PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emilio Izturis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Oudomphonephaivanh
vs
Izturis

182 cm
37
190 lbs
16 - 4 - 1

190 cm
28
190 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER
GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Emilio Izturis!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izturis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Oudomphonephaivanh momentarily.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a shot from downtown. Izturis moves away and avoids it.
Izturis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Oudomphonephaivanh digs a good hook to Izturis's body.
Oudomphonephaivanh lands a nice leg kick that just misses Izturis's sensitive parts.
Oudomphonephaivanh looks for the body kick but Izturis saw that one coming.
Izturis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Oudomphonephaivanh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oudomphonephaivanh scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oudomphonephaivanh dodges the punch combination from Izturis.
Oudomphonephaivanh slips under a jab from Izturis.
Izturis has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses with a hook. Izturis ducked under it nicely.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses the shot to the body.
Izturis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
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!
Oudomphonephaivanh connects with a leg kick. Izturis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Izturis darts in looking for a takedown but Oudomphonephaivanh gets double underhooks and turns Izturis into the cage.
Izturis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Izturis shoots in for a double leg but Oudomphonephaivanh sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Izturis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oudomphonephaivanh.
Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oudomphonephaivanh scores with a sloppy right hand. Izturis should have avoided that one.
Izturis throws a hook but Oudomphonephaivanh avoids it easily.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oudomphonephaivanh dips to his left and cracks Izturis with an uppercut!
Oudomphonephaivanh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oudomphonephaivanh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oudomphonephaivanh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Izturis.
Nice defenses there by Izturis.
Izturis is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Oudomphonephaivanh lands with a good body shot.
Izturis fails to land with a series of punches.
Oudomphonephaivanh jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Oudomphonephaivanh takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oudomphonephaivanh clobbers Izturis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Oudomphonephaivanh gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oudomphonephaivanh lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Izturis or not.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses with a punch to the body.
Oudomphonephaivanh lands with a left to the head.
Izturis scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oudomphonephaivanh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oudomphonephaivanh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Oudomphonephaivanh breaks the clinch.
Oudomphonephaivanh scores with a jab to the head.
Oudomphonephaivanh's jab looks to have found its range, popping Izturis under the eye.
Oudomphonephaivanh swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Oudomphonephaivanh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Izturis.
Izturis closes the distance and clinches up with Oudomphonephaivanh, looking for a takedown. Izturis pushes Oudomphonephaivanh against the cage but Oudomphonephaivanh circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emilio Izturis.
Oudomphonephaivanh avoids a kick to the body.
Oudomphonephaivanh appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Izturis works over Oudomphonephaivanh's head and body with a nice combination.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses with a looping left.
Izturis defending well as Oudomphonephaivanh loads up on a big left hand.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a half hearted mid kick.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a body kick that misses
letting Izturis counter with a right hand.
Oudomphonephaivanh missing with a left hand there. Izturis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses with a kick to the body.
Oudomphonephaivanh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Izturis moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oudomphonephaivanh fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Izturis checks it well.
Izturis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oudomphonephaivanh wants to clinch up but Izturis keeps it at a distance.
Oudomphonephaivanh moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Izturis counters with a one-two to the body.
Izturis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Oudomphonephaivanh at a distance.
Oudomphonephaivanh takes a swing at Izturis's ribcage but misses.
Oudomphonephaivanh looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good shot there by Izturis.
Oudomphonephaivanh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Izturis.

It looks like Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh has been cut.

Izturis lands a big shot that drops Oudomphonephaivanh! Can he finish him?

Oudomphonephaivanh is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Izturis stands and throws Oudomphonephaivanh's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Oh Oudomphonephaivanh is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oudomphonephaivanh is looking for a sweep.
Oudomphonephaivanh seems to have got his legs back now.
Izturis with the ground and pound but Oudomphonephaivanh regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oudomphonephaivanh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Izturis.
Oudomphonephaivanh wants to control but Izturis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Izturis trying to control the pace.
Oudomphonephaivanh is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oudomphonephaivanh gets back to full guard.
Oudomphonephaivanh is trying to control the position but Izturis postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Izturis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emilio Izturis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh's cut.
That's time! Oudomphonephaivanh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Oudomphonephaivanh looks to land a left hand but Izturis moved out of range nicely.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Izturis punishes Oudomphonephaivanh's body with a nice straight punch.
Oudomphonephaivanh moves out of range as Izturis strikes.
Oudomphonephaivanh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a leg kick but Izturis checks it.
A punch combination from Izturis misses.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a low kick but Izturis avoids it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Izturis.
Oudomphonephaivanh lets loose with a powerful body kick. Izturis will feel that in the morning.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Izturis has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Izturis lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Oudomphonephaivanh catches Izturis right on the button with a cross.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Izturis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Izturis scores with a sloppy right hand. Oudomphonephaivanh should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oudomphonephaivanh is looking to chop away at Izturis's legs.
Oudomphonephaivanh lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oudomphonephaivanh tries to land a body kick
and Izturis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Izturis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses with a straight left.
Emilio Izturis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Izturis avoids the body shot from Oudomphonephaivanh.
Izturis misses with a wild combination.
Oudomphonephaivanh swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Oudomphonephaivanh scores with a three punch combo!
A big left from Oudomphonephaivanh misses.
Izturis drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Oudomphonephaivanh defends it well.
A left and a right from Izturis both land. Nice combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Izturis misses the target.
A big left from Oudomphonephaivanh misses.
A little jabbing left from Izturis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Oudomphonephaivanh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Oudomphonephaivanh lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Izturis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Izturis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Izturis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Izturis fails to land the takedown.
Oudomphonephaivanh thuds a left hand into Izturis's body.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws the left hand but Izturis avoids the punch easily.
Izturis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Izturis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oudomphonephaivanh was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Izturis ducks under a wild hook from Oudomphonephaivanh.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Izturis.
Izturis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A leg kick checked by Izturis.
Izturis moves out of range as Oudomphonephaivanh throws a body kick.
Izturis tries to move into range but Oudomphonephaivanh moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Oudomphonephaivanh scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Izturis. Oudomphonephaivanh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Izturis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oudomphonephaivanh moves out of range as Izturis throws a body kick.
Izturis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Oudomphonephaivanh in his tracks.
Oudomphonephaivanh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses with a body kick.
Izturis misses with a low kick.
Oudomphonephaivanh is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Oudomphonephaivanh takes one to the side of the head.
Jab by Oudomphonephaivanh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oudomphonephaivanh. Izturis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oudomphonephaivanh tries to clinch
and Izturis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Izturis lands a glancing blow to the side of Oudomphonephaivanh's head.
Izturis scores with a nice head shot.
Izturis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a looping overhand right but Izturis ducks down to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Izturis as he connects with a hook.
Izturis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Izturis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oudomphonephaivanh swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Oudomphonephaivanh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Izturis.
Oudomphonephaivanh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oudomphonephaivanh swings away with a body shot that misses

and Izturis counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Oudomphonephaivanh down! Izturis is looking to finish but Oudomphonephaivanh is intelligently defending himself.
Oudomphonephaivanh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Izturis trying to control but Oudomphonephaivanh is working from the bottom.
Izturis sitting in guard here, content to control.
Izturis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Izturis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Izturis throws an elbow that misses. Oudomphonephaivanh uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Izturis's guard. Nice move by Oudomphonephaivanh!

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

Emilio Izturis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh's cut.
That's time! Oudomphonephaivanh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Oudomphonephaivanh lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice body kick there by Oudomphonephaivanh.
Oudomphonephaivanh moves forwards but Izturis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Izturis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oudomphonephaivanh.
Oudomphonephaivanh avoids the body shot from Izturis.
Nice sprawl there from Oudomphonephaivanh as Izturis shoots in.
Izturis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Oudomphonephaivanh in his tracks.
Oudomphonephaivanh looks to land a left hand but Izturis moved out of range nicely.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oudomphonephaivanh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Izturis moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Izturis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oudomphonephaivanh.
Izturis lands with a nice body punch.
Oudomphonephaivanh moves out of range of the strikes.
Izturis avoids the body shot from Oudomphonephaivanh.
Oudomphonephaivanh looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Izturis slips under a jab from Oudomphonephaivanh.
Izturis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oudomphonephaivanh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oudomphonephaivanh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Izturis manages to avoid it.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses with an uppercut.
Izturis lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Oudomphonephaivanh fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Izturis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Izturis looks to score with a jab to the body but Oudomphonephaivanh is just out of range.
Izturis lands a body shot.
Izturis feints and then cracks Oudomphonephaivanh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Oudomphonephaivanh down.
Oudomphonephaivanh connects with a right hand. Izturis shakes it off.
Izturis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oudomphonephaivanh manages to avoid it.
Oudomphonephaivanh doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Izturis just misses with a punch to the body.
Oudomphonephaivanh thuds his right hand into Izturis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jab by Izturis.
Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oudomphonephaivanh works the jab nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Izturis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses with a body shot
and Izturis counters with a one-two to the body.
Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Izturis delivers a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oudomphonephaivanh moves out of range of the body kick from Izturis.
Izturis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A leg kick checked by Oudomphonephaivanh.
Oudomphonephaivanh swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Oudomphonephaivanh misses with a double jab.
Izturis steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Oudomphonephaivanh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Izturis.
And Izturis tries to counter it with a takedown but Oudomphonephaivanh pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Oudomphonephaivanh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oudomphonephaivanh loads up on a big right hand but Izturis slips the punch.
Izturis feints the counter takedown.
Izturis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Izturis.
Izturis lands a jab.
Oudomphonephaivanh works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Izturis is rocked!
Oudomphonephaivanh ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Izturis is still on wobbly legs! Can Oudomphonephaivanh finish him?
Oudomphonephaivanh shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Izturis takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Oudomphonephaivanh sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Izturis bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh!
Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh thanked the fans post fight for their support.