PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafal Ulatowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kasemchai Fairtex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ulatowski
vs
Fairtex

169 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
160 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Legal High's [CBK]

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafal Ulatowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kasemchai Fairtex!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, David Schapiro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fairtex looks to land a body kick but Ulatowski moved away.
Fairtex tries to clinch but Ulatowski moves out of range.
Ulatowski swings for the body but Fairtex moves out of range.
Fairtex fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ulatowski checks it well.
Ulatowski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A punch combination from Ulatowski misses.
Fairtex throws a leg kick which misses Ulatowski's front leg but catches the back leg as Ulatowski tries to avoid it.
Fairtex tries to clinch but Ulatowski moves out of range.
Fairtex tries to land a front kick but Ulatowski steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A left and a right from Ulatowski both land. Nice combination.
Fairtex uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ulatowski.
Ulatowski moves out of range of the leg kick from Fairtex.
Ulatowski misses the jab.
Ulatowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Fairtex.
Kasemchai Fairtex seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fairtex looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fairtex takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ulatowski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ulatowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Ulatowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ulatowski throws a right and a left that Fairtex avoids nicely.
Ulatowski looks to land a combination but Fairtex avoids it well.
Ulatowski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairtex ducks under a wild hook from Ulatowski.
Fairtex pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ulatowski checks a low kick from Fairtex.
Fairtex looks to land a right hand but Ulatowski moved out of range.
Fairtex moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Fairtex closes the distance and pushes Ulatowski back into the cage.
Fairtex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ulatowski is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ulatowski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fairtex blocks it with crossed arms.
Fairtex lands a nice elbow.
Fairtex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ulatowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ulatowski crunches a lovely knee into Fairtex's ribcage.
Ulatowski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Ulatowski avoids the damage to the body.
Fairtex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fairtex has a couple of punches blocked by Ulatowski.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ulatowski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulatowski seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Fairtex is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.
Fairtex misses with an elbow strike.
Ulatowski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fairtex blocks it with crossed arms.
Fairtex lands a knee to the head.
Fairtex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ulatowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ulatowski is stalling here.
Fairtex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ulatowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fairtex avoids it.
Ulatowski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ulatowski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ulatowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fairtex avoids it.
Ulatowski lands a good knee to the midsection. Fairtex won't want to take too many of those.
Ulatowski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but Ulatowski blocks with his arms.
Ulatowski connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex misses with an elbow strike.
Fairtex throws an elbow that misses.
Ulatowski misses with a knee to the head.
Ulatowski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex misses with a knee strike.
Fairtex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fairtex lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ulatowski backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Fairtex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ulatowski trying to control the position but instead, Fairtex has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ulatowski into the cage.
Fairtex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ulatowski is breathing heavily.
Fairtex managing to block the knees to the body from Ulatowski.
Ulatowski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex tries to land knees in the clinch but Ulatowski avoids the damage to the body.
Fairtex avoiding damage as Ulatowski throws knees to the body.
Fairtex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fairtex gets through Ulatowski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ulatowski putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fairtex in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fairtex is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fairtex managing to block the knees to the body from Ulatowski.
Ulatowski looking to throw knees to the head but Fairtex is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fairtex escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fairtex lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fairtex moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ulatowski avoids the head kick by Fairtex.
Fairtex misses with a series of wild punches.
Fairtex tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ulatowski is able to avoid easily.
Fairtex throws out a powerful jab.
Ulatowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ulatowski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ulatowski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ulatowski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fairtex wants to land a leg kick but Ulatowski is out of range.
Fairtex is looking to land body kicks.
Fairtex moves in looking to clinch but Ulatowski pushes him off.
Ulatowski throws a body punch but Fairtex moves out of range.
Ulatowski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fairtex sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fairtex swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ulatowski throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafal Ulatowski dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fairtex misses with a low kick.
Ulatowski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fairtex counters with a good low kick that Ulatowski was not able to check.
Fairtex uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ulatowski.
Ulatowski misses with a double jab
and Fairtex counters with a nice uppercut.
Fairtex walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ulatowski checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ulatowski lands a lovely overhand right.
Fairtex throws a leg kick that misses.
Ulatowski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fairtex counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ulatowski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fairtex counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ulatowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ulatowski ducks under a wild hook from Fairtex.
Fairtex wants to clinch.
Ulatowski takes a swing at Fairtex's ribcage but misses.
Fairtex tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fairtex uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ulatowski.
Ulatowski takes one to the side of the head.
Fairtex throws a jab but it's blocked by Ulatowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulatowski swinging wildly here.
Fairtex throws a push kick but Ulatowski slaps the foot to one side.
Fairtex throws a low kick, looking for Ulatowski's leg but Ulatowski calmly moves out of range.
Fairtex throws a solid leg kick but Ulatowski takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fairtex.
Fairtex connects with a crisp jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fairtex.
Ulatowski misses with a wild body shot.
Ulatowski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fairtex.
Fairtex throws a leg kick which misses Ulatowski's front leg but catches the back leg as Ulatowski tries to avoid it.
Fairtex avoids the body shot from Ulatowski.
Fairtex throws a nice head kick!
Fairtex throws a body punch but Ulatowski moves out of range.
Ulatowski looks to score with a jab to the body but Fairtex is just out of range.
Ulatowski tries to clinch
and Fairtex counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ulatowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fairtex was well out of range. Poor timing from Ulatowski.
Fairtex thumps Ulatowski with a low kick.
Ulatowski misses with a wild body shot.
Ulatowski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fairtex uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ulatowski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fairtex, right into the meat.
Kasemchai Fairtex seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ulatowski thows a body shot but no joy.
Fairtex misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ulatowski with a nice cross.

Fairtex has managed to clinch.
Ulatowski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ulatowski avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ulatowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fairtex avoids it.
Ulatowski blocks an elbow strike from Fairtex.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Ulatowski is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fairtex throws an elbow but misses.
Ulatowski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fairtex blocks it with crossed arms.
Fairtex managing to block the knees to the body from Ulatowski.
Ulatowski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fairtex has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fairtex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fairtex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ulatowski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fairtex has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ulatowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fairtex is defending well for now.
Fairtex stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ulatowski takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fairtex scores a nice knee to the body.
Ulatowski trying to land knees to the body.
Ulatowski avoids the elbow strike from Fairtex, against the cage.
Fairtex stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fairtex fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ulatowski avoiding damage as Fairtex throws knees to the body.
Ulatowski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ulatowski looking to slow down the pace here.
Ulatowski scores with a knee to the head.
Fairtex landing knees to the head.
Ulatowski takes a knee to the side of the body.

Fairtex breaks from the clinch.

Fairtex moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees to the body from Fairtex.
Ulatowski misses with a knee strike.
Fairtex throws an elbow but it misses.
Fairtex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ulatowski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fairtex has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fairtex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fairtex missing with knees to the body.
Ulatowski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ulatowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ulatowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Fairtex.
Ulatowski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairtex taking a breather.
Fairtex utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ulatowski obliges.
Ulatowski is trying to stall.
Ulatowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fairtex avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside.
Ulatowski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the head but Ulatowski blocks with his arms.
Ulatowski tries to land a knee to the head but Fairtex blocks with his arms.
Ulatowski tries to land knees in the clinch but Fairtex avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kasemchai Fairtex showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ulatowski moves out of range of the leg kick from Fairtex.
Fairtex connects with a looping right hand.
Fairtex moves in looking to clinch but Ulatowski pushes him off.
Fairtex throws a head kick that misses.
Ulatowski throws a body punch but Fairtex moves out of range.
Ulatowski looks to score with a jab to the body but Fairtex is just out of range.
Fairtex takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ulatowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fairtex is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fairtex gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A swing and a miss from Ulatowski.
Ulatowski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fairtex at a distance.
Ulatowski gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ulatowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fairtex.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fairtex darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fairtex dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ulatowski. That did some damage!
Ulatowski lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Ulatowski.
Nice uppercut lands for Fairtex. That snapped Ulatowski's head back.
A head kick from Fairtex lands but Ulatowski takes it in his stride.
Fairtex lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ulatowski will feel that in the morning.
Fairtex misses with a body kick.

Ulatowski has closed the distance and engaged Fairtex in a clinch.
Ulatowski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fairtex has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Fairtex.
Stalling in the clinch from Fairtex.
Fairtex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ulatowski is defending well for now.
Fairtex leaning his opponent against the cage.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.
Fairtex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ulatowski misses with a knee strike.
Fairtex managing to block the knees to the body from Ulatowski.
Ulatowski blocks the elbow strike.
Ulatowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ulatowski scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairtex takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fairtex taking a breather.
Ulatowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fairtex is defending well for now.
Fairtex is looking to control Ulatowski's arms but Ulatowski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fairtex has his back to the cage.
Ulatowski misses with a knee to the head.
Kasemchai Fairtex seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ulatowski putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fairtex in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ulatowski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fairtex missing with knees to the body.
Fairtex misses with an elbow strike.
Ulatowski stalling in the clinch but Fairtex improves position.
Ulatowski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ulatowski misses with a knee strike.
Ulatowski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairtex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fairtex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ulatowski taking a breather.
Fairtex lands an elbow inside that Ulatowski shrugs off.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Ulatowski is blocking nicely.
Fairtex's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Fairtex connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fairtex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fairtex looking to throw knees to the head but Ulatowski is blocking nicely.
Fairtex digs a right hand into Ulatowski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ulatowski's gas tank.
Ulatowski tries to land knees in the clinch but Fairtex avoids the damage to the body.

Fairtex manages to break the clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fairtex 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 Ulatowski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ulatowski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ulatowski moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jab by Fairtex.
Ulatowski scores with a sloppy right hand. Fairtex should have avoided that one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fairtex.
Ulatowski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ulatowski throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fairtex counters with a body kick.
Ulatowski looks to land a combination but Fairtex avoids it well.
Ulatowski stuns Fairtex with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fairtex uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ulatowski.
Fairtex throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ulatowski connects with the punch.
A slow jab from Fairtex misses its intended target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ulatowski moves out of range of the body kick from Fairtex.
Ulatowski keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fairtex avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rafal Ulatowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ulatowski misses with a looping left.
Fairtex thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ulatowski if he has to take too many more of those.
Good exchange - Ulatowski coming out on top.
Fairtex circles away from the clinch attempt

and Fairtex counters by moving into the clinch.
Fairtex throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fairtex will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ulatowski up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ulatowski trying to land knees to the body.
Ulatowski trying to land knees to the body.
Ulatowski trying to land knees to the body.
Fairtex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ulatowski avoids it.

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 Rafal Ulatowski.
I think Ulatowski 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rafal Ulatowski!