PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arthit Kittisak (ranked 4671 p4p, 4775 weight class) and Vladimir Nikolai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kittisak
vs
Nikolai

180 cm
25
154
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
20
150
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Arthit Kittisak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Nikolai!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kittisak clinches with his opponent.
Kittisak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kittisak lands a good knee to the midsection. Nikolai won't want to take too many of those.
Kittisak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kittisak wants a takedown but no success here.
Nikolai swings wildly with an uppercut but Kittisak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kittisak is looking to take this one to the mat.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Kittisak pulls guard successfully.

Kittisak has his feet on Nikolai's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Kittisak throws a body kick that misses

and Nikolai counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kittisak wants to get back to his feet.

Kittisak throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Kittisak lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nikolai fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kittisak throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kittisak sets himself, and Nikolai steps forward looking for the clinch! Kittisak avoids it this time.
Arthit Kittisak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kittisak throws a leg kick but Nikolai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nikolai unleashes a big counter combination but Kittisak bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kittisak gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Nikolai counters with a single leg into guard. Kittisak didn't expect that.
Nikolai throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nikolai stops Kittisak from standing up.
Nikolai forces his way into half guard.
Nikolai sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kittisak defending well though.
Kittisak pushes Nikolai off looking to stand but Nikolai dives back in and keeps control.
Kittisak is breathing heavily.
Nikolai tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Kittisak.
Kittisak is staying active underneath Nikolai, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nikolai wants to pass to mount but Kittisak is defending the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolai thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kittisak's head.
Nikolai prevents Kittisak from standing back up.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Kittisak scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kittisak shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Kittisak moves into range and clinches up with Nikolai.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kittisak has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nikolai after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthit Kittisak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kittisak is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nikolai tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kittisak just stands there and leans against the cage.

Nikolai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nikolai will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nikolai misses with a body kick.
Kittisak scores with a sloppy right hand. Nikolai should have avoided that one.
Kittisak keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nikolai.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikolai tries a head kick but it misses.
Kittisak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nikolai shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kittisak as he jumps to the side.
Nikolai shoots in looking for a takedown but Kittisak manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nikolai's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kittisak is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Nikolai.
Kittisak misses with a two punch combination.
Kittisak pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nikolai back to the cage. Kittisak follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nikolai fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kittisak works over Nikolai's head and body with a nice combination.

Nikolai is rocked!
Kittisak lands with a kick to the temple. Nikolai shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nikolai is still on wobbly legs! Can Kittisak finish him?
Kittisak lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Nikolai can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Kittisak and Nikolai drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Kittisak.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arthit Kittisak!