PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Palito Fairtex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tanner Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fairtex comes to the cage accompanied by Spiderman- The Ramones. Young has chosen Be Warned- Tech N9ne as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Fairtex
vs
Young

185 cm
23
148 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

183 cm
21
140 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Convicted Trap House
O'Brannigan's Fightwear

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Palito Fairtex!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tanner Young!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fairtex lands a front kick.
Fairtex throws a head kick but Young moves out of range.
Young misses with a double jab.
Young will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fairtex really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fairtex looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fairtex throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fairtex with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Young lands a nice looking body shot.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young tries to bum rush Fairtex with a series of wild strikes but Fairtex uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fairtex misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Fairtex lands a big head kick that sends Young tumbling to the mat! Fairtex takes a step backwards and waves Young back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Young is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fairtex throws a head kick that misses.
Young is still on wobbly legs! Can Fairtex finish him?
Fairtex lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Young crumples to the floor! Fairtex milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Palito Fairtex!