PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darius Ghetea (ranked 697 p4p, 810 weight class) and Somporn Metharom (ranked 100 p4p, 113 weight class). Metharom is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Porcelain - Moby. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Ghetea
vs
Metharom

181 cm
24
175
10 - 4 - 0

186 cm
24
175
8 - 3 - 0

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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Ghetea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Somporn Metharom!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Metharom. Ghetea does a little dance to reset his feet.
Metharom ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ghetea avoids the body shot from Metharom.
Ghetea will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice defenses there by Metharom.
Ghetea misses with a body shot.
Ghetea blocks a jab.
Ghetea connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ghetea. Metharom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ghetea has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Grunt in the buildup to the fight.
Metharom misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghetea throws a hook but Metharom blocks it.
A big left from Metharom misses.
Metharom sizes up Ghetea with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice straight punches there by Metharom. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Metharom.
Somporn Metharom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ghetea lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Metharom throws a hook but Ghetea avoids it easily.
Metharom takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Metharom avoids the body shot from Ghetea.
Ghetea wants to slow Metharom down by chopping away at his legs.
Ghetea looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Metharom thows a left - swing and a miss!
Metharom looks to score with a jab to the body but Ghetea is just out of range.
Ghetea digs a good hook to Metharom's body.
Ghetea uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Metharom.
Nice shot by Ghetea.

It looks like Somporn Metharom has been cut.
Ghetea misses the shot to the body.
Ghetea does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ghetea slips under a jab.
Ghetea throwing a counter right hand but Metharom manages to avoid it.
Ghetea takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metharom thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Metharom misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ghetea connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Metharom works Ghetea's body with a nice hook.
Ghetea lands a jab to the head.
Metharom with a jab.
Ghetea scores with a jab to the body.
Metharom throws a big shot that misses.
Metharom is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Metharom takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ghetea fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Metharom looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Metharom throws a big shot that misses.
Ghetea looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ghetea lands with a shot to the body.
Ghetea throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Metharom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Metharom.
Ghetea lands with a good body shot.
Ghetea bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ghetea half committed to a counter leg kick.
Metharom misses with a right hand
and Ghetea counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ghetea ducks under a wild hook from Metharom.
An attempted straight right counter from Ghetea misses the target.
A low kick lands for Ghetea.
Ghetea feints and then cracks Metharom's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Metharom down.
Metharom lands with a shot to the body.
Ghetea fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ghetea is looking to chop away at Metharom's legs.
Metharom let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ghetea moves away from the strike by Metharom.
Ghetea throws a big counter combination but Metharom scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Ghetea throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Metharom on the side of the head.
Ghetea keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Metharom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ghetea bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ghetea looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ghetea is looking to wear down Metharom with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ghetea connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Metharom momentarily.
Ghetea blocks a head kick by Metharom.
Jab, jab by Ghetea - just one landing.
Ghetea finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ghetea slips under a jab.
Metharom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ghetea sizes up Metharom with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
An inside leg kick from Ghetea misses.
A head kick misses from Metharom.
Ghetea keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Metharom.
Ghetea throws a jab when Metharom was well out of range.
Metharom swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ghetea seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Ghetea dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Somporn Metharom's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Metharom throws a hook to the side of Ghetea's head but Ghetea sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Metharom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ghetea manages to avoid it.
Ghetea pivots, looking for a leg kick but Metharom is out of range and Ghetea settles back down.
Ghetea gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ghetea scores with a hook to the body. Metharom takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Metharom might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ghetea has got the better of the exchanges.
Metharom looks to score with a jab to the body but Ghetea is just out of range.
Ghetea attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Metharom doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ghetea fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Metharom takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghetea misses with a low kick.
Ghetea swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Metharom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ghetea manages to avoid it.
Ghetea avoids the body shot from Metharom.
Metharom scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Ghetea misses.
Metharom walks into a left hand.
Ghetea dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ghetea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Metharom.
Metharom takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ghetea looks to score with a jab to the body but Metharom is just out of range.
Metharom throws a hook but Ghetea avoids it easily.
Metharom connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ghetea looks to score with a jab to the body but Metharom is just out of range.
Metharom misses with a looping left.
Ghetea looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Nice defenses there by Ghetea.
Metharom stuns Ghetea with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ghetea tries to work over Metharom's front leg with a kick but Metharom checks it.
Metharom looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Metharom misses with a left hand
and Ghetea counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ghetea throws a body shot but no joy.
Metharom looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ghetea misses with a leg kick.
Ghetea keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Metharom.
Ghetea half committed to a counter leg kick.
A combination from Ghetea does no damage.
Metharom connects with a looping right hand.
Metharom throws a hook but Ghetea avoids it easily.
Ghetea swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Metharom is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Metharom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Metharom lands a nice hook to Ghetea's body. Ghetea takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ghetea is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Metharom.
Ghetea defending well as Metharom loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea scores with a leg kick.
Metharom takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ghetea throws a low kick but Metharom avoids it.
Metharom appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ghetea drops his hands momentarily and Metharom takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ghetea.
Ghetea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Metharom can do to turn this around?
Ghetea scores with a crisp jab that stopped Metharom in his tracks.
The fighters circling - Metharom throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Metharom misses with a lunging right hand
and Ghetea counters with an outside leg kick.
Metharom misses with a straight left.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ghetea.
Metharom throws a lazy uppercut
and Ghetea counters with a leg kick.
Ghetea with a nice calf kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metharom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ghetea ducks under a wild hook from Metharom.
Metharom uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ghetea.
Metharom's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ghetea connects with a crisp jab.

That has opened up Somporn Metharom's cut even more.
Ghetea connects with a nice looking jab.
Ghetea tries to work over Metharom's front leg with a kick but Metharom checks it.
Ghetea avoids the body shot from Metharom.
Metharom misses with an uppercut.
We've been informed that Metharom has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Ghetea tries a low kick but Metharom avoids it.
Metharom is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ghetea with a body shot.
Metharom lands a right hook to the body.
Metharom jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Ghetea misses its target.
Ghetea throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Metharom on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ghetea. Ghetea obviously looking to wear him down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Ghetea dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Somporn Metharom's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Metharom misses with an uppercut
and Ghetea counters with a leg kick.
Ghetea keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Metharom backs away, Ghetea returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ghetea throws a front kick aimed at Metharom's knee but Metharom avoids it well.
Ghetea jabs Metharom to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ghetea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ghetea throws a body punch but Metharom moves out of range.
Metharom scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ghetea in his tracks.
Nice shot by Metharom.
Ghetea connects with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Metharom misses.
Metharom throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Ghetea on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Metharom punishes Ghetea's body with a nice straight punch.
Metharom swings for the body but Ghetea moves out of range.
Ghetea tried to counter with a leg kick but Metharom avoided it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghetea fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Metharom checks it well.
Metharom takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Metharom misses with an uppercut
and Ghetea counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Metharom thinking.
Metharom misses with a body shot.
Metharom checks a low kick from Ghetea.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Metharom comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Metharom throws a jab but it's blocked by Ghetea.
Metharom throws a body punch but Ghetea moves out of range.
Ghetea lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ghetea just misses with a punch to the body.
Ghetea punishes Metharom's body with a nice straight punch.
Metharom lands a nice shot to the body.
Metharom on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metharom's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ghetea connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Metharom scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ghetea loads up on a big right hand but Metharom slips the punch.
Metharom takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Metharom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Metharom ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Metharom lands a jab.
Metharom throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A quick step to the side and Ghetea tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ghetea works Metharom's body with a nice hook.
Darius Ghetea is winning the standup battle so far.
Ghetea throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ghetea misses with a series of wild punches.
Metharom throws a big counter head kick but Ghetea avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Ghetea misses its intended target.
Metharom checks a low kick from Ghetea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metharom misses with a wild body shot.
Ghetea dips to his left and cracks Metharom with an uppercut!
Ghetea throws a nice outside leg kick.
Metharom misses with an uppercut. Ghetea saw that one coming.
Ghetea moves away from the strike by Metharom.
Ghetea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ghetea misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Metharom.
You can see that Metharom has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Metharom rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ghetea counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Metharom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ghetea.
Metharom let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ghetea throws a body punch but Metharom moves out of range.
Ghetea throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea scores with a jab to the jaw.
Metharom misses with an uppercut. Ghetea saw that one coming.
Ghetea slips a straight right by Metharom.
Metharom takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Metharom fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Metharom misses with a shot to the body
and Ghetea counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Metharom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ghetea counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Metharom takes a swing at Ghetea's ribcage but misses.
Metharom moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ghetea thumps Metharom with a low kick.
Ghetea lands a lovely overhand right.
Somporn Metharom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Darius Ghetea is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ghetea scores with a jab to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darius Ghetea showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ghetea 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

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