PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zak Drezner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaoklai Khanomtom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drezner comes to the cage accompanied by Cypress Hill - Checkmate. Khanomtom is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jill Tracy - Pulling Your Insides Out. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Drezner
vs
Khanomtom

175 cm
34
162 lbs
30 - 10 - 3

178 cm
31
161 lbs
27 - 9 - 3

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
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Granite chin

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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 30 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zak Drezner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaoklai Khanomtom!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khanomtom moves into range and connects with a jab.
Khanomtom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drezner.
Drezner misses with a head kick.
Drezner tries to work over Khanomtom's front leg with a kick but Khanomtom checks it.
We've been informed that Khanomtom has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Drezner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Drezner checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Drezner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanomtom moves away.
Drezner misses with a looping left.
A head kick misses from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom throws a sloppy head kick and Drezner moves out of range easily.
Drezner misses with a straight left.
Drezner loads up on a big right hand but Khanomtom slips the punch.
Khanomtom staying out of range there.
Drezner misses with a lunging right hand
and Khanomtom counters with a low kick, right behind Drezner 's knee.
An inside leg kick lands from Drezner.
Kaoklai Khanomtom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drezner takes one to the side of the head.
Drezner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Khanomtom clobbers Drezner with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drezner keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Khanomtom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drezner throws a looping overhand right but Khanomtom ducks down to avoid it.
Khanomtom lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drezner's sensitive parts.
Khanomtom lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Drezner gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Khanomtom counters with a nice kick to the body.
Drezner takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Drezner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khanomtom paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drezner throws a leg kick but Khanomtom sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Drezner misses with a body shot
and Khanomtom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Drezner scores with a hook.
Khanomtom on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Khanomtom lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanomtom throws a hook but Drezner blocks it.
Khanomtom throws a jab when Drezner was well out of range.
Khanomtom throws a jab but it's blocked by Drezner.
Khanomtom turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khanomtom misses with a straight left.
Khanomtom fakes the leg kick and cracks Drezner in the body.
A combination from Drezner does no damage.
A lazy left from Drezner finds it's target.
Drezner throws a head kick but Khanomtom moves out of range.
Khanomtom punishes Drezner's body with a nice straight punch.
Khanomtom scores with a body shot.
Drezner throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Khanomtom misses with a body kick.
Khanomtom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Drezner.
Khanomtom looks to land a body kick but Drezner moved away.
Drezner blocks a leg kick.
Drezner swings for the body but Khanomtom moves out of range.
Drezner rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khanomtom counters with a nice body kick.
Khanomtom will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drezner ducks right into an uppercut from Khanomtom.
Drezner swings for the body but Khanomtom moves out of range.
Khanomtom changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Drezner takes a kick to the side of the head.
Drezner takes one to the side of the head.
Drezner throws a wild body kick that Khanomtom sees coming a mile off.
Khanomtom misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khanomtom scores with a head kick. Drezner tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Drezner lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Drezner slips a straight right by Khanomtom.
Drezner cracks the inside of Khanomtom's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanomtom moves out of range of the body kick.
Khanomtom misses with a hook
and Drezner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khanomtom thinking.
Khanomtom misses the body punch
and Drezner counters with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Drezner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khanomtom scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Khanomtom throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khanomtom pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khanomtom throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Khanomtom throws an overhand right that lands on Drezner's shoulder, as Drezner tries to avoid the shot.
Drezner misses with an uppercut.
Drezner tries to land a leg kick but Khanomtom saw it coming and moves away.
Drezner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanomtom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drezner takes a swing at Khanomtom's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khanomtom tries to score with a low kick but Drezner moves his leg out of the way.
Khanomtom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khanomtom takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaoklai Khanomtom dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Khanomtom moves away from the strike by Drezner.
Khanomtom cracks Drezner with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khanomtom will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drezner takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Drezner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khanomtom connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Drezner's hands.
Kaoklai Khanomtom seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khanomtom misses with a wild combination.
Khanomtom looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Drezner throws a hook but Khanomtom avoids it easily.
Khanomtom scores with a nice body kick.
Drezner avoids a kick to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khanomtom.
A head kick misses from Khanomtom.
Drezner misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick but Drezner moved away.
Drezner tries to clinch there but Khanomtom circles away.
Khanomtom misses with a leg kick
and Drezner counters with a straight right hand.
Drezner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drezner slips a jab from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Khanomtom loads up on a big right hand but Drezner slips the punch.
Khanomtom lets loose with a powerful body kick. Drezner will feel that in the morning.
Drezner scores with a sloppy right hand. Khanomtom should have avoided that one.
Drezner throws a head kick that Khanomtom semi-blocks.
Drezner will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Drezner goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Drezner misses with a low kick as Khanomtom jumps back.
Drezner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drezner looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Drezner avoids the head kick by Khanomtom.
Drezner swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drezner misses with a body shot
and Khanomtom counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khanomtom throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Drezner on the side of the head.
Drezner's jab looks to have found its range, popping Khanomtom under the eye.
Khanomtom lands a front kick.
Khanomtom throws the kick towards the body but Drezner avoids it.
Drezner bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Drezner tries a low kick but Khanomtom avoids it.
Drezner moves out of range of the body kick from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Drezner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Khanomtom takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Khanomtom cracks the inside of Drezner's front leg.
Khanomtom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drezner moves away.
Khanomtom looks to score with a jab to the body but Drezner is just out of range.
Khanomtom lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A solid body kick from Khanomtom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom scoring well with a low kick there.
Drezner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Khanomtom tries to land a front kick but Drezner steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Some wild striking there from Khanomtom.
Drezner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khanomtom can pounce on him.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Khanomtom. Drezner shrugs it off though.
Drezner shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice body kick from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom feints and then cracks Drezner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Drezner down.
Drezner throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Khanomtom to counter with a crisp jab.
Drezner misses the body punch
and Khanomtom makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Drezner is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khanomtom misses with a leg kick
and Drezner counters with a slapping leg kick.
Drezner misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Khanomtom throws the kick towards the body but Drezner avoids it.
Khanomtom lands a nice shot that snaps Drezner's head back.
Khanomtom lands a nice hook to Drezner's body. Drezner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A lazy left from Khanomtom finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Khanomtom.
A head kick misses from Drezner.
Khanomtom chopping away at his opponent's legs.
No joy there for Drezner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drezner moves out of range as Khanomtom strikes.
Khanomtom takes one to the chin there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khanomtom, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khanomtom scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Drezner lands a jab to Khanomtom's midsection.
Drezner scores with a nice body kick.
Drezner throws a leg kick which misses Khanomtom's front leg but catches the back leg as Khanomtom tries to avoid 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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A decent looking body kick lands there for Khanomtom.
Khanomtom takes a kick to the side of the head.
A head kick by Khanomtom misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Khanomtom on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khanomtom cracks a nice hook into Drezner's ribs.
Khanomtom lands a front kick.
Drezner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Drezner throws a head kick but Khanomtom moves out of range.
Khanomtom misses with a wild body shot.
Khanomtom lands a jab to the nose.
Khanomtom swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drezner takes a swing at Khanomtom's ribcage but misses.
Drezner misses with a looping right.
Khanomtom scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khanomtom ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanomtom throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Drezner missing with a left hand there. Khanomtom was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drezner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Khanomtom just misses with a punch to the body.
Drezner just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanomtom lands a jab to Drezner's midsection.
Khanomtom lands with a nice body kick.
A shot to the body from Khanomtom misses
and Drezner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khanomtom fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khanomtom slips under a jab.
Drezner tries a head kick but it misses.
Khanomtom connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Drezner.
Khanomtom looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Zak Drezner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Drezner throws out a leg kick but Khanomtom moves out of range and Drezner only half commits.
Drezner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khanomtom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanomtom has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Drezner.
Drezner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khanomtom counters with a right hand to the body.
Khanomtom misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drezner throws a leg kick that is checked
and Khanomtom counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Drezner moves out of range of the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drezner. Khanomtom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drezner takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A telegraphed right hand from Khanomtom misses the target.
Khanomtom tries to land a front kick but Drezner steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Khanomtom lands a front kick.
Drezner throws a series of strikes that have Khanomtom backpedaling.
Khanomtom tries to land a leg kick but Drezner saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drezner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Drezner throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khanomtom uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drezner.
Khanomtom takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Drezner throws a body kick that misses.
Donk. Khanomtom catches Drezner right on the button with a cross.
Drezner misses with a hook
and Khanomtom counters with a solid body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drezner lands with a thumping leg kick.
Drezner misses with a hook.
Drezner moves in looking to clinch but Khanomtom pushes him off.
Drezner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drezner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanomtom.
Drezner looks for the body kick but Khanomtom saw that one coming.
Khanomtom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanomtom connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick misses from Drezner.
A punch lands to the side of Drezner 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanomtom cracks Drezner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Khanomtom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drezner.
Kaoklai Khanomtom is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Khanomtom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drezner was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanomtom.
Drezner walks into a left hand.
A head kick misses from Khanomtom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drezner misses with a wild body shot.
Drezner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khanomtom throws a looping overhand right but Drezner ducks down to avoid it.
Khanomtom takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kaoklai Khanomtom.
Well Khanomtom has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaoklai Khanomtom!
Kaoklai Khanomtom seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.