PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thip Top (ranked 1902 p4p, 187 weight class) and Unai Vencedor (ranked 2316 p4p, 218 weight class). 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 Unai Vencedor was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Top
vs
Vencedor

175 cm
20
155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

171 cm
27
147 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

JagWars & BadBoys Inc.

KOMBAT KLOTHING
JagWars & BadBoys Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thip Top!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Unai Vencedor!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vencedor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Top displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vencedor throws out the jab.
Vencedor looks to land a left hand but Top moved out of range nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Top!
Vencedor swings away with a body shot that misses
and Top finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Top lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Top.
That kick from Top tenderised Vencedor's leg. Vencedor is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vencedor cracks Top with an open hand slap.
Top motions for Vencedor to come forward. Top throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vencedor with a nice cross.
Vencedor misses with a two punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Top throws a half hearted mid kick.
Top seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Vencedor takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Top connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vencedor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A chopping leg kick lands by Top.
Vencedor misses with an uppercut
and Top finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Vencedor slips under a jab.
Top thows a body kick. Vencedor tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Top thows a body kick. Vencedor tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vencedor looks winded!
A solid leg kick lands there for Top.
Vencedor looks to throw the jab but Top is out of range.
Vencedor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vencedor moves out of range as Top strikes.
Vencedor throws out a counter right but Top avoids it with no problem.
A good leg kick by Top.
Vencedor throws a body shot but no joy.
Top chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Top scores with a push kick.
Top scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Top.
A clash of legs there as Vencedor blocks the low kick.
Vencedor is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Vencedor throws a lazy uppercut
and Top counters with a head kick.
Top lands a leg kick that knocks Vencedor off balance momentarily.
A jab from Vencedor misses.
Vencedor misses with a straight right.
Top looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Vencedor lands a nice shot to the body.
Top buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vencedor checks a low kick from Top.
Top throws a low kick but Vencedor avoids it.
Top uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vencedor.
Top jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Top.
Vencedor scores with the left hand. Top knows he should have avoided that one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Top, right into the meat.
Top wants to land a leg kick but Vencedor is out of range.
Vencedor throws a series of punches but Top avoids them all with ease.
Top fires out a quick counter leg kick but Vencedor just manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Vencedor. Those never looked like landing.
Vencedor throws a hook but Top avoids it easily.
Top looks for the body kick but Vencedor saw that one coming.
Top with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vencedor scores with the left hand. Top knows he should have avoided that one.
Vencedor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Top tried to counter with a leg kick but Vencedor avoided it.
Top avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Unai Vencedor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vencedor blocks a leg kick.
Top tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Top fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vencedor has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Top throws a leg kick
and Vencedor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vencedor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Top ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Top moves out of range as Vencedor strikes.
Vencedor cracks Top with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Top attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vencedor checks the leg kick nicely there.
Top throws a leg kick
and Vencedor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vencedor's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vencedor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Top counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Top thuds his shin into the meat of Vencedor's side.
Vencedor thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Top misses the target.
Top uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vencedor.
A slapping leg kick lands for Top.
Vencedor misses with a left hand
letting Top counter with a right hand.
Top buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vencedor misses with a left hand
and Top counters with a nice kick to the body.
Top is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vencedor can do to turn this around?
Vencedor moves out of range of the leg kick from Top.
A leg kick checked by Vencedor.
A little jabbing left from Vencedor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Top lands with a nice body kick.
Vencedor is breathing heavily.
Vencedor throws the left hand but Top avoids the punch easily.
As Vencedor backs away, Top returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Vencedor blocks a head kick by Top.
Vencedor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Top thuds his shin into the meat of Vencedor's side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vencedor tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Top throws a head kick that half lands.
Vencedor lands a two punch combo.
Top lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vencedor misses with a shot to the body
and Top counters with a thumping low kick.
Vencedor walks forward, straight into a front kick from Top.
Vencedor has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Top.
Vencedor just misses with a punch to the body.
Top looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Top lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vencedor's sensitive parts.
Top thumps Vencedor with a low kick.
Top keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vencedor.
A chopping leg kick lands by Top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vencedor misses with a combination
and Top counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Top moves out of range as Vencedor strikes.
Top turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Top scores with a leg kick.
Vencedor throws a big shot that misses.
Top throws a hook but Vencedor blocks it.
Top throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Good leg kick by Top there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Top scores with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Top.
Top lands with a nice body kick.
Vencedor on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vencedor crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Top - the referee stops the clock and Vencedor gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Top. Vencedor manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
You can see that Vencedor has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Nice body kick from Top.
Top keeps Vencedor at a distance using the push kick.
Vencedor has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Top.
Top lands a nice looking body kick.
Vencedor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Top lands with a kick to the ribs.
Top cracks the inside of Vencedor's front leg.
Top slips under a jab.
Top lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Top connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Vencedor misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vencedor misses with a straight left.
Vencedor blocks a head kick by Top.
Vencedor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Vencedor takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters circling a little - Top finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Vencedor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Top counters with an outside leg kick.
Vencedor takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Vencedor might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Top misses with a body kick.
A big right from Vencedor misses.
Top thows a body kick. Vencedor tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vencedor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thip Top dominated that second round.
That's time! Top's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Top throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Top throws a nice inside leg kick.
Top goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Top.
We've been informed that Vencedor has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Top lands a front kick.
Top lands a front kick.
Vencedor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Top scores with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vencedor on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Vencedor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Top. Vencedor shrugs it off though.
Top connects with a high kick.
Top feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vencedor's calf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Top tries to land a front kick but Vencedor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Top, right into the meat.
Top lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vencedor will feel that in the morning.
Top throws a leg kick which misses Vencedor's front leg but catches the back leg as Vencedor tries to avoid it.
Top feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vencedor's calf.
Top feints and then cracks Vencedor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vencedor down.
Vencedor takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Top tries to score with a low kick but Vencedor moves his leg out of the way.
Top moves out of range as Vencedor strikes.
Vencedor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Top counters with a good low kick that Vencedor was not able to check.
Top throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Top explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Unai Vencedor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vencedor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Top counters with a good low kick that Vencedor was not able to check.
Top throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body kick there by Top.
Top throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Top lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vencedor's sensitive parts.
Nice body kick there by Top.
Vencedor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters circling a little - Top finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Vencedor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Top. Top obviously looking to wear him down.
Top throws a leg kick which misses Vencedor's front leg but catches the back leg as Vencedor tries to avoid it.
Vencedor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vencedor throws a nice looking combination but Top bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Top tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Vencedor manages to circle out of the way.
Top scoring well with a low kick there.
Top fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Top.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Top - that will leave a mark!
A good leg kick by Top.
Top looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vencedor misses with a straight left.
Top lands with a kick to the ribs.
Top connects with a leg kick. Vencedor looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vencedor misses with a left hand
and Top counters with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Vencedor misses.

Top closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Top blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Top pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vencedor blocks an elbow strike from Top.
Top lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Top.
Top creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vencedor's defenses.
Vencedor avoids the elbow strike from Top, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Top.
Thip Top is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
With the fighters up against the cage, Top throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Top.
Vencedor misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Vencedor.

Top's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thip Top showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Top has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thip Top!
Thip Top thanked the fans post fight for their support.