PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between lumpini thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diddy Waffle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). lumpini thai is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

thai
vs
Waffle

185 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, lumpini thai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diddy Waffle!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

thai decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
thai is looking to take a break and control but Waffle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
thai content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Waffle is trying to stand up here but thai is controlling him well.
thai is looking to take a break and control but Waffle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
thai with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
thai works his foot free and advances to mount.
Waffle is squirming around, avoiding thai's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
thai looking to control and managing it successfully.

The referee stands the fighters back up. lumpini thai just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

thai shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Waffle looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
thai throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Waffle because thai loaded up on that one.
thai wants to control the pace but Waffle is squirming around nicely.
Waffle wants to hold on but thai pushes him away.
BOOM! thai connects with a massive shot to the dome!
thai working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waffle is looking to get to half guard.
Waffle tries to lock up and control but thai gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

thai is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Waffle can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
thai throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Waffle is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
thai looking to control but Waffle is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
thai in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Waffle tries to hold on but thai postures up.
thai with the ground and pound from mount.
thai controlling the position easily from mount.
thai avoids the attempt from Waffle to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

lumpini thai dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

thai shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Waffle manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Waffle keeping moving, preventing thai from controlling successfully.

thai stands and steps away. Waffle gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

thai looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Waffle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with thai. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Waffle is looking for a triangle here but thai uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waffle wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
thai throws a strike aimed at the side of Waffle's head but Waffle avoids it well.
thai passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Waffle!
thai controlling from mount.
thai lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Waffle hang on?

That's two 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.
thai sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, thai cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

thai is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Waffle has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Waffle wants to control but thai is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
thai wants to control the action but instead Waffle gets a body lock and reverses into thai's guard! Nice work!
Waffle is looking to stand up but thai won't let him.
thai is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Still in half guard, thai seems content to control.
thai is looking to take a break and control but Waffle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Waffle trying to get back to full guard but thai takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Waffle wants to hold on but thai pushes him away.
thai lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

lumpini thai dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Waffle gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows thai to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Waffle is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

thai stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Waffle gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows thai to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Waffle wants to sweep but no luck.

thai gets to his feet - Waffle follows without any prompting.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waffle has his takedown stuffed

and thai counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by thai.
Waffle looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but thai puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
thai slows the pace down in half guard.
Waffle missing with punches from the bottom.
Waffle is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waffle trying to control here.
thai lands strikes from half guard.
thai keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Waffle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from thai.
thai thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Waffle's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Waffle misses with a takedown attempt

and thai counters with a shoot takedown. Waffle fights it but they end up in guard.
thai looking to sit in guard and control but Waffle gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Waffle throws a big right hand that misses.
thai not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Waffle trying to control the position from guard on top but thai is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Waffle looking to sit in guard and control but thai gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waffle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diddy Waffle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

thai stands up and waves to Waffle to follow him.
Waffle lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
lumpini thai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for thai, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... lumpini thai!