PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Biabas Kitjakarn (ranked 3241 p4p, 281 weight class) and Kurt Wagner (ranked 2886 p4p, 260 weight class). Biabas Kitjakarn could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kurt Wagner's chin.

Kitjakarn
vs
Wagner

171 cm
21
146 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

166 cm
20
148 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent knees
Tends to cut

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Biabas Kitjakarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kurt Wagner!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kitjakarn leaves Wagner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Kitjakarn as Wagner shoots in.
Wagner moves forwards but Kitjakarn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kitjakarn has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Master Chai's Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Kitjakarn with a jab.
Kitjakarn cracks Wagner with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wagner on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kitjakarn. Kitjakarn obviously looking to wear him down.
Kitjakarn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kitjakarn lands a really nice looking cross but Wagner seems unphased.
Wagner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kitjakarn.
Wagner swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kitjakarn swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Kitjakarn throws out a loose jab but Wagner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kitjakarn lands with an overhand left.
Kitjakarn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wagner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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!
Jab by Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wagner manages to avoid it.
Wagner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kitjakarn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wagner takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Kitjakarn misses.
Kitjakarn lands with a nice combination. Wagner backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kitjakarn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kitjakarn scores with a body shot.
Biabas Kitjakarn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kitjakarn lands with a straight right. Wagner didn't see that one coming.
Kitjakarn cracks the inside of Wagner's front leg.
Kitjakarn catches Wagner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kitjakarn lands a jab to Wagner's midsection.
Kitjakarn lands a nice shot that snaps Wagner's head back.
Kitjakarn throws a wild body kick that Wagner sees coming a mile off.
Wagner tries to counter by closing the distance.
Nice shot lands for Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn lands a jab to the head.
Wagner needs to keep his hands up - Kitjakarn had a free shot at his head there.
Wagner has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wagner just misses with a punch to the body.
Kitjakarn cracks Wagner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wagner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kitjakarn is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kitjakarn lands with a hook. Wagner tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kitjakarn. That's going to slow Wagner down.
Kitjakarn scores with a hook.
Wagner tries to clinch up.
Kitjakarn was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn digs a good hook to Wagner's body.
Kitjakarn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wagner takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wagner shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kitjakarn pinned against the cage. Kitjakarn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Biabas Kitjakarn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurt Wagner.
Nice uppercut there from Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kitjakarn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wagner takes one to the chin there.
A left lands for Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wagner tries to clinch there but Kitjakarn circles away.
Kitjakarn scores with a jab to the head.
Kitjakarn throws a hook to the side of Wagner's head but Wagner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kitjakarn stuffs the takedown attempt from Wagner. Wagner gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn looks to land a combination. Wagner sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kitjakarn cracks the inside of Wagner's front leg.
Wagner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kitjakarn.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn punishes Wagner's body with a nice straight punch.
Wagner takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kitjakarn lands a jab to the head.
Kitjakarn throws the left hand but Wagner avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wagner! But no joy.
Kitjakarn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kitjakarn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wagner's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kitjakarn leaves Wagner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wagner takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wagner tries to clinch there but Kitjakarn circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn pushes Wagner away with a front kick.
Wagner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kitjakarn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wagner lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nice body punch from Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn throws an overhand right that lands on Wagner's shoulder, as Wagner tries to avoid the shot.
Wagner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kitjakarn scores with the left hand. Wagner knows he should have avoided that one.
Wagner is trying desperately to land a takedown but Kitjakarn is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Wagner.
Kitjakarn throws out a loose jab but Wagner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wagner takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kitjakarn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wagner takes a swing at Kitjakarn's ribcage but misses.
Kitjakarn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wagner has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wagner takes one on the button.
Wagner shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kitjakarn but Kitjakarn pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wagner slips a straight right by Kitjakarn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Biabas Kitjakarn dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kitjakarn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Biabas Kitjakarn is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Kitjakarn misses.
Wagner is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kitjakarn with a body shot.
Kitjakarn cracks Wagner with a good jab.
Some wild striking there from Kitjakarn.
A shot to the liver by Kitjakarn. Beautiful body shot.
Kitjakarn scores with a jab to the body.
Kitjakarn misses with a looping left.
Kitjakarn swats away the attempt to clinch by Wagner.
Kitjakarn lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wagner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kitjakarn throws a series of strikes that have Wagner backpedaling.
Kurt Wagner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kitjakarn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kitjakarn cracks Wagner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wagner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner missing with a left hand there. Kitjakarn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wagner on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kitjakarn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wagner can do to turn this around?
No joy there for Kitjakarn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wagner tries to counter with a clinch but Kitjakarn shakes him off and moves away.
Good leg kick by Kitjakarn there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kitjakarn throws a body shot but no joy.
Kitjakarn lands a head shot.
Wagner fails with an attempt to clinch.
A counter left hand to the body from Kitjakarn misses its target.
Wagner looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Wagner might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kitjakarn has got the better of the exchanges.
Kitjakarn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wagner.
Wagner fails to land the takedown.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn works over Wagner's head and body with a nice combination.
Kitjakarn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Biabas Kitjakarn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wagner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wagner there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wagner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kitjakarn avoids the head kick by Wagner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wagner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kitjakarn lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kitjakarn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wagner moves in looking to clinch but Kitjakarn pushes him off.
Kitjakarn lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kitjakarn.
Wagner moves in looking to clinch but Kitjakarn pushes him off.
Kitjakarn misses with a wild body shot.
Wagner tries to counter with a clinch but Kitjakarn shakes him off and moves away.
Wagner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kitjakarn.
Wagner's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kitjakarn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wagner scrambles back to his feet.
Kitjakarn cracks Wagner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A jab lands there for Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn sizes up Wagner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kitjakarn stuffs the takedown.
Wagner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wagner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kitjakarn moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kitjakarn lands a nice shot that snaps Wagner's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kitjakarn defends it nicely.
Biabas Kitjakarn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurt Wagner.
Kitjakarn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wagner.
Wagner is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kitjakarn with a body shot.
Kitjakarn lunges at Wagner with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wagner's hand.
Wagner fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kitjakarn avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn stalks Wagner and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wagner's face. Wagner staggers backwards, shaken.
Wagner drops his hands momentarily and Kitjakarn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kitjakarn connects with a single shot there.
Kitjakarn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wagner.
Wagner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kitjakarn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wagner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kitjakarn is fending him off so far but Wagner persists. Nope, Kitjakarn circles away and we're back to standing.
Wagner throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kitjakarn's waist but Kitjakarn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wagner off to one side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kitjakarn looks to land a left hand but Wagner moved out of range nicely.
Wagner is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kitjakarn throws a looping overhand right but Wagner ducks down to avoid it.
Kitjakarn misses with a wild body shot.
Wagner shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kitjakarn pinned against the cage. Kitjakarn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A cross from Kitjakarn lands.
Wagner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wagner shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kitjakarn sprawls well. Kitjakarn wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wagner gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kitjakarn scores with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Biabas Kitjakarn dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Wagner tries to clinch but Kitjakarn is having none of it.
Kitjakarn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kitjakarn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wagner.
Kitjakarn throws a body shot but no joy.
Kitjakarn scores with a sloppy right hand. Wagner should have avoided that one.
Kitjakarn lands a really nice looking cross but Wagner seems unphased.
Kitjakarn swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Wagner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A counter left hand to the body from Kitjakarn misses its target.
Kitjakarn looks to land a right hand but Wagner moved out of range.
A jab from Kitjakarn misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kitjakarn misses with a two punch combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Kitjakarn as he connects with a hook.
Wagner darts in looking for a takedown but Kitjakarn gets double underhooks and turns Wagner into the cage.
As Wagner backs away, Kitjakarn returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Wagner just misses with a punch to the body.
Kitjakarn lands with a good body shot.
Kitjakarn scores with a hook to the body. Wagner takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitjakarn tries a head kick but it misses.
Wagner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kitjakarn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wagner if he has to take too many more of those.
Wagner takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kitjakarn misses with a series of wild punches.
Wagner's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kitjakarn connects with an inside leg kick.
Kitjakarn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wagner.
Kitjakarn scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wagner shoots in for a takedown but Kitjakarn shows good takedown defense.
Biabas Kitjakarn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurt Wagner.
A punch combination from Kitjakarn misses.
Kitjakarn misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn digs a good hook to Wagner's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wagner fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kitjakarn avoids it really well and circles away.
Wagner ducks under a wild hook from Kitjakarn.
A nice side step and Wagner releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kitjakarn lands an overhand right.
Wagner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kitjakarn throws a big shot that misses.
Wagner dives in for a single leg takedown but Kitjakarn sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A counter left hand to the body from Kitjakarn misses its target.
Kitjakarn defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wagner.
Wagner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kitjakarn lands a really nice looking cross but Wagner seems unphased.
Kitjakarn leaves Wagner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wagner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kitjakarn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wagner tries to land a front kick but Kitjakarn steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner dodges the punch combination from Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn misses with a two punch combination.
A nice side step and Wagner releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kitjakarn cracks Wagner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wagner misses with a wild body shot.
Kitjakarn throws a front kick that sends Wagner stumbling back into the cage.
Kitjakarn scores with a jab to the head.
Kitjakarn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wagner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kitjakarn was well out of range. Poor timing from Wagner.

Wagner has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Kitjakarn.
Wagner tries to pull guard but Kitjakarn won't allow it.
Kitjakarn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Kitjakarn.
A nice left hand lands by Kitjakarn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kitjakarn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Danga de danga de dang - Kitjakarn scores with a four punch combination!

Wagner is rocked!
Wagner takes one to the side of the head.
Wagner is still on wobbly legs! Can Kitjakarn finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kitjakarn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wagner's sensitive parts.
Wagner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kitjakarn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wagner looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jab by Kitjakarn.
Kitjakarn scores with a punch to the head.
Kitjakarn cracks Wagner with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Wagner tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Kitjakarn pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Wagner is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Biabas Kitjakarn!
During a confident post fight interview, Biabas Kitjakarn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.