PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Pearce (ranked 2971 p4p, 4280 weight class) and Sukhothai Jitmuangnon (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.

Pearce
vs
Jitmuangnon

225 cm
18
268
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
275
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Brachial Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonathan Pearce!
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, Sukhothai Jitmuangnon!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jitmuangnon closes the distance and pushes Pearce back into the cage.
Pearce takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Jonathan Pearce has been cut.
Pearce tries to pull guard but Jitmuangnon forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Pearce really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Jitmuangnon has picked Pearce up - he's going for a ride! Jitmuangnon dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Pearce is looking to improve his position.
Pearce keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jitmuangnon is thwarting Pearce's attempts to control the position.
Pearce wants to improve his position but Jitmuangnon is controlling well.
Jitmuangnon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jitmuangnon is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jitmuangnon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pearce avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jitmuangnon.
Jitmuangnon thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pearce's head.
Jitmuangnon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pearce with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jitmuangnon landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Pearce is rocked!

Jonathan Pearce's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jitmuangnon working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Oh Pearce is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Jonathan Pearce's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sukhothai Jitmuangnon!
A very excited looking Sukhothai Jitmuangnon rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.