PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Habana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phraya Phichai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Habana
vs
Phichai

191 cm
25
195 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

184 cm
25
192 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryan Habana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phraya Phichai!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Habana takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Habana takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Habana misses with a leg kick.
Habana uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phichai.
Habana shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Phichai is looking to slow Habana down with leg kicks.
Phichai wants to clinch.
Phichai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Habana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Phichai takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Phichai keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Habana swats away the attempt to clinch by Phichai.
A telegraphed right hand from Phichai misses the target.
Phichai jabs Habana to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Phichai moves to clinch but Habana breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Habana lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Phichai.
Habana takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Habana misses with a head kick.
Phichai checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Habana seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Phichai has Habana up against the cage in a clinch.
Phichai tries to throw a body punch but Habana avoids it by throwing Phichai back against the cage.
Phichai works on Habana's body with a couple of short punches.
Phichai connects with a knee to the head.
Habana prevents a body shot from Phichai.
Habana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Habana has a couple of punches blocked by Phichai.
Phichai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Phichai lands a shoulder strike.
Habana looking to throw knees to the head but Phichai is blocking nicely.

Habana tightens his grip and picks Phichai up, before dumping him to the ground. Phichai manages to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Habana postures up in Phichai's guard and throws a big left but Phichai blocks it.
Habana tries to free his leg and advance position but Phichai is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phichai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Habana trying to control but Phichai is working from the bottom.
Habana keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Phichai's head.
Phichai is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Habana throwing strikes from guard but Phichai blocks nicely.
Habana throws a strike but Phichai rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Habana trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phichai looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Habana doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Habana had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Phichai defends it easily.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Phichai avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Habana controls Phichai momentarily but Phichai frees himself.
Phichai wanted to stand there but Habana had control of the position.

Habana throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Habana has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Phichai won't allow Habana to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Habana thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bryan Habana will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Phichai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Phichai misses with a kick to the body.

Habana gets tackled into the cage by Phichai. Phichai maintains the clinch.
Habana's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Phichai lands a right hand that snaps the head of Habana backwards.
Habana lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Phichai misses with an elbow over the top.
Phichai tries a knee to the head but Habana blocks it.
Phichai swings wildly with an uppercut but Habana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phichai lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Habana tries for a takedown. No joy.
Habana misses with an elbow strike.
Habana tries for a takedown but Phichai manages to get underhooks.
Phichai being controlled against the cage.
Habana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Phichai scores with a shot to the side of Habana's head.
Phichai lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Phichai.
Phichai blocking some punches.
Habana stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Phichai misses with some punches.
Habana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Habana lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Phichai.
Phichai working aggressively here.
Phichai lands an uppercut.
Phichai landing knees to the head.
Habana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Phichai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Phichai lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Habana.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Habana drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Phichai gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan Habana. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phichai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Phichai.
Phichai misses with a body punch.
Phichai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Habana lands a good knee to the midsection. Phichai won't want to take too many of those.
Nice body punch from Phichai.
A short left from Phichai.
Phichai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Phichai blocking some punches.
Phichai lands a left hand.
Habana blocks a body shot from Phichai.
Habana avoiding damage as Phichai throws knees to the body.
Phichai lands a nice uppercut.
Habana is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Phichai pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Phichai landing knees to the body.
Phichai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Phichai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Phichai lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Habana takes a knee right on the jaw!
Phichai misses with the head strike.
Phichai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Phichai lands an elbow inside that Habana shrugs off.
Habana holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phichai misses with a hook from the clinch.

Habana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Habana on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Phichai. Phichai obviously looking to wear him down.

Oooooh!!! Phichai has knocked Habana down with a huge combo! Phichai steps away and waves a wobbly Habana back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Habana is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phichai pounces like a tiger and cracks Habana with a vicious hook! Habana is down but not out! Phichai follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Phraya Phichai!
Phraya Phichai decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.