PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Khali Kumtomanee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tanom Jaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaa has chosen Advanced Training! from the movie Kick Boxer! as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Kumtomanee
vs
Jaa

200 cm
27
155 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

172 cm
28
155 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khali Kumtomanee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tanom Jaa!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kumtomanee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kumtomanee misses with a leg kick
and Jaa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kumtomanee thinking.
Kumtomanee darts in trying to clinch
and Jaa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kumtomanee tries to close the distance and clinch but Jaa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kumtomanee looks to clinch
and Kumtomanee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jaa circles away from the clinch attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jaa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kumtomanee is working for takedown but Jaa is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jaa blocks the elbow strike.
Kumtomanee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jaa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kumtomanee throws an elbow but misses.

Jaa gets a trip takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Jaa passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kumtomanee blocking the ground and pound.
Jaa looking to ground and pound but Kumtomanee is blocking nicely.
Jaa wants to control the pace but Kumtomanee is squirming around nicely.
Kumtomanee tries to buck Jaa off but he can't manage it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jaa's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Jaa misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kumtomanee's face.
Jaa controlling from the full mount.
Jaa is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kumtomanee can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jaa won't let Kumtomanee get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Jaa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jaa trying to control but Kumtomanee is having none of it.
Kumtomanee is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kumtomanee is squirming around, avoiding Jaa's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kumtomanee is looking to get to half guard.
Jaa landing strikes from the mount.
Jaa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jaa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jaa looking to finish with strikes here!
Jaa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jaa scoring with strikes but Kumtomanee is staying in there.

Kumtomanee is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jaa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oh Kumtomanee is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for Jaa! That's really hurt Kumtomanee and he's turned his back - Jaa keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Jaa jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tanom Jaa!