PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tim Pierno (ranked 15172 p4p, 248 weight class) and Argat Khan (ranked 2816 p4p, 82 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pierno might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sick Puppies - You're Going Down . Khan has chosen Can't be touched as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pierno
vs
Khan

180 cm
42
175 lbs
38 - 35 - 2

178 cm
31
180 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Condemned

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 35 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Tim Pierno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Argat Khan!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierno connects with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khan.
Pierno takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
It looked like Pierno wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pierno moves away from the strike by Khan.
Khan clobbers Pierno with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Pierno fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khan, pushing him back against the ropes.
Khan lands with a right to the head.

Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Khan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pierno chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khan can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan throws a hook but Pierno blocks it.
Pierno swings widly with a right hand
and Khan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Khan throws a leg kick which misses Pierno's front leg but catches the back leg as Pierno tries to avoid it.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Pierno throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
Khan circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierno misses with a straight left.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khan. That's going to slow Pierno down.
That kick from Khan tenderised Pierno's leg. Pierno is trying to keep his angry face on.
Khan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pierno misses with a looping right.
A countering left hand to the body from Khan misses.

Pierno gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pierno is trying to force a seperation but Khan has the dominant position.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pierno up against the ropes.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan gets through Pierno's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Pierno drives through and clinches with Khan against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pierno breaks from the clinch.
Khan wants to clinch.
Pierno swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pierno on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khan. Khan obviously looking to wear him down.

Khan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pierno, pushing him back against the ropes.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Pierno.

Khan manages to break the clinch.
Pierno looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
Pierno throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Pierno wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierno misses with a lunging right hand
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Khan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pierno.
Khan throws a lazy body kick
and Pierno cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Argat Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pierno takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Khan scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Pierno to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.

Pierno is rocked!

It looks like Tim Pierno has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pierno.

Khan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
Oh Pierno is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khan keeps control of Pierno as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pierno seems to have got his legs back now.
Khan has Pierno pressed against the ropes, preventing Pierno from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Pierno escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pierno at a distance.
Khan misses with a left hand
and Pierno counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A quick step to the side and Pierno tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan catches Pierno napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Pierno crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Khan raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Argat Khan!
A very excited looking Argat Khan rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.