PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drake Muncie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yodsanklai Photirat Fairtex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muncie comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - The way i am. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Muncie
vs
Photirat Fairtex

193 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Drake Muncie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Yodsanklai Photirat Fairtex!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fairtex throws a leg kick but Muncie moved away.
Some wild striking there from Muncie.
Fairtex throws a head kick that misses.
Muncie misses with a few strikes there.
Muncie misses with a double jab.
Muncie throws a right hand that Fairtex ducks under and follows up with a left that Fairtex also avoids with ease.
Muncie swats away the attempt to clinch by Fairtex.
Muncie throws a series of strikes that have Fairtex backpedaling.

Fairtex closes the distance and clinches.
A knee to the head by Fairtex.

It looks like Drake Muncie has been cut.
Muncie can't break the clinch.
Fairtex lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fairtex landing knees to the head.
Fairtex comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fairtex crunches a lovely knee into Muncie's ribcage.
Muncie is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fairtex with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Muncie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Muncie throws a series of strikes that have Fairtex backpedaling.

Fairtex forces Muncie back against the cage and clinches.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head.
Fairtex utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fairtex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muncie's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex lands a knee to the body.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Muncie takes a knee right on the jaw!

Muncie is rocked!
Fairtex is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fairtex is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.
Fairtex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muncie's face.
Fairtex lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Muncie wants to get back to striking at distance but Fairtex won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Fairtex.
Fairtex putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Muncie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fairtex working Muncie over with knees to the body.
Fairtex prevents Muncie from breaking the clinch.
Fairtex lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fairtex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Muncie blocks it.
Fairtex missing with knees to the body.
Fairtex keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muncie's efforts to push away.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Muncie 's eye.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Muncie avoids the damage to the body.
Muncie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fairtex utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow.
Fairtex comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fairtex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex keeps control of Muncie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fairtex misses with a knee strike.
Muncie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Muncie is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Muncie is defending well for now.
Fairtex pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Muncie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Muncie is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muncie's face.
Muncie is trying to force a seperation but Fairtex has the dominant position.
Muncie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Muncie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Muncie blocks it with crossed arms.
Muncie managing to block the knees to the body from Fairtex.
Fairtex trying to land knees to the body.
Fairtex prevents Muncie from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fairtex just misses with a elbow thrown towards Muncie's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muncie is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex trying to land knees to the body.
Fairtex pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fairtex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Muncie is blocking nicely.
Fairtex missing with knees to the body.
Fairtex has Muncie pressed against the cage, preventing Muncie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Muncie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Muncie tries to circle away but Fairtex has him pinned against the cage.
Muncie is trying to break free.
Muncie working hard to break the clinch.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Muncie 's eye.
Fairtex lands a knee to the body.
Fairtex has Muncie pressed against the cage, preventing Muncie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fairtex lands a damaging elbow.
Fairtex utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fairtex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Muncie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Muncie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Muncie shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Muncie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fairtex landing knees to the body.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Muncie blocks it with crossed arms.
Muncie tries to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling the position.
Fairtex keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muncie's efforts to push away.
Fairtex crunches a lovely knee into Muncie's ribcage.
Muncie is trying to break free.
Fairtex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fairtex has Muncie pressed against the cage, preventing Muncie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Muncie tries to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling the position.
Fairtex keeps control of Muncie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Muncie takes an elbow to the temple.
Fairtex scores with a knee to the head.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Muncie avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muncie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Muncie working hard to break the clinch.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Muncie 's eye.
Fairtex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fairtex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Muncie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yodsanklai Photirat Fairtex dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Drake Muncie's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Fairtex slips a jab and a cross from Muncie.
Muncie fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fairtex looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fairtex misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Muncie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Muncie misses.
Some wild striking there from Muncie.
Muncie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fairtex slips a jab and a cross from Muncie.
Muncie tries to bum rush Fairtex with a series of wild strikes but Fairtex uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Muncie throws a nice looking combination but Fairtex bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fairtex doesn't manage to clinch there - Muncie circles away.
Muncie misses with a two punch combination.

Fairtex has Muncie up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Muncie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Muncie shrugs off.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Muncie shrugs off.
Muncie is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling him.
A knee to the head by Fairtex.
Yodsanklai Photirat Fairtex seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fairtex.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.
Fairtex lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fairtex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Muncie's defenses.
Muncie working hard to break the clinch.
Fairtex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muncie's face.
Muncie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Muncie is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling him.
Muncie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Muncie blocks it.
Fairtex misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Muncie.
Muncie can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muncie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Muncie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fairtex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Muncie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Muncie wants to break free but Fairtex has control.
Fairtex scores a nice knee to the body.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
Muncie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Muncie is trying to break free.
Fairtex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Muncie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fairtex lands a nice knee to the body.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Muncie 's eye.
Fairtex keeps control of Muncie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.

Muncie breaks the clinch.
Muncie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Muncie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fairtex.

Fairtex moves into the clinch.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fairtex in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muncie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fairtex lands an elbow that stopped Muncie in his tracks for a moment.
Muncie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fairtex putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Muncie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fairtex lands a good knee to the midsection. Muncie won't want to take too many of those.
Muncie tries to circle away but Fairtex has him pinned against the cage.
Fairtex landing knees to the head.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fairtex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Muncie is blocking nicely.
Fairtex putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Muncie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fairtex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Muncie blocks it with crossed arms.
Muncie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Muncie wants to break free but Fairtex has control.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Muncie blocks it.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Muncie avoids the damage to the body.
Fairtex pushes off an throws an elbow but Muncie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Muncie wants to break free but Fairtex has control.
Fairtex trying to land knees to the body.
Muncie wants to get back to striking at distance but Fairtex won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head.
Fairtex lands an elbow that stopped Muncie in his tracks for a moment.
Muncie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Muncie working hard to break the clinch.
Fairtex putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Muncie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Muncie is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Muncie takes an elbow to the temple.
Muncie tries to break free but Fairtex pushes him back against the cage.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Muncie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Muncie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Muncie blocks the elbow strike.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Muncie blocks it with crossed arms.
Muncie is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Muncie.
Muncie can't break the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Muncie wants to get back to striking at distance but Fairtex won't allow it.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow.
Fairtex lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Fairtex.
Fairtex has Muncie pressed against the cage, preventing Muncie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yodsanklai Photirat Fairtex showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Drake Muncie's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Fairtex tries to clinch up but Muncie circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Muncie misses.
Drake Muncie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muncie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Muncie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fairtex moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Muncie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fairtex wants to clinch.

Fairtex takes the fight into the clinch.
Fairtex utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head.
Fairtex working Muncie over with knees to the body.
Fairtex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fairtex with a knee to the head.
Muncie takes an elbow to the temple.
Muncie is looking to break free of the clinch but Fairtex has double underhooks.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.
Fairtex comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex missing with knees to the body.
Fairtex prevents Muncie from breaking the clinch.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Muncie tries to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling the position.
Muncie is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling him.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow.
Fairtex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
Muncie is looking to break free of the clinch but Fairtex has double underhooks.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but Muncie blocks it.
Fairtex trying to land knees to the body.
Muncie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Muncie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Fairtex lands an elbow that stopped Muncie in his tracks for a moment.
Muncie is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling him.
Fairtex with a knee to the head.
Muncie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Muncie 's eye.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Muncie avoids the damage to the body.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fairtex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Muncie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fairtex lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Muncie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fairtex misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Muncie.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Muncie is blocking nicely.
Fairtex missing with knees to the body.
Muncie can't break the clinch.
Fairtex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Muncie blocks it with crossed arms.
Fairtex keeps control of Muncie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Muncie can't break the clinch.
Fairtex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex misses with a knee to the head.
Muncie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fairtex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muncie's face.
Muncie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but Muncie blocks with his arms.
Fairtex keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muncie's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Muncie avoids it.
Muncie tries to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling the position.
Muncie tries to circle away but Fairtex has him pinned against the cage.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Muncie 's eye.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Muncie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Muncie can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Fairtex.
Muncie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fairtex keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muncie's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Fairtex.
Muncie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fairtex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muncie's face.
Fairtex prevents Muncie from breaking the clinch.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Muncie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fairtex has him pressed against the cage.
Fairtex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Muncie blocks an elbow strike from Fairtex.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Muncie tries to break free but Fairtex pushes him back against the cage.
Muncie has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Fairtex lands a good knee to the midsection. Muncie won't want to take too many of those.
Fairtex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Muncie's defenses.
Fairtex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Muncie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside.
Muncie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fairtex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Muncie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Muncie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fairtex has Muncie pressed against the cage, preventing Muncie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drake Muncie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muncie is trying to break free.
Fairtex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muncie's face.
Muncie dodges an elbow strike from Fairtex.
Fairtex lands an elbow just above Muncie 's eye.
Fairtex landing knees to the head.
Muncie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Muncie tries to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Muncie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fairtex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fairtex obliges.
Muncie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yodsanklai Photirat Fairtex is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fairtex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fairtex working Muncie over with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yodsanklai Photirat Fairtex comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fairtex winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

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