PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Samart Payakaroon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hofniel Apollyon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Payakaroon
vs
Apollyon

167 cm
27
150 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

171 cm
19
157 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Samart Payakaroon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hofniel Apollyon!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Payakaroon drives through and clinches with Apollyon against the cage.
Apollyon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Payakaroon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apollyon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Payakaroon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apollyon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Payakaroon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Payakaroon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Apollyon's face.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon misses with a knee to the head.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Payakaroon avoiding damage as Apollyon throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Apollyon throws an elbow but misses.
Payakaroon lands an elbow just above Apollyon 's eye.
Payakaroon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Apollyon tries to land knees in the clinch but Payakaroon avoids the damage to the body.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Apollyon dodges an elbow strike from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Apollyon.
Payakaroon is breathing heavily.
Apollyon tries a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks it.
Apollyon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon avoiding damage as Apollyon throws knees to the body.
Payakaroon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Payakaroon blocks the elbow strike.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Apollyon scores a nice knee to the body.
Payakaroon avoiding damage as Apollyon throws knees to the body.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payakaroon avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Apollyon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Apollyon blocks an elbow strike.
Apollyon avoids the elbow strike from Payakaroon, against the cage.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks with his arms.
Apollyon tries a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks it.
Payakaroon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Payakaroon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Apollyon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon avoiding damage as Apollyon throws knees to the body.
Payakaroon with a knee to the head.
Apollyon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Payakaroon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apollyon misses with a knee strike.
Apollyon misses with a knee to the head.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks with his arms.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Apollyon pushes off an throws an elbow but Payakaroon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Payakaroon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Apollyon dodges an elbow strike from Payakaroon.
Apollyon avoids the elbow strike from Payakaroon, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Apollyon misses with an elbow over the top.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Apollyon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Apollyon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Payakaroon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apollyon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Apollyon throws an elbow that misses.
Payakaroon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apollyon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Apollyon misses with an elbow strike.
Apollyon pushes off an throws an elbow but Payakaroon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Apollyon throws an elbow but misses.
Payakaroon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollyon blocks it with crossed arms.
Apollyon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Payakaroon misses with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Payakaroon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Apollyon tries to land knees in the clinch but Payakaroon avoids the damage to the body.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Payakaroon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Apollyon looking to throw knees to the head but Payakaroon is blocking nicely.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Payakaroon connects with a knee to the head.
Apollyon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Payakaroon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Apollyon landing knees to the head.
Payakaroon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apollyon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payakaroon blocks an elbow strike from Apollyon.
A knee to the head by Apollyon.
Payakaroon misses with a knee to the head.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks with his arms.
Payakaroon landing knees to the head.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks with his arms.
Apollyon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollyon blocks it with crossed arms.
Payakaroon lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Payakaroon lands an elbow that stopped Apollyon in his tracks for a moment.
Payakaroon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Apollyon throws an elbow but it misses.
Payakaroon lands a knee to the head.
Apollyon looking to throw knees to the head but Payakaroon is blocking nicely.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Apollyon misses with an elbow strike.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Apollyon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Payakaroon connects with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon blocks the elbow strike.
Apollyon lands a nice knee to the body.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Apollyon looking to throw knees to the head but Payakaroon is blocking nicely.
Apollyon lands an elbow inside that Payakaroon shrugs off.
Payakaroon lands a nice elbow.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Payakaroon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apollyon misses with an elbow strike.
Apollyon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hofniel Apollyon 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.

Payakaroon tries to clinch there but Apollyon circles away.

Apollyon moves into the clinch.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Apollyon throws an elbow but misses.
Apollyon tries to land knees in the clinch but Payakaroon avoids the damage to the body.
Payakaroon connects with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon 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.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
Payakaroon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Payakaroon blocks an elbow strike from Apollyon.
Apollyon tries to land knees in the clinch but Payakaroon avoids the damage to the body.
Apollyon throws an elbow but it misses.
Payakaroon avoiding damage as Apollyon throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Payakaroon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Apollyon misses with an elbow strike.
Apollyon blocks an elbow strike from Payakaroon.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Payakaroon avoiding damage as Apollyon throws knees to the body.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Apollyon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Payakaroon throws an elbow that misses.
Payakaroon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Apollyon misses with a knee strike.
Payakaroon lands a nice elbow.
Payakaroon lands an elbow just above Apollyon 's eye.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Apollyon trying to land knees to the body.
Apollyon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Payakaroon is defending well for now.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon throws an elbow but it misses.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payakaroon avoids it.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Payakaroon misses with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Payakaroon dodges an elbow strike from Apollyon.
Payakaroon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payakaroon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollyon blocks it with crossed arms.
Apollyon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Apollyon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Payakaroon misses with a knee to the head.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Payakaroon avoiding damage as Apollyon throws knees to the body.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apollyon trying to land knees to the body.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Apollyon looking to throw knees to the head but Payakaroon is blocking nicely.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Payakaroon is defending well for now.
Apollyon trying to land knees to the body.
Payakaroon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apollyon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Apollyon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apollyon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Payakaroon is defending well for now.
Payakaroon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apollyon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payakaroon avoids it.
Apollyon trying to land knees to the body.
Apollyon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Apollyon misses with a knee strike.
Payakaroon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Payakaroon.
With the fighters up against the cage, Apollyon throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payakaroon avoids it.
Apollyon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Payakaroon is defending well for now.
Apollyon crunches a lovely knee into Payakaroon's ribcage.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Payakaroon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.
Apollyon trying to land knees to the body.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payakaroon blocks an elbow strike.
Apollyon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon avoiding damage as Apollyon throws knees to the body.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Payakaroon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Apollyon tries to land knees in the clinch but Payakaroon avoids the damage to the body.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Apollyon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Payakaroon's face.
Apollyon blocks an elbow strike from Payakaroon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Payakaroon misses with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payakaroon avoids it.
Payakaroon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollyon blocks it with crossed arms.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon lands an elbow that stopped Apollyon in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Apollyon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Payakaroon's brow.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apollyon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Payakaroon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Payakaroon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Apollyon's defenses.
Apollyon trying to land knees to the body.
Payakaroon scores with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon avoiding damage as Apollyon throws knees to the body.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Payakaroon blocks an elbow strike.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon takes an elbow to the temple.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payakaroon avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hofniel Apollyon will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Payakaroon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Payakaroon moves out of range of the body kick from Apollyon.

Apollyon has Payakaroon up against the cage in a clinch.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks with his arms.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollyon blocks it with crossed arms.
Payakaroon connects with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Payakaroon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollyon blocks it with crossed arms.
Apollyon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Payakaroon blocks it with crossed arms.
Payakaroon dodges an elbow strike from Apollyon.
Apollyon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Payakaroon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Payakaroon lands a damaging elbow.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Payakaroon blocks the elbow strike.
Apollyon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Payakaroon is defending well for now.
Payakaroon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Apollyon's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Payakaroon misses with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Apollyon avoids a wild elbow strike from Payakaroon.
Apollyon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon trying to land knees to the body.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Apollyon's face.
Payakaroon pushes off an throws an elbow but Apollyon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Payakaroon scores with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Payakaroon.
Payakaroon blocks an elbow strike.
Apollyon throws an elbow that misses.
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
Payakaroon misses with an elbow strike.
Payakaroon blocks the elbow strike.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Apollyon tries to land knees in the clinch but Payakaroon avoids the damage to the body.
Payakaroon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Apollyon's face.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Apollyon lands an elbow that stopped Payakaroon in his tracks for a moment.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon misses with an elbow strike.
Payakaroon lands an elbow inside that Apollyon shrugs off.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Apollyon tries a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks it.
Payakaroon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollyon blocks it with crossed arms.
Apollyon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Apollyon looking to throw knees to the head but Payakaroon is blocking nicely.
Payakaroon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apollyon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon misses with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Payakaroon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollyon blocks it with crossed arms.
Payakaroon blocks an elbow strike from Apollyon.
Payakaroon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollyon blocks it with crossed arms.
Apollyon tries to land knees in the clinch but Payakaroon avoids the damage to the body.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon lands a knee to the head.
Payakaroon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Payakaroon misses with a knee strike.
Payakaroon with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Payakaroon avoiding damage as Apollyon throws knees to the body.
Payakaroon with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Apollyon.
Payakaroon scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Payakaroon.
Payakaroon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Apollyon misses with an elbow over the top.
Apollyon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apollyon missing with knees to the body.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
Apollyon trying to land knees to the body.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks it.
Apollyon tries a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks it.
Payakaroon throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payakaroon blocks an elbow strike from Apollyon.
Apollyon lands a knee to the head.
Payakaroon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Apollyon throws an elbow but misses.
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
Apollyon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Payakaroon.
Apollyon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Payakaroon is defending well for now.
Payakaroon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Payakaroon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollyon blocks it with crossed arms.
Payakaroon avoids the elbow strike from Apollyon, against the cage.
Apollyon takes an elbow to the temple.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
Apollyon tries to land knees in the clinch but Payakaroon avoids the damage to the body.
Apollyon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Apollyon trying to land knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Payakaroon looking to throw knees to the head but Apollyon is blocking nicely.
Apollyon blocks an elbow strike from Payakaroon.
Apollyon tries a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks it.
Apollyon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payakaroon avoids it.
Samart Payakaroon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hofniel Apollyon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Payakaroon tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payakaroon.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Samart Payakaroon.
Well Apollyon has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hofniel Apollyon!