PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ron James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bapit Pradchapet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pradchapet has chosen Wanted Dead or Alive as his entrance music. Ron James could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bapit Pradchapet's chin.

James
vs
Pradchapet

186 cm
31
172 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

178 cm
29
183 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER
5th Round Clothing

Legion of Pain Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ron James!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bapit Pradchapet!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Joseph Jones and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Pradchapet.
James dives in and grabs Pradchapet's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pradchapet pushes down on James's head and hops out.
Pradchapet tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
James lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
James misses with a left hand
and Pradchapet counters with an outside leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pradchapet.
Pradchapet digs a good hook to James's body.
James will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
James avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
James takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
James checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pradchapet fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with James, pushing him back against the cage.
James has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pradchapet avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pradchapet.
Pradchapet lands a body shot.
Pradchapet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
James prevents a body shot from Pradchapet.
Pradchapet lands a shoulder strike.
Pradchapet misses with some punches.
James wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good body shot from Pradchapet.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pradchapet.
Pradchapet working aggressively here.
Pradchapet keeps control of James as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pradchapet lands a left hand that snaps the head of James backwards.
Pradchapet misses with a hook from the clinch.
James is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pradchapet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
James wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pradchapet has him pressed against the cage.
Pradchapet misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pradchapet.
Pradchapet letting James take a breather here.

Pradchapet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pradchapet lands a nice leg kick that just misses James's sensitive parts.
James blocks a low kick nicely.
Bapit Pradchapet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James lands a nice hook to Pradchapet's body. Pradchapet takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
James shoots in for a double leg but Pradchapet sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron James. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pradchapet fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pradchapet looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James lands a nice shot that snaps Pradchapet's head back.
James misses the jab.
Pradchapet throws a sloppy head kick and James moves out of range easily.
James throws a half hearted mid kick.

Pradchapet closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from James.
Pradchapet lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt James or not.
James prevents a body shot from Pradchapet.
Pradchapet working hard to break the clinch.
Pradchapet has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by James after a bit of a struggle.
Pradchapet misses with a hook from the clinch.
James is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Pradchapet to keep the fight standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pradchapet digs a right hand underneath James's ribcage. James let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pradchapet is working for takedown but James is calmly controlling the position for now.
Pradchapet using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pradchapet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pradchapet lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pradchapet lands a hook that snaps the head of James backwards.

It looks like Ron James has been cut.
Pradchapet misses with a punch to the body.
Pradchapet misses with a knee to the head.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Pradchapet avoids the damage to the body.
Pradchapet lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of James backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pradchapet just misses with a elbow thrown towards James's brow.
James is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Still in the clinch, Pradchapet scores with a nice short uppercut.
James blocks an uppercut.
James looking to stall.
Pradchapet has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. James avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bapit Pradchapet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ron James's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pradchapet throws the kick towards the body but James avoids it.
Pradchapet lands a nice shot to the body.
James on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pradchapet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pradchapet throws a leg kick
and James counters with a good, hard body kick but Pradchapet shrugs it off.
James tried to score with a low kick but Pradchapet checks it.
Pradchapet checks a low kick from James.
James scores with a leg kick.
James throws a front kick aimed at Pradchapet's knee but Pradchapet avoids it well.
Pradchapet throws a leg kick but James sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pradchapet keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pradchapet fakes a jab and throws a low kick but James checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pradchapet moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Pradchapet scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pradchapet fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
James defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pradchapet.
Pradchapet throws a lazy right hand but James sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crunch! Pradchapet slams his shin into James's torso.
James takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pradchapet. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
James blocks a jab.
Pradchapet scores with a nice body kick.
Pradchapet fails to land the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James takes a shot to the body in his stride.
James misses with a leg kick.
Pradchapet cracks James with an open hand slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James moves out of range of the leg kick from Pradchapet.
Bapit Pradchapet seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pradchapet moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
Pradchapet lands a lovely overhand right.
Pradchapet misses with a low kick.
James checks a low kick from Pradchapet.
James throws a solid leg kick but Pradchapet takes the impact on his shin and smiles at James.
Pradchapet cracks James with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
James throws a big shot that misses.
James throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pradchapet throws a leg kick but James checks it.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James throws a push kick but Pradchapet slaps the foot to one side.
Pradchapet lands with a thumping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from James. Pradchapet does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pradchapet connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pradchapet bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of James's head.
James keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pradchapet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pradchapet fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with James, pushing him back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
James tries a body shot but Pradchapet blocks it.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bapit Pradchapet seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
James blocks an uppercut.
James slows down the pace here.

James gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Pradchapet controls James momentarily but James frees himself.
James throws a big right hand that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pradchapet wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Pradchapet lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for James!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bapit Pradchapet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ron James's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

James will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pradchapet checks a low kick from James.
Pradchapet tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
James tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
James misses with an uppercut. Pradchapet saw that one coming.
Pradchapet looks to score with a jab to the body but James is just out of range.
Pradchapet tests James's chin there with a solid looking shot.
James keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pradchapet looks to throw the jab but James is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pradchapet pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
James misses with an uppercut. Pradchapet saw that one coming.
Pradchapet cracks James with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pradchapet misses with a kick to the body.
Pradchapet loads up on a big right hand but James slips the punch.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pradchapet moves away.

Pradchapet looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pradchapet stopping the sweep attempt from James.

James pushes a forearm under Pradchapet's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Pradchapet is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ron James!
Ron James is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Ron James thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.