PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ziggy Ozbourne (ranked 766 p4p, 1060 weight class) and Akara Kongsangchai (ranked 108 p4p, 147 weight class). Ozbourne's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Crazy Train. Akara Kongsangchai acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ozbourne
vs
Kongsangchai

185 cm
25
170
8 - 3 - 1

169 cm
26
155
4 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Mile High

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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ziggy Ozbourne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akara Kongsangchai!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Ozbourne misses.
Kongsangchai throws a fast counter high kick but Ozbourne manages to duck under it in time.
Kongsangchai defending well as Ozbourne loads up on a big left hand.
Kongsangchai tries to clinch up.
Ozbourne misses with a hook to the body
and Kongsangchai counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Ziggy Ozbourne has been cut.
Ozbourne looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kongsangchai tries to close the distance and clinch but Ozbourne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kongsangchai.
Ozbourne throws a jab when Kongsangchai was well out of range.
Akara Kongsangchai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kongsangchai looks to clinch
and Ozbourne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kongsangchai walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ozbourne.
Kongsangchai misses with a hook. Ozbourne ducked under it nicely.
Kongsangchai takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kongsangchai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kongsangchai tries to close the distance and clinch but Ozbourne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ozbourne has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite MMA Training in the buildup to the fight.
Ozbourne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kongsangchai is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ozbourne.
Kongsangchai throws a head kick but Ozbourne moves out of range.
Kongsangchai takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kongsangchai throws a nice looking combination but Ozbourne bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozbourne with a nice cross.
Kongsangchai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Ozbourne wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice shot lands for Ozbourne.
Kongsangchai connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ozbourne. Ozbourne circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ozbourne lands with an overhand left.
Kongsangchai on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Kongsangchai clinches.
Ozbourne lands a shot to the body.
Ozbourne lands a left hand.
Ozbourne working aggressively here.
Ozbourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ozbourne lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ozbourne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ozbourne lands with a light punch inside.

Kongsangchai is rocked!
Ozbourne can't find room to land a body shot as Kongsangchai controls the action.
Ozbourne tries to land knees in the clinch but Kongsangchai avoids the damage to the body.
Ozbourne lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Ozbourne scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kongsangchai is still on wobbly legs! Can Ozbourne finish him?
Kongsangchai misses with some punches.
Kongsangchai scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozbourne misses with some punches.
Kongsangchai seems to have recovered his senses.

Ozbourne breaks from the clinch.
Kongsangchai tries to clinch but Ozbourne moves away
and Ozbourne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ozbourne thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kongsangchai if he has to take too many more of those.
Ozbourne is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kongsangchai moves in looking to clinch but Ozbourne pushes him off.
Nice shot by Ozbourne.
Kongsangchai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ozbourne swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Kongsangchai darts in and clinches Ozbourne up against the cage.
Ozbourne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kongsangchai blocks a body shot from Ozbourne.
Kongsangchai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ozbourne is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Still in the clinch, Kongsangchai scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kongsangchai has a couple of punches blocked by Ozbourne.
Ozbourne lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kongsangchai fails to land.
Ozbourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ozbourne blocks an uppercut.
Ozbourne misses with a body punch.
Kongsangchai lands an elbow that stopped Ozbourne in his tracks for a moment.
Kongsangchai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ozbourne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ozbourne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Kongsangchai.
Kongsangchai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kongsangchai tries to work over Ozbourne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ozbourne lands with a left to the head.
Ozbourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Ozbourne.
Ozbourne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kongsangchai throws a punch but it's blocked by Ozbourne.
A short right from Ozbourne on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ozbourne.
Kongsangchai lands an uppercut.
Kongsangchai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kongsangchai.
Kongsangchai has a couple of punches blocked by Ozbourne.
Ozbourne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kongsangchai backwards.
Ozbourne missing with knees to the body.
Kongsangchai struggles to land a body shot inside as Ozbourne controls his hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ozbourne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ozbourne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ozbourne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ozbourne misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kongsangchai tries to land knees in the clinch but Ozbourne avoids the damage to the body.
Ozbourne throws a punch but it's blocked by Kongsangchai.
Ozbourne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ozbourne misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ozbourne.

Ozbourne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ozbourne slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ozbourne throws a series of punches but Kongsangchai avoids them all with ease.
Kongsangchai wants to clinch up but Ozbourne keeps it at a distance.
Kongsangchai misses with a few strikes there.
Ozbourne swats away the attempt to clinch by Kongsangchai.
Kongsangchai has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ozbourne throws a push kick but Kongsangchai slaps the foot to one side.
Kongsangchai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Despite the aggression on Kongsangchai's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ozbourne lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kongsangchai takes a step back to recover.
Ozbourne uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kongsangchai has time to react.
Kongsangchai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ozbourne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ziggy Ozbourne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ziggy Ozbourne's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kongsangchai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kongsangchai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ozbourne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kongsangchai moves away.
Kongsangchai tries to close the distance and clinch but Ozbourne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Kongsangchai.
Kongsangchai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ozbourne throws a jab but it's blocked by Kongsangchai.

Kongsangchai has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kongsangchai lands with a short shot to the head.
Ozbourne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kongsangchai can do to turn this around?
Kongsangchai blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kongsangchai.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kongsangchai.
Kongsangchai has a couple of punches blocked by Ozbourne.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ozbourne misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Ozbourne scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kongsangchai misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Ozbourne on the inside.
Kongsangchai throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kongsangchai lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ozbourne misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ozbourne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Kongsangchai. Those never looked like landing.
Ozbourne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ozbourne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kongsangchai has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ozbourne.
Ozbourne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ozbourne takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Ozbourne.
Ozbourne blocks the body kick.
Ozbourne looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kongsangchai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ozbourne swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Kongsangchai clinches up with Ozbourne and pushes him back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Kongsangchai as the two fighters clinch.
Kongsangchai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ozbourne's efforts to push away.
Kongsangchai throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Kongsangchai scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kongsangchai prevents a body shot from Ozbourne.
Ozbourne blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kongsangchai throws a punch but it's blocked by Ozbourne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozbourne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ozbourne lands a shoulder strike.
Kongsangchai lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Ozbourne fails to land.
Kongsangchai lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ozbourne backwards.
Kongsangchai lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ozbourne.
Kongsangchai scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kongsangchai scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kongsangchai.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ozbourne obliges.
Ozbourne misses with a punch to the body.
Ozbourne lands with a short shot to the head.
Ozbourne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kongsangchai's defenses.

It looks like Akara Kongsangchai has been cut.
Kongsangchai scores with a shot to the side of Ozbourne's head.
Ozbourne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kongsangchai misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ozbourne.

Ozbourne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ozbourne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kongsangchai blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kongsangchai stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ozbourne.
Ozbourne moves out of range of the body kick.
Kongsangchai moves out of range as Ozbourne strikes.
Ozbourne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kongsangchai tries to clinch up.
Kongsangchai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ozbourne misses with a kick to the body.
Kongsangchai lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kongsangchai fails with an attempt to clinch.

Kongsangchai has Ozbourne up against the cage in a clinch.
Kongsangchai makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kongsangchai misses with some punches.
Ozbourne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ozbourne lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kongsangchai landing knees to the head.
Ozbourne scores with a shot to the side of Kongsangchai's head.
Kongsangchai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Ozbourne.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ozbourne lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ozbourne.
Kongsangchai is breathing heavily.
Ozbourne trying to land knees to the body.
Kongsangchai lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ozbourne lands a body punch.

Ozbourne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheers as Ozbourne lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kongsangchai doesn't seem phased though.
Ozbourne listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kongsangchai throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ozbourne.
Ozbourne lands a nice looking body kick.
Ozbourne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kongsangchai has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ozbourne lands a nice looking body kick.
Ozbourne goes for a small jab and connects. Now Ozbourne goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Kongsangchai stumbles back but Ozbourne runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Kongsangchai to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Kongsangchai will ever be the same after a knockout like that.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ziggy Ozbourne!
An out of breath Ziggy Ozbourne thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.