PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Santo Christobal (ranked 5595 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taenchai Yokkao (ranked 8115 p4p, 0 weight class). Christobal comes to the cage accompanied by Bolieve!. This should be fireworks!

Christobal
vs
Yokkao

171 cm
18
139 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Santo Christobal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taenchai Yokkao!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yokkao throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Christobal gets tackled into the cage by Yokkao. Yokkao maintains the clinch.
Yokkao lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Santo Christobal has been cut.
Christobal looking for a takedown.
Yokkao stops a takedown attempt from Christobal.
Yokkao lands a nice knee to the body.
Yokkao scores a nice knee to the body.
Christobal taking a breather.
Yokkao is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Christobal is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santo Christobal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christobal is breathing heavily.
Yokkao with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Christobal takes a knee right on the jaw!
Christobal wants a takedown but no success here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yokkao.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yokkao landing knees to the body.
Christobal takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yokkao lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yokkao scores a nice knee to the body.
Christobal takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yokkao is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Yokkao.

Yokkao breaks the clinch.
Yokkao throws a head kick that half lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Yokkao.
Yokkao has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Christobal is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Yokkao rushes Christobal and presses him up against the cage.
Yokkao lands an elbow inside that Christobal shrugs off.
Christobal changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Yokkao fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Yokkao scores with a head kick.

Santo Christobal's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yokkao tries a head kick but it misses.
Christobal fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christobal avoids the head kick by Yokkao.
Christobal misses with a shot to the body
and Yokkao counters with an inside leg kick.
Christobal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Yokkao clinches.
Yokkao gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yokkao lands a nice knee to the body.
Yokkao lands a damaging elbow.
Yokkao lands an elbow inside that Christobal shrugs off.

Santo Christobal's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Christobal takes an elbow to the temple.

Yokkao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yokkao scores with a head kick.

Christobal is rocked!

Jeez, Santo Christobal's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

Yokkao instigates a clinch.
Oh Christobal is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

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

Yokkao closes the distance and clinches.
Yokkao lands a good knee to the midsection. Christobal won't want to take too many of those.
Yokkao lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christobal takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Santo Christobal's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Taenchai Yokkao!