PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Noel Contemprato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaoklai Khanomtom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Contemprato comes to the cage accompanied by Cats. Khanomtom comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jill Tracy - Pulling Your Insides Out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Contemprato
vs
Khanomtom

175 cm
33
165 lbs
27 - 14 - 3

178 cm
30
161 lbs
27 - 8 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

Conquer

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 27 - 14 - 3, fighting out of London, Noel Contemprato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaoklai Khanomtom!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Contemprato staying out of range there.
Contemprato gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Khanomtom checks a leg kick.
Contemprato cracks Khanomtom with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Contemprato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom misses with a right hand
and Contemprato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khanomtom throws a jab but it's blocked by Contemprato.
Khanomtom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Contemprato swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Contemprato takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Noel Contemprato has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Contemprato takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Contemprato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khanomtom swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Contemprato counters with a right hand to the body.
Khanomtom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Contemprato.
Contemprato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanomtom moves away.
Khanomtom throws a wild body kick that Contemprato sees coming a mile off.
Khanomtom lands a nice looking body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Contemprato. Khanomtom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khanomtom misses with a head kick.
Contemprato tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khanomtom swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khanomtom scores with a kick to the midsection.
Contemprato scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khanomtom in his tracks.
Contemprato stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khanomtom. That's going to slow Contemprato down.
The fighters circling - Contemprato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khanomtom takes one to the chin there.
Khanomtom misses with a hook. Contemprato ducked under it nicely.
Khanomtom scoring well with a low kick there.
Khanomtom ducks under a wild hook from Contemprato.
Contemprato fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanomtom tries to bum rush Contemprato with a series of wild strikes but Contemprato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Contemprato.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato lands a two punch combo.
Khanomtom looks for the body kick but Contemprato saw that one coming.
Contemprato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanomtom manages to avoid it.
Contemprato connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Contemprato. Khanomtom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khanomtom scores with a spinning back kick!
Khanomtom takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khanomtom has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Contemprato finds it's way round the side to connect with Khanomtom's head.
Contemprato throws a sloppy body shot
and Khanomtom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khanomtom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Contemprato.
Contemprato walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Khanomtom throws a body kick that misses.

Khanomtom clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Contemprato.
Khanomtom has a couple of punches blocked by Contemprato.

Khanomtom breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Contemprato staying out of range there.
Khanomtom scores with a head kick. Contemprato tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Contemprato lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khanomtom circles away quickly and effectively.
Khanomtom lands with a nice combination. Contemprato backs away looking to recover.
Contemprato fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Khanomtom checks it well.
Contemprato checks a leg kick.
Contemprato just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanomtom throws a body kick that misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Khanomtom tries to work over Contemprato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Khanomtom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Contemprato lands a right hook to the body.
Contemprato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khanomtom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Contemprato avoids the head kick by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom misses with a head kick.
Khanomtom misses the shot to the body.
Contemprato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanomtom moves away.
Khanomtom closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Khanomtom tries to land a leg kick but Contemprato saw it coming and moves away.
A combination from Contemprato does no damage.
Contemprato is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Khanomtom misses with a straight left.
Contemprato dips to his left and cracks Khanomtom with an uppercut!
Khanomtom fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Contemprato is out of range.
Khanomtom throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Khanomtom lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Khanomtom.
Contemprato blocks the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Contemprato, right into the meat.
Khanomtom misses with a looping left.
Khanomtom dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Contemprato. That did some damage!
Contemprato fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kaoklai Khanomtom will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Noel Contemprato's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Contemprato is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Khanomtom misses with a wild body shot.
Contemprato changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Contemprato checks a leg kick nicely.
Contemprato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Contemprato throws a shot from downtown. Khanomtom moves away and avoids it.
Contemprato blocks a low kick nicely.
Khanomtom lands a nice leg kick that just misses Contemprato's sensitive parts.
Khanomtom lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Khanomtom looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Contemprato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khanomtom throws a low kick, looking for Contemprato's leg but Contemprato calmly moves out of range.
Khanomtom throws a wild body kick that Contemprato sees coming a mile off.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khanomtom misses with a low kick.
Khanomtom pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khanomtom throws out a loose jab but Contemprato uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanomtom goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Contemprato misses the target.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Khanomtom pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick but Contemprato moved away.
Contemprato takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Contemprato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Contemprato slips a jab and a cross from Khanomtom.
Contemprato moves out of range of the body kick.
A jab from Khanomtom misses.
Khanomtom has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Khanomtom there as he acknowledges the shot.
Contemprato throws an off balance right hand
and Khanomtom counters with a slapping leg kick.
Khanomtom takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Contemprato fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khanomtom, pushing him back against the cage.
Contemprato misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to Contemprato's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Khanomtom lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato misses with the head strike.
Khanomtom tries to throw a body punch but Contemprato avoids it by throwing Khanomtom back against the cage.
Contemprato is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice right hand lands inside from Contemprato.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanomtom missing with knees to the body.

Khanomtom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khanomtom throws a nice outside leg kick.
Contemprato throws a leg kick but Khanomtom sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khanomtom takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Khanomtom throws a sloppy head kick and Contemprato moves out of range easily.
Contemprato throws a looping overhand right but Khanomtom ducks down to avoid it.
Khanomtom chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Khanomtom moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Khanomtom takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Contemprato throws a good cross that connects.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Contemprato connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khanomtom throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom avoids the body shot from Contemprato.
Contemprato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot lands for Khanomtom.
Contemprato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Contemprato throws a nice inside leg kick.
Contemprato connects with a crisp jab.
Khanomtom throws a big shot that misses.
Khanomtom throws a series of punches but Contemprato moves out of range.
Contemprato moves out of range of the body kick.
Khanomtom scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khanomtom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Contemprato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khanomtom throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Contemprato counters with a straight right hand.
Contemprato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khanomtom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Contemprato.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom digs a good hook to Contemprato's body.
Contemprato lands a jab to Khanomtom's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Contemprato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanomtom tries to move into range but Contemprato moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A punch combination from Khanomtom misses.
Khanomtom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Contemprato misses the shot to the body.
Contemprato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Contemprato is looking to slow Khanomtom down with leg kicks.
Contemprato chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Contemprato jabs Khanomtom right on the nose. Khanomtom blinks but takes it well.
Contemprato misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khanomtom goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick which misses Contemprato's front leg but catches the back leg as Contemprato tries to avoid it.
Contemprato scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Noel Contemprato will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Noel Contemprato's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Contemprato lands a nice shot to the body.
Contemprato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom misses with a low kick.
Contemprato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khanomtom.
Contemprato tries to clinch up.
A clash of legs there as Contemprato blocks the low kick.
Khanomtom throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Contemprato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good work by Contemprato as he checks the leg kick.
Contemprato comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Contemprato throws a head kick that misses
and Khanomtom counters with an outside leg kick.
Khanomtom is looking to land body kicks.
Khanomtom slips under a jab from Contemprato.
Contemprato connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khanomtom with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Contemprato to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanomtom misses with a series of wild punches.
A chopping leg kick lands by Contemprato.
Khanomtom throws a chopping leg kick but Contemprato manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Khanomtom tries a head kick but it misses.
Khanomtom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good leg kick by Contemprato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Khanomtom throws a sloppy head kick and Contemprato moves out of range easily.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick but Contemprato sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khanomtom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Contemprato was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanomtom.
Contemprato scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khanomtom in his tracks.
Khanomtom takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Khanomtom does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Khanomtom connects with a solid leg kick.
Khanomtom has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Khanomtom moves into the clinch successfully.
Contemprato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato digs a right hand underneath Khanomtom's ribcage. Khanomtom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanomtom misses with the head strike.
Contemprato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Contemprato misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Contemprato.
Contemprato blocks an elbow strike.
Contemprato lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Contemprato.
Contemprato taking a breather.
Contemprato lands with a short shot to the head.
Contemprato prevents a body shot from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Contemprato.
Contemprato digs a right hand underneath Khanomtom's ribcage. Khanomtom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Khanomtom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khanomtom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Contemprato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Contemprato blocks a body shot from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Contemprato misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Contemprato.
Contemprato misses with some punches.
Contemprato wants to stall.
Khanomtom working aggressively here.
Khanomtom lands a right hand.
Contemprato has a couple of punches blocked by Khanomtom.
A short left from Khanomtom.
Contemprato blocks the elbow strike.
Contemprato lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khanomtom backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khanomtom misses with a punch to the body.
Contemprato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Contemprato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Contemprato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Contemprato tries to throw a body punch but Khanomtom avoids it by throwing Contemprato back against the cage.
Khanomtom working aggressively here.
Khanomtom tries to work over Contemprato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Contemprato lands a shot to the body.
Contemprato wants to stall.
Noel Contemprato has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Contemprato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Khanomtom works on Contemprato's body with a couple of short punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Noel Contemprato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Contemprato 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noel Contemprato!
After winning the bout, Noel Contemprato thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.