PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tham Boon Yodsuwan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simo Silakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yodsuwan's entrance music is Mama Said Knock YOU Out - LL Cool J. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Boon Yodsuwan
vs
Silakka

178 cm
21
165 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

170 cm
23
165 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

BUY ONE,GET TWO
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tham Boon Yodsuwan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simo Silakka!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silakka misses with a series of wild punches.
Simo Silakka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yodsuwan ducks under a wild hook from Silakka.
Yodsuwan thumps Silakka with a low kick.
Yodsuwan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yodsuwan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silakka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yodsuwan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silakka checks it well.
Yodsuwan moves in looking to clinch but Silakka pushes him off.
Yodsuwan missing with a left hand there. Silakka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yodsuwan lands a head kick. Silakka smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Yodsuwan avoids the body shot from Silakka.
Silakka loads up on a big right hand but Yodsuwan slips the punch.
Silakka throws a nice looking combination but Yodsuwan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silakka loads up on a big right hand but Yodsuwan slips the punch.
Yodsuwan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silakka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silakka misses with the combination.
Yodsuwan connects with a solid leg kick.
Yodsuwan doesn't manage to clinch there - Silakka circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yodsuwan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silakka tries to circle away but Yodsuwan has him pinned against the cage.
Yodsuwan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silakka's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silakka avoiding damage as Yodsuwan throws knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Yodsuwan.
Yodsuwan keeps control of Silakka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Silakka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab lands there for Silakka.
Yodsuwan fails to land with a series of punches.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yodsuwan.
Silakka digs a good body shot into Yodsuwan's ribs.
Silakka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yodsuwan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yodsuwan throws a looping overhand right but Silakka ducks down to avoid it.
Yodsuwan wants to clinch up but Silakka keeps it at a distance.
Silakka is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A swing and a miss from Silakka.
Silakka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yodsuwan.
Yodsuwan avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yodsuwan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silakka checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yodsuwan thumps Silakka with a low kick.
Silakka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silakka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yodsuwan scoring well with a low kick there.

Yodsuwan clinches with his opponent.
Silakka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silakka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Yodsuwan breaks the clinch.
Yodsuwan tries to clinch but Silakka moves out of range.
Yodsuwan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silakka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yodsuwan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yodsuwan moves out of range of the strikes.
Silakka missing with a left hand there. Yodsuwan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silakka misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Silakka misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yodsuwan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silakka circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Silakka.
Yodsuwan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silakka.
Silakka looks to score with a jab to the body but Yodsuwan is just out of range.
Silakka blocks a head kick by Yodsuwan.
Yodsuwan tries to clinch but Silakka is having none of it.
Silakka moves out of range as Yodsuwan strikes.
Yodsuwan throws a head kick but Silakka moves out of range.
Silakka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yodsuwan throws a leg kick which misses Silakka's front leg but catches the back leg as Silakka tries to avoid it.
Silakka tries to bum rush Yodsuwan with a series of wild strikes but Yodsuwan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yodsuwan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yodsuwan slips a straight right by Silakka.
Yodsuwan lands a head kick. Silakka smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yodsuwan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yodsuwan avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yodsuwan throws a head kick but Silakka moves out of range.
Silakka misses with a double jab
and Yodsuwan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yodsuwan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silakka.
Yodsuwan moves out of range of the strikes.
Silakka misses with a hook.
Yodsuwan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Yodsuwan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A left lands for Silakka.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silakka punishes Yodsuwan's body with a nice straight punch.
Silakka misses with a looping right.
Yodsuwan misses with an uppercut.
Yodsuwan throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tham Boon Yodsuwan dominated that round.
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.

Silakka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yodsuwan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silakka misses with a double jab
and Yodsuwan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silakka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silakka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silakka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tham Boon Yodsuwan is winning the standup battle so far.
Yodsuwan connects with a solid leg kick.
Silakka misses with a wild body shot.
Yodsuwan slips under a jab from Silakka.
Yodsuwan moves in looking to clinch but Silakka pushes him off.
Silakka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big right from Silakka misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yodsuwan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silakka takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A punch combination from Silakka misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silakka!

It looks like Tham Boon Yodsuwan has been cut.

Yodsuwan has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silakka wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silakka tries to break free but Yodsuwan pushes him back against the cage.

Silakka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yodsuwan tries to clinch there but Silakka circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Yodsuwan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Yodsuwan tries to clinch there but Silakka circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silakka. Yodsuwan does a little dance to reset his feet.

Yodsuwan rushes Silakka and presses him up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Yodsuwan prevents Silakka from breaking the clinch.
Yodsuwan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silakka wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silakka takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yodsuwan.
Yodsuwan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silakka's efforts to push away.
Silakka is trying to break the clinch but Yodsuwan has him pressed against the cage.
Yodsuwan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yodsuwan pushes off an throws an elbow but Silakka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Yodsuwan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yodsuwan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yodsuwan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Yodsuwan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silakka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yodsuwan throws a chopping leg kick but Silakka manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yodsuwan wants to clinch.
Silakka misses with a wild combination.
A cross from Silakka lands.
Yodsuwan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Yodsuwan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silakka doesn't seem bothered though.
Silakka throws a hook to the side of Yodsuwan's head but Yodsuwan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yodsuwan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice shot by Yodsuwan.
Yodsuwan slips under a jab from Silakka.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silakka takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yodsuwan throws a right and a left that Silakka avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yodsuwan lands with a hook. Silakka tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Silakka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yodsuwan.
Silakka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yodsuwan moves out of range of the strikes.
Silakka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yodsuwan throws out the jab.
Silakka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yodsuwan counters with a two punch combo.
Silakka misses the body punch
and Yodsuwan counters with a nice kick to the body.
Tham Boon Yodsuwan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silakka is breathing heavily.
Silakka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yodsuwan. Yodsuwan obviously looking to wear him down.
Silakka throws a nice looking combination but Yodsuwan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yodsuwan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yodsuwan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yodsuwan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silakka.
Silakka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yodsuwan circles away quickly and effectively.
A big right from Silakka misses.
Yodsuwan misses with a head kick.
Yodsuwan on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Yodsuwan.
Nice body punch from Silakka.
Yodsuwan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silakka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silakka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yodsuwan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yodsuwan. Silakka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silakka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yodsuwan is looking to clinch.
Silakka throws a hook but Yodsuwan avoids it easily.
Silakka blocks the body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yodsuwan.
A shot to the body from Silakka misses
and Yodsuwan counters with a left to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Yodsuwan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yodsuwan throws a combination that misses
and Silakka counters with a left and a right that stings Yodsuwan.
Silakka works Yodsuwan's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tham Boon Yodsuwan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tham Boon Yodsuwan'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.

Yodsuwan blocks a jab.
Yodsuwan tries to clinch but Silakka is having none of it.
Silakka lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silakka falls off balance throwing a combination

and Yodsuwan counters by clinching up.

Silakka manages to break the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silakka, as that shot connected.
Yodsuwan slips a jab and a cross from Silakka.
Silakka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silakka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Yodsuwan moves into the clinch.
Yodsuwan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yodsuwan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yodsuwan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Yodsuwan lands an elbow inside that Silakka shrugs off.
A short right from Yodsuwan on the inside.
Yodsuwan missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Yodsuwan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yodsuwan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Yodsuwan scores with a four punch combination!
Silakka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yodsuwan.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yodsuwan, right into the meat.
Silakka lands a head shot.
Yodsuwan wants to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yodsuwan. That's going to slow Silakka down.
A head kick misses from Yodsuwan.
Yodsuwan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silakka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Silakka does no damage.
Silakka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yodsuwan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yodsuwan tries to clinch but Silakka is having none of it.

Yodsuwan pushes Silakka up against the cage in a clinch.
Yodsuwan has Silakka pressed against the cage, preventing Silakka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yodsuwan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yodsuwan breaks the clinch.

Yodsuwan closes the distance and clinches.
Yodsuwan swings wildly with an uppercut but Silakka uses good head movement to avoid it.

Yodsuwan manages to break the clinch.
Silakka takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Yodsuwan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silakka tries to break the clinch but Yodsuwan is controlling the position.
Yodsuwan is trying to maintain a safe position but Silakka gets an underhook and turns Yodsuwan into the cage.
Yodsuwan stalling.
Yodsuwan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yodsuwan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silakka avoids it.
Silakka is trying to break free.

Silakka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yodsuwan misses with a combination
and Silakka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yodsuwan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silakka. That did some damage!
Silakka fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab lands there for Silakka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silakka throws out a powerful jab.
A big right from Silakka misses.
Silakka connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Yodsuwan! He's out on his feet! Silakka rushes in and drops Yodsuwan with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Simo Silakka!
Simo Silakka is the new lightweight champion!