PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Haakon Cabrera (ranked 1184 p4p, 1245 weight class) and Kittisak Khemkhaeng (ranked 107 p4p, 113 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cabrera
vs
Khemkhaeng

180 cm
24
159
6 - 3 - 1

178 cm
27
155
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Haakon Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kittisak Khemkhaeng!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khemkhaeng wants to clinch up but Cabrera keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Cabrera was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cabrera moves out of range as Khemkhaeng strikes.
Khemkhaeng throws a front kick aimed at Cabrera's knee but Cabrera avoids it well.
Khemkhaeng getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Haakon Cabrera has been cut.
Cabrera takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khemkhaeng moves away from the strike by Cabrera.
A little jabbing left from Khemkhaeng on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Khemkhaeng fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cabrera is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera misses with a hook. Khemkhaeng ducked under it nicely.
Khemkhaeng misses with a hook
and Cabrera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khemkhaeng feints and then cracks Cabrera's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cabrera down.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khemkhaeng has closed the distance and engaged Cabrera in a clinch.
Khemkhaeng makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cabrera tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cabrera lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khemkhaeng backwards.
Khemkhaeng scores with a hook to the body.
Khemkhaeng misses with some punches.
Cabrera wants to take the fight to the mat but Khemkhaeng manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Khemkhaeng is leaning against Cabrera and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cabrera is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khemkhaeng looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khemkhaeng just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cabrera's brow.
Cabrera tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khemkhaeng just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Haakon Cabrera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khemkhaeng is struggling to control the position.
Cabrera fails to pull guard.
We've been hearing reports that Cabrera has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera has a couple of punches blocked by Khemkhaeng.
A right hook to the body lands for Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng lands an elbow inside.
Cabrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cabrera dodges an elbow strike from Khemkhaeng.
Cabrera fails to pull guard.
Cabrera lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabrera prevents a body shot from Khemkhaeng.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cabrera.

Cabrera ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cabrera no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Cabrera has a closed guard, preventing Khemkhaeng from standing up.
Cabrera is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cabrera looking to hit a scissor sweep but Khemkhaeng is one step ahead there.

Khemkhaeng decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Khemkhaeng ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng scores with a hook to the body. Cabrera takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Khemkhaeng jabs Cabrera to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Khemkhaeng chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cabrera can pounce on him.
Khemkhaeng misses with an uppercut
and Cabrera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khemkhaeng looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Khemkhaeng pushes Cabrera up against the cage in a clinch.
Cabrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khemkhaeng creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cabrera's defenses.
Khemkhaeng is looking to control Cabrera's arms but Cabrera gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khemkhaeng has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng is looking to control Cabrera's arms but Cabrera gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khemkhaeng has his back to the cage.
Cabrera tries to work over Khemkhaeng's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cabrera tries to work over Khemkhaeng's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khemkhaeng gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cabrera avoids a wild elbow strike from Khemkhaeng.
Cabrera fails to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cabrera goes for a takedown attempt but Khemkhaeng pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kittisak Khemkhaeng is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cabrera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cabrera shoots in looking for a takedown but Khemkhaeng manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cabrera's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Khemkhaeng throws a jab but it's blocked by Cabrera.
Khemkhaeng takes one to the chin there.
Khemkhaeng showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cabrera.
Khemkhaeng tries to counter with a clinch but Cabrera shakes him off and moves away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A right-left combo lands from Cabrera.

Cabrera gets tackled into the cage by Khemkhaeng. Khemkhaeng maintains the clinch.

Cabrera breaks from the clinch.
Khemkhaeng lands a nice shot to the body.
Cabrera throws a low kick but Khemkhaeng avoids it.
Khemkhaeng swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khemkhaeng misses the shot to the body.
Cabrera misses with a hook.
Kittisak Khemkhaeng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cabrera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khemkhaeng digs a good body shot into Cabrera's ribs.
Cabrera looks to score with a jab to the body but Khemkhaeng is just out of range.
Khemkhaeng let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Khemkhaeng misses with a hook.

Khemkhaeng clinches up against the cage.
Khemkhaeng has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cabrera seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Khemkhaeng can turn it around.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khemkhaeng makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khemkhaeng stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cabrera is looking to break free of the clinch but Khemkhaeng has double underhooks.
Cabrera misses with the head strike.
Cabrera takes an elbow to the temple.
Khemkhaeng doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cabrera lands a shoulder strike.
Khemkhaeng fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cabrera as Khemkhaeng tries to tie him up.
Khemkhaeng throws a head punch that misses.
Cabrera jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khemkhaeng walks away with a smile on his face. Cabrera gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khemkhaeng works the jab nicely.

Khemkhaeng clinches with his opponent.
Khemkhaeng lands with a left to the head.
Khemkhaeng blocking some punches.
Khemkhaeng creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cabrera's defenses.
Cabrera can't get the takedown.
Cabrera misses with a punch to the body.
The referee calls for Khemkhaeng to work.
Khemkhaeng is trying to stall.
Khemkhaeng goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cabrera lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cabrera is keeping busy.
Cabrera fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cabrera takes a shot to the head.
Cabrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khemkhaeng is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Cabrera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khemkhaeng takes a kick to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khemkhaeng swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cabrera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cabrera just misses with a punch to the body.
Khemkhaeng is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cabrera.
Cabrera appears to be looking for a big counter.
A head kick misses from Cabrera.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng throws a lazy uppercut
and Cabrera counters with a three punch combo that has Khemkhaeng backing up. Khemkhaeng nods at Cabrera to acknowledge the strikes.
Khemkhaeng is looking to clinch but Cabrera is avoiding it.
Cabrera was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cabrera throws out a loose jab but Khemkhaeng uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cabrera misses with an uppercut. Khemkhaeng saw that one coming.
Khemkhaeng looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabrera is just out of range.
As Khemkhaeng looks to move away, Cabrera throws a big counter combo but Khemkhaeng just gets out of the way.
Khemkhaeng scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cabrera lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cabrera sizes up Khemkhaeng with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kittisak Khemkhaeng dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Haakon Cabrera's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Khemkhaeng ducks under a wild hook from Cabrera.
Khemkhaeng throws out a counter right but Cabrera avoids it with no problem.
Khemkhaeng loads up on a big right hand but Cabrera slips the punch.
Cabrera throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khemkhaeng doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A bone on bone clash there as Cabrera blocks the leg kick.
Cabrera feinted with a counter takedown.
A right-left combo lands from Khemkhaeng.
Cabrera misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Khemkhaeng counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Khemkhaeng digs a right hand into Cabrera's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cabrera's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khemkhaeng lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cabrera backwards.
Cabrera tries to work over Khemkhaeng's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cabrera misses with some punches.
Khemkhaeng tries a body shot but Cabrera blocks it.
Khemkhaeng lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cabrera throws a punch but it's blocked by Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cabrera tries for a takedown but Khemkhaeng manages to get underhooks.
Cabrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Khemkhaeng uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khemkhaeng stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Khemkhaeng has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Khemkhaeng - that landed with a thud.
Khemkhaeng is trying to maintain a safe position but Cabrera gets an underhook and turns Khemkhaeng into the cage.
Khemkhaeng is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short left from Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cabrera takes an elbow to the forehead.

Cabrera is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khemkhaeng.
Oh Cabrera is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khemkhaeng is struggling to control the position.
Cabrera has a couple of punches blocked by Khemkhaeng.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khemkhaeng.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clinched against the cage, Khemkhaeng lands a big elbow that drops Cabrera! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Cabrera is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kittisak Khemkhaeng!
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