PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Kolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samak Tiyapairat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiyapairat is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ram Muay. Kolo has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Marco Kolo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Samak Tiyapairat's chin.

Kolo
vs
Tiyapairat

198 cm
25
219 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

174 cm
24
166 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
KO power

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

London eXchange - Laundry / Recovery

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Kolo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samak Tiyapairat!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kolo wants to slow Tiyapairat down by chopping away at his legs.
Kolo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tiyapairat checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kolo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tiyapairat scoring well with a low kick there.

Tiyapairat moves into the clinch.
Tiyapairat throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kolos head.
Tiyapairat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kolo is breathing heavily.
Tiyapairat is leaning against Kolo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kolo takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kolo takes a shot to the head.

Tiyapairat breaks from the clinch.
Kolo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tiyapairat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kolo.

Kolo gets tackled into the cage by Tiyapairat. Tiyapairat maintains the clinch.
Tiyapairat putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kolo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the body.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tiyapairat with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kolo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the body.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A left hand lands to the body for Tiyapairat.
Kolo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tiyapairat dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tiyapairat is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Tiyapairat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kolo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tiyapairat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tiyapairat stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tiyapairat lands a nice elbow.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body.
Tiyapairat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kolo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kolo takes a knee right on the jaw!

Marco Kolo's cut is getting worse.
Tiyapairat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat lands a nice knee to the body.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow that stopped Kolo in his tracks for a moment.
Kolo trying to stall but Tiyapairat improves his position.
Tiyapairat crunches a lovely knee into Kolo's ribcage.
Tiyapairat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tiyapairat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A bit of stalling here from Tiyapairat.
Kolo has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat stalling the fight.
Kolo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tiyapairat is keeping busy.
Tiyapairat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tiyapairat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tiyapairat comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good body shot from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat scores a nice knee to the body.
Tiyapairat scores a nice knee to the body.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the head.
Kolo is trying to stall.
Kolo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tiyapairat avoiding damage.
Tiyapairat taking a breather.
Tiyapairat works on Kolo's body with a couple of short punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat crunches a lovely knee into Kolo's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Marco Kolo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat lands a nice knee to the body.
Tiyapairat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but Kolo blocks with his arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tiyapairat takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tiyapairat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kolo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Tiyapairat.
Kolo avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.

Tiyapairat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tiyapairat pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kolo back to the cage. Tiyapairat follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Kolo avoids the damage to the body.

Tiyapairat manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samak Tiyapairat dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Kolo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kolo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tiyapairat cracks the inside of Kolo's front leg.

Tiyapairat clinches with his opponent.
Kolo misses with a hook to the ribs.

Tiyapairat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kolo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tiyapairat.

Tiyapairat closes the distance and pushes Kolo back into the cage.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kolo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tiyapairat looking to throw knees to the head but Kolo is blocking nicely.

Tiyapairat manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tiyapairat holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tiyapairat obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiyapairat trying to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Tiyapairat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tiyapairat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tiyapairat, right into the meat.
Tiyapairat dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kolo. That did some damage!
Tiyapairat connects with a leg kick. Kolo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Tiyapairat gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kolo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kolo.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kolo avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but Kolo blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short body shot lands from Tiyapairat as the two fighters clinch.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tiyapairat cracks Kolo with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kolo takes an elbow to the temple.
Tiyapairat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tiyapairat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Samak Tiyapairat seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tiyapairat putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kolo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kolo letting Tiyapairat take a breather here.
Tiyapairat scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Tiyapairat scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tiyapairat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Jeez, Marco Kolo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Tiyapairat connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kolo's face.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kolo 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.
Tiyapairat is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tiyapairat.
Knees to the body from Tiyapairat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolo managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Tiyapairat manages to break the clinch.
Samak Tiyapairat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tiyapairat clinches.
Tiyapairat is leaning against Kolo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Tiyapairat manages to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat fails to land with a series of punches.

Tiyapairat moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat trying to stall but Kolo improves his position.
Tiyapairat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kolo's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Marco Kolo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Samak Tiyapairat!