PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Flee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bhat Pomkai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Flee
vs
Pomkai

176 cm
20
146 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

167 cm
26
138 lbs
8 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Machiavelli Boutique

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruce Flee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bhat Pomkai!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pomkai swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Flee.
Pomkai misses with an uppercut.
Flee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pomkai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Flee looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pomkai walks into a left hand.
Flee throws a lazy uppercut
and Pomkai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Flee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pomkai drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A big left from Pomkai misses.
As Pomkai backs away, Flee returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Pomkai throws a right hand that Flee ducks under and follows up with a left that Flee also avoids with ease.
Flee misses with a body kick.
Nice shot by Flee.
Pomkai fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pomkai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pomkai misses with a hook. Flee ducked under it nicely.
Pomkai on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Pomkai backs away, Flee returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Pomkai avoids the body shot from Flee.
Pomkai throws a counter combo.
Pomkai works over Flee's head and body with a nice combination.
Flee misses with a hook
and Pomkai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Decent striking displayed by Flee there.
Pomkai misses with an uppercut. Flee saw that one coming.

Pomkai gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Flee lands an elbow inside that Pomkai shrugs off.

Flee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Flee swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Pomkai counter with a right hand.
Pomkai checks a leg kick.
Pomkai avoids the head kick by Flee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Flee.
Flee attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pomkai ducks under a wild hook from Flee.
A slow jab from Pomkai misses its intended target.
Flee half committed to a counter leg kick.
Flee misses with a kick to the body
and Pomkai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pomkai throws a looping overhand right but Flee ducks down to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Flee.
Pomkai gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Flee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pomkai blocks a head kick by Flee.
Pomkai throws a hook to the side of Flee's head but Flee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Flee throws a sloppy head kick and Pomkai moves out of range easily.
Pomkai takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Flee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A swing and a miss from Pomkai.
Flee tried to counter with a leg kick but Pomkai avoided it.
Flee throws an overhand right that lands on Pomkai's shoulder, as Pomkai tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Pomkai on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flee misses with a lunging right hand
and Pomkai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Flee throws a leg kick but Pomkai sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That kick from Flee tenderised Pomkai's leg. Pomkai is trying to keep his angry face on.

Pomkai moves into range and clinches up with Flee.
Pomkai has Flee pressed against the cage, preventing Flee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Flee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pomkai.
Flee misses with an elbow over the top.
Pomkai manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pomkai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Flee blocks it with crossed arms.
Pomkai content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Flee is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flee looking to throw knees to the head but Pomkai is blocking nicely.
Pomkai will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Flee up against the cage.
Pomkai crunches a lovely knee into Flee's ribcage.
Flee missing with knees to the body.
Flee trying to land knees to the body.
Flee effectively controlling the action here.
Flee tries to land knees in the clinch but Pomkai avoids the damage to the body.

Flee breaks from the clinch.
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 Bruce Flee will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pomkai loads up on a big right hand but Flee slips the punch.
Flee tried to counter with a leg kick but Pomkai avoided it.
Pomkai moves away from the strike by Flee.
Flee lunges at Pomkai with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pomkai's hand.
Pomkai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Flee.
Pomkai cracks Flee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Good standup being displayed there by Pomkai as he connects with a hook.
Pomkai throws a hook but Flee avoids it easily.
Flee swats away the attempt to clinch by Pomkai.
A big right from Flee misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pomkai manages to avoid it.
Pomkai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Flee quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Pomkai blocks the body kick.
Flee ducks right into an uppercut from Pomkai.
Flee swats away the attempt to clinch by Pomkai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pomkai counters with a nice uppercut.
Pomkai with a jab.
Pomkai misses with a straight left.
Bhat Pomkai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Flee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pomkai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Flee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Flee throws a wild body kick that Pomkai sees coming a mile off.
Pomkai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bruce Flee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pomkai.
Flee cracks Pomkai with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pomkai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Flee looks for the body kick but Pomkai saw that one coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Flee.
Pomkai ducks under a wild hook from Flee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flee misses with a kick to the body
and Flee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pomkai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pomkai falls off balance throwing a combination
and Flee finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Bruce Flee is winning the standup battle so far.
Flee just misses with a punch to the body.
Flee misses with a body kick.
Flee blocks a jab.
Flee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Flee does it's job there.
Flee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pomkai. That did some damage!
Flee goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pomkai lands with a hook. Flee tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pomkai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Flee swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pomkai closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Flee takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Flee lunges at Pomkai with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pomkai's hand.
A head kick misses from Flee.
Pomkai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Flee misses with a shot to the body
and Pomkai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pomkai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flee tries a head kick but it misses.
Pomkai misses with a looping right.
Flee slips under a jab.
Pomkai misses with a looping right.
Flee misses with an uppercut. Pomkai saw that one coming.
Pomkai stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Flee.
Pomkai lands a jab to the head.
Flee smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pomkai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pomkai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pomkai misses with an uppercut. Flee saw that one coming.
Pomkai's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pomkai throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Flee counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flee misses with a looping right.
Pomkai slips a jab from Flee.
A big left from Pomkai misses.
Flee scores with the left hand. Pomkai knows he should have avoided that one.
Pomkai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Flee.
Flee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flee scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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 Bruce Flee will probably get the nod.
That's time! Flee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pomkai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It looked like Flee wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A big left from Flee misses.
It seemed like Pomkai was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Flee misses with a right hand
and Pomkai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flee moves out of range of the strikes.
Flee looks to score with a jab to the body but Pomkai is just out of range.
Pomkai throws a shot from downtown. Flee moves away and avoids it.
Flee just misses with a punch to the body.
Pomkai might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pomkai throws a shot from downtown. Flee moves away and avoids it.
Pomkai tries to clinch but Flee is having none of it.
Flee lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Flee misses the target.
Pomkai throws out a counter right but Flee avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flee gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Pomkai counter with a right hand.
Flee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Flee fires out a quick counter leg kick but Pomkai just manages to avoid it.
Pomkai looks to land a right hand but Flee moved out of range.
Flee throws a push kick but Pomkai slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flee slips a jab and a cross from Pomkai.
Flee tried to counter with a leg kick but Pomkai avoided it.
Flee swings widly with a right hand
and Pomkai counters with a straight right hand.
Pomkai takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Flee sizes up Pomkai with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Flee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pomkai has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pomkai takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Flee goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pomkai throws a counter combo.
Flee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Flee gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Pomkai counters with a nice uppercut.
Pomkai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Flee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pomkai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flee goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Flee swings widly with a right hand
and Pomkai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pomkai throws an overhand right that lands on Flee's shoulder, as Flee tries to avoid the shot.
Flee fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pomkai is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pomkai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Flee throws a solid leg kick but Pomkai takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Flee.
Pomkai throws a shot from downtown. Flee moves away and avoids it.
Flee throws a chopping leg kick but Pomkai manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pomkai throws out a counter right but Flee avoids it with no problem.
Flee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pomkai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Flee circles away quickly and effectively.
Pomkai lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A big left from Pomkai misses.
Pomkai misses the jab.
Flee looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Flee throws an overhand right that lands on Pomkai's shoulder, as Pomkai tries to avoid the shot.
Pomkai lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pomkai's corner calls for a 1-2. Pomkai obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pomkai ducks under a wild hook from Flee.
Flee throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Pomkai counters with a nice uppercut.
Pomkai misses with a few strikes there.
Flee misses with an uppercut. Pomkai saw that one coming.
Pomkai misses with a straight left.
Flee thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pomkai if he has to take too many more of those.
Pomkai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice uppercut there from Flee.
Pomkai works over Flee's head and body with a nice combination.
Flee blocks a jab.
Flee throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Flee scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pomkai.
No joy there for Pomkai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pomkai moves in looking to clinch but Flee pushes him off.
Pomkai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Flee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Flee throws a leg kick but Pomkai moved away.
Flee loads up on a big right hand but Pomkai slips the punch.
Flee looks for the body kick but Pomkai saw that one coming.
Pomkai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pomkai takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sloppy strikes from Pomkai. Those never looked like landing.
Flee fires out a quick counter leg kick but Pomkai just manages to avoid it.
Flee throws a hook but Pomkai avoids it easily.
Flee looks to land a left hand but Pomkai moved out of range nicely.
Flee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bhat Pomkai really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Flee moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pomkai on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Flee. Flee obviously looking to wear him down.
Flee scores with a nice head shot.
Pomkai takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Flee misses with a kick to the body.
Pomkai is looking for the big counter here.
Flee throws a half hearted mid kick.
Flee connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Flee throws an overhand right that lands on Pomkai's shoulder, as Pomkai tries to avoid the shot.
Flee throws the kick towards the body but Pomkai avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flee scores with a kick to the midsection.
Pomkai moves out of range of the body kick.

Pomkai rushes Flee and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pomkai manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flee tries to land knees in the clinch but Pomkai avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pomkai.
Flee taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Flee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pomkai avoids it.
Pomkai controlling the action here for a moment.
Pomkai landing knees to the head.
Pomkai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Flee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Flee stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pomkai has Flee pressed against the cage, preventing Flee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pomkai tries to stall but Flee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Flee has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pomkai managing to block the knees to the body from Flee.
Pomkai blocks an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Flee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pomkai avoids the elbow strike from Flee, against the cage.
Flee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pomkai is defending well for now.
Pomkai crunches a lovely knee into Flee's ribcage.
Flee missing with knees to the body.
Flee tries to land knees in the clinch but Pomkai avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pomkai crunches a lovely knee into Flee's ribcage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pomkai as Flee tries to tie him up.
Pomkai avoiding damage as Flee throws knees to the body.
Pomkai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Flee tries to land knees in the clinch but Pomkai avoids the damage to the body.
Flee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pomkai avoids it.
Bhat Pomkai seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pomkai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pomkai missing with knees to the body.
Flee tries to stall but Pomkai uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pomkai stalls.
Flee trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pomkai pressing his opponent against the cage.

Flee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Pomkai moves into range and clinches up with Flee.
Flee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pomkai leaning his opponent against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Flee missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Flee had his way with Bhat Pomkai in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Flee defending well as Pomkai loads up on a big left hand.
Flee thinks about countering with a body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Pomkai checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Flee lands a body shot.
Flee connects with a leg kick. Pomkai looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pomkai checks a low kick from Flee.
Flee misses with a low kick.
Flee throws a wild body kick that Pomkai sees coming a mile off.
Pomkai throws a counter combo.
Flee misses with a leg kick
and Pomkai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Flee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flee tries a low kick but Pomkai avoids it.
Flee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pomkai's sensitive parts.
Flee throws a jab when Pomkai was well out of range.
A jab lands there for Pomkai.
Flee misses with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pomkai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flee.
Flee misses with an uppercut
letting Pomkai counter with a right hand.
Flee throws a lazy uppercut
and Pomkai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Flee throws a leg kick
and Pomkai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Flee slips a straight right by Pomkai.

Pomkai instigates a clinch.
Flee stalling in the clinch but Pomkai improves position.
Flee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Flee avoiding damage as Pomkai throws knees to the body.
Flee stalling against the cage.
Flee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flee is trying to maintain a safe position but Pomkai gets an underhook and turns Flee into the cage.
Flee wants to stall.
Pomkai avoiding damage as Flee throws knees to the body.
Pomkai is looking to control Flee's arms but Flee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pomkai has his back to the cage.
Bruce Flee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee calls for Flee to work.
Pomkai taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pomkai dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pomkai controlling the action here for a moment.
Pomkai holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bhat Pomkai.
Flee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pomkai slips under a jab from Flee.
Flee fakes the leg kick and cracks Pomkai in the body.
A big right from Flee misses.
Flee throws a body kick that misses
and Pomkai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pomkai throws a nice looking combination but Flee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An inside leg kick lands from Flee.
Bhat Pomkai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flee throws a lazy body kick
and Pomkai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pomkai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Flee jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Flee throws a leg kick but Pomkai moved away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pomkai throws a series of punches but Flee moves out of range.
Pomkai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Flee attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bhat Pomkai.
I think Flee has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 48:48
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 48:47
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 49:47

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bruce Flee!
Bruce Flee is the new bantamweight champion!
An out of breath Bruce Flee thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.