PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samart Payakaroon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JD Repooc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Payakaroon comes to the cage accompanied by Project Fighter. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as JD Repooc enters the cage!

Payakaroon
vs
Repooc

180 cm
20
168 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
26
167 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Demonic Clothing
Brute

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Samart Payakaroon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, JD Repooc!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payakaroon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sloppy strikes from Repooc. Those never looked like landing.
Repooc is looking to clinch.
Payakaroon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Repooc tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Repooc has managed to clinch.
Payakaroon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Repooc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Repooc tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payakaroon blocks an uppercut.
Repooc with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Repooc tries a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks it.
Payakaroon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Repooc is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samart Payakaroon. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Payakaroon takes a shot to the head.
Repooc lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Repooc throws an elbow but misses.
Repooc is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Repooc throws a head punch that misses.
Repooc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Repooc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Repooc tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payakaroon avoids it.
Repooc tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Payakaroon.
Payakaroon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Payakaroon is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Repooc is defending well.
Repooc lands an elbow inside that Payakaroon shrugs off.
Repooc makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Repooc gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Samart Payakaroon has been cut.
Repooc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Payakaroon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repooc misses with a knee to the head.
Payakaroon blocks an elbow strike.
Repooc tries to work over Payakaroon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Repooc goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Repooc tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Repooc doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Payakaroon blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Repooc.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Repooc.
Repooc throws a head punch that misses.
Payakaroon has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Repooc is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Repooc lands a left hand that snaps the head of Payakaroon backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Repooc fails to land.
Repooc tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Payakaroon's elbow.
Payakaroon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Repooc.
Repooc throws a punch but it's blocked by Payakaroon.
Payakaroon has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Repooc after a bit of a struggle.
Repooc working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Payakaroon wants a takedown but no success here.
Repooc tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon is looking to take this one to the mat.
Payakaroon has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Repooc avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Repooc has a couple of punches blocked by Payakaroon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Repooc can't find room to land a body shot as Payakaroon controls the action.
Repooc throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Repooc working aggressively here.
Repooc trying to land knees to the body.
Repooc misses with a knee strike.
Repooc misses with a knee strike.

Payakaroon is trying to trip Repooc. He has hold of a leg but Repooc is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Payakaroon persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Repooc preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Payakaroon throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Payakaroon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Payakaroon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Repooc works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Payakaroon working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Repooc's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

JD Repooc dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Samart Payakaroon'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.

Repooc moves in looking to clinch but Payakaroon pushes him off.
Repooc looks to land a left hand but Payakaroon moved out of range nicely.
Repooc fails with an attempt to clinch.
Repooc tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Repooc tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Payakaroon paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees to the body from Repooc.
A knee to the head by Repooc.
Payakaroon avoids a wild elbow strike from Repooc.
Repooc lands with a light punch inside.
Payakaroon tries for a takedown but Repooc manages to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Payakaroon drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Repooc gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Repooc lands with a left to the head.
Repooc throws a knee to the head but misses.
Repooc pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Repooc misses with some punches.
Repooc trying to land knees to the body.
Repooc stops a takedown attempt from Payakaroon.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samart Payakaroon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Repooc working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Repooc tries a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks it.
Repooc lands an elbow inside that Payakaroon shrugs off.
A short left from Repooc.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Repooc doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Payakaroon avoids a wild elbow strike from Repooc.
Repooc connects with a nasty looking knee right to Payakaroon's face.
Repooc lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Payakaroon.
Repooc creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Payakaroon's defenses.
JD Repooc seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Payakaroon blocks an uppercut.
Repooc tries a knee to the head but Payakaroon blocks it.
Repooc throws an elbow that misses.
Repooc landing knees to the head.
Repooc is breathing heavily.
Payakaroon wants a takedown.
Repooc digs a right hand underneath Payakaroon's ribcage. Payakaroon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Repooc tries to throw a body punch but Payakaroon avoids it by throwing Repooc back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payakaroon blocks an uppercut.
Repooc with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Repooc throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Payakaroon blocks it with crossed arms.
Repooc misses with a punch on the inside.
Repooc tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Payakaroon is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Repooc pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Repooc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Repooc tries to throw a body punch but Payakaroon avoids it by throwing Repooc back against the cage.
Repooc doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Payakaroon avoids a wild elbow strike from Repooc.
Repooc prevents the takedown attempt.
Payakaroon has Repooc pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Repooc manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Payakaroon is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Repooc.
Repooc prevents the takedown attempt.
Payakaroon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Repooc lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Repooc throws a knee to the head but misses.
Repooc is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Repooc.
Repooc lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Repooc with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Payakaroon blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Repooc.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Repooc misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

JD Repooc showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Samart Payakaroon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Repooc tries to clinch
and Payakaroon counters with a straight right hand.
Repooc is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Repooc tries to clinch but Payakaroon moves out of range.
JD Repooc seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Repooc tries to clinch but Payakaroon moves out of range.
Repooc tries to clinch up but Payakaroon circles away and keeps his distance.
Repooc lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Payakaroon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Repooc throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Payakaroon.
Payakaroon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Repooc is looking to clinch.
Repooc doesn't manage to clinch there - Payakaroon circles away.
Payakaroon swats away the attempt to clinch by Repooc.
Repooc tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Repooc looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Samart Payakaroon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Repooc keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payakaroon shoots in for a takedown but Repooc shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samart Payakaroon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Repooc tries to clinch but Payakaroon is having none of it.
Repooc tries to close the distance and clinch up but Payakaroon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Repooc throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Repooc tries to clinch up.
A cross from Repooc lands.
Repooc tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Payakaroon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Repooc throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Repooc is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Repooc tries to clinch but Payakaroon moves out of range.
Payakaroon keeps the fight on the outside.
A swing and a miss from Repooc.
Repooc tries to clinch up

and Payakaroon counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Payakaroon.
JD Repooc is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Payakaroon throws a big right hand that misses.
Repooc wants to stand but Payakaroon is controlling the position.
Repooc takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Payakaroon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Payakaroon tries to free his leg and advance position but Repooc is retaining full guard.
Payakaroon throws a strike but Repooc rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Payakaroon pulls Repooc in close to his closed guard and prevents Repooc from doing any damage or advancing position.

And that's the end of the fight!
JD Repooc comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Repooc 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JD Repooc!