PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Vongkhamchanh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vongkhamchanh comes to the cage accompanied by EIGHTY4 FLY "LIKE PLANES". The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Vongkhamchanh
vs
Youngblood

180 cm
24
190 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

180 cm
21
192 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tommy Vongkhamchanh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyrone Youngblood!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vongkhamchanh checks a leg kick.
Youngblood lands a nice looking kick to the body. Vongkhamchanh takes a step back to recover.
Youngblood lands a nice looking kick to the body. Vongkhamchanh takes a step back to recover.
Youngblood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Youngblood throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Youngblood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vongkhamchanh is breathing heavily.
Youngblood connects with a body shot.
Youngblood stuns Vongkhamchanh with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vongkhamchanh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Youngblood can pounce on him.
Youngblood throws a leg kick which misses Vongkhamchanh's front leg but catches the back leg as Vongkhamchanh tries to avoid it.
Vongkhamchanh takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Tommy Vongkhamchanh has been cut.
Youngblood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Youngblood - that will leave a mark!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vongkhamchanh moves forwards but Youngblood connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Youngblood throws a leg kick which misses Vongkhamchanh's front leg but catches the back leg as Vongkhamchanh tries to avoid it.
Youngblood chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Youngblood cracks Vongkhamchanh with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Youngblood lands a jab.
Vongkhamchanh blocks a low kick nicely.
Tyrone Youngblood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Youngblood does it's job there.
Nice shot by Youngblood.
Vongkhamchanh tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Youngblood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vongkhamchanh moves away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Youngblood darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Youngblood works Vongkhamchanh's body with a nice hook.
Youngblood misses with an attempted mid kick.
Youngblood lands with a slapping head kick.

Tommy Vongkhamchanh's cut is getting worse.
Vongkhamchanh throws a lazy head kick
and Youngblood counters with a thumping low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Youngblood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vongkhamchanh has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Vongkhamchanh is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood digs a good hook to Vongkhamchanh's body.
Vongkhamchanh blocks a head kick by Youngblood.
Youngblood delivers a nice body kick.
Vongkhamchanh takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Youngblood scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Vongkhamchanh will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Youngblood looks for the body kick but Vongkhamchanh saw that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Youngblood misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Youngblood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Vongkhamchanh's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Vongkhamchanh takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Vongkhamchanh takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vongkhamchanh misses with a combination
and Youngblood counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A low kick from Youngblood misses
and Vongkhamchanh counters with an outside leg kick.
Youngblood 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.
Youngblood tries to land a body kick
and Vongkhamchanh counters with a right hand to the body.
Tyrone Youngblood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Youngblood scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Youngblood throws a leg kick but Vongkhamchanh moved away.
Vongkhamchanh falls off balance throwing a combination
and Youngblood counters with a right hand to the body.
Youngblood throws a shot to the body.
Youngblood catches Vongkhamchanh with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Youngblood throws a leg kick which misses Vongkhamchanh's front leg but catches the back leg as Vongkhamchanh tries to avoid it.
Youngblood throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vongkhamchanh has time to react.

Tommy Vongkhamchanh's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
That kick from Youngblood tenderised Vongkhamchanh's leg. Vongkhamchanh is trying to keep his angry face on.
Youngblood tries a head kick but it misses.
Youngblood wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vongkhamchanh crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Youngblood - the referee stops the clock and Vongkhamchanh gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Youngblood. Vongkhamchanh manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Youngblood thows a body shot but no joy.
Youngblood misses with a kick to the body
and Vongkhamchanh counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Youngblood is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Youngblood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vongkhamchanh has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood connects with a leg kick. Vongkhamchanh looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Youngblood delivers a nice body kick.
Youngblood bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Youngblood connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Youngblood is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A good leg kick by Youngblood.
Both fighters circling a little - Youngblood finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood lands a slapping body shot.
Youngblood misses with a few strikes there.
Youngblood throws the kick towards the body but Vongkhamchanh avoids it.
Youngblood throws a half hearted mid kick.
Youngblood throws a nice looking combination but Vongkhamchanh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Youngblood lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Youngblood lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A slapping body kick lands there for Youngblood.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Youngblood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tommy Vongkhamchanh's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Thud! ouch! good body kick from Youngblood - that will leave a mark!
Youngblood throws a right and a left that Vongkhamchanh avoids nicely.
Youngblood scores with a nice body kick.
Vongkhamchanh on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A slapping leg kick lands for Youngblood.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Vongkhamchanh might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Youngblood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Youngblood misses with the combination.
Vongkhamchanh throws a lazy head kick
and Youngblood counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Youngblood scores with a leg kick.
Vongkhamchanh walks into a straight right hand from Youngblood.

Jeez, Tommy Vongkhamchanh's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Youngblood plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tommy Vongkhamchanh's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tyrone Youngblood!