PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Mote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sompong Seesumran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Mote
vs
Seesumran

178 cm
27
160 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

170 cm
26
160 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Mote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sompong Seesumran!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Seesumran gets tackled into the cage by Mote. Mote maintains the clinch.
Seesumran pushes Mote back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mote looking for a takedown.
A hook to the body from Seesumran.

Mote breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mote misses with a leg kick
and Seesumran counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mote's knee momentarily.
Mote throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Seesumran clinches with his opponent.
Seesumran scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ryan Mote has been cut.
Nice elbow from Seesumran.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mote tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mote is breathing heavily.
Seesumran unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mote lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Seesumran lands with a left to the head.
Mote takes a knee to the side of the body.
Seesumran scores with a knee to the head.
Seesumran trying to land knees to the body.
Seesumran is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mote is defending well for now.

Mote drags the fight down to the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Seesumran stands up and waves to Mote to follow him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seesumran closes the distance and clinches.
Mote takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mote is trying to force a seperation but Seesumran has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Seesumran.
Mote on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Seesumran throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knees to the body from Seesumran.
Seesumran tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mote avoids it.
Knees to the body from Seesumran.
Seesumran is pushing Mote up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Seesumran escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mote blocks a head kick by Seesumran.
Seesumran lands a head kick!
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!
Seesumran lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Seesumran pushes Mote up against the cage in a clinch.
A hook to the body from Seesumran.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Seesumran.
Seesumran using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right from Seesumran on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Seesumran.
Seesumran lands an elbow that stopped Mote in his tracks for a moment.

Mote breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Seesumran misses with a head kick.
Mote pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Seesumran lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mote backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seesumran scores with a head kick. Mote tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mote swinging wildly here.
Sompong Seesumran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seesumran throws a low kick, looking for Mote's leg but Mote calmly moves out of range.
Mote takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Seesumran clinches with his opponent.
Seesumran is pushing Mote up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mote is trying to force a seperation but Seesumran has the dominant position.
Seesumran lands a shot to the body.

Seesumran manages to break the clinch.
Mote takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Seesumran feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Motes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Seesumran throws a right hand that Mote ducks under and follows up with a left that Mote also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seesumran lands a leg kick that knocks Mote off balance momentarily.
A head kick by Seesumran misses
and Mote counters with a good low kick that Seesumran was not able to check.
Seesumran connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seesumran throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mote avoids the head kick by Seesumran.
Mote misses with a body shot.
Mote checks the leg kick.
Mote looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Seesumran fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Seesumran lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Mote has closed the distance and engaged Seesumran in a clinch.
Mote takes a knee to the side of the body.
Seesumran lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sompong Seesumran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Mote's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Seesumran unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice right hand lands inside from Seesumran.
Seesumran connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mote's face.
Seesumran will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mote up against the cage.
Seesumran lands a good knee to the midsection. Mote won't want to take too many of those.
Mote managing to block the knees to the body from Seesumran.
Mote jumps guard but Seesumran turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Seesumran comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Seesumran lands a damaging elbow.
Mote trying to control the position but instead, Seesumran has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mote into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Seesumran.
Seesumran has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seesumran escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick from Seesumran lands but Mote takes it in his stride.

Ryan Mote's cut is getting worse.

Mote clinches with his opponent.
Seesumran tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mote avoids it.
Mote wants to stall.
Mote tries to pull guard but Seesumran holds him up against the cage and eventually Mote drops back down to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Seesumran tries to land knees in the clinch but Mote avoids the damage to the body.
Seesumran using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mote has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Seesumran missing with knees to the body.
Seesumran keeps control of Mote as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sompong Seesumran seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Seesumran working Mote over with knees to the body.
Mote jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Seesumran walks away with a smile on his face. Mote gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Mote. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mote tries to keep at a distance but Seesumran has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seesumran lands a knee to the head.
Mote working hard to break the clinch.
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!
Seesumran lands a knee to the head.
Seesumran lands a nice knee to the body.
Seesumran works on Mote's body with a couple of short punches.
Knees to the body from Seesumran.
Seesumran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Seesumran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Seesumran throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Seesumran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Seesumran lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mote.
Mote takes a knee right on the jaw!
Seesumran lands a nice elbow.
Mote takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seesumran lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mote's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Seesumran is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Seesumran scores with a nice hook to the head.
Seesumran looking to throw knees to the head but Mote is blocking nicely.
Seesumran landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mote takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees to the body from Seesumran.
Seesumran landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Seesumran working Mote over with knees to the body.
Seesumran lands an elbow that stopped Mote in his tracks for a moment.
Seesumran landing knees to the body.

Seesumran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Seesumran scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seesumran lands with a slapping head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seesumran connects with a solid leg kick.
Seesumran looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Seesumran. Those never looked like landing.
Mote thuds his shin into the meat of Seesumran's side.
A punch combination from Mote misses.
Seesumran pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Mote rushes Seesumran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mote's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mote managing to block the knees to the body from Seesumran.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Seesumran misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mote.
Seesumran displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mote up against the cage.
Good body shot from Seesumran.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sompong Seesumran showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ryan Mote's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Mote checks the leg kick.

Mote closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Seesumran tries to land knees in the clinch but Mote avoids the damage to the body.
Mote jumps guard but Seesumran turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Seesumran scores a nice knee to the body.
Seesumran landing knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Seesumran.
Seesumran crunches a lovely knee into Mote's ribcage.
Seesumran lands an elbow just above Mote 's eye.
Mote is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Seesumran lands a knee to the body.
Seesumran misses with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seesumran is working Mote over against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Seesumran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Motes head.
Seesumran utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Seesumran trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seesumran looking to throw knees to the head but Mote is blocking nicely.
Seesumran pushes Mote back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mote looking to stall.
Seesumran scores with a hook to the body.
Seesumran scores a nice knee to the body.
Seesumran gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short left from Seesumran.
Seesumran lands a knee to the body.
Seesumran is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Seesumran lands a nice elbow.
Mote fails to pull guard.
Seesumran utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Seesumran.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seesumran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mote backwards.
Mote has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Seesumran after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Mote. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seesumran leaning his opponent against the cage.
Seesumran utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Seesumran lands an elbow inside that Mote shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Seesumran.
Seesumran lands with a light punch inside.
Seesumran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mote's defenses.

Seesumran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Seesumran moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seesumran lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Seesumran lands a knee to the head.
Seesumran lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mote.
A short left from Seesumran.
Seesumran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Motes head.
Ryan Mote has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seesumran blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Seesumran.
Seesumran landing knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mote stalling in the clinch but Seesumran improves position.
Mote avoiding damage as Seesumran throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seesumran lands an elbow just above Mote 's eye.
Seesumran is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Seesumran lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Seesumran.
Seesumran crunches a lovely knee into Mote's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Seesumran.
Seesumran lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mote.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seesumran lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Seesumran.
Mote managing to block the knees to the body from Seesumran.
Seesumran lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mote is trying to pull guard but Seesumran has him pressed against the cage.
Mote's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sompong Seesumran is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nice body punch from Seesumran.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Seesumran.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sompong Seesumran comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Seesumran 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sompong Seesumran!
Sompong Seesumran really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Snap Crackle Pop Fight Gear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.