PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brent Schultz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Panom Kampaengsam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schultz
vs
Kampaengsam

179 cm
24
151 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

165 cm
25
149 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brent Schultz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Panom Kampaengsam!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kampaengsam tries to close the distance and clinch up but Schultz swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Kampaengsam instigates a clinch.
Kampaengsam throws a head punch that misses.
Kampaengsam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kampaengsam misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kampaengsam.

Schultz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Schultz wants to sweep here but Kampaengsam controlling him for the moment.
Kampaengsam must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Schultz isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Kampaengsam stacks Schultz on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Kampaengsam!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schultz keeping his opponent close.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Schultz bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Kampaengsam pushes Schultz up against the cage in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Schultz is looking to break free of the clinch but Kampaengsam has double underhooks.
Kampaengsam prevents Schultz from breaking the clinch.
Kampaengsam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kampaengsam tries to stall but Schultz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kampaengsam is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Kampaengsam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kampaengsam rushes Schultz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Schultz tries to pull guard but Kampaengsam holds him up against the cage and eventually Schultz drops back down to his feet.
Schultz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kampaengsam taking a breather.

Kampaengsam breaks from the clinch.
Kampaengsam tries to close the distance and clinch but Schultz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kampaengsam tries to clinch but Schultz is having none of it.

Kampaengsam darts in and clinches Schultz up against the cage.
Kampaengsam lands a nice knee to the body.

Kampaengsam pulls guard effortlessly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kampaengsam has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Schultz is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Kampaengsam is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Kampaengsam breaks the clinch.
Kampaengsam is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Kampaengsam gets a takedown into half guard.
Kampaengsam blocks the strikes from Schultz.
Schultz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schultz trying to hold on to Kampaengsam's head to control him but Kampaengsam postures up.
Schultz is positioning himself well to prevent Kampaengsam advancing to mount.
Schultz trying to control but Kampaengsam postures up.
Schultz punching from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Schultz manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schultz throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Schultz is controlling Kampaengsam's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Panom Kampaengsam dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kampaengsam has taken the fight to the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Kampaengsam breaks the clinch.

Kampaengsam gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kampaengsam wants to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kampaengsam is thwarting Schultz's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kampaengsam wants to take a breather but Schultz is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schultz is trying to stand.
Schultz is trying to control but Kampaengsam passes into side control!
Schultz is looking for a sweep.
Kampaengsam trying to control the action but Schultz is working from the bottom.
Schultz wants to control but Kampaengsam postures up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Kampaengsam stands up.
Schultz blocks a head kick by Kampaengsam.
Kampaengsam tries to close the distance and clinch up but Schultz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Schultz was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Schultz circles away from the clinch attempt

and Schultz counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Kampaengsam wants to get back to full guard.
Schultz moves nicely into side control.
Check out the look on Schultz's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kampaengsam is looking to reverse the position.
Schultz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Schultz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kampaengsam to see if he's OK.

Schultz is trying to get an arm triangle but Kampaengsam is defending well.
Schultz lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kampaengsam tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schultz sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Kampaengsam is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Schultz tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Schultz has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kampaengsam is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Schultz working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Brent Schultz will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Schultz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Kampaengsam manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Schultz on his heels. He'll look to pass Schultz's guard now, I'm sure.
Schultz will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Schultz is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kampaengsam is looking to work some ground and pound but Schultz has wrist control.
Schultz throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schultz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Schultz doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kampaengsam scores with a takedown into Schultz's guard.
Schultz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Kampaengsam wants to improve his position but instead Schultz has moved into half guard.
Schultz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Panom Kampaengsam has got the better of the ground game so far.

Schultz is working for a kimura but Kampaengsam is defending it quite comfortably.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz throwing shots but Kampaengsam is blocking nicely.
Kampaengsam wants to control but Schultz is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Schultz looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Kampaengsam wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Schultz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Schultz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kampaengsam is looking to get back to is feet but Schultz passes into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Schultz in side control, throwing shots but Kampaengsam defends.
Kampaengsam is looking to regain half guard here but Schultz keeps moving and retains side control.
Kampaengsam tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Kampaengsam is looking to improve his position but Schultz isn't that keen on the idea.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Panom Kampaengsam.
Well Kampaengsam has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Panom Kampaengsam!