PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Morris Minor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papoh Bamoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bamoya has chosen Lupang Hinirang as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Morris Minor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Minor
vs
Bamoya

182 cm
26
170 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

182 cm
24
180 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Morris Minor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Papoh Bamoya!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minor moves out of range of the strikes.
Bamoya swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Minor.

Bamoya gets tackled into the cage by Minor. Minor maintains the clinch.
Bamoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Morris Minor has been cut.
Minor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bamoya with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bamoya.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bamoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamoya prevents the takedown attempt.
Minor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bamoya prevents Minor from breaking the clinch.
Minor tries to pull guard but Bamoya won't allow it.
Minor tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morris Minor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bamoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bamoya prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bamoya lands a left hand.
Minor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Minor is breathing heavily.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bamoya lands a knee to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Bamoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Minor fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Minor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bamoya obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamoya lands an elbow just above Minor 's eye.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside that Minor shrugs off.
Bamoya lands a knee to the head.
Minor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from Bamoya.
Minor takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Bamoya.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
Bamoya lands an elbow just above Minor 's eye.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Bamoya - that landed with a thud.
Bamoya landing knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bamoya lands an elbow that stopped Minor in his tracks for a moment.
Bamoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Minor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bamoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bamoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Bamoya.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya lands with a light punch inside.
Bamoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Minor's defenses.
Bamoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bamoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Minor's defenses.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bamoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Minor won't want to take too many of those.
Bamoya working Minor over with knees to the body.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
Bamoya landing knees to the body.
Bamoya lands a knee to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.
Bamoya lands a nice shot to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside that Minor shrugs off.
Minor has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bamoya is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bamoya lands with a right to the head.
Bamoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Minor won't want to take too many of those.
Bamoya digs a right hand underneath Minor's ribcage. Minor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bamoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Still in the clinch, Bamoya scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.
Bamoya landing knees to the body.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.
Bamoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Minor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Minor is working for takedown but Bamoya is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Minor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bamoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bamoya lands a body punch.
Bamoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bamoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Minor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bamoya working Minor over with knees to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Minor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bamoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Bamoya.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bamoya lands an elbow just above Minor 's eye.
Knees to the body from Bamoya.
Bamoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bamoya prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bamoya connects with a knee to the head.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Minor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bamoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bamoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Minor takes an elbow to the temple.
Bamoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Minor won't want to take too many of those.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papoh Bamoya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Morris Minor's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bamoya closes the distance and clinches.
Bamoya lands an elbow that stopped Minor in his tracks for a moment.
Minor tries to score a body lock takedown but Bamoya shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Minor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bamoya gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Minor looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morris Minor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Minor changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bamoya fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bamoya throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bamoya lands a front kick.
Bamoya scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bamoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Bamoya moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bamoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A body shot lands from Bamoya.
Bamoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamoya connects with a knee to the head.
Bamoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Bamoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Minor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bamoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Minor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Minor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice body punch from Bamoya.
Bamoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Bamoya.
Minor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Bamoya.

Minor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Papoh Bamoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Bamoya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bamoya obliges.
Minor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bamoya gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bamoya connects with a knee to the head.
Minor can't get the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya digs a right hand into Minor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Minor's gas tank.
Bamoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Minor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Minor jumps guard but Bamoya stands there with Minor around his waist. Minor gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Papoh Bamoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good body shot from Bamoya.
Bamoya keeps control of Minor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Minor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bamoya obliges.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
Bamoya lands a knee to the body.
Bamoya working Minor over with knees to the body.
Bamoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Minor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bamoya gets underhooks to prevent Minor's takedown attempt.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
Minor jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bamoya walks away with a smile on his face. Minor gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Minor finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bamoya throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Minor throws a head kick that misses
and Bamoya counters with a nice body kick.
Minor misses with a body punch
and Bamoya makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Minor really felt that one!
Minor throws a head kick that misses.
Bamoya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Minor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bamoya avoids it really well and circles away.

Minor drives through and clinches with Bamoya against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Good body shot from Bamoya.

Minor has picked Bamoya up - he's going for a ride! Minor dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Minor lands strikes from half guard.
Bamoya really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Minor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Bamoya makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Bamoya throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bamoya gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Minor decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bamoya's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bamoya is looking to stand up but Minor isn't so interested in that idea.
Minor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bamoya is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bamoya has his feet on Minor's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Minor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papoh Bamoya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Morris Minor's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A shot to the liver by Minor. Beautiful body shot.
Bamoya throws a head kick that misses

and Minor counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bamoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Minor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bamoya lands a knee to the body.
Minor goes for a takedown attempt but Bamoya pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Minor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bamoya.
Morris Minor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bamoya bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Minor's head.
Bamoya throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Minor has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bamoya lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bamoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
Bamoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Minor fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bamoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bamoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Minor's defenses.
Bamoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Minor won't want to take too many of those.
Bamoya gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Minor.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morris Minor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bamoya lands an elbow just above Minor 's eye.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Minor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bamoya lands an elbow that stopped Minor in his tracks for a moment.
Bamoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Minor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bamoya digs a right hand into Minor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Minor's gas tank.
Bamoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Minor tries for a takedown. No joy.
Minor is trying to maintain a safe position but Bamoya gets an underhook and turns Minor into the cage.
Morris Minor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamoya works on Minor's body with a couple of short punches.
Bamoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Minor taking a breather.
Bamoya landing knees to the body.
Bamoya working Minor over with knees to the body.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Bamoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Minor's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Minor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bamoya gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bamoya scores a nice knee to the body.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Minor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bamoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bamoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minor jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bamoya walks away with a smile on his face. Minor gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Bamoya gets a clinch.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.
Bamoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
Minor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Minor has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bamoya is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Minor tries to score a body lock takedown but Bamoya shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bamoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Minor's defenses.
Knees to the body from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Minor.
Bamoya landing knees to the body.
Bamoya lands an elbow just above Minor 's eye.
Bamoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Minor is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bamoya pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bamoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bamoya gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Minor.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bamoya obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Bamoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Minor backwards.
Minor throws a punch but it's blocked by Bamoya.
Minor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bamoya gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Minor's ribcage.
Bamoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Minor's defenses.
Minor takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees to the body from Bamoya.
Minor misses with an elbow strike.
Bamoya lands an elbow just above Minor 's eye.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bamoya pushes Minor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Bamoya.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Minor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Bamoya prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bamoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Minor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bamoya scores a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Papoh Bamoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bamoya 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 26:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papoh Bamoya!