PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thioon Phitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Porter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Porter has chosen KRS one - Step into a world (raptures delight) as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Phitch
vs
Porter

174 cm
25
163 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

167 cm
25
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thioon Phitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nathan Porter!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phitch getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Phitch scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Phitch takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Porter throws a right and a left that Phitch avoids nicely.
Phitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Porter.
Porter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phitch.
Porter throws a hook but Phitch avoids it easily.
Porter takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Phitch has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Porter finds it's way round the side to connect with Phitch's head.
A swing and a miss from Porter.
Phitch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Phitch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Porter was well out of range. Poor timing from Phitch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phitch lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Porter moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Porter.
Porter moves out of range of the leg kick from Phitch.
Phitch swings for the body but Porter moves out of range.
Porter misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phitch. Porter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phitch tries a low kick but Porter avoids it.
Porter misses with a double jab
and Phitch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Phitch jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Phitch tries to close the distance and clinch but Porter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Porter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Phitch. Porter shrugs it off though.
Thioon Phitch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porter has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Phitch finds it's way round the side to connect with Porter's head.
Phitch takes one to the side of the head.
Porter throws a lazy right hand but Phitch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phitch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Phitch throws a right hand that Porter ducks under and follows up with a left that Porter also avoids with ease.

Phitch gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Phitch misses with a punch to the body.
Phitch lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Porter.
Phitch crunches a lovely knee into Porter's ribcage.
Porter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Phitch trying to control the position but instead, Porter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Phitch into the ropes.
Porter is trying to break free.
Phitch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Porter's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Phitch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Phitch tries to land knees in the clinch but Porter avoids the damage to the body.
Phitch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Porter is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Porter fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Phitch.
Porter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Porter avoiding damage as Phitch throws knees to the body.
Porter prevents a body shot from Phitch.
Porter is looking to break free of the clinch but Phitch has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Porter.
Phitch misses with an elbow strike.
Phitch blocks an uppercut.
Porter is trying to force a seperation but Phitch has the dominant position.

Porter breaks from the clinch.
Porter misses with a looping left.
Porter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Phitch has taken the fight to the clinch.
Porter misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Phitch - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Phitch misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Phitch.
Phitch is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Phitch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Phitch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phitch looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Porter's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Phitch blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Porter's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Phitch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A bone on bone clash there as Porter blocks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phitch lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Porter loads up on a big right hand but Phitch slips the punch.
Porter misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thioon Phitch dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Phitch missing with a left hand there. Porter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Porter tries to bum rush Phitch with a series of wild strikes but Phitch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Porter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Phitch scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Porter misses with a straight left.
Phitch is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice cross by Porter.
Porter misses with a looping left.
We've been told by Phitch's head coaches at Blitzkrieg Fighting Systems: Ground that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Danga de danga de dang - Phitch scores with a four punch combination!
Porter throws a sloppy body shot
and Phitch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Phitch avoids the body shot from Porter.
Phitch changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phitch throws a right and a left that Porter avoids nicely.
Phitch takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Porter throws out a loose jab but Phitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Phitch there.
Phitch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Porter.
Porter connects with a right hand. Phitch shakes it off.
Phitch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Porter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Porter walks into a straight right hand from Phitch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Porter. Phitch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phitch slips a jab and a cross from Porter.
Phitch with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Phitch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Porter takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Phitch closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Phitch moves into range and clinches up with Porter.
Phitch lands a nice elbow.
Porter is trying to break the clinch but Phitch has him pressed against the ropes.
Phitch can't find room to land a body shot as Porter controls the action.
Porter is trying to break the clinch but Phitch is controlling him.
Phitch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Porter wants to get back to striking at distance but Phitch won't allow it.
Phitch works on Porter's body with a couple of short punches.
Phitch lands an elbow just above Porter 's eye.
Nice elbow from Phitch.
Porter lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Phitch digs a right hand into Porter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Porter's gas tank.
Porter scores with a shoulder strike.
Porter blocks a body shot from Phitch.
Phitch tries to work over Porter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phitch is working Porter over against the ropes.
Phitch lands a nice shot to the body.
Phitch comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Porter.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Phitch.
Phitch lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Phitch lands a nice elbow.
Phitch is leaning against Porter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Phitch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phitch stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Porter can't find room to land a body shot as Phitch controls the action.
Porter is trying to force a seperation but Phitch has the dominant position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Phitch.
A shot in the inside from Phitch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porter prevents a body shot from Phitch.
A left hand lands to the body for Phitch.

Phitch breaks from the clinch.
Phitch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Porter was well out of range. Poor timing from Phitch.
Phitch lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Phitch is looking to clinch but Porter is avoiding it.
Phitch looks to land a left hand but Porter moved out of range nicely.
Phitch throws an overhand right that lands on Porter's shoulder, as Porter tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the body from Porter misses
letting Phitch counter with a right hand.
Phitch jabs Porter to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phitch's corner calls for a 1-2. Phitch obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Porter is rocked!
Porter leaves his chin hanging out and Phitch seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Porter crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thioon Phitch!