PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kasemchai Fairtex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!This should be a great matchup!

Fairtex
vs
Mayweather

175 cm
24
160 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
153 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Fenrir Fightgear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kasemchai Fairtex!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Floyd Mayweather!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fairtex tries to clinch up but Mayweather circles away and keeps his distance.
Mayweather misses with a few strikes there.
Fairtex throws a front kick that sends Mayweather stumbling back into the cage.
Fairtex with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mayweather takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mayweather looks gassed!
Fairtex throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Fairtex lands a big head kick that sends Mayweather tumbling to the mat! Fairtex takes a step backwards and waves Mayweather back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Mayweather is rocked!

Fairtex gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fairtex is struggling to control the position.
Fairtex putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fairtex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mayweather tries to break free but Fairtex pushes him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Fairtex.
Mayweather wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex lands a damaging elbow.
Fairtex stalls.
Mayweather takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fairtex scores a nice knee to the body.
Fairtex lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Fairtex.
Fairtex is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fairtex with a knee to the head.
Fairtex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mayweather's face.
Fairtex avoiding damage.
Fairtex lands a nice knee to the body.
Fairtex stalling.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.
Fairtex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mayweather's defenses.
Mayweather takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mayweather is trying to break free.
Fairtex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Fairtex.
Fairtex with a knee to the head.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Mayweather shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex landing knees to the head.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fairtex taking a breather.
Fairtex crunches a lovely knee into Mayweather's ribcage.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside.
Mayweather takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fairtex just leaning against Mayweather, taking a breather.
Fairtex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mayweather takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Fairtex.
Fairtex lands a damaging elbow.
Fairtex has Mayweather pressed against the cage.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Mayweather shrugs off.
Fairtex controlling the action here for a moment.
Mayweather takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks it.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mayweather avoids it.
A knee to the head by Fairtex.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling him.
Fairtex misses with a knee strike.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside.
Mayweather has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fairtex throws an elbow but misses.
Fairtex stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fairtex keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mayweather's efforts to push away.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
Mayweather wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fairtex keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four 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.
Fairtex lands a knee to the body.
Come on Fairtex - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fairtex unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fairtex prevents Mayweather from breaking the clinch.
Mayweather wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fairtex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mayweather's defenses.
Fairtex unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fairtex'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.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Mayweather shrugs off.
Fairtex prevents Mayweather from breaking the clinch.
Fairtex stalling against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mayweather wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fairtex scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kasemchai Fairtex dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fairtex will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mayweather just misses with a punch to the body.
Mayweather fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fairtex throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fairtex cracks the inside of Mayweather's front leg.
Mayweather tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fairtex was well out of range. Poor timing from Mayweather.
Mayweather lands a jab-cross combination.
Fairtex throws a sloppy head kick and Mayweather moves out of range easily.
Fairtex closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fairtex 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.
Fairtex takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Fairtex takes the fight into the clinch.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mayweather blocks it with crossed arms.
Mayweather looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fairtex takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fairtex gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Mayweather is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mayweather tries to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling the position.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mayweather takes an elbow to the temple.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Mayweather is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mayweather avoiding damage as Fairtex throws knees to the body.
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Mayweather shrugs off.
Mayweather looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fairtex comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside.
Fairtex trying to land knees to the body.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayweather avoids the damage to the body.
Mayweather is trying to force a seperation but Fairtex has the dominant position.
Fairtex'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.
Mayweather has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Mayweather working hard to break the clinch.
Fairtex keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fairtex stalling in the clinch.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks with his arms.
Fairtex dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mayweather blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayweather avoids the damage to the body.
Mayweather is looking to break free of the clinch but Fairtex has double underhooks.
Mayweather wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fairtex holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mayweather is defending well for now.
Stalling in the clinch from Fairtex.
Fairtex seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Fairtex lands a good knee to the midsection. Mayweather won't want to take too many of those.
Mayweather on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mayweather wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fairtex.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fairtex is stalling here.
Mayweather is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks it.
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex stalling.
Fairtex is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mayweather can do to turn this around?
Mayweather wants to break free but Fairtex has control.

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.
Come on Fairtex - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mayweather avoids it.
Mayweather wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fairtex has Mayweather pressed against the cage, preventing Mayweather from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fairtex has Mayweather pressed against the cage.
Fairtex pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Mayweather is blocking nicely.
Fairtex missing with knees to the body.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Mayweather shrugs off.
Fairtex stalling in the clinch.
Mayweather managing to block the knees to the body from Fairtex.
Fairtex crunches a lovely knee into Mayweather's ribcage.
Mayweather working hard to break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fairtex.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks it.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Mayweather is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kasemchai Fairtex dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mayweather displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
An inside leg kick from Fairtex misses.
Mayweather lands with an uppercut that bounces Fairtex off the cage and back into rage.
Fairtex slips a jab from Mayweather.
Mayweather scores with a decent looking hook.
A jab from Mayweather misses.
Mayweather takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Floyd Mayweather seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mayweather misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mayweather bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fairtex's head.
Mayweather rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fairtex moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fairtex scores with a head kick.
Fairtex throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kasemchai Fairtex is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fairtex tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mayweather misses with a series of wild punches.
Mayweather misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fairtex.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex lands with a slapping head kick.
Mayweather throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fairtex.
Mayweather throws a one two combo.
Mayweather throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fairtex walks into a jab.
Mayweather ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fairtex moves away.
Fairtex uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mayweather.
Fairtex is looking to slow Mayweather down with leg kicks.

Fairtex moves into the clinch.
Fairtex lands an elbow that stopped Mayweather in his tracks for a moment.
Come on Fairtex - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fairtex has Mayweather pressed against the cage, preventing Mayweather from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fairtex keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fairtex has Mayweather pressed against the cage, preventing Mayweather from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fairtex stalling against the cage.
Mayweather takes an elbow to the temple.
Mayweather is trying to break free.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Mayweather shrugs off.
Fairtex leaning against his opponent.
Fairtex prevents Mayweather from breaking the clinch.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Mayweather 's eye.
A frustrated look appears on Mayweather's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fairtex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fairtex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mayweather takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fairtex utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Fairtex.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Mayweather shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Fairtex.
Fairtex landing knees to the head.
Fairtex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mayweather's face.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks with his arms.
Fairtex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fairtex throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fairtex keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Mayweather's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fairtex obliges.
Fairtex taking a breather.
Fairtex comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Mayweather's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayweather avoids the damage to the body.
Mayweather has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Fairtex lands a good knee to the midsection. Mayweather won't want to take too many of those.
Fairtex is pushing Mayweather up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fairtex scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mayweather is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fairtex keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mayweather's efforts to push away.
Kasemchai Fairtex has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fairtex scores a nice knee to the body.
Fairtex utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Fairtex.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fairtex.
Mayweather wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fairtex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mayweather's defenses.
Fairtex with a knee to the head.
Fairtex is struggling to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fairtex with a knee to the head.
Fairtex trying to control the position but instead, Mayweather has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fairtex into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fairtex.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kasemchai Fairtex clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mayweather misses with a wild combination.
Fairtex throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fairtex pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Mayweather.
Mayweather checks the leg kick.
Mayweather lands a nice shot to the body.
Fairtex explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fairtex wants to clinch.
Mayweather uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Fairtex slips under a jab from Mayweather.
Mayweather stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A head kick misses from Fairtex.
Kasemchai Fairtex is winning the standup battle so far.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mayweather.
Fairtex steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayweather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather swats away the attempt to clinch by Fairtex.
A jab from Mayweather misses.
Mayweather chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fairtex can pounce on him.
Mayweather throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fairtex sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fairtex tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fairtex connects with a solid leg kick.
Fairtex lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mayweather scores with a body shot.
Mayweather works the jab nicely.
Mayweather fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fairtex manages to avoid it.

Fairtex has closed the distance and engaged Mayweather in a clinch.
Fairtex slowing the pace effectively.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fairtex obliges.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mayweather being controlled against the cage.
Fairtex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayweather has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fairtex obliges.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Mayweather 's eye.
Mayweather is looking to break free of the clinch but Fairtex has double underhooks.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mayweather blocks it with crossed arms.
Mayweather takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Mayweather working hard to break the clinch.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mayweather blocks it with crossed arms.
Fairtex lands a nice knee to the body.
Fairtex is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mayweather tries to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling the position.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mayweather has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Mayweather's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather tries to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling the position.
Fairtex slowing the pace effectively.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks with his arms.
Mayweather is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Mayweather's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow.
Mayweather wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mayweather tries to break free but Fairtex pushes him back against the cage.
Mayweather tries to circle away but Fairtex has him pinned against the cage.
Knees to the body from Fairtex.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fairtex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mayweather's defenses.
Fairtex with a knee to the head.
Fairtex scores with a knee to the head.

That's four 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.
Mayweather wants to break free but Fairtex has control.
Mayweather wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mayweather takes an elbow to the forehead.
A frustrated look appears on Mayweather's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex scores with a knee to the head.
Fairtex keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fairtex lands an elbow that stopped Mayweather in his tracks for a moment.
Fairtex'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.
Fairtex trying to land knees to the body.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairtex stalling against the cage.
Mayweather is trying to force a seperation but Fairtex has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kasemchai Fairtex had his way with Floyd Mayweather in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Fairtex goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mayweather throws a right hand that Fairtex ducks under and follows up with a left that Fairtex also avoids with ease.
Mayweather bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fairtex's head.
Mayweather throws a good cross that connects.
Fairtex tries to clinch up.
Mayweather uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fairtex takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mayweather.
A telegraphed right hand from Mayweather misses the target.
Fairtex has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mayweather finds it's way round the side to connect with Fairtex's head.
A left and a right from Mayweather both land. Nice combination.

Fairtex gets a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fairtex scores a nice knee to the body.
Fairtex is stalling here.
Mayweather is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Knees to the body from Fairtex.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fairtex dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mayweather has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Fairtex.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fairtex working Mayweather over with knees to the body.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head.
Fairtex controlling the action here for a moment.
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayweather has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Fairtex.
Fairtex lands a nice knee to the body.
Fairtex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mayweather's defenses.
Fairtex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mayweather's defenses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fairtex takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fairtex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mayweather wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex has Mayweather pressed against the cage.
Fairtex lands a nice knee to the body.
Mayweather wants to get back to striking at distance but Fairtex won't allow it.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mayweather on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mayweather takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mayweather takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Mayweather's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Mayweather's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks it.
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling him.
Mayweather takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fairtex crunches a lovely knee into Mayweather's ribcage.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex lands a knee to the body.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks with his arms.
Mayweather tries to circle away but Fairtex has him pinned against the cage.
Mayweather wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mayweather wants to get back to striking at distance but Fairtex won't allow it.
Fairtex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mayweather lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mayweather wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fairtex lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four 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.
Fairtex pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fairtex lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Mayweather 's eye.
Fairtex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mayweather is defending well for now.
Fairtex comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fairtex is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fairtex prevents Mayweather from breaking the clinch.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Mayweather's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mayweather takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mayweather can't break the clinch.
Fairtex keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fairtex keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fairtex putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Floyd Mayweather has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kasemchai Fairtex is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fairtex landing knees to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kasemchai Fairtex showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fairtex has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Kasemchai Fairtex!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Kasemchai Fairtex!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Kasemchai Fairtex!

Kasemchai Fairtex wins by unanimous decision!
Kasemchai Fairtex retains his lightweight title!