PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samak Tiyapairat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francois Dubonet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiyapairat comes to the cage accompanied by Ram Muay. Dubonet comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kevin Chalfant - Hold on to the vision in your eyes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Tiyapairat
vs
Dubonet

174 cm
31
166 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

185 cm
37
161 lbs
25 - 22 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Just Fight (Everything 7$)

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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samak Tiyapairat!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Francois Dubonet!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiyapairat lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dubonet at a distance.
Dubonet lands with a kick to the temple. Tiyapairat shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Samak Tiyapairat has been cut.
Dubonet misses with a head kick.
Tiyapairat throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tiyapairat wants to clinch.
Dubonet circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tiyapairat tries to clinch there but Dubonet circles away.
Dubonet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tiyapairat lands a head kick. Dubonet smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dubonet circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tiyapairat misses with the combination.
Dubonet scores with a head kick. Tiyapairat tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Good standup being displayed there by Dubonet as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dubonet looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tiyapairat stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dubonet.
A head kick misses from Dubonet.
Tiyapairat throws a jab when Dubonet was well out of range.
Dubonet throws a combination. Tiyapairat tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiyapairat takes one to the side of the head.
Dubonet connects with a crisp jab.
Tiyapairat moves in looking to clinch but Dubonet pushes him off.
Tiyapairat cracks Dubonet with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dubonet misses with a series of wild punches.
Dubonet throws a head kick but Tiyapairat moves out of range.
Dubonet connects with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Tiyapairat. Those never looked like landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tiyapairat looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dubonet misses with a kick to the body.
Tiyapairat throws a big shot that misses.
Tiyapairat misses with the body kick
enabling Dubonet to counter with a crisp jab.
Tiyapairat throws an overhand right that lands on Dubonet's shoulder, as Dubonet tries to avoid the shot.
Dubonet throws a wild body kick that Tiyapairat sees coming a mile off.
A combination from Tiyapairat does no damage.
Dubonet avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tiyapairat looks for the body kick but Dubonet saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dubonet swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tiyapairat misses with a double jab.
Dubonet throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dubonet throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tiyapairat sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tiyapairat misses with a low kick.
Dubonet connects with a leg kick. Tiyapairat looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dubonet is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dubonet lands a right hook to the body.
Tiyapairat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tiyapairat tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dubonet manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tiyapairat swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dubonet counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tiyapairat is breathing heavily.
Tiyapairat motions for Dubonet to come forward. Tiyapairat throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Francois Dubonet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dubonet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dubonet lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tiyapairat tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dubonet scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dubonet scoring well with a low kick there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dubonet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dubonet fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tiyapairat takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tiyapairat tries to clinch but Dubonet moves away
and Dubonet counters with a body kick that stops Tiyapairat in his tracks momentarily.
Dubonet thuds his shin into the meat of Tiyapairat's side.
Dubonet buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dubonet throws a head kick but Tiyapairat moves out of range.
Dubonet throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tiyapairat is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dubonet thuds a left hand into Tiyapairat's body.
Dubonet connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dubonet scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dubonet lands with a nice body kick.
Dubonet throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Dubonet connects with a single shot there.

Tiyapairat is rocked!
Dubonet and Tiyapairat are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Dubonet throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Tiyapairat into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Dubonet knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Francois Dubonet!
Francois Dubonet is the new lightweight champion!
Francois Dubonet gave a mention to Just Fight (Everything 7$) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).