PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Keto Belle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samak Tiyapairat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belle comes to the ring accompanied by Going Down . The crowd seem to be enjoying Tiyapairat's choice of entrance music: Ram Muay. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Belle
vs
Tiyapairat

180 cm
30
164 lbs
22 - 7 - 0

174 cm
45
166 lbs
35 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Bullet Proof System
KnockOut

Versus

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Keto Belle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samak Tiyapairat!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Tiyapairat. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tiyapairat.

Tiyapairat rushes Belle and presses him up against the ropes.
Belle scores with a shoulder strike.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Belle misses with a body punch.
Belle swings wildly with an uppercut but Tiyapairat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the head.

It looks like Keto Belle has been cut.
Tiyapairat lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but Belle blocks with his arms.
Belle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Belle managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tiyapairat lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belle pushes Tiyapairat back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Belle lands a nice shot to the body.
Belle is trying to stall.
Belle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Belle is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Tiyapairat trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Belle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Belle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Samak Tiyapairat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belle fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Belle takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Danga de danga de dang - Belle scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Samak Tiyapairat has been cut.
Tiyapairat stuffs the takedown.
Belle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tiyapairat.
Belle defending well as Tiyapairat loads up on a big left hand.

Belle closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tiyapairat to the mat! Tiyapairat manages to get full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
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!
Tiyapairat keeping full guard, as Belle tries to pass.
Belle is looking to work some ground and pound but Tiyapairat has wrist control.

Belle drops back looking for a leg! Tiyapairat is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tiyapairat manages to kick Belle off! Belle jumps back into Tiyapairat's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Belle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Belle is looking to work some ground and pound but Tiyapairat has wrist control.
Belle trying to control but Tiyapairat is working from the bottom.
Belle with a flurry of punches that miss.
Belle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Belle working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Belle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belle is looking to work some ground and pound but Tiyapairat has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Belle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Belle throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tiyapairat works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Belle looking to sit in guard and control but Tiyapairat gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Belle 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.
Belle looking for a sweep. Not yet Belle, not yet.
Belle working a defensive guard here.
Belle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Belle trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat preventing the sweep.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Tiyapairat throws a right and a left that both miss.

Tiyapairat takes the fight into the clinch.
Tiyapairat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Belle is working Tiyapairat over against the ropes.

Belle manages to break the clinch.
Belle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tiyapairat takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A combination from Belle does no damage.
Belle lands with an uppercut that bounces Tiyapairat off the ropes and back into range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Samak Tiyapairat will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Belle changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tiyapairat tries to avoid it but Belle manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tiyapairat to the ground. Tiyapairat escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tiyapairat stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tiyapairat wants it to stay on the feet.

Belle gets a clinch.
Belle tries to work over Tiyapairat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Belle is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keto Belle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belle has a couple of punches blocked by Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
A frustrated look appears on Belle's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Belle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiyapairat is looking to control Belle's arms but Belle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tiyapairat has his back to the ropes.
Tiyapairat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tiyapairat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belle avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Belle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Belle decides to pull guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tiyapairat postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belle is really struggling to control Tiyapairat but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Belle is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tiyapairat has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Belle is proving hard to escape from.

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.
Belle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tiyapairat digs a good hook to Belle's body.
Tiyapairat with a hook.
Tiyapairat lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Belle lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Belle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body.
Belle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Belle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Belle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Belle scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Belle manages to break the clinch.
Keto Belle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Belle closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tiyapairat did well to prevent Belle getting side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Belle is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tiyapairat sees it coming and defends easily.
Belle is looking to take a break and control but Tiyapairat is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Belle is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tiyapairat is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Tiyapairat is trying to stand up here but Belle is controlling him well.
Belle throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Belle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tiyapairat's head.

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.
Belle lands strikes from half guard.
Tiyapairat keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Belle throwing shots but Tiyapairat is blocking nicely.
Belle takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Belle working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tiyapairat tries to kick Belle off but Belle keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Belle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tiyapairat defending well though.

Belle wants to work for an arm triangle but Tiyapairat is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Belle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Belle lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
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 Keto Belle will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tiyapairat takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Tiyapairat tries to sprawl but Belle drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Tiyapairat avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Belle.
Belle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Belle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Belle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Belle 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.
Keto Belle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tiyapairat keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belle trying to mount his opponent but Tiyapairat defends it.
Belle stops Tiyapairat from getting back to his feet.
Belle throwing shots but Tiyapairat is blocking nicely.

Belle seems to be working for a kimura but Tiyapairat defends the submission attempt.

Belle is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tiyapairat sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Belle in particular looking to stall.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tiyapairat scores with a head kick.
Tiyapairat looks to score with a jab to the body but Belle is just out of range.
Belle misses the shot to the body.
Tiyapairat scores with a nice body kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Belle is defended easily by Tiyapairat.
Belle shoots in for a takedown but Tiyapairat shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A little jabbing left from Tiyapairat on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Tiyapairat gets caught flat footed, as Belle shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Belle won't allow Tiyapairat to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belle looking to sit in guard and control but Tiyapairat gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Tiyapairat wants to stand but Belle is controlling his posture from full guard.
Tiyapairat preventing the sweep.
Tiyapairat is looking to stand up but Belle won't let him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Belle is trying to control the position but Tiyapairat postures up.
Belle is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Belle has managed to clinch.
Tiyapairat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tiyapairat lands a body shot.

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 Keto Belle.
I think Belle 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Keto Belle!
Our winner, Keto Belle, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.