PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simo Kostaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lon Sihanouk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sihanouk has chosen Traditional Thai Fighting Music as his entrance music. Simo Kostaja has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Kostaja
vs
Sihanouk

177 cm
24
217 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

192 cm
21
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simo Kostaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lon Sihanouk !
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sihanouk circles away from the clinch attempt.

Kostaja gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sihanouk lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sihanouk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kostaja's brow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kostaja.

It looks like Lon Sihanouk has been cut.
Kostaja unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihanouk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kostaja takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kostaja misses with an elbow strike.
Kostaja lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sihanouk backwards.
Kostaja with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kostaja tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kostaja lands an elbow inside.
Sihanouk can't break the clinch.
Kostaja with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sihanouk .
Nice elbow from Sihanouk .
Kostaja avoids a wild elbow strike from Sihanouk .
Kostaja with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sihanouk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kostaja pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kostaja scores with a shot to the side of Sihanouk 's head.
Kostaja throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sihanouk misses with an elbow strike.
Sihanouk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Sihanouk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sihanouk connects with a high kick.

Kostaja pushes Sihanouk up against the cage in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Kostaja as the two fighters clinch.
Sihanouk takes a shot to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kostaja.
Kostaja misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sihanouk .
Kostaja lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kostaja.
Kostaja avoids the elbow strike from Sihanouk , against the cage.
Kostaja tries a knee to the head but Sihanouk blocks it.
Sihanouk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Sihanouk .
Kostaja is breathing heavily.
Sihanouk lands an elbow just above Kostaja 's eye.
Kostaja misses with a punch to the body.
Kostaja takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sihanouk fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sihanouk throws an elbow but misses.
Sihanouk throws an elbow but it misses.
Sihanouk creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kostaja's defenses.
Sihanouk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kostaja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kostaja lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sihanouk backwards.
Kostaja makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kostaja takes an elbow to the temple.
Sihanouk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kostaja.
Nice elbow from Kostaja.
Sihanouk looking to throw knees to the head but Kostaja is blocking nicely.
Kostaja misses with a knee to the head.
Kostaja managing to block the knees to the body from Sihanouk .
Kostaja blocks an elbow strike.
Sihanouk misses with an elbow strike.
A short left from Kostaja.
Kostaja looking to throw knees to the head but Sihanouk is blocking nicely.
Kostaja scores with a shot to the side of Sihanouk 's head.
Kostaja tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sihanouk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kostaja blocks an elbow strike from Sihanouk .
Sihanouk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kostaja avoids a wild elbow strike from Sihanouk .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sihanouk throws an elbow but it misses.
Sihanouk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kostaja in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
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!
Kostaja takes an elbow to the temple.
Sihanouk lands a knee to the body.
Sihanouk lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sihanouk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Sihanouk breaks the clinch.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Kostaja moves away
and Kostaja connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sihanouk throws a nice head kick!
Sihanouk doesn't manage to clinch there - Kostaja circles away.
Simo Kostaja seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sihanouk cracks the inside of Kostaja's front leg.
Sihanouk throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sihanouk connects with a high kick.
Kostaja takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sihanouk bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kostaja closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sihanouk counters with a nice leg kick.
Sihanouk is looking to clinch but Kostaja is avoiding it.
Sihanouk throws a leg kick which misses Kostaja's front leg but catches the back leg as Kostaja tries to avoid it.
Kostaja tries to close the distance and clinch but Sihanouk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sihanouk throws a head kick that Kostaja semi-blocks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kostaja fails to land with a series of punches.

Sihanouk clinches up with Kostaja and pushes him back against the cage.
Sihanouk tries to land knees in the clinch but Kostaja avoids the damage to the body.
Sihanouk lands an elbow inside that Kostaja shrugs off.
Sihanouk lands an elbow that stopped Kostaja in his tracks for a moment.
Kostaja on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sihanouk throws an elbow that misses.
Kostaja takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kostaja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sihanouk .
Kostaja's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kostaja misses with a knee strike.
Kostaja tries a knee to the head but Sihanouk blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sihanouk throws an elbow but misses.
Sihanouk lands an elbow inside.
Sihanouk lands a damaging elbow.
Sihanouk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sihanouk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sihanouk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostaja is defending well for now.
Kostaja avoids a wild elbow strike from Sihanouk .
Kostaja throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sihanouk blocks it with crossed arms.
Sihanouk lands a nice elbow.
Sihanouk lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sihanouk lands a nice knee to the body.
Sihanouk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sihanouk comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sihanouk creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kostaja's defenses.
Knees to the body from Sihanouk .
Kostaja tries a knee to the head but Sihanouk blocks it.
Kostaja managing to block the knees to the body from Sihanouk .
Sihanouk lands an elbow that stopped Kostaja in his tracks for a moment.
Sihanouk misses with an elbow strike.
Sihanouk lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kostaja takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kostaja on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sihanouk can't break the clinch.
Sihanouk is trying to maintain a safe position but Kostaja gets an underhook and turns Sihanouk into the cage.
Sihanouk wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kostaja has him pressed against the cage.
Kostaja takes an elbow to the temple.
Sihanouk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kostaja.
Sihanouk misses with an elbow over the top.
Sihanouk lands an elbow that stopped Kostaja in his tracks for a moment.
Sihanouk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kostaja working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sihanouk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kostaja's brow.
Sihanouk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kostaja avoids the elbow strike from Sihanouk , against the cage.
Sihanouk avoids the elbow strike from Kostaja, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kostaja misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kostaja creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kostaja lands a nice elbow.
Kostaja blocks an elbow strike from Sihanouk .
With the fighters up against the cage, Sihanouk throws an elbow but misses.
Sihanouk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sihanouk avoids the elbow strike from Kostaja, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lon Sihanouk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lon Sihanouk 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sihanouk lands with a slapping head kick.
A head kick misses from Sihanouk .
A combination from Kostaja does no damage.
Kostaja wants to clinch
and Sihanouk counters with a thumping low kick.
Sihanouk tries to close the distance and clinch but Kostaja swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sihanouk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kostaja paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kostaja takes a kick to the side of the head.

Kostaja closes the distance and clinches.
Kostaja misses with some punches.
Kostaja scores with a shot to the side of Sihanouk 's head.
Sihanouk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kostaja avoids it.
Sihanouk blocks an elbow strike.

Sihanouk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sihanouk throws a head kick that misses.
Kostaja tries to close the distance and clinch but Sihanouk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Kostaja has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sihanouk crunches a lovely knee into Kostaja's ribcage.
Sihanouk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kostajas head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sihanouk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sihanouk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sihanouk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kostaja misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kostaja throws an elbow but misses.
Kostaja takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sihanouk lands a shoulder strike.
Kostaja avoids the elbow strike from Sihanouk , against the cage.
Sihanouk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kostaja keeps control of Sihanouk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lon Sihanouk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kostaja throws a punch but it's blocked by Sihanouk .
Sihanouk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sihanouk digs a right hand into Kostaja's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kostaja's gas tank.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sihanouk .
Sihanouk looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Sihanouk 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sihanouk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sihanouk wants to clinch up but Kostaja keeps it at a distance.
Sihanouk goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sihanouk connects with a high kick.

Sihanouk closes the distance and clinches.
Kostaja throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sihanouk throws an elbow but it misses.
Sihanouk lands a knee to the head.
Kostaja avoiding damage as Sihanouk throws knees to the body.
Sihanouk lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sihanouk avoids a wild elbow strike from Kostaja.
Sihanouk lands an elbow inside.
Kostaja avoids a wild elbow strike from Sihanouk .
Sihanouk gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sihanouk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sihanouk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostaja is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kostaja misses with a knee to the head.
Sihanouk trying to land knees to the body.
Sihanouk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kostaja avoids it.
Kostaja is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sihanouk is defending well for now.
Kostaja lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sihanouk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostaja is defending well for now.
Kostaja doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sihanouk tries to break free but Kostaja pushes him back against the cage.
Kostaja looking to throw knees to the head but Sihanouk is blocking nicely.
Sihanouk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kostaja blocks it with crossed arms.
Sihanouk throws an elbow but it misses.
Kostaja tries to land a knee to the head but Sihanouk blocks with his arms.
Kostaja blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Sihanouk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sihanouk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Sihanouk gets a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sihanouk scores with a knee to the head.
Kostaja using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kostaja dodges an elbow strike from Sihanouk .
Kostaja lands with a short shot to the head.
Kostaja misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sihanouk lands an elbow that stopped Kostaja in his tracks for a moment.
Sihanouk lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sihanouk lands an elbow just above Kostaja 's eye.
Kostaja swings wildly with an uppercut but Sihanouk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sihanouk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sihanouk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sihanouk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kostaja has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sihanouk misses with an elbow over the top.
Kostaja lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kostaja is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sihanouk is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sihanouk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kostaja's brow.
Kostaja blocks an elbow strike.
Sihanouk is looking to break free of the clinch but Kostaja has double underhooks.
Kostaja working aggressively here.
Kostaja gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kostaja tries a knee to the head but Sihanouk blocks it.
Kostaja tries to land a knee to the head but Sihanouk blocks with his arms.
Kostaja trying to land knees to the body.
Sihanouk misses with an elbow strike.

Sihanouk breaks from the clinch.
Kostaja tries to clinch up.

Sihanouk moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Sihanouk .
Sihanouk creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kostaja's defenses.
Sihanouk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sihanouk pushes Kostaja back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sihanouk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kostaja.
Sihanouk lands with a light punch inside.
Sihanouk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sihanouk pushes off an throws an elbow but Kostaja leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kostaja tries to land knees in the clinch but Sihanouk avoids the damage to the body.
Sihanouk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kostaja backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sihanouk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sihanouk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sihanouk misses with an elbow over the top.
Sihanouk trying to land knees to the body.
Sihanouk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kostaja lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sihanouk backwards.
Sihanouk misses with a knee to the head.
Kostaja landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sihanouk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kostaja.
Kostaja presses Sihanouk against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sihanouk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Sihanouk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sihanouk thows a body kick. Kostaja tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Kostaja closes the distance and pushes Sihanouk back into the cage.
Kostaja dodges an elbow strike from Sihanouk .
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sihanouk .
Kostaja lands a left hand.
Kostaja lands a body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kostaja.

Sihanouk breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sihanouk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sihanouk tries a head kick but it misses.
Sihanouk throws a head kick that Kostaja semi-blocks.
Kostaja tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Sihanouk counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lon Sihanouk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lon Sihanouk 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sihanouk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sihanouk swats away the attempt to clinch by Kostaja.

Sihanouk rushes Kostaja and presses him up against the cage.
Sihanouk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kostaja misses with a knee to the head.
Kostaja avoids the elbow strike from Sihanouk , against the cage.
Kostaja throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sihanouk blocks it with crossed arms.
Kostaja misses with an elbow over the top.
Sihanouk lands an elbow that stopped Kostaja in his tracks for a moment.
Sihanouk lands an elbow inside.
Kostaja avoids a wild elbow strike from Sihanouk .
Sihanouk lands a knee to the body.
Sihanouk wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kostaja has him pressed against the cage.
Sihanouk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sihanouk lands a nice elbow.

Sihanouk breaks from the clinch.
Sihanouk throws a leg kick which misses Kostaja's front leg but catches the back leg as Kostaja tries to avoid it.
Sihanouk feints and then cracks Kostaja's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kostaja down.
Sihanouk throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kostaja.
Kostaja is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kostaja steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sihanouk . That one must have hurt.

Sihanouk has Kostaja up against the cage in a clinch.
Sihanouk lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kostaja misses with an elbow over the top.
Sihanouk trying to control the position but instead, Kostaja has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sihanouk into the cage.
Sihanouk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sihanouk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sihanouk lands a nice elbow.
Sihanouk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sihanouk lands a good knee to the midsection. Kostaja won't want to take too many of those.
Sihanouk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kostaja avoids it.
Kostaja blocks an elbow strike from Sihanouk .
Sihanouk being controlled against the cage.
Sihanouk misses with an elbow strike.
Sihanouk wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sihanouk working hard to break the clinch.
Kostaja avoids a wild elbow strike from Sihanouk .
Kostaja avoiding damage as Sihanouk throws knees to the body.
A short right from Kostaja on the inside.
Sihanouk blocks an elbow strike from Kostaja.
Kostaja looking to throw knees to the head but Sihanouk is blocking nicely.
Kostaja trying to land knees to the body.
Kostaja has Sihanouk pressed against the cage, preventing Sihanouk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sihanouk gets through Kostaja's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sihanouk lands an elbow just above Kostaja 's eye.
Sihanouk throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sihanouk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kostaja's elbow.
Kostaja managing to block the knees to the body from Sihanouk .
Sihanouk wants to get back to striking at distance but Kostaja won't allow it.
Kostaja blocks the elbow strike.
Kostaja misses with a knee to the head.
Sihanouk trying to land knees to the body.
Kostaja lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kostaja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kostaja lands a damaging elbow.
Kostaja lands a shoulder strike.
Sihanouk misses with an elbow strike.
Kostaja misses with the head strike.
Sihanouk is trying to force a seperation but Kostaja has the dominant position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kostaja dodges an elbow strike from Sihanouk .
Sihanouk pushes off an throws an elbow but Kostaja leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kostaja swings wildly with an uppercut but Sihanouk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kostaja throws an elbow but it misses.
Sihanouk missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sihanouk throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kostaja creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sihanouk lands an elbow that stopped Kostaja in his tracks for a moment.
Sihanouk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Kostaja fails to land.
Kostaja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kostaja looking to throw knees to the head but Sihanouk is blocking nicely.
Sihanouk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kostaja lands a knee to the head.
Kostaja avoids the elbow strike from Sihanouk , against the cage.
Sihanouk lands an elbow inside that Kostaja shrugs off.
Sihanouk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kostaja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kostaja misses with a knee to the head.
Kostaja avoids the elbow strike from Sihanouk , against the cage.
Kostaja with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kostaja with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kostaja stalling in the clinch but Sihanouk improves position.
Sihanouk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kostaja backwards.
Sihanouk missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sihanouk throws an elbow but misses.
Sihanouk lands a nice elbow.
Sihanouk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kostaja connects with a knee to the head.
Kostaja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sihanouk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sihanouk avoiding damage as Kostaja throws knees to the body.
Sihanouk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sihanouk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kostaja avoids the elbow strike from Sihanouk , against the cage.
Kostaja lands a nice knee to the body.
Sihanouk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kostaja misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sihanouk .
Sihanouk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sihanouk misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Kostaja.
Kostaja scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lon Sihanouk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kostaja takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sihanouk throws an elbow but misses.
Sihanouk blocking some punches.
Kostaja takes an elbow to the forehead.

Sihanouk breaks from the clinch.
Kostaja tries to clinch up
and Sihanouk counters with a low kick, right behind Kostaja 's knee.
Kostaja clinches but Sihanouk breaks the clinch
and Sihanouk counters with a leg kick.
Simo Kostaja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kostaja tries to clinch
and Sihanouk counters with a nice kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sihanouk .
Kostaja fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sihanouk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sihanouk throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kostaja's head.
Kostaja keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick from Sihanouk lands but Kostaja takes it in his stride.
Kostaja tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sihanouk counters with an inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lon Sihanouk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sihanouk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Lon Sihanouk !
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Lon Sihanouk !
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Lon Sihanouk !

Lon Sihanouk wins by unanimous decision!