PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Courtney Fleming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ong Bak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fleming
vs
Bak

202 cm
24
151 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

181 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Courtney Fleming!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ong Bak!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bak misses with a takedown
and Fleming counters with a thumping low kick.
Bak looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Fleming tries to clinch up.
Ong Bak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bak fails with a takedown attempt.
Bak misses with a combination

and Fleming counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Fleming trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fleming is in close to Bak's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fleming connects with a couple of short punches.
Fleming lands a couple of elbows.
Fleming makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bak preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fleming working some strikes from top position.
Fleming postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleming working some strikes from top position.
Fleming landing some decent shots from guard.
Fleming lands a couple of digs.
Fleming is working Bak over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fleming makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fleming lands a couple of elbows.
Bak will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Fleming scoring with some ground and pound.
Bak throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Fleming working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fleming scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fleming lands a couple of elbows.
Fleming cracks Bak with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleming stands up over Bak, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fleming working some strikes from top position.
Bak striking off his back but it's not causing Fleming any problems.
Fleming keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bak's head.
Fleming working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bak's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bak is striking but Fleming is not phased and passes to half guard.
Fleming working the head and body with strikes.
Fleming is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Fleming there.
Ground and pound from Fleming.
Fleming blocks the strikes from Bak.
Fleming working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleming working the head and body with strikes.
Fleming is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fleming seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bak is trying to get back to full guard.
Fleming scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fleming seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bak has a hand on Fleming's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Fleming takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Bak throwing hammer fists to the chest of Fleming. What's that going to do exactly?
Fleming landing shots from mount.
Fleming is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleming raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fleming has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fleming fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fleming looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bak is looking to improve his position but Fleming isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fleming unloading with bombs!
Fleming pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Fleming is working for a guillotine from mount but Bak frees his head quite easily.
Fleming lands a big shot there that rocks Bak but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fleming really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fleming breaks from Bak's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Courtney Fleming dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Fleming closes the distance and clinches.
Bak blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bak's coach down at TAP ROOT -/- 10 Coaches / Great Sparring / Value was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bak's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Fleming dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bak is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bak is breathing heavily.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleming lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bak backwards.
Fleming fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Fleming fails to land.
Fleming is struggling to control the position.

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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleming landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fleming fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fleming throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bak blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bak is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Fleming is defending well.
Fleming scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fleming has Bak pushed against the cage.
Fleming gets through Bak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bak wants to take the fight to the mat but Fleming manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Courtney Fleming dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Fleming drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fleming landing strikes.
Bak on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fleming lands some shots froms side control.
Fleming working the head and body with strikes.
Fleming in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bak is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fleming lands a few punches from side control.
Fleming lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bak throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Bak takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fleming landing a few strikes.
Fleming scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bak is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleming works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bak is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bak takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fleming working the ground and pound.
Fleming scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Bak to see if he's OK.

Bak is rocked!

Fleming has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Bak is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Fleming yanks on the arm and Bak is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Fleming.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Courtney Fleming!