PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vik Ben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaidee Praphasirirat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaidee Praphasirirat acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ben
vs
Praphasirirat

188 cm
21
235 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

183 cm
21
232 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Brute

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vik Ben!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaidee Praphasirirat!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Praphasirirat gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ben.
Praphasirirat scores with a hook.
Ben looks to score with a jab to the body but Praphasirirat is just out of range.
Praphasirirat displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ben throws out the jab.
Praphasirirat pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Praphasirirat lands a head kick. Ben smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Praphasirirat misses with a low kick.
Praphasirirat on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Praphasirirat moves out of range of the body kick from Ben.
Praphasirirat takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ben throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Praphasirirat counters with an outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ben moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ben attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ben wants to land a leg kick but Praphasirirat is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Praphasirirat tries to bum rush Ben with a series of wild strikes but Ben uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Praphasirirat misses with a jab to the body
letting Ben counter with a right hand.
Ben throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Praphasirirat looks to score with a jab to the body but Ben is just out of range.
Ben throws a sloppy head kick and Praphasirirat moves out of range easily.
Jab from Ben.
Ben is looking to chop away at Praphasirirat's legs.
A head kick misses from Ben.
Praphasirirat just misses with a punch to the body.
Ben keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ben throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ben closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ben will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ben blocks the body kick.

Praphasirirat rushes Ben and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ben tries to break the clinch but Praphasirirat is controlling the position.
Ben tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Praphasirirat's elbow.
Praphasirirat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ben has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ben is pushing Praphasirirat up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ben wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ben breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ben thows a body shot but no joy.
Praphasirirat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ben was well out of range. Poor timing from Praphasirirat.
Ben lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Praphasirirat circles away quickly and effectively.
Ben defending well as Praphasirirat loads up on a big left hand.
Praphasirirat takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ben throws a right hand that Praphasirirat ducks under and follows up with a left that Praphasirirat also avoids with ease.
Praphasirirat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ben was well out of range. Poor timing from Praphasirirat.
Good leg kick by Ben there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ben thows a body shot but no joy.
Praphasirirat goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ben moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Praphasirirat lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ben's sensitive parts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ben looks to land a combination but Praphasirirat avoids it well.
Praphasirirat just misses with a punch to the body.
Praphasirirat tries to close the distance and clinch but Ben swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ben ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Praphasirirat moves away.
Praphasirirat shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Praphasirirat avoids a kick to the body.
A punch combination from Ben misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ben goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ben lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Praphasirirat has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Praphasirirat and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ben!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vik Ben dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Praphasirirat takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ben misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ben swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Praphasirirat.
Praphasirirat connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Praphasirirat moves out of range of the strikes.
Praphasirirat is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ben.
Praphasirirat connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ben scores with a sloppy right hand. Praphasirirat should have avoided that one.
Praphasirirat throws out a loose jab but Ben uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ben slips under a jab.
Vik Ben is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ben connects with a right hand. Praphasirirat shakes it off.
Vik Ben is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Praphasirirat moves out of range as Ben strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ben throws a series of strikes that have Praphasirirat backpedaling.
Ben attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Praphasirirat takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ben throws a body punch but Praphasirirat moves out of range.
Ben tries to bum rush Praphasirirat with a series of wild strikes but Praphasirirat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ben swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Praphasirirat counter with a right hand.
Praphasirirat tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ben swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ben throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ben tries to bum rush Praphasirirat with a series of wild strikes but Praphasirirat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Praphasirirat swings for the body but Ben moves out of range.
Praphasirirat misses with a wild body shot.
Vik Ben seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ben scores with a hook to the body. Praphasirirat takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ben blocks a head kick by Praphasirirat.
Ben takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ben takes one to the side of the head.
Ben throws a wild body kick that Praphasirirat sees coming a mile off.
A punch lands to the side of Praphasirirat 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ben looks to score with a jab to the body but Praphasirirat is just out of range.
Ben changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ben throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Praphasirirat is looking to clinch.
Praphasirirat slips a jab and a cross from Ben.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praphasirirat jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Praphasirirat avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters circling - Praphasirirat throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ben throws a low kick, looking for Praphasirirat's leg but Praphasirirat calmly moves out of range.
Ben lands a nice shot to the body.
Ben misses with a wild body shot.
Ben displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Praphasirirat takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ben looks to land a combination but Praphasirirat avoids it well.
Ben throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Ben as he connects with a hook.
Praphasirirat connects with a right hand. Ben shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danga de danga de dang - Ben scores with a four punch combination!
Ben throws a sloppy body shot
and Praphasirirat counters with a nice uppercut.
Ben throws the kick towards the body but Praphasirirat avoids it.
Ben misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ben misses with a two punch combination.
Praphasirirat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Praphasirirat lands with a shot to the body.
Ben misses with a double jab
and Praphasirirat counters with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vik Ben dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Ben thuds a left hand into Praphasirirat's body.
Praphasirirat throws a head kick but Ben moves out of range.
Ben wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ben throws a right hand that Praphasirirat ducks under and follows up with a left that Praphasirirat also avoids with ease.
Ben throws out a powerful jab.
Praphasirirat is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ben throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Praphasirirat sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ben cracks Praphasirirat with a right hand to the side of the head.
Praphasirirat swings for the body but Ben moves out of range.
Ben moves out of range as Praphasirirat strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Praphasirirat does no damage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ben.
Ben misses with a body shot.
Ben ducks under a wild hook from Praphasirirat.
A head kick misses from Praphasirirat.
Ben scores with a jab to the body.
Ben tries a low kick but Praphasirirat avoids it.
Ben misses with a wild body shot.
Ben lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Praphasirirat connects with a solid leg kick.
Ben pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Ben, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ben. Praphasirirat does a little dance to reset his feet.
Praphasirirat tries to land a front kick but Ben steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ben throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Praphasirirat throws a nice looking combination but Ben bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ben is looking to wear down Praphasirirat with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ben misses with a hook. Praphasirirat ducked under it nicely.
An inside leg kick from Ben misses.
Praphasirirat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ben was well out of range. Poor timing from Praphasirirat.
Ben ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Praphasirirat moves away.
Ben throws a left and a right that both miss
and Praphasirirat counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praphasirirat throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A punch lands to the side of Praphasirirat 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ben thows a left - swing and a miss!
Praphasirirat drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A combination from Ben does no damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ben throws a sloppy head kick and Praphasirirat moves out of range easily.
Jaidee Praphasirirat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Praphasirirat throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ben lands a jab-cross combination.
Praphasirirat tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Praphasirirat takes one on the button.
Ben throws a body punch but Praphasirirat moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Praphasirirat is looking to land body kicks.
Ben lands a jab to Praphasirirat's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ben scores with a three punch combo!
Praphasirirat on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ben showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Praphasirirat.
Ben dodges the punch combination from Praphasirirat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ben throws out a powerful jab.
Ben misses with a body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vik Ben showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ben has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vik Ben!
Vik Ben took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'It's an honor to fight my training partner Trevor in PhoQus Sports, It was a good fight!'.