PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samart Payakaroon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Reaper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reaper has chosen Praise as his entrance music. Samart Payakaroon has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Payakaroon
vs
Reaper

188 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samart Payakaroon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Reaper!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Eddie Farnsworth and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reaper tries to clinch but Payakaroon moves out of range.
Samart Payakaroon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Payakaroon closes the distance but Reaper moves to the side

and Reaper counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reaper.
Payakaroon lands a knee to the body.
Payakaroon cracks Reaper with a nice body shot.

Reaper manages to break the clinch.
Payakaroon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reaper.
Reaper looks gassed!
The fight stays on the outside here - Payakaroon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reaper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Payakaroon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reaper is trying to maintain a safe position but Payakaroon gets an underhook and turns Reaper into the cage.
Payakaroon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Payakaroon lands an elbow inside that Reaper shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Reaper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Payakaroon's brow.
Payakaroon lands a shoulder strike.
Reaper wants to break free but Payakaroon has control.
Reaper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Payakaroon lands an elbow inside.
Payakaroon scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon stalls.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Payakaroon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reaper stuffs the takedown attempt from Payakaroon. Payakaroon gets slowly back to his feet.
Payakaroon lands a brutal head kick. Reaper looks out on his feet and Payakaroon throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Samart Payakaroon!