PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ong Bak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Espirit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bak comes to the cage accompanied by you've lost that loving feeling. Arthur Espirit is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bak
vs
Espirit

225 cm
33
289 lbs
18 - 16 - 0

207 cm
29
300 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ong Bak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Espirit!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Espirit throws a looping overhand right but Bak ducks down to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bak.
Espirit swats away the attempt to clinch by Bak.
Espirit swings for the body but Bak moves out of range.
Bak tries to clinch up but Espirit circles away and keeps his distance.

Bak rushes Espirit and presses him up against the cage.
Espirit is trying to break the clinch but Bak is controlling him.
I was talking to Bak's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Espirit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bak backwards.
Espirit is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bak pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Espirit avoids a wild elbow strike from Bak.
Espirit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bak.
Espirit wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Espirit takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Espirit is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Espirit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bak avoiding damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bak.
Nice elbow from Bak.

It looks like Arthur Espirit has been cut.
Bak lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Espirit wants to take the fight to the mat but Bak manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Espirit is trying to break the clinch but Bak has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bak.

Espirit is rocked!

That has opened up Arthur Espirit's cut even more.
Bak pushes off an throws an elbow but Espirit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Espirit is still on wobbly legs! Can Bak finish him?
Bak pushes off an throws an elbow but Espirit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bak.
Espirit blocks the elbow strike.
Bak pushes off an throws an elbow but Espirit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Bak breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Espirit gets tackled into the cage by Bak. Bak maintains the clinch.
Bak blocking some punches.
Bak misses with an elbow strike.
Bak crunches a lovely knee into Espirit's ribcage.
Espirit looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Espirit's defenses.
Bak lands a big knee! That's hurt Espirit! Oh, he's all over the place! Bak lands another knee that sends Espirit to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ong Bak!
A victorious Ong Bak thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.