PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Glass Joe (ranked 422 p4p, 16 weight class) and Dieselnoi Por Pramuk (ranked 1120 p4p, 58 weight class). Joe comes to the cage accompanied by La Marseillaise. Por Pramuk is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Muay Thai Music - Wai Khru Ram Muay. Dieselnoi Por Pramuk will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Joe
vs
Por Pramuk

165 cm
29
135 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

188 cm
29
137 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)
Groove Gear

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight 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 London, Glass Joe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dieselnoi Por Pramuk!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Por Pramuk scores with a kick to the midsection.
Joe scores with a hook.
Joe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Por Pramuk to score with a decent uppercut.
Por Pramuk misses with a head kick.
Por Pramuk takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joe lands a slapping body shot.

Por Pramuk rushes Joe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Por Pramuk fails to pull guard.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Por Pramuk has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Por Pramuk is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

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

Por Pramuk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Joe, pushing him back against the cage.
Joe avoiding damage.
Por Pramuk tries to pull guard but Joe holds him up against the cage and eventually Por Pramuk drops back down to his feet.
Joe working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Por Pramuk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Joe.
Por Pramuk tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Joe just stands there and leans against the cage.
Glass Joe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dieselnoi Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Joe manages to break the clinch.
Joe slips a jab and a cross from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk is looking to land body kicks.
Joe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Joe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cobra Kai Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Joe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Por Pramuk tries to clinch up but Joe circles away and keeps his distance.
Por Pramuk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joe.
Por Pramuk changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Joe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Por Pramuk manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Joe swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Joe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Por Pramuk throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Joe's head.
Joe swinging wildly here.
Joe missing with a left hand there. Por Pramuk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Por Pramuk moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Por Pramuk fails to pull guard.
Por Pramuk tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Por Pramuk is trying to pull guard but Joe has him pressed against the cage.
Joe digs a right hand underneath Por Pramuk's ribcage. Por Pramuk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Joe.
Por Pramuk blocks a body shot from Joe.
Joe lands with a short shot to the head.
Por Pramuk fails to pull guard.
Por Pramuk fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Por Pramuk jumps guard but Joe turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Por Pramuk is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Joe tries to break free but Por Pramuk pushes him back against the cage.
Joe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joe holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Por Pramuk tries to pull guard but Joe holds him up against the cage and eventually Por Pramuk drops back down to his feet.
Por Pramuk jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Joe walks away with a smile on his face. Por Pramuk gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Por Pramuk throws a sloppy head kick
and Joe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuk takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Joe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Por Pramuk.
No joy there for Por Pramuk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Glass Joe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joe looks to score with a jab to the body but Por Pramuk is just out of range.
Joe lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Joe lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Joe.
Good exchange - Joe coming out on top.
Joe keeps the fight on the outside.
Por Pramuk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joe bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Por Pramuk's head backwards.
Joe slips a jab from Por Pramuk.
Joe is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Joe scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joe lands with a nice body punch.
Joe lands with a good body shot.
Joe throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Joe misses the jab.
Joe throws a jab when Por Pramuk was well out of range.
Por Pramuk moves to clinch but Joe breaks away
and Joe counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Joe is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Joe lands a jab to the head.
Joe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Por Pramuk momentarily.
Glass Joe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Por Pramuk closes the distance but Joe moves to the side
and Joe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Joe misses with a hook. Por Pramuk ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Por Pramuk doesn't manage to clinch there - Joe circles away.
Joe swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Joe.
Joe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glass Joe dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Por Pramuk connects with a looping right hand.
Joe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk wants to counter the offense by Joe and move into the clinch position.
Joe cracks Por Pramuk with a right hand to the side of the head.
Glass Joe is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheers as Joe lands an impressive looking overhand right. Por Pramuk doesn't seem phased though.
Por Pramuk slips under a jab.
A big left from Por Pramuk misses.
Joe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Por Pramuk was well out of range. Poor timing from Joe.
Jab by Joe.
Por Pramuk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joe throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick but Joe moves out of range.
Por Pramuk with a lazy takedown attempt
and Joe counters with a stiff right hand.
Joe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Por Pramuk can do to turn this around?
Por Pramuk tries to clinch up.
Joe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Por Pramuk rushes Joe and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Por Pramuk is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Joe to keep the fight standing.
Por Pramuk is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Joe pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Glass Joe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dieselnoi Por Pramuk.

Por Pramuk manages to pull guard.
Por Pramuk is trying to hold Joe in close to prevent damage but Joe has managed to pass into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joe controlling the action here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Joe's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Por Pramuk is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Joe pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuk is trying to maintain the position but Joe is very close to passing his half guard.
Joe slows the pace down in half guard.
Por Pramuk trying to control here.
Joe performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Joe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Por Pramuk keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Por Pramuk!
Por Pramuk is desperately trying to improve his position but Joe has a good base and remains in mount.
Por Pramuk regains half guard.
Por Pramuk gets back to full guard.

Por Pramuk had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Joe defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Por Pramuk throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Joe wants to pass the guard but Por Pramuk is keeping the position.

Por Pramuk had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Joe defends it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Por Pramuk can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Joe controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glass Joe dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Por Pramuk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Joe connects with the punch.
Por Pramuk with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Joe to counter with a crisp jab.
Joe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Joe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Por Pramuk was well out of range. Poor timing from Joe.
Por Pramuk moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Por Pramuk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Por Pramuk misses with a body shot.
Joe throws a jab but it's blocked by Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk fails with the takedown.
Por Pramuk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joe.

Por Pramuk clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Por Pramuk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Joe's efforts to push away.
Por Pramuk tries to pull guard but Joe holds him up against the cage and eventually Por Pramuk drops back down to his feet.
Glass Joe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dieselnoi Por Pramuk.
Joe gets through Por Pramuk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Joe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Por Pramuk tries to clinch up.
Joe misses with a wild body shot.
Por Pramuk has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Joe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Por Pramuk shoots in but Joe avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Joe throwing a counter right hand but Por Pramuk manages to avoid it.
Joe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Por Pramuk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joe.
Por Pramuk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joe throws out the jab.
Por Pramuk doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuk slips a jab from Joe.
Por Pramuk shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Por Pramuk is looking to clinch but Joe is avoiding it.
Por Pramuk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Por Pramuk throws a low kick but it's checked well by Joe.
Joe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joe ducks under a wild hook from Por Pramuk.
Joe misses with an uppercut.
Por Pramuk connects with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joe misses with a body shot.
Por Pramuk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Joe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Por Pramuk 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Por Pramuk tries to clinch up
and Joe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe checks a leg kick.
Por Pramuk darts in trying to clinch
and Joe counters with a left to the body.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick but Joe moves out of range.
Por Pramuk shoots in but Joe avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Joe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Por Pramuk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joe punishes Por Pramuk's body with a nice straight punch.
Joe cracks a nice hook into Por Pramuk's ribs.
Joe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe misses with a hook. Por Pramuk ducked under it nicely.
Joe throws a jab but it's blocked by Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joe.
Joe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Por Pramuk swings for the body but Joe moves out of range.
Joe missing with a left hand there. Por Pramuk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Por Pramuk wants to counter with a clinch but Joe pushes him away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Joe misses.
Por Pramuk moves out of range as Joe strikes.
Por Pramuk doesn't manage to clinch there - Joe circles away.
Por Pramuk tries a head kick but it misses.
Joe throwing a counter right hand but Por Pramuk manages to avoid it.
Joe tests Por Pramuk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Por Pramuk moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glass Joe clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Joe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Joe misses the target.
Por Pramuk looks for a takedown but Joe sprawls well.

Por Pramuk closes the distance and pushes Joe back into the cage.

Por Pramuk ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Por Pramuk no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Joe avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Joe sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Por Pramuk's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Por Pramuk is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Joe pulls his head out easily.
Joe trying to control from half guard but Por Pramuk is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Por Pramuk is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Joe performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Joe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Por Pramuk on the ground.
Joe wants to pass the guard but Por Pramuk is defending well.
Joe prevents Por Pramuk from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Por Pramuk is trying to control but can't.
Por Pramuk manages to get to full guard.

Por Pramuk looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Joe passes into side control.
Por Pramuk can't do much from the bottom here.
Joe controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Por Pramuk can't do much from the bottom here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Joe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joe lands a nice shot to the body.
Joe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Joe misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheers as Joe lands an impressive looking overhand right. Por Pramuk doesn't seem phased though.
Por Pramuk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Joe checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Joe works Por Pramuk's body with a nice hook.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Por Pramuk moves in looking to clinch but Joe pushes him off.
Joe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Por Pramuk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glass Joe had his way with Dieselnoi Por Pramuk in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Por Pramuk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Por Pramuk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick but Joe moves out of range.
Joe lands with a cross.
Joe misses with a straight left.
Joe throws a looping overhand right but Por Pramuk ducks down to avoid it.

Por Pramuk has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Por Pramuk is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Joe to keep the fight standing.

Joe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Por Pramuk tries a head kick but it misses.
Por Pramuk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joe.
Joe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Por Pramuk swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe scores with a nice strike.
Joe connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A low kick from Por Pramuk misses
and Joe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Joe throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Por Pramuk to counter with a crisp jab.
Joe throws a hook to the side of Por Pramuk's head but Por Pramuk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Por Pramuk gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Joe throws a series of punches but Por Pramuk moves out of range.
Joe swats away the attempt to clinch by Por Pramuk.
Joe slaps away a takedown attempt from Por Pramuk, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Por Pramuk tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Joe swivels and escapes.
Glass Joe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dieselnoi Por Pramuk.
Joe connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Joe finds it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Joe.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Joe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Por Pramuk shoots in but no luck this time.
A decent looking cross lands there for Joe.
Joe throws the left hand but Por Pramuk avoids the punch easily.
Por Pramuk lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Por Pramuk is looking to clinch but Joe is avoiding it.
Por Pramuk on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Joe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Por Pramuk moves away.
Por Pramuk throws a wild body kick that Joe sees coming a mile off.
Por Pramuk misses with a kick to the body.
Por Pramuk moves out of range of the strikes.
Por Pramuk moves in looking to clinch but Joe pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe connects with a right hand. Por Pramuk shakes it off.
Por Pramuk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Por Pramuk throws the left hand but Joe avoids the punch easily.
Joe lands with a good body shot.
A jab from Joe does it's job there.
Por Pramuk tries to clinch
and Joe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Joe works the jab nicely.
Joe throws a jab but it's blocked by Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk walks into a left hand.
Por Pramuk throws a leg kick
and Joe makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Joe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Por Pramuk avoids the body shot from Joe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuk slips a jab from Joe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joe lands a right hook to the body.
Por Pramuk takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A shot to the body from Por Pramuk misses
and Joe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Por Pramuk misses with a wild body shot.
Joe is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Por Pramuk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joe.
Por Pramuk blocks a jab.
Glass Joe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Por Pramuk throws a low kick but Joe moves out of range easily.
Por Pramuk looks to clinch
and Joe counters with a left to the body.
Por Pramuk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dieselnoi Por Pramuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joe scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Some bone on bone action there as Joe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A jab lands there for Joe.

And that's the end of the fight!
Glass Joe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Joe 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 50:45
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glass Joe!
Glass Joe retains his bantamweight title!
Glass Joe decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Dieselnoi Por Pramuk spoke after the fight, saying 'Thank you for the fight. I lost, to a very skilled opponent. I will be back, and stronger than before!'.