PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jomlong Kiapoity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthas Menethil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menethil has chosen Arthas - Let it go as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kiapoity
vs
Menethil

160 cm
29
136 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

170 cm
22
140 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Jomlong Kiapoity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arthas Menethil!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiapoity swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kiapoity misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice body kick there by Menethil.
Jomlong Kiapoity seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kiapoity swings widly with a right hand
and Menethil counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kiapoity thinking.
Kiapoity misses with an uppercut

and Menethil counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kiapoity can't find room to land a body shot as Menethil controls the action.
Kiapoity misses with the head strike.
Menethil lands with a short shot to the head.

Menethil breaks from the clinch.
Kiapoity has his takedown stuffed
and Menethil counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kiapoity's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiapoity throws a hook but Menethil avoids it easily.
Menethil throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Menethil misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kiapoity shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Menethil sprawls well. Menethil wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kiapoity gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jomlong Kiapoity. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiapoity throws a poor cross that misses
and Menethil counters with a leg kick.

Menethil rushes Kiapoity and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Kiapoity escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiapoity throws a right hand that Menethil ducks under and follows up with a left that Menethil also avoids with ease.
Kiapoity definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Menethil slips a jab from Kiapoity.
Kiapoity jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Menethil slips a straight right by Kiapoity.
Menethil misses the shot to the body.
Kiapoity doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Menethil counters with a nice leg kick.
Kiapoity looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kiapoity avoids the head kick by Menethil.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiapoity fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Menethil dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kiapoity. That did some damage!
Kiapoity steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Menethil. That one must have hurt.

Menethil moves into range and clinches up with Kiapoity.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Menethil works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stalling in the clinch from Menethil.

Kiapoity manages to break the clinch.
Kiapoity takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Menethil lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Menethil takes a swing at Kiapoity's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Kiapoity wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kiapoity misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kiapoity looks to land a left hand but Menethil moved out of range nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kiapoity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kiapoity shoots in and bounces Menethil off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Menethil is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Menethil seems keen to control Kiapoity's posture.
Menethil is continuing to stall.

Kiapoity drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kiapoity jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kiapoity wants to pass the guard but Menethil is keeping the position.
Kiapoity wants to control from the top but Menethil keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menethil is adopting a defensive guard.
Kiapoity trying to control but Menethil is working from the bottom.
Kiapoity connects with a couple of short punches.
Kiapoity passes Menethil's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Menethil is looking to improve his position.

Kiapoity is looking for a kimura here.
Menethil keeping hold of Kiapoity's head, controlling as best he can.

Kiapoity is looking for a kimura but Menethil is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kiapoity to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthas Menethil dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kiapoity closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Menethil's guard.
Kiapoity trying to control but Menethil is working from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Menethil holds on and takes a little breather.
Kiapoity stopping the sweep attempt from Menethil.
Kiapoity looking to pass the guard.
Kiapoity wants to control from the top but Menethil keeps moving.
Kiapoity tries to free his leg and advance position but Menethil is retaining full guard.
Kiapoity preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Menethil bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kiapoity's guard.

Kiapoity throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Menethil is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menethil must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Kiapoity is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Menethil trying to control but Kiapoity is working from the bottom.
Menethil wants to pass the guard but Kiapoity is keeping the position.
Kiapoity is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Kiapoity is looking for a triangle but Menethil pushes his legs off easily.
Kiapoity being controlled here, momentarily.
Jomlong Kiapoity overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Kiapoity had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Menethil defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Menethil postures up.
Menethil is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Menethil preventing the sweep.
Menethil seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kiapoity is trying to control the position but Menethil postures up.

Kiapoity has his foot on Menethil's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Menethil works his way back into a safe position though.
Menethil looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Kiapoity is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Menethil defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menethil pushing down on Kiapoity's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Menethil moves into full mount! Kiapoity won't be happy about that!
Menethil looking to control and managing it successfully.
Menethil's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Kiapoity wants to hold on but Menethil pushes him away.
Kiapoity tries to reverse the position but Menethil maintains control.
Menethil takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The adventures of Menethil the control monster continue. Boring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiapoity is looking to get to half guard.
Menethil really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kiapoity. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Menethil can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kiapoity is looking to escape.
Menethil controlling from mount.
Kiapoity is trying to escape the mount.
Menethil content just to control the position here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Menethil won't let Kiapoity get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Kiapoity can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthas Menethil showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Kiapoity's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Menethil scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kiapoity fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Menethil. Those never looked like landing.
Kiapoity throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kiapoity sets himself, and Menethil steps forward looking for the clinch! Kiapoity avoids it this time.
Menethil ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kiapoity keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Menethil displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kiapoity throws out the jab.
Kiapoity sets himself, and Menethil steps forward looking for the clinch! Kiapoity avoids it this time.
Kiapoity drops his hands momentarily and Menethil takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Menethil just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Menethil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiapoity manages to avoid it.
Kiapoity was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Menethil throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Menethil gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Menethil's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Kiapoity's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiapoity misses with a takedown attempt
and Menethil connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Menethil tests Kiapoity's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Menethil scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Menethil takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kiapoity is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Menethil's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Kiapoity shoots and misses

and Menethil counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jomlong Kiapoity. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Menethil scores with a shoulder strike.
Menethil lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kiapoity backwards.
Menethil putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kiapoity in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Menethil works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Menethil putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kiapoity in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Menethil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Menethil fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kiapoity, pushing him back against the cage.
Menethil scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menethil landing knees to the head.
Menethil with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Kiapoity is rocked!
Menethil cracks Kiapoity with a nice body shot.
Oh Kiapoity is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Menethil lands a nice shot to the body.

Menethil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Menethil works Kiapoity's body with a nice hook.
Kiapoity seems to have got his legs back now.
Menethil lands with a slapping head kick.

Menethil has closed the distance and engaged Kiapoity in a clinch.
Menethil scores with a knee to the head.
Menethil is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Menethil digs a right hand into Kiapoity's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kiapoity's gas tank.
Menethil is pressed up against the cage. Kiapoity has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Menethil down to the mat. Menethil avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Menethil connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kiapoity is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiapoity misses with a hook

and Menethil counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Menethil lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Menethil breaks from the clinch.
Kiapoity throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Menethil sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Menethil appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Menethil.
Kiapoity lands with a nice body punch.
Menethil throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crunch! Menethil slams his shin into Kiapoity's torso.
Menethil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kiapoity.
Arthas Menethil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Menethil rushes Kiapoity and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Menethil breaks the clinch.
Kiapoity swings for the body but Menethil moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menethil lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiapoity just misses with a punch to the body.
Menethil is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Menethil stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kiapoity throws a right hand that misses
and Menethil makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kiapoity has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fighters circling - Kiapoity throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jomlong Kiapoity has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Menethil throws a series of punches but Kiapoity avoids them all with ease.
Menethil ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kiapoity is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Menethil.
Menethil slips under a jab from Kiapoity.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Menethil throws a body shot but no joy.
Arthas Menethil seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Menethil lands with a slapping head kick.
Menethil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kiapoity.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arthas Menethil comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Menethil winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthas Menethil!
An out of breath Arthas Menethil thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.