PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sagat Petchyindee (ranked 2505 p4p, 2552 weight class) and Kai Smith (ranked 305 p4p, 312 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Petchyindee
vs
Smith

180 cm
26
175
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
26
175
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Mythical Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sagat Petchyindee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kai Smith!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petchyindee wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Petchyindee clinches up against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Petchyindee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Smith effectively controlling the action here.
Petchyindee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Petchyindee definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith tries to stall but Petchyindee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Petchyindee.
Petchyindee is trying to stall.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Petchyindee tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petchyindee tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Petchyindee tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Petchyindee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Petchyindee backwards.
Petchyindee looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Petchyindee lands a damaging elbow.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Petchyindee is keeping busy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith tries to work over Petchyindee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Petchyindee lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Petchyindee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Petchyindee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Smith lands with a short shot to the head.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Petchyindee misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Petchyindee connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smith breaks from the clinch.
Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Petchyindee looks to clinch
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Smith! But no joy.
Petchyindee tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Petchyindee closes the distance but Smith moves to the side
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Petchyindee wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Petchyindee tries to clinch up.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Petchyindee.
As Smith tries to get set, Petchyindee tries to push him back and clinch up but Smith manages to avoid the attempt.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith lands a really nice looking cross but Petchyindee seems unphased.
Petchyindee tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Petchyindee doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Petchyindee fails in his attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Smith was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Smith misses with a hook. Petchyindee ducked under it nicely.
Petchyindee is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Sagat Petchyindee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Petchyindee tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petchyindee fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Petchyindee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith throws out a counter right but Petchyindee avoids it with no problem.
Petchyindee slips a jab from Smith.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Petchyindee tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Petchyindee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith scores with a jab.
Petchyindee tries to clinch up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Smith dominated that round.
That's time! Petchyindee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Petchyindee is looking to clinch.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Petchyindee wants to clinch
and Smith counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Petchyindee thinking.
Petchyindee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Smith 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.
Petchyindee moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Petchyindee tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Smith 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.
Petchyindee wants to clinch.
Smith connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petchyindee slips under a jab from Smith.
Petchyindee tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Smith manages to circle out of the way.
Kai Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Petchyindee clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the ropes.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Petchyindee lands a nice elbow.
Smith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Petchyindee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith presses Petchyindee against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Petchyindee tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Petchyindee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petchyindee has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith cracks Petchyindee with a nice body shot.
Petchyindee blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Petchyindee controls the action.
Petchyindee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Petchyindee.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Petchyindee throws an elbow but misses.
Petchyindee tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Petchyindee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petchyindee prevents a body shot from Smith.
Smith lands with a right to the head.
Smith gets through Petchyindee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Petchyindee landing knees to the head.
Petchyindee tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Petchyindee missing with knees to the body.
Petchyindee missing with knees to the body.
Kai Smith seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Petchyindee wants to stall.
Petchyindee blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Smith avoiding damage as Petchyindee throws knees to the body.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Petchyindee ducks under a wild hook from Smith.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Petchyindee.
Petchyindee wants to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Smith! But no joy.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
Petchyindee tries to clinch up.
Petchyindee takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
It seemed like Smith was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Smith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Petchyindee is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Petchyindee fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Smith was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Petchyindee moved out of range nicely.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Petchyindee.

Petchyindee has taken the fight to the clinch.
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Petchyindee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Petchyindee tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith throws out a counter right but Petchyindee avoids it with no problem.
Petchyindee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Petchyindee is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith cracks Petchyindee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Petchyindee wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Petchyindee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from Smith 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.
Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith throws the left hand but Petchyindee avoids the punch easily.
Petchyindee tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Petchyindee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Petchyindee is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Petchyindee fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petchyindee moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Jab from Smith.
Petchyindee darts in trying to clinch
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Petchyindee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Petchyindee is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Petchyindee tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Kai Smith is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Petchyindee clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the ropes.
Petchyindee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Petchyindee tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Petchyindee tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Petchyindee throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petchyindee obliges.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it misses.
Petchyindee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petchyindee trying to land knees to the body.
Petchyindee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Petchyindee lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
Petchyindee misses with a knee strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Petchyindee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petchyindee misses with an elbow over the top.
Sagat Petchyindee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petchyindee lands a damaging elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kai Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Smith winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Smith!
A relieved looking Kai Smith thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.