PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Padilla (ranked 4445 p4p, 441 weight class) and Aie Thai (ranked 4872 p4p, 474 weight class). Aie Thai has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Padilla
vs
Thai

187 cm
21
168 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

182 cm
23
160 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Padilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aie Thai!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ben Watson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai works over Padilla's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Antonio Padilla has been cut.
Padilla misses with a body shot.
Thai looks to land a right hand but Padilla moved out of range.
Padilla avoids the head kick by Thai.
Thai thuds a left hand into Padilla's body.
Thai tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Padilla clinches.
Thai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Padilla has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Thai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Padilla is defending well for now.
Padilla scores a nice knee to the body.
Thai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Padilla.
Padilla working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thai misses with a knee to the head.
Padilla blocks an elbow strike from Thai.
Padilla is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Padilla lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Padilla blocks an elbow strike.
Padilla misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thai.
Padilla throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thais head.
Padilla avoids the elbow strike from Thai, against the cage.
Thai crunches a lovely knee into Padilla's ribcage.
Padilla throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thai or not.
Padilla lands with a short shot to the head.
Thai prevents a body shot from Padilla.
Thai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Padilla.
Padilla misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Padilla.
Padilla lands a body shot.
Thai takes a shot to the head.
Padilla lands with a right to the head.
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Padilla's face.
Padilla lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Padilla stalling in the clinch.
Thai is trying to maintain a safe position but Padilla gets an underhook and turns Thai into the cage.
Padilla lands a body punch in the clinch.
Padilla lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thai being controlled against the cage.
Thai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla tries to throw a body punch but Thai avoids it by throwing Padilla back against the cage.
Thai taking a breather.
Padilla throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thai.
Thai prevents a body shot from Padilla.
Padilla misses with some punches.
Padilla misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Padilla as Thai tries to tie him up.
Padilla scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Padilla - that landed with a thud.
Thai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Padilla lands a damaging elbow.
Padilla lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Padilla.

It looks like Aie Thai has been cut.
Thai lands an elbow inside.
Padilla throws a punch but it's blocked by Thai.
Padilla scores with a shot to the side of Thai's head.
Still in the clinch, Padilla scores with a nice short uppercut.
Padilla lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Padilla digs a right hand into Thai's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thai's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla tries to work over Thai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Padilla throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thai blocks it with crossed arms.
Thai dodges an elbow strike from Padilla.
Padilla lands a body shot in the clinch.
Thai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thai misses with a knee strike.
Thai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Padilla.
Padilla lands with a right to the head.
Thai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Padilla is struggling to control the position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Padilla's brow.
Thai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Padilla lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thai misses with an elbow over the top.
Padilla connects with a knee to the head.
Padilla working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Padilla tries to work over Thai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thai misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Padilla is leaning against Thai and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Padilla with a knee to the head.
Thai tries to land knees in the clinch but Padilla avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Padilla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Padilla presses Thai against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Padilla.
Nice body punch from Padilla.
Thai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Padilla avoiding damage as Thai throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Thai.
Thai looking to stall.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but Padilla is blocking nicely.
Thai looks winded!
Thai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Padilla has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thai tries to land knees in the clinch but Padilla avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Padilla lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Padilla lands a shoulder strike.
Padilla scores with a shoulder strike.

Thai is rocked!
Padilla throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thais head.
Thai is still on wobbly legs! Can Padilla finish him?
Padilla working Thai over with knees to the body.
Padilla scores with a shot to the side of Thai's head.
A short body shot lands from Padilla as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Padilla dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Padilla connects with an inside leg kick.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Padilla paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Padilla throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Thai gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Padilla gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Padilla!
A relieved looking Antonio Padilla thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.