PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dulles Bush (ranked 1169 p4p, 63 weight class) and Palaktingpuet Payakarakatong (ranked 1492 p4p, 73 weight class). Bush's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Secret Agent Man. The crowd seem to be enjoying Payakarakatong's choice of entrance music: "Song For The Dead". Palaktingpuet Payakarakatong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bush
vs
Payakarakatong

178 cm
20
146 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

161 cm
21
134 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dulles Bush!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Palaktingpuet Payakarakatong!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bush misses with an uppercut
and Bush takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bush scores with a nice strike.
Payakarakatong takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Bush has taken the fight to the clinch.
Payakarakatong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bush backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Bush's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Payakarakatong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bush gets underhooks to prevent Payakarakatong's takedown attempt.
Payakarakatong jumps guard but Bush turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Payakarakatong jumps guard but Bush stands there with Payakarakatong around his waist. Payakarakatong gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dulles Bush has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Palaktingpuet Payakarakatong.
Payakarakatong keeps control of Bush as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Payakarakatong.
Payakarakatong can't find room to land a body shot as Bush controls the action.
Payakarakatong has a couple of punches blocked by Bush.
Bush is trying to push Payakarakatong away but Payakarakatong has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Payakarakatong swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Bush breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Payakarakatong misses the jab.
Bush scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bush misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Bush does it's job there.
Sloppy strikes from Bush. Those never looked like landing.
Payakarakatong only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Payakarakatong throws a leg kick that misses.
Payakarakatong looks to score with a jab to the body but Bush is just out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Payakarakatong.
Bush will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Payakarakatong gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Bush gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Payakarakatong is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dulles Bush!
Dulles Bush retains his bantamweight title!
Dulles Bush spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
The defeated Palaktingpuet Payakarakatong had this to say: 'Sorry Thailand, I'll be back'.