PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Yoda Fairtex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harut Hakobyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Fairtex
vs
Hakobyan

173 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 2 - 2

183 cm
18
181 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoda Fairtex!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harut Hakobyan!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hakobyan misses with a hook.
Fairtex wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Fairtex looks to land a right hand but Hakobyan moved out of range.
Fairtex misses with a hook.
Hakobyan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hakobyan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fairtex tries to counter by clinching up but Hakobyan breaks away and moves out of range.
Fairtex doesn't manage to clinch there - Hakobyan circles away.
Hakobyan misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Fairtex counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fairtex tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Hakobyan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fairtex has a couple of punches blocked by Hakobyan.
Hakobyan's coach down at Kalashnikov MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hakobyan's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Fairtex working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fairtex lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hakobyan backwards.
Fairtex keeps control of Hakobyan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hakobyan is trying to break free.
Fairtex working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hakobyan can't break the clinch.
Hakobyan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hakobyan letting Fairtex take a breather here.
Fairtex prevents Hakobyan from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakobyan is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling him.
Fairtex has a couple of punches blocked by Hakobyan.
Fairtex stalling against the ropes.
Fairtex misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hakobyan blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Fairtex.
Hakobyan tries to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling the position.
Hakobyan is trying to break free.
Fairtex lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fairtex stalling against the ropes.
Hakobyan is trying to push Fairtex away but Fairtex has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Fairtex taking a breather.
Fairtex throws a head punch that misses.
Fairtex tries to throw a body punch but Hakobyan avoids it by throwing Fairtex back against the ropes.
Fairtex gets through Hakobyan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakobyan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fairtex wants to stall.
Hakobyan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fairtex working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fairtex lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Fairtex.
Hakobyan working hard to break the clinch.
Hakobyan is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the ropes.
Hakobyan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fairtex tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hakobyan's elbow.
Fairtex dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Fairtex lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hakobyan backwards.
Hakobyan has had enough of the clinch but Fairtex keeps him there for the moment.
Fairtex definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hakobyan is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the ropes.
A body shot lands from Fairtex.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fairtex.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoda Fairtex dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fairtex rushes Hakobyan and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Hakobyan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fairtex doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fairtex working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fairtex lands with a short punch from the clinch.

It looks like Harut Hakobyan has been cut.
Hakobyan tries to circle away but Fairtex has him pinned against the ropes.
Fairtex presses Hakobyan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Fairtex.
Fairtex misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Fairtex.
Fairtex throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hakobyan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fairtex tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hakobyan's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fairtex scores with a shoulder strike.
Hakobyan is trying to push Fairtex away but Fairtex has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hakobyan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fairtex is working Hakobyan over against the ropes.
Fairtex lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex is leaning against Hakobyan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fairtex lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fairtex lands a body punch.
Yoda Fairtex has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hakobyan is breathing heavily.
Fairtex throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hakobyans head.
Hakobyan takes a shot to the head.
Fairtex just leaning against Hakobyan, taking a breather.
Fairtex lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hakobyan blocks a body shot from Fairtex.
Fairtex misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Fairtex.
A short uppercut from Fairtex.
Stalling in the clinch from Fairtex.
Fairtex lands a shot to the body.
Fairtex controlling the action here for a moment.
A hook to the body from Fairtex.
Fairtex stalling in the clinch but Hakobyan improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex looking to slow down the pace here.
Hakobyan is trying to force a seperation but Fairtex has the dominant position.
Fairtex holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Fairtex as the two fighters clinch.
Fairtex lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hakobyan backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fairtex dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yoda Fairtex.
Fairtex cracks a nice hook into Hakobyan's ribs.
Fairtex connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Fairtex gets a clinch.
Hakobyan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Fairtex.
Fairtex lands a right hand.
A bit of stalling here from Fairtex.
Fairtex is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoda Fairtex dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harut Hakobyan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jab from Fairtex.

Fairtex clinches.
Hakobyan wants to get back to striking at distance but Fairtex won't allow it.
Fairtex misses with the head strike.
Hakobyan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hakobyan is trying to break free.
Fairtex lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fairtex trying to stall but Hakobyan improves his position.
Hakobyan is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex has him pressed against the ropes.
Fairtex lands with a left to the head.
Hakobyan blocks a body shot from Fairtex.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hakobyan blocks a body shot from Fairtex.
Hakobyan is trying to break free.
Hakobyan is trying to break the clinch but Fairtex is controlling him.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fairtex takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hakobyan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex is leaning against Hakobyan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hakobyan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fairtex has him pressed against the ropes.
Fairtex stalling in the clinch but Hakobyan improves position.
Fairtex is stalling here.
A hook to the body from Fairtex.
Hakobyan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fairtex lands with a short shot to the head.
Fairtex gets through Hakobyan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fairtex lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fairtex scores with a hook to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Hakobyan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hakobyan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fairtex gets through Hakobyan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fairtex lands a body punch.
Fairtex throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hakobyans head.
Fairtex scores with a shoulder strike.
Fairtex lands a hook that snaps the head of Hakobyan backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Fairtex.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fairtex throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fairtex lands an uppercut.
Fairtex lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hakobyan backwards.

Hakobyan is rocked!
Fairtex lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hakobyan is still on wobbly legs! Can Fairtex finish him?
Fairtex stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A right handed body shot lands from Fairtex.
A short right from Fairtex on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fairtex lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hakobyan backwards.
Fairtex breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Hakobyan with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Hakobyan looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Hakobyan get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yoda Fairtex!
An out of breath Yoda Fairtex thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.