PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Saohin Srisuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renda Trimm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Srisuk comes to the cage accompanied by Traditional Muay Thai Music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Srisuk
vs
Trimm

179 cm
26
164 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

171 cm
21
151 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Saohin Srisuk!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Renda Trimm!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Trimm has managed to clinch.
Trimm lands a body punch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Srisuk obliges.
Srisuk pushes off an throws an elbow but Trimm leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Trimm on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Srisuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trimm blocks it with crossed arms.

Trimm's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trimm tries to clinch there but Srisuk circles away.
Trimm lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Trimm lands a jab.
Renda Trimm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trimm lands with a cross.
Trimm works Srisuk's body with a nice hook.
Trimm misses with a double jab.
Srisuk swings for the body but Trimm moves out of range.
Trimm lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Trimm.
Some wild striking there from Trimm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trimm wants to clinch up but Srisuk keeps it at a distance.
Trimm lands a nice looking body shot.
Srisuk misses with a body shot.
Trimm tries to clinch but Srisuk moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Trimm lands a right hand.
Trimm dodges an elbow strike from Srisuk.
Trimm lands a hook to the side of the head.

Trimm's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trimm lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Srisuk backs up against the cage.
Srisuk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trimm tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Srisuk missing with a left hand there. Trimm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trimm rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Srisuk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trimm tries to clinch up but Srisuk circles away and keeps his distance.
Trimm fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trimm slips under a jab.

Trimm closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Srisuk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trimm.
Srisuk trying to land knees to the body.
Trimm softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Trimm escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Trimm takes the fight into the clinch.
Srisuk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Srisuk tries to land knees in the clinch but Trimm avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Srisuk tries a knee to the head but Trimm blocks it.
Trimm on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trimm managing to block the knees to the body from Srisuk.
Trimm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Srisuk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trimm digs a right hand underneath Srisuk's ribcage. Srisuk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Srisuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trimm blocks it with crossed arms.
Trimm lands with a light punch inside.
Trimm lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Srisuk backwards.
Srisuk missing with knees to the body.
Srisuk keeps control of Trimm as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Trimm breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Srisuk wants to clinch.
Srisuk takes a swing at Trimm's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Srisuk lands a nice shot that snaps Trimm's head back.

Trimm closes the distance and clinches.

Trimm breaks from the clinch.
Srisuk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trimm looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Trimm scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Trimm tries to clinch up.
Trimm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Srisuk was well out of range. Poor timing from Trimm.

Srisuk gets tackled into the cage by Trimm. Trimm maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trimm taking a breather.
Trimm on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renda Trimm dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Srisuk moves in looking to clinch but Trimm pushes him off.
Trimm stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Trimm tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Srisuk takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Trimm is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trimm doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Trimm.
Srisuk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trimm.
Srisuk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trimm moves away.
Srisuk is looking to wear down Trimm with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Trimm wants to clinch.
Trimm throws a nice looking combination but Srisuk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trimm takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Srisuk walks into a straight right hand from Trimm.
Srisuk throws a head kick but Trimm moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Trimm.
Trimm lands a nice hook to Srisuk's body. Srisuk takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Srisuk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Trimm checks a low kick from Srisuk.
Renda Trimm is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Srisuk takes a swing at Trimm's ribcage but misses.

Srisuk tries to keep at a distance but Trimm has taken the fight into the clinch.
Srisuk working Trimm over with knees to the body.
Trimm scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knees to the body from Srisuk.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Trimm breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trimm moves out of range of the leg kick from Srisuk.
Srisuk scoring well with a low kick there.
Trimm jabs at Srisuk's body.
The crowd cheers as Trimm lands an impressive looking overhand right. Srisuk doesn't seem phased though.
Trimm misses the shot to the body.

Trimm rushes Srisuk and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Srisuk trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Srisuk missing with knees to the body.
Trimm gets through Srisuk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Trimm makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Trimm breaks the clinch.

Trimm moves into the clinch successfully.
Srisuk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trimm softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trimm managing to block the knees to the body from Srisuk.
Trimm avoiding damage as Srisuk throws knees to the body.
Trimm is leaning against Srisuk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Srisuk throws an elbow that misses.
Trimm lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trimm.
Srisuk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trimm.
Trimm working hard to break the clinch.
Trimm blocks an elbow strike from Srisuk.

Trimm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Trimm fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Srisuk, pushing him back against the cage.
Trimm softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Trimm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Renda Trimm seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trimm thows a body shot but no joy.
Srisuk looks to throw the jab but Trimm is out of range.
Srisuk loads up on a big right hand but Trimm slips the punch.
Trimm swats away the attempt to clinch by Srisuk.
Trimm lands a jab-cross combination.

Srisuk is rocked!

Trimm takes the fight into the clinch.
Oh Srisuk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Srisuk looking to throw knees to the head but Trimm is blocking nicely.
Srisuk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Srisuk seems to have got his legs back now.
Srisuk landing knees to the head.
Trimm lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Srisuk utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Srisuk missing with knees to the body.
Srisuk misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renda Trimm showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Srisuk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trimm lands with a right hand.
Trimm walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Srisuk drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Trimm swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Srisuk's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Renda Trimm!
Renda Trimm is the new lightweight champion!