PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Arrol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samart Payakaroon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Payakaroon's choice of entrance music: My Balls and My Word - Geto Boys. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Samart Payakaroon was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Arrol
vs
Payakaroon

192 cm
37
218 lbs
29 - 5 - 0

203 cm
39
212 lbs
26 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, William Arrol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samart Payakaroon!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Payakaroon tenderised Arrol's leg. Arrol is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've been informed that Payakaroon has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Payakaroon scores with a decent looking hook.
A combination from Arrol does no damage.
A punch combination from Payakaroon misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Arrol misses the target.
Arrol moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Payakaroon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Payakaroon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Arrol connects with a solid leg kick.

Arrol gets tackled into the cage by Payakaroon. Payakaroon maintains the clinch.
Arrol tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Payakaroon's elbow.
Payakaroon pushes Arrol back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Payakaroon tries to throw a body punch but Arrol avoids it by throwing Payakaroon back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Arrol.
Arrol works on Payakaroon's body with a couple of short punches.
Payakaroon looks winded!
Payakaroon looking to slow down the pace here.
Arrol tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Payakaroon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arrol.
Arrol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arrol has a couple of punches blocked by Payakaroon.
Arrol blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Arrol lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Arrol tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Arrol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arrol blocking some punches.
Payakaroon misses with the head strike.
Payakaroon blocks an uppercut.
Arrol misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Arrol's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Payakaroon misses with a punch on the inside.
Payakaroon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Arrols head.
Good body shot from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arrol cracks Payakaroon with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Arrol - that landed with a thud.
Payakaroon takes a shot to the head.
Arrol tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arrol lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Arrol tries a body shot but Payakaroon blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arrol lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Arrol.
Arrol throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Arrol gets through Payakaroon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Arrol - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Arrol.
A head punch on the inside from Arrol fails to land.
Arrol has a couple of punches blocked by Payakaroon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arrol.
Arrol working aggressively here.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arrol swings wildly with an uppercut but Payakaroon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Payakaroon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Payakaroon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arrol.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arrol lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Payakaroon misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Payakaroon.
Arrol blocks an uppercut.
Arrol lands a body punch in the clinch.
Arrol throws a punch but it's blocked by Payakaroon.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Arrol.
Payakaroon misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Arrol creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Arrol avoids it.
Arrol working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Payakaroon misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Arrol.
Arrol has a couple of punches blocked by Payakaroon.
Good body shot from Arrol.
Arrol digs a right hand underneath Payakaroon's ribcage. Payakaroon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Arrol lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Payakaroon backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Arrol on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arrol makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Arrol looking to throw knees to the head but Payakaroon is blocking nicely.
Arrol working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Payakaroon.
Arrol misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arrol pushes Payakaroon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Arrol throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Arrol.
A short uppercut from Arrol.
Arrol scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arrol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Arrol scores with a nice short uppercut.

Payakaroon is rocked!
Arrol tries to work over Payakaroon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Payakaroon misses with some punches.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Payakaroon misses with some punches.
Payakaroon is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Arrol dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Arrol cracks Payakaroon with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Arrol has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Payakaroon to stand back up!
Payakaroon is still on wobbly legs! Can Arrol finish him?

Arrol clinches with his opponent.
Payakaroon seems to have recovered his senses.
Payakaroon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Payakaroon missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Arrol.
Arrol gets through Payakaroon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arrol unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Payakaroon! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Arrol is unloading with more strikes now! Payakaroon drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Arrol!
Our winner, William Arrol, 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.
The defeated Samart Payakaroon had this to say: 'It's been a great tournament. I have no regrets other than the regret I have in informing my opponent that his mom is waiting for me in the locker room! OH YEA BABY!!'.