinch, Loco scores with a nice short uppercut.
Loco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bak tries to land knees in the clinch but Loco avoids the damage to the body.
Loco avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the cage.
Loco tries to break the clinch but Bak is controlling the position.
Bak looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Loco's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Loco's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the cage.
Bak has Loco pressed against the cage, preventing Loco from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Loco breaks from the clinch.
Bak tries to clinch there but Loco circles away.
Bak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Loco swats away the attempt to clinch by Bak.
Bak darts in trying to clinch
and Loco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Bak closes the distance and pushes Loco back into the cage.
Loco wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Loco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Loco looks to land a left hand but Bak moved out of range nicely.
Loco moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Bak clinches.
Loco is trying to break free.
Loco tries to break the clinch but Bak is controlling the position.
El Loco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loco avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the cage.
Bak throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Loco tries to break free but Bak pushes him back against the cage.
Bak crunches a lovely knee into Loco's ribcage.
Loco avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the cage.
Loco blocks an elbow strike from Bak.
Bak misses with an elbow strike.
Bak lands an elbow inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bak missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bak just misses with a elbow thrown towards Loco's brow.
Loco avoiding damage as Bak throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bak just misses with a elbow thrown towards Loco's brow.

Loco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Loco lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bak backs up against the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch but Loco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to El Loco.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Loco, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... El Loco!
Ong Bak was interviewed post fight and said 'Osssss'.