PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Daud Yordan (ranked 4294 p4p, 4958 weight class) and Kaengsaklek Chuwatana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chuwatana is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Thai national anthem. This should be a great matchup!

Yordan
vs
Chuwatana

169 cm
18
136
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
132
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daud Yordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaengsaklek Chuwatana!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chuwatana closes the distance and pushes Yordan back into the cage.
Chuwatana tries to land a knee to the head but Yordan blocks with his arms.
Chuwatana landing knees to the head.
Chuwatana looking to throw knees to the head but Yordan is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Yordan fails to land.
Chuwatana throws an elbow that misses.
Yordan is trying to break free.
Chuwatana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chuwatana dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Yordan managing to block the knees to the body from Chuwatana.
Yordan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Chuwatana putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yordan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yordan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yordan is trying to force a seperation but Chuwatana has the dominant position.
Yordan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chuwatana with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chuwatana.
Yordan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Yordan breaks the clinch.
Kaengsaklek Chuwatana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Chuwatana rushes Yordan and presses him up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chuwatana blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yordan.
Chuwatana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yordan is defending well for now.
Yordan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chuwatana unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yordan has a couple of punches blocked by Chuwatana.
Yordan is trying to maintain a safe position but Chuwatana gets an underhook and turns Yordan into the cage.
Chuwatana blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yordan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yordan lands with a right to the head.
Chuwatana misses with a knee to the head.
Yordan misses with the head strike.
Chuwatana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yordan.
Chuwatana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chuwatana looks winded!

Yordan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chuwatana fails in his attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Yordan misses the target.

Chuwatana clinches up with Yordan and pushes him back against the cage.
Yordan tries to break the clinch but Chuwatana is controlling the position.
Chuwatana unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yordan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A frustrated look appears on Yordan's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yordan lands with a left to the head.
Yordan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yordan throws a head punch that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yordan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chuwatana is stalling here.
Chuwatana missing with knees to the body.
Yordan looking to stall.
Chuwatana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yordan.

Yordan breaks from the clinch.

Chuwatana pushes Yordan up against the cage in a clinch.
Chuwatana is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yordan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chuwatana trying to land knees to the body.
Yordan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yordan is trying to break the clinch but Chuwatana has him pressed against the cage.
Chuwatana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yordan pushes Chuwatana back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chuwatana blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yordan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yordan trying to stall but Chuwatana improves his position.
Chuwatana missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chuwatana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yordan's brow.
Yordan looking to slow down the pace here.
Yordan misses with the head strike.
Yordan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chuwatanas head.
Yordan has had enough of the clinch but Chuwatana keeps him there for the moment.
Chuwatana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yordan.
Chuwatana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yordan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chuwatana missing with knees to the body.

Yordan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yordan lands with a right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Yordan there.
A left lands for Yordan.
Chuwatana ducks right into an uppercut from Yordan.
Chuwatana doesn't manage to clinch there - Yordan circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chuwatana has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Chuwatana there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chuwatana's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yordan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Chuwatana scrambles back to his feet.
Yordan with a nice cross.

Chuwatana is rocked!
Chuwatana tries to clinch up but Yordan circles away and keeps his distance.
Chuwatana is still on wobbly legs! Can Yordan finish him?
Good shot there by Yordan.
Chuwatana gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Yordan gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daud Yordan!