PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kittisak Khemkhaeng (ranked 2284 p4p, 3230 weight class) and Joe Kamaka (ranked 297 p4p, 380 weight class). Kamaka has chosen Carcass - Heartwork as his entrance music. Joe Kamaka is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Khemkhaeng
vs
Kamaka

178 cm
23
155
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
27
156
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Silverguard Outfitters 🛡
Furnace Performance 🔥

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kittisak Khemkhaeng!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Kamaka!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamaka lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khemkhaeng backs up against the cage.
Kamaka throws a series of punches but Khemkhaeng moves out of range.
Khemkhaeng works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Khemkhaeng swings widly with a right hand
and Kamaka counters with a one-two to the body.
Khemkhaeng tries to clinch
and Kamaka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khemkhaeng moves out of range as Kamaka strikes.
Khemkhaeng jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
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!
Khemkhaeng moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kamaka looks for the body kick but Khemkhaeng saw that one coming.
Khemkhaeng misses with an uppercut
enabling Kamaka to counter with a crisp jab.
Khemkhaeng tries to clinch but Kamaka is having none of it.
Khemkhaeng throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kamaka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khemkhaeng fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khemkhaeng misses with a straight right.
Khemkhaeng slips under a jab from Kamaka.
Khemkhaeng throwing a counter right hand but Kamaka manages to avoid it.
Khemkhaeng throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kamaka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Kamaka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Khemkhaeng falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kamaka counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamaka misses with a wild combination.
A left lands for Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kamaka lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kamaka misses with a hook. Khemkhaeng ducked under it nicely.
Kamaka throws a right and a left that Khemkhaeng avoids nicely.
Kamaka throws a right hand that misses
letting Khemkhaeng counter with a right hand.
Khemkhaeng with a nice cross.
Khemkhaeng is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Khemkhaeng looks to clinch
and Kamaka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Khemkhaeng comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Joe Kamaka has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng tries to work over Kamaka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khemkhaeng lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng blocks a body shot from Kamaka.
Khemkhaeng blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kamaka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kamaka scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khemkhaeng lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Khemkhaeng blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khemkhaeng blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khemkhaeng just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kamaka's brow.
Kamaka being controlled against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Khemkhaeng fails to land.
Kamaka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kamaka trying to stall but Khemkhaeng improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng pushes off an throws an elbow but Kamaka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khemkhaeng blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khemkhaeng misses with the head strike.
Kamaka prevents a body shot from Khemkhaeng.
Kamaka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kamaka struggles to land a body shot inside as Khemkhaeng controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Khemkhaeng throws an elbow but misses.
Kamaka blocking some punches.
Khemkhaeng misses with an elbow strike.
Khemkhaeng lands a damaging elbow.
Kamaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khemkhaeng slowing the pace effectively.
Khemkhaeng lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khemkhaeng just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kamaka's brow.
Kamaka lands a left hand.
A bit of stalling here from Khemkhaeng.
We've been informed that Kamaka has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamaka blocks an elbow strike from Khemkhaeng.
Kamaka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khemkhaeng goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kamaka avoids the elbow strike from Khemkhaeng, against the cage.
I was talking to Khemkhaeng's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kamaka misses with a body punch.
Khemkhaeng throws an elbow but it misses.
Khemkhaeng holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Khemkhaeng will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kamaka up against the cage.
Kamaka avoids a wild elbow strike from Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khemkhaeng scores with a hook to the body.
Kamaka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khemkhaeng just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kamaka's brow.
Khemkhaeng throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kittisak Khemkhaeng will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Kamaka's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Khemkhaeng closes the distance and clinches.
Khemkhaeng pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kittisak Khemkhaeng has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khemkhaeng pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khemkhaeng tries to throw a body punch but Kamaka avoids it by throwing Khemkhaeng back against the cage.
Kamaka avoids the elbow strike from Khemkhaeng, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khemkhaeng just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kamaka's brow.
Khemkhaeng creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kamaka swings wildly with an uppercut but Khemkhaeng uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamaka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khemkhaeng blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamaka just leaning against Khemkhaeng, taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamaka throws a head punch that misses.
Khemkhaeng goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khemkhaeng is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kamaka blocks a body shot from Khemkhaeng.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamaka lands with a left to the head.
Khemkhaeng pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khemkhaeng throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kamaka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khemkhaeng backwards.
Khemkhaeng tries to stall but Kamaka uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kamaka tries to throw a body punch but Khemkhaeng avoids it by throwing Kamaka back against the cage.
Khemkhaeng lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kamaka missing with knees to the body.
Khemkhaeng lands a nice elbow.
Kamaka swings wildly with an uppercut but Khemkhaeng uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamaka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kamaka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kamaka dodges an elbow strike from Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng blocks a body shot from Kamaka.
Kamaka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamaka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kamaka dodges an elbow strike from Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng slows down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Khemkhaeng throws an elbow but misses.
Kamaka avoids the elbow strike from Khemkhaeng, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamaka avoids a wild elbow strike from Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kamaka takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khemkhaeng misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Khemkhaeng throws an elbow but misses.
Khemkhaeng lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khemkhaeng.
Kamaka throws a head punch that misses.
Kamaka scores with a shot to the side of Khemkhaeng's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamaka tries to land knees in the clinch but Khemkhaeng avoids the damage to the body.
Khemkhaeng throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khemkhaeng throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khemkhaeng just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kamaka's brow.
Khemkhaeng misses with a punch to the body.
Kamaka avoids a wild elbow strike from Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng can't find room to land a body shot as Kamaka controls the action.
Khemkhaeng blocking some punches.
Kamaka makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khemkhaeng lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khemkhaeng blocks an elbow strike.
Khemkhaeng tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khemkhaeng leaning against his opponent.

Khemkhaeng manages to break the clinch.
Joe Kamaka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khemkhaeng thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Khemkhaeng misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamaka throws a series of punches but Khemkhaeng avoids them all with ease.
Kamaka misses with a looping right.
Khemkhaeng lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khemkhaeng lands with a hook. Kamaka tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khemkhaeng pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kamaka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kamaka works over Khemkhaeng's head and body with a nice combination.
Kamaka ducks under a wild hook from Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A quick step to the side and Khemkhaeng tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kamaka tries a low kick but Khemkhaeng avoids it.
Khemkhaeng throws a right hand that misses
and Kamaka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khemkhaeng scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Khemkhaeng misses with a straight right.
Kamaka lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kamaka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kamaka misses with a straight right.
A jab from Kamaka finds it's way through Khemkhaeng's defenses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kittisak Khemkhaeng will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Kamaka's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kamaka is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kamaka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kamaka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khemkhaeng displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kamaka throws out the jab.
A punch combination from Kamaka misses.
Kamaka keeps the fight on the outside.
Joe Kamaka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khemkhaeng misses with a straight right.
Khemkhaeng keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kamaka.
Khemkhaeng takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kamaka moves forwards but Khemkhaeng connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khemkhaeng throws a big shot that misses.
Kamaka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khemkhaeng throws a right hand that Kamaka ducks under and follows up with a left that Kamaka also avoids with ease.
Kamaka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kittisak Khemkhaeng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khemkhaeng tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kamaka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kamaka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khemkhaeng misses with a wild combination.
Kamaka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kamaka with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khemkhaeng to score with a decent uppercut.
Khemkhaeng lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab from Kamaka misses.
Kamaka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khemkhaeng. That's going to slow Kamaka down.
Khemkhaeng tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kamaka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kamaka cracks Khemkhaeng with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kamaka stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Khemkhaeng cracks Kamaka with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Joe Kamaka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamaka throws a shot from downtown. Khemkhaeng moves away and avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Kamaka.
An attempted straight right counter from Khemkhaeng misses the target.
Kamaka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice jab there from Kamaka.
Kamaka misses with a wild combination.
Khemkhaeng doesn't manage to clinch there - Kamaka circles away.
Kamaka throws a looping overhand right but Khemkhaeng ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Khemkhaeng wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Khemkhaeng is looking to score with low kicks.
Kamaka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Khemkhaeng misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kamaka! But no joy.
Khemkhaeng moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Khemkhaeng takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kamaka throws a poor cross that misses

and Khemkhaeng counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamaka working aggressively here.
Kamaka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kamaka stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kamaka has a couple of punches blocked by Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kamaka tries to work over Khemkhaeng's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khemkhaeng throws an elbow but it misses.
Kamaka misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Kamaka.
A hook to the body from Khemkhaeng.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khemkhaeng.
Kamaka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khemkhaeng backwards.
Kamaka lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khemkhaeng throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Khemkhaeng pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng tries to clinch but Kamaka moves out of range.
Kamaka tries to bum rush Khemkhaeng with a series of wild strikes but Khemkhaeng uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A telegraphed right hand from Kamaka misses the target.
Kamaka throws a hook but Khemkhaeng avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Khemkhaeng closes the distance and pushes Kamaka back into the cage.
Khemkhaeng pushes off an throws an elbow but Kamaka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khemkhaeng blocks an uppercut.
Kamaka scores with a hook to the body.
Kamaka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kamaka being controlled against the cage.
Kamaka throws a punch but it's blocked by Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng tries to circle away but Kamaka has him pinned against the cage.
Kamaka misses with an elbow over the top.
Khemkhaeng lands an elbow just above Kamaka 's eye.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Kamaka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Khemkhaeng 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kittisak Khemkhaeng!
Kittisak Khemkhaeng decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Joe Kamaka stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you to my opponent and all the fans, my coaches and sponsors.'.