PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Photirat Mongkolchai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Vardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jamie Vardy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Photirat Mongkolchai's chin.

Mongkolchai
vs
Vardy

179 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Photirat Mongkolchai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamie Vardy!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mongkolchai wants to clinch.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch up.
Vardy swats away the attempt to clinch by Mongkolchai.
Mongkolchai moves in looking to clinch but Vardy pushes him off.
Mongkolchai blocks a head kick by Vardy.
Vardy throws a sloppy head kick and Mongkolchai moves out of range easily.
Mongkolchai doesn't manage to clinch there - Vardy circles away.
Mongkolchai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mongkolchai moves away from the strike by Vardy.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch but Vardy is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vardy throws a sloppy head kick and Mongkolchai moves out of range easily.
Vardy lands a head kick. Mongkolchai smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Vardy swinging wildly here.
Vardy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mongkolchai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vardy swats away the attempt to clinch by Mongkolchai.
Vardy throws a head kick that misses.

Vardy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mongkolchai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vardy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vardy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A bit of stalling here from Mongkolchai.
Mongkolchai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Vardy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mongkolchai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vardy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mongkolchai seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Mongkolchai moves in looking to clinch but Vardy pushes him off.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vardy thows a left - swing and a miss!

Mongkolchai has Vardy up against the cage in a clinch.
Mongkolchai content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mongkolchai keeps control of Vardy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mongkolchai trying to land knees to the body.
Mongkolchai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mongkolchai obliges.
Vardy looks winded!
Vardy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vardy is trying to force a seperation but Mongkolchai has the dominant position.
Mongkolchai stalling against the cage.

Vardy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mongkolchai tries to close the distance and clinch but Vardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mongkolchai is looking to clinch but Vardy is avoiding it.
Vardy is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Vardy throws a lazy right hand but Mongkolchai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vardy swats away the attempt to clinch by Mongkolchai.
Vardy throws a right and a left that both miss.

Mongkolchai instigates a clinch.
Mongkolchai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mongkolchai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mongkolchai landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mongkolchai holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mongkolchai.
Mongkolchai trying to land knees to the body.
Mongkolchai lands a good knee to the midsection. Vardy won't want to take too many of those.
Mongkolchai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vardy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mongkolchai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mongkolchai connects with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Vardy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mongkolchai is struggling to control the position.
Mongkolchai landing knees to the body.
Mongkolchai pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mongkolchai is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mongkolchai is looking to control Vardy's arms but Vardy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mongkolchai has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Photirat Mongkolchai.
Mongkolchai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vardy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vardy tries to bum rush Mongkolchai with a series of wild strikes but Mongkolchai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mongkolchai is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Vardy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mongkolchai throws a low kick but it's checked well by Vardy.
Mongkolchai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vardy swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Mongkolchai moves into the clinch.
Mongkolchai stalling the fight.
Mongkolchai missing with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai landing knees to the body.
Mongkolchai lands a knee to the head.
Mongkolchai landing knees to the head.
Mongkolchai working Vardy over with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vardy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Photirat Mongkolchai dominated that round.
That's time! Mongkolchai's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mongkolchai doesn't manage to clinch there - Vardy circles away.
Vardy misses with a looping left.
As Vardy tries to get set, Mongkolchai tries to push him back and clinch up but Vardy manages to avoid the attempt.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vardy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vardy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mongkolchai moves away.
Vardy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Vardy swinging wildly here.

Mongkolchai moves into range and clinches up with Vardy.
Mongkolchai is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vardy is looking to break free of the clinch but Mongkolchai has double underhooks.
Vardy is looking to break free of the clinch but Mongkolchai has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mongkolchai prevents Vardy from breaking the clinch.
Vardy is looking to break free of the clinch but Mongkolchai has double underhooks.
Photirat Mongkolchai has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vardy is breathing heavily.

Vardy breaks the clinch.
Jamie Vardy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mongkolchai wants to clinch.
Photirat Mongkolchai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mongkolchai is looking to clinch but Vardy is avoiding it.
Vardy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch but Vardy is having none of it.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch but Vardy moves out of range.
Vardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch there but Vardy circles away.
Mongkolchai throws a leg kick
and Vardy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch up but Vardy circles away and keeps his distance.
Mongkolchai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mongkolchai tries to clinch up.
Vardy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mongkolchai is looking to clinch but Vardy is avoiding it.
Vardy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mongkolchai walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vardy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mongkolchai 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.

Mongkolchai gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mongkolchai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vardy's efforts to push away.
Vardy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mongkolchai has him pressed against the cage.
Vardy can't break the clinch.
Mongkolchai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai has Vardy pressed against the cage.
Vardy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mongkolchai leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mongkolchai lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mongkolchai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vardy's face.
Knees to the body from Mongkolchai.
Mongkolchai connects with a knee to the head.
Mongkolchai working Vardy over with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vardy can do to turn this around?
Mongkolchai manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mongkolchai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vardy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai landing knees to the body.
Mongkolchai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mongkolchai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vardy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mongkolchai leaning against his opponent.
Mongkolchai lands a nice knee to the body.
Mongkolchai is pushing Vardy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mongkolchai trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mongkolchai.
Mongkolchai scores a nice knee to the body.
Mongkolchai lands a knee to the body.
Mongkolchai landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mongkolchai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vardy's efforts to push away.
Mongkolchai manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mongkolchai is pushing Vardy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mongkolchai stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Mongkolchai for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Vardy tries to circle away but Mongkolchai has him pinned against the cage.
Vardy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vardy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vardy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vardy working hard to break the clinch.
Vardy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mongkolchai scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Photirat Mongkolchai dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mongkolchai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vardy throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Mongkolchai moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Vardy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mongkolchai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vardy avoids it.
Mongkolchai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mongkolchai just leaning against Vardy, taking a breather.
Mongkolchai controlling the action here for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mongkolchai obliges.
Mongkolchai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vardy avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vardy is trying to force a seperation but Mongkolchai has the dominant position.
Vardy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vardy is trying to force a seperation but Mongkolchai has the dominant position.
Mongkolchai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mongkolchai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vardy managing to block the knees to the body from Mongkolchai.
Vardy takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mongkolchai scores a nice knee to the body.
Mongkolchai scores with a knee to the head.
Vardy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mongkolchai taking a breather.
Mongkolchai lands a knee to the head.
Mongkolchai lands a knee to the body.
Mongkolchai is trying to maintain a safe position but Vardy gets an underhook and turns Mongkolchai into the cage.
Mongkolchai lands a knee to the body.
Vardy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mongkolchai dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mongkolchai is struggling to control the position.
Mongkolchai missing with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vardy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mongkolchai scores a nice knee to the body.
Mongkolchai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vardy is defending well for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mongkolchai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mongkolchai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vardy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mongkolchai taking a breather.
Mongkolchai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mongkolchai connects with a knee to the head.
Mongkolchai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mongkolchai taking a breather.
Mongkolchai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mongkolchai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mongkolchai taking a breather.
Mongkolchai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mongkolchai with a knee to the head.
Mongkolchai working Vardy over with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vardy blocks it with crossed arms.
Mongkolchai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vardy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai tries a knee to the head but Vardy blocks it.
Mongkolchai taking a breather.
Mongkolchai lands a knee to the body.
Mongkolchai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vardy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mongkolchai taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mongkolchai is pushing Vardy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A knee to the head by Mongkolchai.
Vardy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mongkolchai is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
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!
Mongkolchai missing with knees to the body.
Mongkolchai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mongkolchai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mongkolchai with a knee to the head.
Mongkolchai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jamie Vardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Photirat Mongkolchai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mongkolchai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Photirat Mongkolchai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mongkolchai, 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Photirat Mongkolchai!