PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kaoklai Khanomtom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khanomtom's entrance music is Jill Tracy - Pulling Your Insides Out. A fine choice. Alves is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Trik Turner - Friends and Family. Freddy Alves is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Khanomtom
vs
Alves

178 cm
35
161 lbs
33 - 14 - 3

168 cm
36
159 lbs
34 - 29 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaoklai Khanomtom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Freddy Alves!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Alves misses.
Khanomtom throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Khanomtom 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.
Khanomtom connects with the punch.
A good leg kick by Alves.
Alves throws a lazy uppercut
and Khanomtom counters with a slapping leg kick.
Alves lands with a straight right. Khanomtom didn't see that one coming.
Khanomtom defending well as Alves loads up on a big left hand.
Alves misses the jab.
Khanomtom misses with a body shot.
Alves lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khanomtom backs up against the cage.
Alves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khanomtom. Khanomtom obviously looking to wear him down.
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!
Alves misses with a body shot.
Khanomtom throws a quick inside leg kick.
Alves blocks a head kick by Khanomtom.
Alves drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Khanomtom defends it well.
Alves fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Khanomtom checks it well.
Alves misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanomtom connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Alves momentarily.
Alves looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Khanomtom misses the body punch
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kaoklai Khanomtom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khanomtom tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Alves counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Khanomtom throws out a leg kick but Alves moves out of range and Khanomtom only half commits.
Alves scores with a hook to the body. Khanomtom takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Alves misses with a low kick.
Khanomtom showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
Khanomtom turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Khanomtom moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Khanomtom lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alves has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alves and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Alves moves away from the strike by Khanomtom.
Alves misses with a hook. Khanomtom ducked under it nicely.
Alves fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khanomtom throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khanomtom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khanomtom misses with a leg kick.
Alves walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Khanomtom with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alves to score with a decent uppercut.
Khanomtom misses with a leg kick.
Alves is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Alves misses with an uppercut. Khanomtom saw that one coming.
Alves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Alves, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alves misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Khanomtom. Those never looked like landing.
Alves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khanomtom.
Alves looks to land a combination but Khanomtom avoids it well.
Khanomtom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alves manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alves looks to throw the jab but Khanomtom is out of range.
Khanomtom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alves.
Alves pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khanomtom is out of range and Alves settles back down.
Alves throws a shot from downtown. Khanomtom moves away and avoids it.
Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alves looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alves tries to bum rush Khanomtom with a series of wild strikes but Khanomtom uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khanomtom on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Khanomtom moves into range and clinches up with Alves.
Khanomtom can't find room to land a body shot as Alves controls the action.
Khanomtom tries to work over Alves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanomtom is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Khanomtom digs a right hand into Alves's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alves's gas tank.
Alves throws a punch but it's blocked by Khanomtom.
Alves is looking to break free of the clinch but Khanomtom has double underhooks.
Khanomtom misses with the head strike.

Alves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khanomtom walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Alves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy Alves dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Khanomtom checks a leg kick.
Khanomtom scores with a one two! Alves had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Freddy Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Khanomtom looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Khanomtom lands with a good body shot.
Khanomtom will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Alves has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khanomtom turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khanomtom paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Alves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alves misses with a left hand
and Khanomtom counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khanomtom.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khanomtom is looking to counter with a body kick.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanomtom moves away.
Khanomtom scores with a hook.
A punch combination from Alves misses.
Alves looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanomtom buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alves takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khanomtom misses with a kick to the body
and Alves counters with a two punch combo.
Crunch! Khanomtom slams his shin into Alves's torso.
Khanomtom lands a lovely overhand right.
Alves throws a right hand that Khanomtom ducks under and follows up with a left that Khanomtom also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Alves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khanomtom darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khanomtom lands a jab to Alves's midsection.
Khanomtom throws a head kick but Alves moves out of range.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alves swinging wildly here.
Freddy Alves seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom misses with a body shot.
Alves feints the counter takedown.
Alves moves out of range of the leg kick from Khanomtom.
Alves tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Khanomtom scores with a kick to the midsection.
Khanomtom lands a jab to the nose.
Khanomtom fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Alves checks it well.
Alves lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khanomtom circles away quickly and effectively.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alves crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Khanomtom - the referee stops the clock and Alves gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Khanomtom. Alves manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Khanomtom misses with the combination.
Khanomtom fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khanomtom looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khanomtom throws a nice outside leg kick.
Alves throws a nice looking combination but Khanomtom bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alves's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom swings for the body but Alves moves out of range.
Khanomtom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alves.
Alves throws out a counter right but Khanomtom avoids it with no problem.
Alves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An attempted straight right counter from Khanomtom misses the target.
Alves throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khanomtom counters with a low kick, right behind Alves 's knee.
Khanomtom looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Khanomtom loads up on a big right hand but Alves slips the punch.
Alves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Khanomtom moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alves throws a nice looking combination but Khanomtom bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As Alves backs away, Khanomtom returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That kick from Khanomtom tenderised Alves's leg. Alves is trying to keep his angry face on.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Khanomtom.
Khanomtom scores with a spinning back kick!
Some bone on bone action there as Alves checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Alves lands a nice shot to the body.
Alves throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves stalks Khanomtom and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khanomtom's face. Khanomtom staggers backwards, shaken.
Alves is breathing heavily.
Khanomtom uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alves.
Alves throws an overhand right that lands on Khanomtom's shoulder, as Khanomtom tries to avoid the shot.
Alves scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khanomtom in his tracks.
Khanomtom lands with a right hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Khanomtom with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Khanomtom's jab looks to have found its range, popping Alves under the eye.
Alves walks into a stiff left hand from Khanomtom.
Alves throws a looping overhand right but Khanomtom ducks down to avoid it.
Alves misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A combination from Alves does no damage.
Alves misses with a combination
and Khanomtom counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaoklai Khanomtom dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Khanomtom throws a head kick that misses
and Alves counters with a series of strikes. Khanomtom will be more careful next time no doubt.
Alves displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Khanomtom throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Alves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alves takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Alves lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khanomtom circles away quickly and effectively.
Alves throws a right and a left that Khanomtom avoids nicely.
Khanomtom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alves.
Khanomtom chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khanomtom fires out a quick counter leg kick but Alves just manages to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Khanomtom.
Alves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Alves.
Alves takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khanomtom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khanomtom dodges the punch combination from Alves.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Khanomtom throws a push kick but Alves slaps the foot to one side.
Khanomtom lands a head kick. Alves smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Alves throws a series of punches but Khanomtom moves out of range.
Khanomtom scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khanomtom throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanomtom looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Khanomtom forces Alves back against the cage and clinches.
Khanomtom blocking some punches.
Alves looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom lands an elbow just above Alves 's eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanomtom struggles to land a body shot inside as Alves controls his hands.
Alves dodges an elbow strike from Khanomtom.
A shot in the inside from Khanomtom.
Alves prevents a body shot from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khanomtom misses with some punches.
Khanomtom lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khanomtom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khanomtom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alves misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khanomtom breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khanomtom avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alves takes one on the button.
Alves scores with a three punch combo!
Alves looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khanomtom.
Alves swinging wildly here.
Khanomtom misses with a leg kick.
Alves loads up on a big right hand but Khanomtom slips the punch.
Khanomtom tests Alves's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Alves misses with a combination
and Khanomtom counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves throws a hook to the side of Khanomtom's head but Khanomtom sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khanomtom connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alves on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khanomtom misses with the combination.
Khanomtom checks the leg kick nicely there.
Khanomtom scores with a jab to the head.
Alves misses with an uppercut. Khanomtom saw that one coming.
As Alves backs away, Khanomtom returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Khanomtom connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khanomtom scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Alves lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khanomtom backs up against the cage.
Alves takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kaoklai Khanomtom.
I think Khanomtom has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaoklai Khanomtom!
In his post fight interview, Kaoklai Khanomtom gave a big smile as he said 'I've been battling a lot of injuries these last years and can no longer perform at the level I used to. The time has therefore come for me to retire. Thank you all for supporting me during my career.'.