PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thahan Nantakarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giacobbe Ruotolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruotolo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I Ratti Della Sabina - Lo Scemo Del Villaggio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nantakarn
vs
Ruotolo

180 cm
20
160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

169 cm
25
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Can Moonwalk

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thahan Nantakarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Giacobbe Ruotolo!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruotolo checks the leg kick.
Nantakarn lands with a slapping head kick.
Nantakarn slips a straight right by Ruotolo.
Nantakarn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nantakarn walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nantakarn finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ruotolo jabs Nantakarn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thahan Nantakarn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ruotolo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nantakarn scores with a spinning back kick!
Nice straight punches there by Ruotolo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ruotolo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nantakarn connects with a leg kick. Ruotolo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ruotolo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ruotolo throws a hook but Nantakarn blocks it.
Nantakarn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nantakarn feints and then cracks Ruotolo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ruotolo down.
Ruotolo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nantakarn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Nantakarn as Ruotolo shoots in.
Ruotolo misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nantakarn.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nantakarn.
Nantakarn takes a swing at Ruotolo's ribcage but misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nantakarn.

Ruotolo takes the fight into the clinch.
Nantakarn working hard to break the clinch.
Ruotolo wants to break free but Nantakarn has control.
Ruotolo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nantakarn misses with a punch to the body.
Ruotolo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nantakarn's elbow.
Nantakarn misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ruotolo.

It looks like Thahan Nantakarn has been cut.
Ruotolo lands a body shot.
Ruotolo digs a right hand into Nantakarn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nantakarn's gas tank.
Nantakarn misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nantakarn misses with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nantakarn is trying to break the clinch but Ruotolo is controlling him.
Nantakarn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ruotolo's elbow.
Nantakarn tries to circle away but Ruotolo has him pinned against the ropes.
Nantakarn is trying to break the clinch but Ruotolo has him pressed against the ropes.
Nantakarn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ruotolo's elbow.
Nantakarn throws a head punch that misses.
Nantakarn keeps control of Ruotolo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nantakarn.
Ruotolo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nantakarn's efforts to push away.
Nantakarn misses with some punches.
Nantakarn misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruotolo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ruotolo misses with a body punch.
Ruotolo taking a breather.
Ruotolo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nantakarn prevents Ruotolo from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ruotolo.
Nantakarn misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruotolo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Nantakarn to keep the fight standing.
Ruotolo blocking some punches.
Ruotolo prevents Nantakarn from breaking the clinch.
Nantakarn working hard to break the clinch.
Ruotolo prevents Nantakarn from breaking the clinch.
Nantakarn is trying to break free.
Nantakarn can't find room to land a body shot as Ruotolo controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Ruotolo.
Nantakarn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ruotolo tries to break the clinch but Nantakarn is controlling the position.
Nantakarn prevents Ruotolo from breaking the clinch.
Nantakarn is trying to break the clinch but Ruotolo is controlling him.
Ruotolo taking a breather.
Nantakarn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ruotolo blocks a body shot from Nantakarn.
Nantakarn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nantakarn tries to throw a body punch but Ruotolo avoids it by throwing Nantakarn back against the ropes.
Nantakarn throws a punch but it's blocked by Ruotolo.
Nantakarn can't break the clinch.
Nantakarn misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruotolo is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Thahan Nantakarn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Giacobbe Ruotolo.
Nantakarn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ruotolo is looking to control Nantakarn's arms but Nantakarn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ruotolo has his back to the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Ruotolo as the two fighters clinch.
Nantakarn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nantakarn is trying to break free.
Ruotolo prevents a body shot from Nantakarn.
A left hand lands to the body for Ruotolo.
Nantakarn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ruotolo's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ruotolo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruotolo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nantakarn struggles to land a body shot inside as Ruotolo controls his hands.
Ruotolo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nantakarn is keeping busy.

Ruotolo pulls guard effortlessly.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nantakarn is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thahan Nantakarn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thahan Nantakarn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ruotolo looks to land a combination but Nantakarn avoids it well.
Nantakarn scores with a kick to the midsection.
A bone on bone clash there as Ruotolo blocks the leg kick.
Ruotolo looks to land a right hand but Nantakarn moved out of range.
Nantakarn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruotolo.
Nice uppercut there from Ruotolo.
Ruotolo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruotolo throws a right hand that misses
and Nantakarn makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ruotolo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nantakarn moves away from the strike by Ruotolo.
Nantakarn has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ruotolo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nantakarn lands with a good body shot.
Nantakarn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ruotolo.
Nantakarn slips under a jab.
Thahan Nantakarn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruotolo just misses with a punch to the body.
Nantakarn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ruotolo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruotolo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ruotolo avoids the head kick by Nantakarn.
Nantakarn ducks under a wild hook from Ruotolo.
Ruotolo stuns Nantakarn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nantakarn fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nantakarn lands with a nice body kick.
Ruotolo is breathing heavily.
Ruotolo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nantakarn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Nantakarn there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice defenses there by Ruotolo.
Nantakarn lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruotolo thows a leg kick but Nantakarn checks it
and Nantakarn makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ruotolo really felt that one!
Nantakarn throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ruotolo.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nantakarn.
Nantakarn fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ruotolo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nantakarn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruotolo.
Nantakarn lands with a straight right. Ruotolo didn't see that one coming.
Nantakarn throws a sloppy head kick and Ruotolo moves out of range easily.
Nantakarn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ruotolo misses with a hook.
Nantakarn lands a head kick. Ruotolo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ruotolo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nantakarn.
Nice shot by Ruotolo.
Nantakarn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nantakarn throws a solid leg kick but Ruotolo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nantakarn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nantakarn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nantakarn blocks a low kick nicely.
Ruotolo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nantakarn scores with a nice right hand.
Ruotolo works Nantakarn's body with a nice hook.
Nantakarn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nantakarn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruotolo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ruotolo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ruotolo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ruotolo blocks a head kick by Nantakarn.
Nantakarn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Ruotolo.
Nantakarn moves away from the strike by Ruotolo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nantakarn misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruotolo misses with a hook.
Nantakarn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruotolo.
Nantakarn is looking to wear down Ruotolo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nantakarn misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nantakarn.
Ruotolo looks to land a right hand but Nantakarn moved out of range.
Nantakarn takes a swing at Ruotolo's ribcage but misses.
Ruotolo misses with a right hand
and Nantakarn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Thahan Nantakarn is winning the standup battle so far.
Nantakarn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nantakarn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nantakarn moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Nantakarn.
Ruotolo punishes Nantakarn's body with a nice straight punch.
Nantakarn misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thahan Nantakarn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thahan Nantakarn's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Nantakarn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ruotolo's head backwards.
Nantakarn blocks a jab.
Ruotolo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nantakarn. Nantakarn obviously looking to wear him down.
Ruotolo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ruotolo throws a looping overhand right but Nantakarn ducks down to avoid it.
Nantakarn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ruotolo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nantakarn.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nantakarn.
Ruotolo throws a shot from downtown. Nantakarn moves away and avoids it.
Nantakarn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ruotolo misses with a hook.
Good leg kick by Nantakarn there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nantakarn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ruotolo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruotolo thows a body shot but no joy.
Ruotolo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nantakarn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nantakarn missing with a left hand there. Ruotolo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nantakarn lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ruotolo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ruotolo lands a nice shot to the body.
Nantakarn thuds his shin into the meat of Ruotolo's side.
Nantakarn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ruotolo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Nantakarn.
Ruotolo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nantakarn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A head kick misses from Ruotolo.
Ruotolo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nantakarn takes a swing at Ruotolo's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nantakarn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ruotolo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nantakarn. Nantakarn obviously looking to wear him down.
Ruotolo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nantakarn. Nantakarn obviously looking to wear him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nantakarn.
Ruotolo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nantakarn throws a leg kick which misses Ruotolo's front leg but catches the back leg as Ruotolo tries to avoid it.
Nantakarn swings for the body but Ruotolo moves out of range.
Ruotolo takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nantakarn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ruotolo throws a good cross that connects.
Ruotolo shoots in but Nantakarn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ruotolo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nantakarn was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruotolo.
Nantakarn throws out a loose jab but Ruotolo uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nantakarn moves out of range as Ruotolo strikes.
Ruotolo swings for the body but Nantakarn moves out of range.
Ruotolo misses the shot to the body.
Ruotolo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ruotolo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nantakarn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nantakarn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nantakarn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nantakarn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruotolo.
Nantakarn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ruotolo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nantakarn.
Nantakarn wants to slow Ruotolo down by chopping away at his legs.

Nantakarn tries to keep at a distance but Ruotolo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nantakarn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thahan Nantakarn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruotolo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ruotolo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ruotolo tries to throw a body punch but Nantakarn avoids it by throwing Ruotolo back against the ropes.
Ruotolo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ruotolo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nantakarn is keeping busy.
Giacobbe Ruotolo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ruotolo lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruotolo wants to get back to striking at distance but Nantakarn won't allow it.
Nantakarn prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ruotolo throws a head punch that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thahan Nantakarn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nantakarn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight for Thahan Nantakarn!
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight for Thahan Nantakarn!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Thahan Nantakarn!

Thahan Nantakarn wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Thahan Nantakarn thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.