PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between aerold firmeza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Ong Bak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

firmeza
vs
Ong Bak

160 cm
18
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, aerold firmeza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Ong Bak!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
firmeza blocks a head kick by Ong Bak.
Ong Bak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ong Bak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Ong Bak closes the distance and clinches.
Ong Bak throws a knee to the head but misses.
firmeza tries to pull guard but Ong Bak won't allow it.
Ong Bak is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stalling in the clinch from Ong Bak.
firmeza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ong Bak lands an elbow inside.
Ong Bak gets underhooks to prevent firmeza's takedown attempt.
firmeza managing to block the knees to the body from Ong Bak.
Ong Bak lands an elbow just above firmeza 's eye.
Ong Bak lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Ong Bak.
firmeza fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for aerold firmeza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ong Bak lands a damaging elbow.
Ong Bak lands a damaging elbow.
Ong Bak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from firmeza.
Ong Bak lands an elbow that stopped firmeza in his tracks for a moment.
firmeza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ong Bak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
firmeza tries to circle away but Ong Bak has him pinned against the cage.
Ong Bak lands an elbow inside.
Ong Bak lands an elbow inside.
firmeza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ong Bak lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ong Bak leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ong Bak working aggressively here.
Ong Bak lands an elbow inside.
Ong Bak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ong Bak missing with knees to the body.
Ong Bak lands a damaging elbow.
firmeza looking to stall.
Ong Bak lands an elbow inside that firmeza shrugs off.
Ong Bak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ong Bak lands an elbow that stopped firmeza in his tracks for a moment.
Ong Bak lands a damaging elbow.
Ong Bak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ong Bak prevents the takedown attempt.
firmeza avoiding damage as Ong Bak throws knees to the body.
firmeza tries to pull guard but Ong Bak holds him up against the cage and eventually firmeza drops back down to his feet.
Ong Bak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but firmeza blocks it with crossed arms.
Ong Bak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through firmeza's defenses.
Ong Bak lands an elbow inside that firmeza shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ong Bak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
firmeza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ong Bak.
Ong Bak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

firmeza is rocked!
Ong Bak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh firmeza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ong Bak.
Ong Bak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ong Bak has firmeza pressed against the cage. He pushes firmeza back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Ong Bak throws a beautiful elbow that sends firmeza crashing to the floor! Ong Bak piles on the pressure with more strikes! firmeza is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Ong Bak!