PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pongsak Monkoltham (ranked 4342 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelson Iron (ranked 4988 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Monkoltham
vs
Iron

180 cm
25
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pongsak Monkoltham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nelson Iron!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iron is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Iron scores with a decent looking hook.
Iron dips to his left and cracks Monkoltham with an uppercut!
Nice defenses there by Iron.
Iron uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Monkoltham tries to bum rush Iron with a series of wild strikes but Iron uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Iron bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Monkoltham throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Monkoltham gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Monkoltham takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Iron lands an overhand right.
Monkoltham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Iron 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.

Monkoltham is rocked!
A head kick misses from Monkoltham.
Monkoltham misses with an uppercut. Iron saw that one coming.
Iron throws a body punch but Monkoltham moves out of range.
Monkoltham dips to his left and cracks Iron with an uppercut!
Iron throws a leg kick that misses.
Monkoltham feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Irons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Iron is rocked!
Iron is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Monkoltham had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Iron slips a jab and a cross from Monkoltham.
Monkoltham misses with a two punch combination.
Iron uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Iron fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Iron works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Oh Monkoltham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron misses with a low kick as Monkoltham jumps back.
Iron lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Monkoltham throws a big shot that misses.
Monkoltham seems to have got his legs back now.
Iron closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Iron stuns Monkoltham with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Monkoltham looks to land a combination but Iron avoids it well.
Monkoltham misses with a few strikes there.
A lazy left from Monkoltham finds it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Monkoltham 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Iron paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Pongsak Monkoltham has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Iron pounces like a tiger and cracks Monkoltham with a vicious hook! Monkoltham is down but not out! Iron follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nelson Iron!
A relieved looking Nelson Iron thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.