PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kim Choa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bukaw Pomruk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bukaw Pomruk is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Choa
vs
Pomruk

170 cm
21
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

167 cm
23
138 lbs
4 - 13 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kim Choa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bukaw Pomruk!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Choa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Choa showed some decent athleticism there.
Pomruk looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Choa is taking a breather. Pomruk says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Choa is nestled in close to Pomruk, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pomruk is not content to let Choa control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pomruk has hold of Choa's hands but Choa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Choa is trying to control. Pomruk wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Choa landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Choa working over Pomruk with some ground and pound. Pomruk looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Choa is trying to work for a kimura but Pomruk is defending well.
Choa is looking to take a break and control but Pomruk is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Choa scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pomruk has hold of Choa's hands but Choa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pomruk regains full guard. Nicely done.

Choa stands and steps away. Pomruk gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Pomruk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pomruk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Choa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pomruk tries to clinch up but Choa circles away and keeps his distance.
Choa swats away the attempt to clinch by Pomruk.
Pomruk fails in his attempt to clinch.

Choa feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Pomruk keeping full guard, as Choa tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choa stands up over Pomruk, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pomruk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Choa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Choa thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Pomruk looking for a sweep. Not yet Pomruk, not yet.
Choa trying to control but Pomruk is working from the bottom.
Pomruk looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Choa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pomruk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Choa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Choa moves in looking to clinch but Pomruk pushes him off.

Choa closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pomruk did well to prevent Choa getting side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pomruk is not content to let Choa control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Choa is trying to control. Pomruk wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Choa drops an elbow to the side of Pomruk's head.
Choa lands strikes from half guard.
Choa lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Choa lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Choa is trying to control the action in half guard but Pomruk is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Choa decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Choa slips a nice elbow through Pomruk's hands, connecting with Pomruk's forehead.
Choa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pomruk is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Choa scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choa working the head and body with strikes.
Choa lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Choa is trying to work for a kimura but Pomruk is defending well.
Choa winds up and cracks Pomruk with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Choa lands with a punch from half guard.
Choa lands strikes from half guard.
Choa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pomruk is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Choa scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Choa there.
Choa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Choa not doing much here.
Choa wants to control but Pomruk is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kim Choa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pomruk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Choa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Choa wants to control from the top but Pomruk keeps moving.
Choa chips away with some ground and pound.
Choa chips away with some ground and pound.
Pomruk tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Choa chips away with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Choa is working Pomruk over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Choa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pomruk striking off his back but it's not causing Choa any problems.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Choa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pomruk is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Choa jumps into side control!
Choa working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pomruk is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Choa working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pomruk wants to get back to his feet but Choa drags him back down.
Choa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Pomruk is not content to let Choa control the position.
Pomruk is looking to regain half guard here but Choa keeps moving and retains side control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Choa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Choa looks up at the clock and then as Pomruk takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Choa smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pomruk tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Choa controls the position.
Pomruk taking a bit of punishment here - Choa scoring with strikes.
Choa scores with a couple of short elbows.
Choa working the ground and pound.
Pomruk tries to improve position but can't.
Choa working the head and body with strikes.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Choa scores a takedown into full mount!
Choa working the ground and pound effectively.
Choa can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pomruk is looking to escape.
Choa is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Choa working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Choa dominating with strikes here.
Pomruk is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Choa.
Choa unloading with bombs!
Choa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pomruk's face.
Choa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Choa wants to control the pace but Pomruk is squirming around nicely.
Choa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Choa landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Choa.
Choa postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pomruk looks a forlorn figure.
Choa landing strikes from the mount.
Choa cracks Pomruk with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pomruk is trying to escape the mount.
Choa landing strikes from the mount and Pomruk is in trouble!
Choa is landing with some decent strikes but Pomruk is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Choa landing punches.
Choa landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kim Choa dominated that second round.
That's time! Choa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Choa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pomruk's waist but Pomruk gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Choa off to one side.
Pomruk gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Choa counters with a single leg into guard. Pomruk didn't expect that.
Choa lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Choa wants to control from the top but Pomruk keeps moving.
Pomruk trying to keep a closed guard but Choa is proving a slippery customer.
Pomruk keeping moving, preventing Choa from controlling successfully.
Choa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Choa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Choa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Choa stopping the sweep attempt from Pomruk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Choa scoring with some ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Choa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pomruk!
Choa raining down shots from the mount!
Choa with a couple of short strikes.
Choa is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pomruk can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Choa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Choa wants to control the pace but Pomruk is squirming around nicely.
Pomruk tries to lock up and control but Choa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choa working Pomruk over with strikes here.
Kim Choa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Choa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Choa lands a nice shot to the head.
Choa landing strikes from the mount and Pomruk is in trouble!
Choa lands with some strikes.
Choa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pomruk's face.
Choa avoids the attempt from Pomruk to control.
Choa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pomruk tries to hold on but Choa pushes him away.
Choa breaks from Pomruk's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pomruk tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pomruk is bucking up trying to escape but Choa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Choa tries to control but Pomruk wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pomruk takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Choa.
Choa looking to control but Pomruk is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Choa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pomruk's face.
Pomruk wants to control but Choa is having none of it.
Choa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Choa working Pomruk over with strikes here.
Choa lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pomruk hang on?
Choa with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Choa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Choa lands with some strikes.
Choa landing punches.
Choa can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pomruk is looking to escape.
Choa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bukaw Pomruk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pomruk is looking to improve his position but Choa isn't that keen on the idea.
Choa scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pomruk?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
BOOM! Choa connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Choa is landing with some decent strikes but Pomruk is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Kim Choa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Choa trying to control but Pomruk is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kim Choa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Choa, 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kim Choa!