PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manchild Warsaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apachai Hopachai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Apachai Hopachai is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Warsaw
vs
Hopachai

175 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
155 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

[JMFC] Club Tops 'n' Hot Pants

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manchild Warsaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Apachai Hopachai!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hopachai moves into the clinch.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow.
Hopachai tries to land a knee to the head but Warsaw blocks with his arms.
Hopachai with a knee to the head.
Hopachai lands an elbow just above Warsaw 's eye.
Hopachai lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Manchild Warsaw has been cut.
A frustrated look appears on Warsaw's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Warsaw takes an elbow to the temple.
Warsaw tries to circle away but Hopachai has him pinned against the cage.
Hopachai with a knee to the head.

Warsaw is rocked!
Warsaw wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hopachai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warsaw takes an elbow to the temple.
Hopachai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Warsaw in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside.
Oh Warsaw is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hopachai lands a knee to the head.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside that Warsaw shrugs off.
Warsaw wants to get back to striking at distance but Hopachai won't allow it.
Hopachai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Warsaw's defenses.
Hopachai with a knee to the head.
Hopachai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Hopachai.
Warsaw is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hopachai connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hopachai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hopachai lands a knee to the head.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside that Warsaw shrugs off.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hopachai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Warsaw takes an elbow to the temple.
Warsaw seems to have got his legs back now.
Hopachai lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Warsaw's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hopachai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow.
Hopachai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Warsaw's efforts to push away.
Warsaw takes an elbow to the temple.
Warsaw has had enough of the clinch but Hopachai keeps him there for the moment.
Warsaw takes a knee to the side of the body.
Warsaw wants to break the clinch but can't.
Warsaw can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warsaw working hard to break the clinch.
Warsaw tries to circle away but Hopachai has him pinned against the cage.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow.
Warsaw wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hopachai has him pressed against the cage.
Warsaw is trying to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling him.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside.
Hopachai lands a damaging elbow.
Hopachai misses with a knee to the head.
Hopachai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hopachai lands a damaging elbow.
Hopachai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Warsaw's defenses.
Hopachai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hopachai lands a damaging elbow.
Warsaw working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Hopachai.
Warsaw tries to circle away but Hopachai has him pinned against the cage.
Hopachai keeps control of Warsaw as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopachai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hopachai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warsaw tries to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling the position.
Hopachai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hopachai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Warsaw is defending well for now.
Hopachai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Warsaw's defenses.
Warsaw dodges an elbow strike from Hopachai.
Hopachai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Warsaw's defenses.
Hopachai misses with a knee strike.
Warsaw working hard to break the clinch.
Warsaw is trying to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling him.
Warsaw dodges an elbow strike from Hopachai.
Warsaw is trying to break free.
Warsaw has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Warsaw wants to break free but Hopachai has control.
Warsaw avoids the elbow strike from Hopachai, against the cage.
Warsaw wants to get back to striking at distance but Hopachai won't allow it.
Hopachai tries to land a knee to the head but Warsaw blocks with his arms.
Warsaw on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hopachai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Warsaw avoids it.
Warsaw wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hopachai has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Warsaw has had enough of the clinch but Hopachai keeps him there for the moment.
Warsaw working hard to break the clinch.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside.
Warsaw is looking to break free of the clinch but Hopachai has double underhooks.
Warsaw tries to circle away but Hopachai has him pinned against the cage.
Warsaw blocks an elbow strike from Hopachai.
Hopachai throws an elbow that misses.
Hopachai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Warsaw tries to circle away but Hopachai has him pinned against the cage.

Warsaw breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Warsaw lands with a nice combination. Hopachai backs away looking to recover.
Warsaw looks to land a combination but Hopachai avoids it well.
Manchild Warsaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hopachai tries to clinch but Warsaw is having none of it.
Hopachai drops his hands momentarily and Warsaw takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warsaw scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Warsaw swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Warsaw ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hopachai moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apachai Hopachai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manchild Warsaw's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hopachai dodges the punch combination from Warsaw.
A combination from Warsaw does no damage.
Warsaw misses with a double jab.

Hopachai fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Warsaw, pushing him back against the cage.
Warsaw takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hopachai misses with a knee strike.
Hopachai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hopachai misses with a knee strike.
Hopachai lands a knee to the head.
Hopachai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Warsaw blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopachai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warsaw working hard to break the clinch.
Warsaw wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hopachai is breathing heavily.
Warsaw tries to circle away but Hopachai has him pinned against the cage.
Warsaw takes an elbow to the temple.
A frustrated look appears on Warsaw's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Warsaw takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopachai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Warsaw's efforts to push away.
Hopachai missing with knees to the body.
Warsaw can't break the clinch.
Warsaw wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hopachai throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Warsaw's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hopachai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warsaw is trying to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling him.
Warsaw dodges an elbow strike from Hopachai.
A frustrated look appears on Warsaw's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Warsaw has had enough of the clinch but Hopachai keeps him there for the moment.
Warsaw wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hopachai has him pressed against the cage.
Warsaw is trying to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling him.
Hopachai has Warsaw pressed against the cage, preventing Warsaw from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Warsaw looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Warsaw's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hopachai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Warsaw looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Warsaw is trying to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hopachai looking to throw knees to the head but Warsaw is blocking nicely.
Hopachai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hopachai misses with a knee strike.
Warsaw tries to circle away but Hopachai has him pinned against the cage.
Hopachai tries to land a knee to the head but Warsaw blocks with his arms.
Warsaw is trying to break the clinch but Hopachai has him pressed against the cage.

Warsaw escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Warsaw will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Warsaw throws a nice looking combination but Hopachai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Warsaw misses with a wild combination.
Warsaw throws a right and a left that Hopachai avoids nicely.
Warsaw scores with a jab to the head.
Warsaw lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hopachai circles away quickly and effectively.
Warsaw throws a nice looking combination but Hopachai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopachai is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hopachai dodges the punch combination from Warsaw.
Warsaw throws a hook to the side of Hopachai's head but Hopachai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warsaw. Hopachai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Warsaw takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A punch combination from Warsaw misses.
Hopachai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Warsaw misses with a few strikes there.
Warsaw swats away the attempt to clinch by Hopachai.

Hopachai pushes Warsaw up against the cage in a clinch.
Warsaw takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warsaw is trying to force a seperation but Hopachai has the dominant position.
Hopachai lands an elbow just above Warsaw 's eye.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside.
Warsaw tries to break free but Hopachai pushes him back against the cage.
Hopachai lands a nice knee to the body.
Hopachai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hopachai misses with a knee to the head.
Warsaw tries to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling the position.
Warsaw is looking to break free of the clinch but Hopachai has double underhooks.
Warsaw takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside.
Warsaw is trying to force a seperation but Hopachai has the dominant position.
Warsaw wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Warsaw takes an elbow to the temple.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hopachai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Warsaw's face.
Warsaw wants to get back to striking at distance but Hopachai won't allow it.
Warsaw tries to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling the position.
Hopachai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Warsaw has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apachai Hopachai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Manchild Warsaw's cut.
That's time! Warsaw's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hopachai slips a jab and a cross from Warsaw.
Hopachai is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Warsaw.
Warsaw rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hopachai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Warsaw throws a hook but Hopachai avoids it easily.
Warsaw looks for the body kick but Hopachai saw that one coming.
Hopachai is looking to clinch but Warsaw is avoiding it.
Hopachai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Warsaw swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Warsaw lands a right hook to the body.
Warsaw misses with a double jab.
Warsaw throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Hopachai has closed the distance and engaged Warsaw in a clinch.
Warsaw takes an elbow to the temple.
Hopachai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hopachai connects with a knee to the head.
Warsaw working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Warsaw is trying to break free.
Warsaw wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hopachai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Warsaw's face.
Hopachai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Warsaw is trying to break free.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow.
Hopachai misses with a knee strike.
Warsaw wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Warsaw wants to break the clinch but can't.
Warsaw wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hopachai misses with a knee to the head.
Warsaw tries to break free but Hopachai pushes him back against the cage.
Warsaw has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Warsaw avoids the elbow strike from Hopachai, against the cage.
Warsaw tries to circle away but Hopachai has him pinned against the cage.
Hopachai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Warsaw dodges an elbow strike from Hopachai.

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.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow.
Warsaw has had enough of the clinch but Hopachai keeps him there for the moment.
Warsaw is trying to break the clinch but Hopachai has him pressed against the cage.
Hopachai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apachai Hopachai seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Warsaw is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hopachai tries a knee to the head but Warsaw blocks it.

Warsaw escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hopachai takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Warsaw throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hopachai slips a jab and a cross from Warsaw.
Warsaw throws a right and a left that Hopachai avoids nicely.
Warsaw moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hopachai moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
No joy there for Warsaw, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hopachai slips a jab and a cross from Warsaw.
Hopachai throws a front kick that sends Warsaw stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopachai cracks the inside of Warsaw's front leg.
Hopachai scoring well with a low kick there.
Hopachai is looking to clinch but Warsaw is avoiding it.
Hopachai throws a leg kick which misses Warsaw's front leg but catches the back leg as Warsaw tries to avoid it.
Hopachai avoids the body shot from Warsaw.
Hopachai looks to land a body kick but Warsaw moved away.
Manchild Warsaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Warsaw misses with a two punch combination.
Warsaw swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hopachai dodges the punch combination from Warsaw.
Manchild Warsaw is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hopachai clinches with his opponent.
Hopachai unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Hopachai.
Warsaw takes an elbow to the temple.
Warsaw wants to get back to striking at distance but Hopachai won't allow it.
Hopachai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Warsaw breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Warsaw bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hopachai's head backwards.

Hopachai moves into the clinch.
Hopachai landing knees to the head.
Hopachai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Warsaw can't break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Warsaw scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hopachai keeps control of Warsaw as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Warsaw breaks from the clinch.
Hopachai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Warsaw lands with a nice body punch.
Hopachai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Apachai Hopachai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hopachai takes one on the chin but seems OK.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manchild Warsaw showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hopachai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Apachai Hopachai!