PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yodsonklai Fairtex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fairtex
vs
Pacquiao

171 cm
18
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yodsonklai Fairtex!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Fairtex. Pacquiao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pacquiao is looking for the big counter here.
Pacquiao doesn't manage to clinch there - Fairtex circles away.
Pacquiao shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fairtex but Fairtex pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pacquiao tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fairtex tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pacquiao manages to circle out of the way.
Fairtex moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Pacquiao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fairtex is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fairtex is looking to clinch.
Pacquiao cracks Fairtex with an open hand slap.

Pacquiao instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fairtex has a couple of punches blocked by Pacquiao.
Fairtex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pacquiao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pacquiao working hard to break the clinch.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pacquiao.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex throws a head punch that misses.
Pacquiao blocks an uppercut.
Pacquiao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fairtex misses with a knee strike.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
Fairtex keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pacquiao's efforts to push away.
Fairtex missing with knees to the body.
Pacquiao avoiding damage as Fairtex throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao is trying to push Fairtex away but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
Pacquiao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fairtex utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex with a knee to the head.
Pacquiao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fairtex's elbow.
Fairtex throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pacquiao tries to circle away but Fairtex has him pinned against the cage.
Pacquiao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fairtex landing knees to the head.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but Pacquiao blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pacquiao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fairtex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pacquiao avoids it.
Pacquiao wants to break free but Fairtex has control.
Fairtex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pacquiao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fairtex scores a nice knee to the body.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pacquiao blocks it with crossed arms.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Pacquiao avoids the damage to the body.
Pacquiao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pacquiao working hard to break the clinch.
Pacquiao tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fairtex smiles and moves away.
Pacquiao tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fairtex defends well and Pacquiao ends up having to push Fairtex into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Fairtex tries to counter by clinching up but Pacquiao breaks away and moves out of range.
Yodsonklai Fairtex has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a wild body kick that Fairtex sees coming a mile off.
Fairtex tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pacquiao manages to circle out of the way.
Fairtex looks to score with a jab to the body but Pacquiao is just out of range.
Fairtex misses with a shot to the body

and Pacquiao holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fairtex doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fairtex throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pacquiao blocks it with crossed arms.
Pacquiao managing to block the knees to the body from Fairtex.

Pacquiao pulls guard effortlessly.
Pacquiao keeping moving, preventing Fairtex from controlling successfully.
Pacquiao can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fairtex controls the pace.
Fairtex has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Fairtex has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Pacquiao scrambles and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pacquiao misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fairtex tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pacquiao manages to circle out of the way.
Fairtex tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Fairtex misses with a hook. Pacquiao ducked under it nicely.
Pacquiao misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacquiao misses with a few strikes there.
Pacquiao tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fairtex swivels and escapes.

Fairtex has Pacquiao up against the cage in a clinch.
Pacquiao blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fairtex throws an elbow but it misses.
Fairtex swings wildly with an uppercut but Pacquiao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fairtex swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fairtex misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao misses with the head strike.
Fairtex scores with a shoulder strike.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Pacquiao avoids the damage to the body.
Pacquiao blocks an uppercut.
Fairtex swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pacquiao can't break the clinch.
Fairtex scores a nice knee to the body.
Fairtex misses with an elbow over the top.
Fairtex keeps control of Pacquiao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Fairtex.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pacquiao blocks it with crossed arms.
Fairtex misses with the head strike.
Fairtex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pacquiao's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fairtex misses with the head strike.
Pacquiao avoiding damage as Fairtex throws knees to the body.
Fairtex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fairtex landing knees to the head.
Fairtex scores with a knee to the head.
Yodsonklai Fairtex has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fairtex misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pacquiao tries to circle away but Fairtex has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fairtex.
Fairtex is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pacquiao can do to turn this around?
Fairtex trying to land knees to the body.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head.
Fairtex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pacquiao managing to block the knees to the body from Fairtex.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex blocks a body shot from Pacquiao.
Fairtex prevents the takedown attempt.
Yodsonklai Fairtex has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Pacquiao.
Fairtex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
Pacquiao blocks an uppercut.
Fairtex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pacquiao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pacquiao avoids the elbow strike from Fairtex, against the cage.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but Pacquiao blocks with his arms.
Pacquiao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pacquiao avoids the elbow strike from Fairtex, against the cage.
Pacquiao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fairtex unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fairtex fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao dodges an elbow strike from Fairtex.
Pacquiao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pacquiao tries to pull guard but Fairtex won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Fairtex.
Fairtex has a couple of punches blocked by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Pacquiao blocks it.
Fairtex swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fairtex misses with a knee strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fairtex throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Fairtex swings wildly with an uppercut but Pacquiao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fairtex pushes off an throws an elbow but Pacquiao leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yodsonklai Fairtex dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Pacquiao closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fairtex tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pacquiao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fairtex is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Pacquiao lands a really nice looking cross but Fairtex seems unphased.
Pacquiao attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Horrible takedown attempt by Pacquiao or perhaps it was just good defense by Fairtex, which made it look bad.
Pacquiao displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pacquiao looks to land a combination. Fairtex sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bobby Pacquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacquiao shoots in for a takedown but Fairtex shows good takedown defense.
Pacquiao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pacquiao has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fairtex is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Fairtex throws an overhand right that lands on Pacquiao's shoulder, as Pacquiao tries to avoid the shot.
Fairtex avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pacquiao connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex moves out of range as Pacquiao throws a body kick.
Fairtex moves to clinch but Pacquiao breaks away
and Pacquiao counters with a two punch combo.
Bobby Pacquiao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Fairtex.
Fairtex misses with a looping right.
Pacquiao lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fairtex backs up against the cage.
Pacquiao misses with a few strikes there.
A telegraphed right hand from Fairtex misses the target.
Fairtex misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fairtex.
Pacquiao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pacquiao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fairtex.
Pacquiao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fairtex tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Pacquiao's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pacquiao staying out of range there.
Pacquiao moves in looking to clinch but Fairtex pushes him off.
Pacquiao ducks under a wild hook from Fairtex.
Pacquiao tries for a takedown but Fairtex sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Fairtex wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Yodsonklai Fairtex has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Pacquiao.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fairtex throws a body punch but Pacquiao moves out of range.

Fairtex moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pacquiao.
Fairtex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pacquiao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fairtex keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pacquiao's efforts to push away.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pacquiao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fairtex throws out a loose jab but Pacquiao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fairtex misses with a body shot.
Pacquiao tries for a takedown but Fairtex sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Fairtex throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pacquiao moves in looking to clinch but Fairtex pushes him off.
As Pacquiao tries to get set, Fairtex tries to push him back and clinch up but Pacquiao manages to avoid the attempt.
Pacquiao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fairtex.
Yodsonklai Fairtex is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Danga de danga de dang - Pacquiao scores with a four punch combination!
Pacquiao moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Pacquiao gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fairtex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pacquiao tries to circle away but Fairtex has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pacquiao drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fairtex misses with a punch to the body.
Pacquiao avoids the elbow strike from Fairtex, against the cage.
Fairtex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fairtex misses with a knee strike.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fairtex throws a punch but it's blocked by Pacquiao.
Fairtex crunches a lovely knee into Pacquiao's ribcage.
Bobby Pacquiao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fairtex working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pacquiao creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Pacquiao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fairtex has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yodsonklai Fairtex!