PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Bahande Pornpipatpong (ranked 5430 p4p, 454 weight class) and Jason Abbott (ranked 22943 p4p, 559 weight class). Jason Abbott told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Pornpipatpong
vs
Abbott

182 cm
19
171 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
175 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bahande Pornpipatpong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Abbott!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pornpipatpong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abbott throws a big shot that misses.
Abbott misses with an uppercut
and Pornpipatpong connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Abbott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Abbott looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Abbott misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Pornpipatpong to counter with a crisp jab.
Abbott paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Abbott lands with a nice body punch.
Abbott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pornpipatpong ducks right into an uppercut from Abbott.
Pornpipatpong lands a jab to the head.
Pornpipatpong takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abbott throws a nice looking combination but Pornpipatpong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Abbott forces Pornpipatpong back against the ropes and clinches.
Pornpipatpong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Pornpipatpong misses with a punch to the body.
Abbott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pornpipatpong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abbott misses with a punch on the inside.
Abbott lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pornpipatpong blocks a body shot from Abbott.
Pornpipatpong misses with the head strike.
Abbott lands a left hand.
Pornpipatpong scores with a shot to the side of Abbott's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abbott.
Abbott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pornpipatpong tries a body shot but Abbott blocks it.
Pornpipatpong digs a right hand into Abbott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Abbott's gas tank.
Abbott lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Abbott.
Abbott is leaning against Pornpipatpong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Abbott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pornpipatpong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Abbott lands a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Abbott.
Pornpipatpong lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abbott swings wildly with an uppercut but Pornpipatpong uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Abbott fails to land.
Abbott lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pornpipatpong or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pornpipatpong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Abbott.
Pornpipatpong misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Pornpipatpong.
Abbott misses with the head strike.
Abbott tries to work over Pornpipatpong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pornpipatpong takes a shot to the head.
Abbott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Abbott fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Abbott.
Abbott swings wildly with an uppercut but Pornpipatpong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abbott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Abbott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abbott lands with a light punch inside.
Pornpipatpong misses with a punch on the inside.
Pornpipatpong misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pornpipatpong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abbott tries to work over Pornpipatpong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pornpipatpong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pornpipatpong struggles to land a body shot inside as Abbott controls his hands.
Abbott blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Abbott dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Abbott is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pornpipatpong.
We've been told by Pornpipatpong's head coaches at Master Chai's Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Abbott misses the shot to the body.
Abbott misses with a right hand
and Pornpipatpong counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pornpipatpong punishes Abbott's body with a nice straight punch.
Pornpipatpong misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the liver by Abbott. Beautiful body shot.
Pornpipatpong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Abbott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pornpipatpong.
Abbott bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pornpipatpong ducks under a wild hook from Abbott.
Abbott takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Abbott paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pornpipatpong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abbott.
Abbott blocks a jab.
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!

Abbott lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Pornpipatpong goes down! The ref sends Abbott to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Pornpipatpong is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!

Pornpipatpong is rocked!

It looks like Bahande Pornpipatpong has been cut.
Abbott connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Pornpipatpong's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Pornpipatpong - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jason Abbott!
A relieved looking Jason Abbott thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.