PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francesco Fachellie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samart Payakaroon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fachellie
vs
Payakaroon

185 cm
23
180 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

203 cm
23
198 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francesco Fachellie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Samart Payakaroon!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fachellie throws a leg kick
and Payakaroon counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Francesco Fachellie has been cut.
Fachellie is looking to slow Payakaroon down with leg kicks.
A slow jab from Fachellie misses its intended target.
Fachellie looks to land a body kick but Payakaroon moved away.
Fachellie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fachellie throws a leg kick but Payakaroon moved away.
Payakaroon misses with a looping right.
Payakaroon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fachellie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Payakaroon thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Payakaroon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fachellie circles away quickly and effectively.
A clash of legs there as Fachellie blocks the low kick.
Fachellie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Fachellie clinches.
Payakaroon blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Payakaroon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fachellie lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Payakaroon.
Fachellie tries to throw a body punch but Payakaroon avoids it by throwing Fachellie back against the cage.
Payakaroon lands with a short shot to the head.
Fachellie blocks an elbow strike from Payakaroon.
Fachellie has a couple of punches blocked by Payakaroon.
Payakaroon is struggling to control the position.
Fachellie pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fachellie misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Fachellie.
Fachellie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fachellie blocks an elbow strike from Payakaroon.
Fachellie misses with the head strike.
Fachellie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fachellie takes an elbow to the temple.
Fachellie working aggressively here.
Fachellie has a couple of punches blocked by Payakaroon.
Payakaroon keeps control of Fachellie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fachellie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Payakaroon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fachellie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Payakaroon backwards.
Fachellie stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fachellie looking to stall.
Payakaroon managing to block the knees to the body from Fachellie.
Payakaroon blocks an elbow strike from Fachellie.
Fachellie working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Payakaroon.
Fachellie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Payakaroon stalling against the cage.
Nice elbow from Fachellie.
Payakaroon lands an elbow that stopped Fachellie in his tracks for a moment.

Francesco Fachellie's cut is getting worse.
Fachellie misses with some punches.
Fachellie tries to work over Payakaroon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Payakaroon lands with a left to the head.
Fachellie tries a body shot but Payakaroon blocks it.
Fachellie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Payakaroon backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payakaroon lands a right hand.
Payakaroon blocks the elbow strike.
Fachellie lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fachellie lands a nice uppercut.
Payakaroon lands an elbow inside.
Fachellie misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fachellie.
Payakaroon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Francesco Fachellie's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Payakaroon lands with a left to the head.

Jeez, Francesco Fachellie's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Payakaroon slows down the pace here.
Payakaroon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fachellie misses with the head strike.
Payakaroon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Payakaroon prevents Fachellie from breaking the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fachellie throws an elbow that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fachellie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Payakaroon working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Payakaroon.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Francesco Fachellie's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Samart Payakaroon!
During a confident post fight interview, Samart Payakaroon thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.