PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Jason Skillz (ranked 24033 p4p, 6397 weight class) and Sitthichai Fairtex (ranked 302 p4p, 286 weight class). Sitthichai Fairtex has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Skillz
vs
Fairtex

172 cm
21
147
2 - 3 - 0

174 cm
21
140
4 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Skillz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sitthichai Fairtex!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skillz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Skillz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fairtex.
Fairtex's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Skillz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fairtex scrambles back to his feet.
Fairtex buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fairtex bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fairtex throws a nice inside leg kick.
Skillz throws a head kick but Fairtex moves out of range.

Skillz closes the distance and clinches.
Skillz has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Good body shot from Fairtex.
A short left from Skillz.
Fairtex misses with some punches.
Fairtex is trying to stall.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Skillz blocks it with crossed arms.
Skillz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fairtex avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but Skillz blocks with his arms.
Skillz lands a nice uppercut.
Skillz lands with a short shot to the head.
Fairtex tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Skillz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fairtex swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skillz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fairtex backwards.
We've been informed that Fairtex has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fairtex blocking some punches.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Skillz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fairtex swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
Fairtex trying to land knees to the body.
Skillz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from Skillz.
Skillz misses with an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Skillz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Skillz blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Skillz.
Fairtex misses with some punches.
Fairtex softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Fairtex fails to land.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Skillz blocks it with crossed arms.
Skillz misses with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Skillz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Skillz breaks from the clinch.
Fairtex uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Skillz.
Fairtex darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fairtex is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fairtex lets loose with a powerful body kick. Skillz will feel that in the morning.
Skillz lands an overhand right.

Fairtex is rocked!
Fairtex leaves his chin hanging out and Skillz seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Fairtex crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jason Skillz!
During a confident post fight interview, Jason Skillz thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.