PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thanom Palathai (ranked 4814 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kickass Alex (ranked 4922 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Palathai
vs
Alex

176 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 Rio de Janeiro, Thanom Palathai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kickass Alex!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palathai scores with a leg kick.
Palathai lands with a kick to the ribs.
Palathai connects with an inside leg kick.

Alex fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Palathai, pushing him back against the cage.
Alex avoiding damage as Palathai throws knees to the body.
Alex scores with a shot to the side of Palathai's head.
Palathai wants to stall.
Palathai swings wildly with an uppercut but Alex uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palathai takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alex.
A short body shot lands from Alex as the two fighters clinch.
Alex lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Palathai backwards.
Palathai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alex scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Alex lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Palathai wants to break the clinch but can't.
Alex scores with a shoulder strike.
Alex lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alex prevents Palathai from breaking the clinch.
Alex lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alex misses with some punches.
Alex has Palathai pressed against the cage, preventing Palathai from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A right hand to the body from Alex.
Alex displaying some good clinch control by pressing Palathai up against the cage.
Palathai wants to stall.
Palathai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alex's face.
Alex tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palathai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Palathai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Palathai is trying to maintain a safe position but Alex gets an underhook and turns Palathai into the cage.
Palathai trying to stall but Alex improves his position.
Alex holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Palathai looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Palathai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Palathai looking to slow down the pace here.
Palathai misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palathai is trying to break the clinch but Alex is controlling him.
Palathai misses with an elbow over the top.
Palathai tries to break the clinch but Alex is controlling the position.
Alex lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Palathai or not.
Palathai tries to break the clinch but Alex is controlling the position.
Palathai tries to work over Alex's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alex working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Palathai can't find room to land a body shot as Alex controls the action.
Palathai tries to break the clinch but Alex is controlling the position.
A right hand to the body from Alex.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palathai.
Palathai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Alex.
Palathai is breathing heavily.
Alex keeps control of Palathai as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A hook to the body from Alex.
Palathai tries a body shot but Alex blocks it.
Alex softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Alex lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Alex.
A nice left hand lands by Alex.
Alex scores with a shot to the side of Palathai's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palathai looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alex lands a left hand.
Alex lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Alex lands a shoulder strike.
Alex lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Alex.
Alex lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Alex.
Alex working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Palathai is rocked!
Alex pushes Palathai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Palathai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alex lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alex managing to block the knees to the body from Palathai.
Alex lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Palathai backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Alex.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Alex has Palathai pressed against the cage, preventing Palathai from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Palathai seems to have got his legs back now.
A right hand to the body from Alex.
Alex lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Palathai misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palathai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right handed body shot lands from Alex.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alex lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alex lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Palathai backwards.
Alex works on Palathai's body with a couple of short punches.
Alex lands a right hand that snaps the head of Palathai backwards.
Alex throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A left hand lands to the body for Alex.
Alex lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Alex.
Alex lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alex scores with a hook to the body.
Palathai tries to break free but Alex pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Alex.
Alex lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Alex.
Alex lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alex lands a left hand that snaps the head of Palathai backwards.
A shot in the inside from Alex.
Good body shot from Alex.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Alex creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kickass Alex dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Alex cracks Palathai with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Palathai falls to his knees and Alex doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kickass Alex!