PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Somporn Metharom (ranked 2416 p4p, 2687 weight class) and Jay Read (ranked 313 p4p, 347 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Metharom might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Porcelain - Moby. Read has chosen Fight Music as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Metharom
vs
Read

186 cm
21
175
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
170
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Somporn Metharom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Read!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters circling a little - Metharom finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jab, jab by Metharom - just one landing.
Read tries to close the distance and clinch but Metharom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've been told by Metharom's head coaches at Ludus Magnus that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Read gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Read avoiding damage as Metharom throws knees to the body.
Metharom can't find room to land a body shot as Read controls the action.
Metharom tries to land a knee to the head but Read blocks with his arms.
Metharom lands an elbow just above Read 's eye.
Read softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Read misses with an elbow over the top.
Read misses with a knee strike.
Read misses with a knee strike.
Read on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Read dodges an elbow strike from Metharom.
Read throws a knee to the head but misses.
Metharom wants to get back to striking at distance but Read won't allow it.
Read throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Read using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Metharom has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Metharom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Read has taken the fight to the clinch.
Metharom tries a body shot but Read blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Read tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Read tries a knee to the head but Metharom blocks it.
Read throws a knee to the head but misses.
Read tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Read tries a knee to the head but Metharom blocks it.
Read looking to throw knees to the head but Metharom is blocking nicely.
Metharom is trying to break the clinch but Read is controlling him.
Read looking to throw knees to the head but Metharom is blocking nicely.
Read throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Metharom blocks it with crossed arms.
Read is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Read tries to land a knee to the head but Metharom blocks with his arms.
Metharom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Metharom with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Metharom lands a nice shot to the body.
Read with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Metharom.
Read with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short uppercut from Metharom.
Metharom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Read tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metharom lands with a straight right. Read didn't see that one coming.

It looks like Jay Read has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Read tries to clinch
and Metharom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Metharom tests Read's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Read is rocked!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Read is still on wobbly legs! Can Metharom finish him?
Read is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Metharom is defending well for now.
Read seems to have recovered his senses.
Metharom scores with a nice hook to the head.
Read with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Read with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Read throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Metharom blocks it with crossed arms.
Read avoids a wild elbow strike from Metharom.
Metharom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Read tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Read lands an elbow that stopped Metharom in his tracks for a moment.
Metharom tries to work over Read's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Metharom lands a body punch.

Metharom breaks from the clinch.
Read fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metharom swats away the attempt to clinch by Read.
Read takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A big right from Read misses.
Metharom throws out a powerful jab.
Jay Read seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Metharom throws a wild body kick that Read sees coming a mile off.

Metharom lands a big head kick that sends Read tumbling to the mat! Metharom takes a step backwards and waves Read back to his feet - he wants the finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Metharom swats away the attempt to clinch by Read.
Metharom connects with a body shot that sends Read's belly button to the back.
Read on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Read has Metharom up against the cage in a clinch.
Read blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Read using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Metharom has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Metharom throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Read blocks it with crossed arms.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metharom is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A low kick from Metharom is predictable there
and Read counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Read throws a left and a right that both miss
and Metharom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice shot lands for Metharom.
Read on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That has opened up Jay Read's cut even more.
Read takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Metharom keeps the fight on the outside.

Read moves into the clinch.
Metharom struggles to land a body shot inside as Read controls his hands.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Read misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Metharom tries to throw a body punch but Read avoids it by throwing Metharom back against the cage.
Read tries a knee to the head but Metharom blocks it.
Read throws a knee to the head but misses.

Metharom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Metharom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Somporn Metharom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Read's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Metharom cracks Read with a right hand to the side of the head.
Read is looking to clinch but Metharom is avoiding it.
Metharom misses with a head kick.
Read doesn't manage to clinch there - Metharom circles away.
Metharom closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Read clinches with his opponent.
Read tries a knee to the head but Metharom blocks it.
Metharom working aggressively here.
Metharom is trying to break free.

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

Metharom lands a big head kick that sends Read tumbling to the mat! Metharom takes a step backwards and waves Read back to his feet - he wants the finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Metharom closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Read! Metharom dives in looking to finish! Read is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Somporn Metharom!