PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miki Viki (ranked 795 p4p, 99 weight class) and Kongchai Phetboonme (ranked 1347 p4p, 165 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Viki
vs
Phetboonme

170 cm
21
160 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

175 cm
21
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miki Viki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kongchai Phetboonme!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phetboonme defending well as Viki loads up on a big left hand.
Viki throws a combination. Phetboonme tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Viki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Phetboonme misses with a hook.
Phetboonme lands with a thumping leg kick.
Phetboonme lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Miki Viki has been cut.
Viki misses the shot to the body.
Viki checks the leg kick.
Nice jab there from Viki.
Phetboonme misses the jab.
Phetboonme takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Viki throws a hook but Phetboonme avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phetboonme slips a jab from Viki.
Viki blocks a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Phetboonme.
Kongchai Phetboonme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phetboonme misses with a hook. Viki ducked under it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Viki misses the target.
Phetboonme feints and then cracks Viki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Viki down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Viki.

Phetboonme has taken the fight to the clinch.
Viki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Phetboonme lands a shoulder strike.
Viki is trying to break free.
Phetboonme is leaning against Viki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Phetboonme lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Phetboonme struggles to land a body shot inside as Viki controls his hands.
Phetboonme can't find room to land a body shot as Viki controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme misses with the head strike.
Phetboonme struggles to land a body shot inside as Viki controls his hands.
Phetboonme can't find room to land a body shot as Viki controls the action.
Viki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Phetboonme tries to work over Viki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phetboonme tries to work over Viki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Phetboonme fails to land.

Viki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Phetboonme comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Phetboonme cracks the inside of Viki's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Viki throws a jab but it's blocked by Phetboonme.
Phetboonme connects with a solid leg kick.
Phetboonme bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Phetboonme feints and then cracks Viki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Viki down.
Phetboonme looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Viki throws a big shot that misses.
Phetboonme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Viki walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phetboonme scores with a leg kick.
Viki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Viki counters with a nice uppercut.
Phetboonme tries to land a leg kick but Viki saw it coming and moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Phetboonme.
Phetboonme works the jab nicely.
Viki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Viki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Viki blocks a jab.
Viki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Phetboonme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Viki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Viki misses.
Viki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Viki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phetboonme.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Viki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Phetboonme has managed to clinch.
Phetboonme tries to work over Viki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phetboonme misses with a punch on the inside.
Phetboonme lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Phetboonme lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Phetboonme scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Phetboonme prevents Viki from breaking the clinch.
Phetboonme misses with some punches.
Viki tries to circle away but Phetboonme has him pinned against the cage.

Phetboonme's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Phetboonme takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Phetboonme lands a leg kick that knocks Viki off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kongchai Phetboonme dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miki Viki's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Good standup being displayed there by Phetboonme as he connects with a hook.
Kongchai Phetboonme seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Phetboonme cracks Viki with an open hand slap.
Phetboonme connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Viki lands with a straight right. Phetboonme didn't see that one coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Phetboonme.
Phetboonme lands a lovely overhand right.

Viki is rocked!
Phetboonme drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Viki's head, knocking him out cold! Phetboonme is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kongchai Phetboonme!
Kongchai Phetboonme is the new lightweight champion!
Kongchai Phetboonme decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.