PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wesley Shutes (ranked 1077 p4p, 1164 weight class) and Pyay Thuta (ranked 164 p4p, 172 weight class). Wesley Shutes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Shutes
vs
Thuta

182 cm
40
187
22 - 18 - 4

195 cm
25
214
10 - 4 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 4, fighting out of London, Wesley Shutes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pyay Thuta!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thuta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thuta throws a right hand that misses
letting Shutes counter with a right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Thuta checks a leg kick.
Shutes looks to land a left hand but Thuta moved out of range nicely.

Thuta lands a big head kick that sends Shutes tumbling to the mat! Thuta takes a step backwards and waves Shutes back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Wesley Shutes has been cut.
Shutes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thuta throws a wild body kick that Shutes sees coming a mile off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Thuta lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shutes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shutes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Shutes tried to counter with a leg kick but Thuta avoided it.
Thuta checks a leg kick.
Thuta throws a shot from downtown. Shutes moves away and avoids it.

Thuta closes the distance and clinches.
Shutes is looking to control Thuta's arms but Thuta gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shutes has his back to the cage.
Thuta has Shutes pressed against the cage, preventing Shutes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thuta prevents a body shot from Shutes.
Thuta lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thuta managing to block the knees to the body from Shutes.
Shutes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shutes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thuta.
Thuta lands with a left to the head.
Thuta misses with the head strike.
Thuta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shutes backwards.
Thuta lands with a left to the head.
Thuta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shutes backwards.
Shutes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thuta struggles to land a body shot inside as Shutes controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thuta.
Shutes blocks an uppercut.
Thuta pushes Shutes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Shutes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shutes misses with some punches.
Thuta lands a shoulder strike.
Thuta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thuta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shutess head.
Thuta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Thuta as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Shutes fails to land.
Thuta blocks a body shot from Shutes.
A short body shot lands from Thuta as the two fighters clinch.
Shutes is breathing heavily.
Thuta lands with a light punch inside.
Shutes looking to slow down the pace here.
Thuta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shutess head.
Thuta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shutes is looking to control Thuta's arms but Thuta gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shutes has his back to the cage.
Thuta tries a body shot but Shutes blocks it.
A short uppercut from Thuta.
Thuta pushes Shutes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thuta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thuta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shutes has a couple of punches blocked by Thuta.
Thuta lands a body punch in the clinch.
Thuta lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thuta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shutess head.
A head punch on the inside from Shutes fails to land.
Shutes struggles to land a body shot inside as Thuta controls his hands.
Thuta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shutes backwards.
Thuta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thuta lands a shoulder strike.
Shutes tries a body shot but Thuta blocks it.
Thuta struggles to land a body shot inside as Shutes controls his hands.
Shutes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thuta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thuta tries a body shot but Shutes blocks it.
Shutes throws a punch but it's blocked by Thuta.
Shutes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thuta is defending well for now.
Thuta lands a shoulder strike.
Thuta can't find room to land a body shot as Shutes controls the action.
Good body shot from Thuta.
Thuta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thuta.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thuta pushes Shutes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thuta lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thuta lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Thuta.
A short right from Thuta.
A right hook to the body lands for Thuta.
Thuta effectively controlling the action here.
A short right from Thuta.
Thuta pushes Shutes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Thuta on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Thuta.
Thuta lands a nice shot to the body.
Thuta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thuta scores with a shot to the side of Shutes's head.
Thuta blocks the elbow strike.
Thuta manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thuta managing to block the knees to the body from Shutes.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pyay Thuta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wesley Shutes's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Good shot there by Thuta.
Wesley Shutes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shutes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thuta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Thuta fakes the leg kick and cracks Shutes in the body.
Shutes misses with a hook.
Thuta was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The fighters circling - Thuta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shutes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Thuta counters with a straight right hand.
Thuta tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thuta misses with a double jab.
Shutes is looking to counter with a body kick.

Shutes gets tackled into the cage by Thuta. Thuta maintains the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Thuta.
Shutes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thuta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thuta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shutes taking a breather.
Thuta lands a body punch.
Shutes misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thuta.
A right hand to the body from Thuta.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thuta.
Thuta lands with a right to the head.

Shutes is rocked!
Thuta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Shutes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short body shot lands from Thuta as the two fighters clinch.
Shutes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thuta is defending well for now.
Thuta lands a body shot.
Thuta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thuta digs a right hand underneath Shutes's ribcage. Shutes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thuta blocks an uppercut.
Thuta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thuta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thuta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thuta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Thuta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Thuta.
Thuta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thuta pushes Shutes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thuta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thuta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thuta gets through Shutes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pyay Thuta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shutes misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Thuta.
Thuta dips a shoulder and cracks Shutes with a mighty uppercut! Shutes falls back against the cage and Thuta unloads with a barrage of strikes! Shutes is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Thuta screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pyay Thuta!
During a confident post fight interview, Pyay Thuta thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.