PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lertphong Thongoon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Polski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Thongoon
vs
Polski

190 cm
22
255 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

203 cm
27
275 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Wolfpack Threadz
Wolfpack Blood Labs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lertphong Thongoon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Polski!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Thongoon. That's going to slow Polski down.
Polski throws a right hand that misses
and Thongoon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ivan Polski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thongoon slips a straight right by Polski.
Polski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thongoon.
Polski misses the jab.
Thongoon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Polski.
Thongoon throws a body punch but Polski moves out of range.
Polski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Polski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Polski cracks Thongoon with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Polski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thongoon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Polski misses the shot to the body.
Polski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Polski misses with a lunging right hand
and Thongoon counters with a leg kick.
Polski throws a right hand that misses
enabling Thongoon to counter with a crisp jab.
Polski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thongoon.
Polski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thongoon.
Polski takes a swing at Thongoon's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thongoon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Polski takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thongoon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Polski.

Thongoon rushes Polski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Polski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Polski looks to score with a jab to the body but Thongoon is just out of range.
Polski lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thongoon blocks a jab.
Thongoon tries to close the distance and clinch but Polski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thongoon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Polski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thongoon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Polski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Polski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Polski scores with a jab.
Polski throws an overhand right that lands on Thongoon's shoulder, as Thongoon tries to avoid the shot.
Polski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thongoon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thongoon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Polski lands a jab.
Polski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Thongoon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Polski was well out of range. Poor timing from Thongoon.
Polski misses with an uppercut
and Thongoon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thongoon lands a nice shot to the body.
Polski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thongoon.
Thongoon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Polski's sensitive parts.
Polski looks gassed!
Thongoon tries to clinch but Polski is having none of it.
Polski lands with a shot to the body.

Thongoon darts in and clinches Polski up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Polski takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Polski is trying to break the clinch but Thongoon is controlling him.
Polski is trying to break the clinch but Thongoon is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thongoon has him pressed against the cage.
Thongoon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Polski blocks it with crossed arms.
Polski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thongoon.
Polski is trying to break the clinch but Thongoon has him pressed against the cage.
Polski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Polski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thongoon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thongoon lands a lovely overhand right.
Polski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thongoon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thongoon throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Ivan Polski has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Polski misses.

Thongoon has managed to clinch.
Thongoon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Polski's efforts to push away.
Thongoon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Polski blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hand to the body from Thongoon.
Thongoon lands a good knee to the midsection. Polski won't want to take too many of those.
Polski is trying to break free.
Thongoon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thongoon is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Polski tries to circle away but Thongoon has him pinned against the cage.
Polski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thongoon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Polski is trying to break the clinch but Thongoon has him pressed against the cage.
Thongoon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thongoon lands a big knee to the head and Polski goes down! Thongoon pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lertphong Thongoon!
An out of breath Lertphong Thongoon thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.