PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Kazakh Attack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoda Fairtex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Attack
vs
Fairtex

177 cm
18
166 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

173 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kazakh Attack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoda Fairtex!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Attack stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fairtex.
Attack rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fairtex moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Attack misses with the combination.
Attack swinging wildly here.
Attack walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fairtex moves in looking to clinch but Attack pushes him off.
Attack looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fairtex lands a nice shot that snaps Attack's head back.
Fairtex sizes up Attack with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Attack throws a nice looking combination but Fairtex bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fairtex.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fairtex throws a good cross that connects.

Fairtex takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Attack's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex throws a punch but it's blocked by Attack.
Fairtex lands with a short shot to the head.
Fairtex taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fairtex is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex scores with a nice hook to the head.
Attack has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fairtex looking to slow down the pace here.
Fairtex stalling the fight.
Fairtex working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fairtex doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fairtex is working Attack over against the ropes.
Fairtex trying to stall but Attack improves his position.
Fairtex looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yoda Fairtex.
Fairtex dodges the punch combination from Attack.
Attack throws a series of punches but Fairtex moves out of range.
Attack swinging wildly here.
Fairtex wants to counter the offense by Attack and move into the clinch position.
No joy there for Attack, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Attack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Attack throws a right hand that Fairtex ducks under and follows up with a left that Fairtex also avoids with ease.
Fairtex steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Attack.
Fairtex tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Attack paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Fairtex clinches up with Attack and pushes him back against the ropes.
Fairtex tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fairtex taking a breather.
Attack looking to stall.
Fairtex misses with the head strike.
Fairtex makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
Fairtex lands an uppercut.
Attack struggles to land a body shot inside as Fairtex controls his hands.
Fairtex digs a right hand underneath Attack's ribcage. Attack let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Attack is trying to stall.
Attack tries to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling the position.
Fairtex has Attack pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoda Fairtex dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Attack tries to bum rush Fairtex with a series of wild strikes but Fairtex uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Attack misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fairtex looks to land a right hand but Attack moved out of range.
Attack misses with a wild combination.
Attack looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Fairtex takes the fight into the clinch.
Fairtex scores with a hook to the body.
Attack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fairtex working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Attack.
A left hand lands to the body for Fairtex.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Attack is trying to push Fairtex away but Fairtex has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Fairtex misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fairtex.
Fairtex avoiding damage.
Fairtex lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex lands with a left to the head.
Fairtex presses Attack against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fairtex lands a right hand.
Attack tries a body shot but Fairtex blocks it.
Fairtex misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fairtex lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Attack backwards.
Fairtex softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Fairtex has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Attack seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Fairtex can turn it around.
Fairtex is pushing Attack up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fairtex lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yoda Fairtex seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fairtex effectively controlling the action here.
Still in the clinch, Fairtex scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fairtex is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fairtex lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fairtex misses with a punch on the inside.
Fairtex has Attack pushed against the ropes.
Fairtex is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yoda Fairtex.
Fairtex lands a jab.

Attack is rocked!

It looks like Kazakh Attack has been cut.
Fairtex cracks Attack with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Attack is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Attack is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Attack could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yoda Fairtex!
A victorious Yoda Fairtex thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.