PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dick Dingleberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaoklai Khanomtom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dingleberry comes to the cage accompanied by PANTERA - F*CKING HOSTILE. Khanomtom has chosen Jill Tracy - Pulling Your Insides Out as his entrance music. 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.

Dingleberry
vs
Khanomtom

180 cm
32
142 lbs
26 - 11 - 2

178 cm
30
161 lbs
27 - 7 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hellbent

Conquer

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 26 - 11 - 2, fighting out of London, Dick Dingleberry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaoklai Khanomtom!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dingleberry throws a low kick but Khanomtom avoids it.
Khanomtom slips a straight right by Dingleberry.
Khanomtom tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dingleberry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khanomtom lands a slapping body shot.
Khanomtom lands a really nice looking cross but Dingleberry seems unphased.
Khanomtom misses with a leg kick.
Khanomtom misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that Dingleberry semi-blocks.
We've been hearing reports that Dingleberry has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Khanomtom listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dingleberry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khanomtom wants to land a leg kick but Dingleberry is out of range.
Dingleberry takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Khanomtom is looking to land body kicks.
Nice defenses there by Khanomtom.
Dingleberry moves out of range of the leg kick from Khanomtom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingleberry blocks a head kick by Khanomtom.
A big left from Dingleberry misses.
Dingleberry throws a leg kick
and Khanomtom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dingleberry takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dingleberry steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Khanomtom. That one must have hurt.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that misses.
Khanomtom checks a low kick from Dingleberry.
A leg kick checked by Khanomtom.
Dingleberry pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kaoklai Khanomtom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khanomtom takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khanomtom tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dingleberry is able to avoid easily.
Good leg kick by Dingleberry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dingleberry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry avoids the head kick by Khanomtom.
A big right from Khanomtom misses.
Khanomtom tries to land a leg kick but Dingleberry saw it coming and moves away.
Dingleberry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dingleberry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid body kick from Khanomtom.
Dingleberry checks a leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Khanomtom. No joy for Dingleberry on that attempt.
Khanomtom lands with a thumping leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khanomtom, as that shot connected.
Dingleberry lands the left hand.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that Dingleberry semi-blocks.
Khanomtom throws a jab but it's blocked by Dingleberry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick but Dingleberry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dingleberry moves out of range as Khanomtom throws a body kick.
A big left from Khanomtom misses.
Khanomtom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khanomtom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dingleberry takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dingleberry wants to land a leg kick but Khanomtom is out of range.
Dingleberry swats away the attempt to clinch by Khanomtom.
Dingleberry scores with a three punch combo!
Khanomtom lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Khanomtom connects with a leg kick. Dingleberry looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dingleberry throws the kick towards the body but Khanomtom avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khanomtom dips to his left and cracks Dingleberry with an uppercut!
Khanomtom goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khanomtom misses the shot to the body.
Dingleberry fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Khanomtom checks it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dingleberry keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dingleberry avoids the head kick by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dingleberry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khanomtom lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kaoklai Khanomtom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dingleberry connects with a body shot that sends Khanomtom's belly button to the back.
Dingleberry cracks Khanomtom with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Khanomtom throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaoklai Khanomtom dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A slow jab from Khanomtom misses its intended target.
Dingleberry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanomtom manages to avoid it.
Khanomtom fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dingleberry avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice body punch from Dingleberry.
Khanomtom turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khanomtom scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Dingleberry counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dingleberry trying to control the position from guard on top but Khanomtom is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanomtom looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dingleberry is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanomtom avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Khanomtom wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Khanomtom lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dingleberry!
Khanomtom controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Kaoklai Khanomtom hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Dingleberry lands with a right hand.
Khanomtom tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dingleberry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khanomtom misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dingleberry digs a good body shot into Khanomtom's ribs.
Khanomtom misses with a low kick.
Khanomtom misses with a head kick.
Dingleberry throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Khanomtom.
Khanomtom with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Khanomtom bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dingleberry's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dingleberry, as that shot connected.
Khanomtom thuds his shin into the meat of Dingleberry's side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dingleberry takes a jab right on the kisser.
Donk. Khanomtom catches Dingleberry right on the button with a cross.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick which misses Dingleberry's front leg but catches the back leg as Dingleberry tries to avoid it.
Khanomtom throws a head kick but Dingleberry moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dingleberry connects with a crisp jab.
Dingleberry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khanomtom.
Dingleberry tries to work over Khanomtom's front leg with a kick but Khanomtom checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaoklai Khanomtom showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Khanomtom scores with a jab to the body.
Dingleberry connects with a looping right hand.
A head kick misses from Khanomtom.
Dingleberry takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dingleberry checks a low kick from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom throws a front kick aimed at Dingleberry's knee but Dingleberry avoids it well.
Khanomtom throws a front kick that sends Dingleberry stumbling back into the cage.
Khanomtom throws a lazy body kick

and Dingleberry counters with a shoot takedown into half 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.
Khanomtom gets back to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dingleberry throws an elbow that misses. Khanomtom uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dingleberry's guard. Nice move by Khanomtom!

Khanomtom lying in Dingleberry's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Dingleberry decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Khanomtom taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dick Dingleberry!
After the fight, Dick Dingleberry was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.