PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariusz Pudzianowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pudzianowski has chosen Pudzian Band - Dawaj Na Ring as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Mr Thai had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Thai
vs
Pudzianowski

220 cm
22
265 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

186 cm
20
265 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Brute

Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Thai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mariusz Pudzianowski!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai wants to clinch up but Pudzianowski keeps it at a distance.
Pudzianowski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thai really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pudzianowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pudzianowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Thai closes the distance and clinches.
Thai working Pudzianowski over with knees to the body.
Pudzianowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thai scores with a knee to the head.
Pudzianowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees to the body from Thai.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thai connects with a knee to the head.
Pudzianowski looks gassed!
Thai crunches a lovely knee into Pudzianowski's ribcage.
Thai with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thai obliges.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thai working Pudzianowski over with knees to the body.
Thai lands a good knee to the midsection. Pudzianowski won't want to take too many of those.
Thai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pudzianowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thai lands a knee to the body.
Thai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Pudzianowski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pudzianowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Thai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Mariusz Pudzianowski has been cut.
Thai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pudzianowski's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thai.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thai.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Thai has Pudzianowski pressed against the cage, preventing Pudzianowski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thai.
Thai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thai crunches a lovely knee into Pudzianowski's ribcage.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Thai lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Pudzianowski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thai connects with a knee to the head.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Pudzianowski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thai crunches a lovely knee into Pudzianowski's ribcage.
Thai working Pudzianowski over with knees to the body.
Thai landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pudzianowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pudzianowski wants to break free but Thai has control.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pudzianowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thai lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Thai.
Pudzianowski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thai lands a good knee to the midsection. Pudzianowski won't want to take too many of those.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pudzianowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pudzianowski's face.
Thai connects with a knee to the head.
Thai softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thai with a knee to the head.
Thai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pudzianowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pudzianowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pudzianowski's face.
Knees to the body from Thai.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thai obliges.
Thai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
Thai with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Pudzianowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pudzianowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Thai has double underhooks.
Thai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Thai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mariusz Pudzianowski's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Thai is looking to clinch.
Pudzianowski misses with a double jab.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Pudzianowski misses with a body shot.
Pudzianowski throws a jab when Thai was well out of range.
Mr Thai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thai wants to clinch.
Pudzianowski swinging wildly here.

Thai moves into the clinch.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pudzianowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pudzianowski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pudzianowski is breathing heavily.
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pudzianowski's face.
Thai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thai connects with a knee to the head.
Thai with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai crunches a lovely knee into Pudzianowski's ribcage.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pudzianowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pudzianowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thai connects with a knee to the head.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thai landing knees to the body.
Thai scores with a knee to the head.
Thai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pudzianowski can do to turn this around?
Thai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thai lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thai.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thai obliges.
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pudzianowski's face.
Thai scores a nice knee to the body.

Pudzianowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pudzianowski keeps the fight on the outside.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Pudzianowski pushes him off.
Thai dodges the punch combination from Pudzianowski.

Thai darts in and clinches Pudzianowski up against the cage.
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pudzianowski's face.
Thai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pudzianowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Thai working Pudzianowski over with knees to the body.
Thai lands a good knee to the midsection. Pudzianowski won't want to take too many of those.
Thai working Pudzianowski over with knees to the body.
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pudzianowski's face.
Pudzianowski tries to break free but Thai pushes him back against the cage.
Thai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Thai lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pudzianowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pudzianowski takes a knee right on the jaw!

Pudzianowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thai tries to clinch but Pudzianowski moves out of range.
Pudzianowski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thai wants to clinch.
Thai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pudzianowski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pudzianowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Pudzianowski tries to work over Thai's front leg with a kick but Thai checks it.
Pudzianowski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thai defending well as Pudzianowski loads up on a big left hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pudzianowski is trying to break the clinch but Thai is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thai scores with a knee to the head.
Thai lands a nice knee to the body.
Thai with a knee to the head.
Mr Thai has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pudzianowski's face.
Thai landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pudzianowski's face.
Pudzianowski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thai lands a nice knee to the body.
Thai landing knees to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pudzianowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pudzianowski can't break the clinch.
Pudzianowski is trying to break free.
Thai landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Thai dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mariusz Pudzianowski'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. This is the final round!

Pudzianowski does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pudzianowski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai checks a low kick from Pudzianowski.
Thai tries to clinch up but Pudzianowski circles away and keeps his distance.

Thai darts in and clinches Pudzianowski up against the cage.
Pudzianowski has had enough of the clinch but Thai keeps him there for the moment.
Pudzianowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thai with a knee to the head.
Pudzianowski working hard to break the clinch.
Thai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pudzianowski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pudzianowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Thai has double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pudzianowski takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thai scores a nice knee to the body.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pudzianowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Pudzianowski takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
Thai with a knee to the head.
Pudzianowski is trying to push Thai away but Thai has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pudzianowski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pudzianowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pudzianowski is trying to push Thai away but Thai has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Thai lands a knee to the body.
Thai connects with a knee to the head.
Thai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thai lands a nice knee to the body.
Thai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thai scores with a knee to the head.
Thai landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pudzianowski is defending well for now.
Pudzianowski tries to break free but Thai pushes him back against the cage.
Thai crunches a lovely knee into Pudzianowski's ribcage.
Pudzianowski can't break the clinch.
Pudzianowski is trying to break the clinch but Thai has him pressed against the cage.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thai scores a nice knee to the body.
Thai landing knees to the body.
Thai working Pudzianowski over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Thai.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Thai lands a good knee to the midsection. Pudzianowski won't want to take too many of those.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Thai prevents Pudzianowski from breaking the clinch.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pudzianowski is trying to push Thai away but Thai has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Thai.
Pudzianowski is trying to break free.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thai with a knee to the head.
Pudzianowski tries to circle away but Thai has him pinned against the cage.
Thai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pudzianowski's efforts to push away.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Thai connects with a knee to the head.

Pudzianowski breaks the clinch.
A jab from Pudzianowski misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mariusz Pudzianowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pudzianowski works Thai's body with a nice hook.
Thai tries to clinch there but Pudzianowski circles away.
Thai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pudzianowski.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Thai takes the fight into the clinch.
Thai scores with a knee to the head.
Thai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thai crunches a lovely knee into Pudzianowski's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thai obliges.
Pudzianowski takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thai connects with a knee to the head.
Thai working Pudzianowski over with knees to the body.
Mr Thai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thai lands a good knee to the midsection. Pudzianowski won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Thai.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Thai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thai has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Thai!