PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kaoklai Khanomtom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khanomtom comes into the arena with Jill Tracy - Pulling Your Insides Out blaring out of the sound system. Lopez has chosen Vamos 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.

Khanomtom
vs
Lopez

178 cm
31
161 lbs
29 - 9 - 3

181 cm
33
162 lbs
31 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Conviction
Conquer

Hellbent
Sex Panther! (160q recovery $149)

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 29 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaoklai Khanomtom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Miguel Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Khanomtom counters by clinching up.
Lopez keeps control of Khanomtom as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez blocks a body shot from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lopez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khanomtom blocks a body shot from Lopez.
Lopez takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Miguel Lopez has been cut.
Lopez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanomtom lands an elbow inside that Lopez shrugs off.
Khanomtom stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short uppercut from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom scores with a shot to the side of Lopez's head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khanomtom just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lopez's brow.
Khanomtom lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lopez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khanomtom's elbow.
Khanomtom pushes off an throws an elbow but Lopez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khanomtom lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lopez or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopez lands a right hand.
Khanomtom tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lopez avoids it.
Khanomtom blocks an uppercut.
Khanomtom blocks an uppercut.
Khanomtom misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Khanomtom.
A body shot lands from Khanomtom.
Lopez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Khanomtom throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khanomtom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lopez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Khanomtom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khanomtom lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Khanomtom throws a right and a left that Lopez avoids nicely.
Khanomtom lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez avoids a kick to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khanomtom, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanomtom misses with a looping left.
Khanomtom checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lopez lands a nice looking body shot.
A left lands for Khanomtom.
Lopez avoids the body shot from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom connects with a body shot.
Khanomtom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez throws a wild body kick that Khanomtom sees coming a mile off.
Khanomtom misses with a hook. Lopez ducked under it nicely.
Lopez cracks Khanomtom with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lopez avoids a kick to the body.
Khanomtom tries to land a front kick but Lopez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lopez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Khanomtom - the referee stops the clock and Lopez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Khanomtom. Lopez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lopez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Khanomtom slips the punch.
Lopez is looking to land body kicks.
Some bone on bone action there as Lopez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Khanomtom looks to land a body kick but Lopez moved away.
Khanomtom scores with a nice right hand.
Lopez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Khanomtom finds it's way round the side to connect with Lopez's head.
Nice shot lands for Khanomtom.
Lopez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lopez thumps Khanomtom with a low kick.
Lopez throws out a leg kick but Khanomtom moves out of range and Lopez only half commits.
Lopez moves out of range of the body kick.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that misses
and Lopez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Khanomtom moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lopez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lopez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Khanomtom misses with a double jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanomtom throws a hook to the side of Lopez's head but Lopez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khanomtom lands a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom connects with a leg kick. Lopez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Khanomtom staying out of range there.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick which misses Lopez's front leg but catches the back leg as Lopez tries to avoid it.

Khanomtom clinches.
Khanomtom lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lopez.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khanomtom backwards.
Khanomtom pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.

Khanomtom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Khanomtom drives through and clinches with Lopez against the cage.
Lopez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
Lopez working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaoklai Khanomtom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miguel Lopez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lopez throws a big shot that misses.
Khanomtom looks for the body kick but Lopez saw that one coming.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanomtom is just out of range.
Khanomtom looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Khanomtom lands a head shot.
Lopez misses with a low kick.
Lopez misses with a hook. Khanomtom ducked under it nicely.
A good leg kick by Khanomtom.
Lopez scores with a leg kick.
Khanomtom throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Khanomtom is looking to slow Lopez down with leg kicks.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lopez in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khanomtom.
Lopez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khanomtom checks a leg kick.
Kaoklai Khanomtom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Lopez.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Khanomtom lands with a kick to the temple. Lopez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Khanomtom blocks the low kick.
Lopez wants to slow Khanomtom down by chopping away at his legs.
Khanomtom looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lopez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lopez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lopez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Khanomtom connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lopez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khanomtom's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Khanomtom displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lopez throws out the jab.
Khanomtom lands with a straight right. Lopez didn't see that one coming.
Khanomtom throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lopez counters with a three punch combo that has Khanomtom backing up. Khanomtom nods at Lopez to acknowledge the strikes.
Khanomtom fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lopez is out of range.
Khanomtom bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanomtom. Lopez does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khanomtom throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.
Khanomtom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khanomtom swings for the body but Lopez moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lopez.
The crowd cheers as Khanomtom lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lopez doesn't seem phased though.
Khanomtom moves out of range of the strikes.
Lopez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lopez lands a nice looking body kick.
Khanomtom feints and then cracks Lopez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lopez down.
Khanomtom throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Khanomtom moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lopez moves out of range of the body kick from Khanomtom.
Lopez moves out of range as Khanomtom throws a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Khanomtom misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khanomtom is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khanomtom throws a body kick that misses.
Khanomtom misses with a body shot.
Khanomtom takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kaoklai Khanomtom is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khanomtom misses with a body shot.
Khanomtom missing with a left hand there. Lopez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khanomtom throws the kick towards the body but Lopez avoids it.
Lopez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanomtom throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lopez checks a leg kick.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lopez lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it.
Lopez throws a hook but Khanomtom avoids it easily.
Khanomtom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lopez.
Lopez avoids a kick to the body.
Khanomtom misses with a hook
and Lopez counters with a nice uppercut.
Lopez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom is looking to land body kicks.
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Khanomtom slips the punch.
Khanomtom throws the kick towards the body but Lopez avoids it.
Lopez connects with a solid leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanomtom misses with an uppercut.
Khanomtom doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.
Khanomtom throws a chopping leg kick but Lopez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lopez takes one to the side of the head.
Lopez scores with a nice right hand.
Khanomtom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lopez manages to avoid it.
Khanomtom connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lopez. Lopez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaoklai Khanomtom dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miguel Lopez'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!

Lopez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lopez takes one to the chin there.
Khanomtom misses with a straight right.
Lopez thuds his right hand into Khanomtom's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lopez staying out of range there.
Lopez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khanomtom is out of range and Lopez settles back down.
Khanomtom cracks Lopez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lopez misses with a straight left.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khanomtom, right into the meat.
Lopez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lopez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A swing and a miss from Khanomtom.
Lopez throws a jab but it's blocked by Khanomtom.
Lopez throws a push kick but Khanomtom slaps the foot to one side.
Lopez throws a leg kick but Khanomtom checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanomtom lands a nice looking kick to the body. Lopez takes a step back to recover.
A leg kick checked by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lopez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Khanomtom has time to react.
Lopez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khanomtom throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lopez slips under a jab.
Khanomtom takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.

Khanomtom moves into the clinch successfully.
Khanomtom comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lopez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khanomtom to score with a decent uppercut.
Khanomtom jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lopez missing with a left hand there. Khanomtom was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khanomtom checks a leg kick nicely.
Miguel Lopez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Khanomtom misses its intended target.
Lopez staying out of range there.
Lopez moves out of range of the body kick.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that misses.
Khanomtom lands with an uppercut that bounces Lopez off the cage and back into range.
Khanomtom tries to clinch up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez throws a low kick, looking for Khanomtom's leg but Khanomtom calmly moves out of range.
Khanomtom lands a jab-cross combination.
Lopez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lopez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khanomtom throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.

Khanomtom forces Lopez back against the cage and clinches.
Lopez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khanomtom pushes Lopez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lopez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khanomtom backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanomtom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Lopez misses with some punches.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanomtom blocks a body shot from Lopez.
Kaoklai Khanomtom has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khanomtom lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom blocks a body shot from Lopez.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khanomtom.
Lopez throws a head punch that misses.
Lopez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Khanomtom breaks the clinch.
Khanomtom is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lopez.
Khanomtom misses with a hook. Lopez ducked under it nicely.
Lopez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom misses with an uppercut
and Lopez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Khanomtom finds it's target.
Khanomtom moves out of range of the body kick from Lopez.
Lopez throws a leg kick but Khanomtom sees it coming and moves out of range.
Khanomtom misses with a body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Khanomtom finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lopez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lopez throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Khanomtom counters with a stiff right hand.
Lopez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom connects with a body shot.
Khanomtom throws the kick towards the body but Lopez avoids it.
Kaoklai Khanomtom is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khanomtom bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lopez's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khanomtom throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Khanomtom motions for Lopez to come forward. Khanomtom throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khanomtom avoids the body shot from Lopez.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kaoklai Khanomtom showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Khanomtom 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaoklai Khanomtom!
A very excited looking Kaoklai Khanomtom made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.