PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Girevoy Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yang Leiden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Girevoy Khan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Khan
vs
Leiden

190 cm
25
224 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

191 cm
24
218 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Girevoy Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yang Leiden!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Leiden saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Khan misses the target.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Leiden moves into the clinch.
Khan is struggling to control the position.
Khan is looking to control Leiden's arms but Leiden gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the cage.

Khan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Leiden working a defensive guard here.
Khan content to stall in guard here.
Leiden is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Khan throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan being controlled here momentarily.
Leiden preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Khan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leiden tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Leiden scoring well with a low kick there.
Khan misses with an uppercut.
Khan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jab by Khan.
Leiden lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khan's sensitive parts.
Leiden throws a leg kick which misses Khan's front leg but catches the back leg as Khan tries to avoid it.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Leiden feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Khan's calf.
Leiden lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Leiden fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khan, pushing him back against the cage.
Leiden connects with a knee to the head.
Leiden putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leiden unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leiden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khan's face.
A knee to the head by Leiden.
Leiden lands a knee to the body.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leiden's elbow.
Khan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan tries to work over Leiden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Leiden crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.
Leiden lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Khan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Leiden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Leiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leiden landing knees to the body.
Leiden putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leiden scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Leiden.
Leiden crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.
Leiden lands a shoulder strike.
Leiden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Leiden is pushing Khan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Khan is looking to control Leiden's arms but Leiden gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the cage.
Leiden with a knee to the head.
Leiden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leiden landing knees to the body.
Leiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leiden landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leiden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leiden with a knee to the head.
Leiden landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leiden utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leiden.
Khan takes a shot to the head.
Leiden scores a nice knee to the body.
Leiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leiden utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Leiden landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leiden landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leiden landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leiden putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leiden scores a nice knee to the body.
Leiden landing knees to the head.
Khan tries for a takedown. No joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yang Leiden dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Khan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Leiden sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Khan somewhat.
Leiden scores with a head kick.
Leiden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leiden moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khan misses with a body shot.
A solid body kick from Leiden.
Leiden turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leiden connects with a solid leg kick.
Yang Leiden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leiden fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Leiden lets loose with a powerful body kick. Khan will feel that in the morning.
Leiden lands a head kick. Khan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Leiden connects with a knee to the head.
Leiden has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Leiden scores with a knee to the head.
Leiden with a knee to the head.
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!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leiden obliges.
A knee to the head by Leiden.
Leiden crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.
Leiden using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Leiden crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.
Leiden landing knees to the head.
Leiden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leiden connects with a knee to the head.
Leiden landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leiden landing knees to the head.
Leiden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khan's face.
Leiden tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Leiden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leiden.
Leiden working Khan over with knees to the body.
Leiden using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leiden with a knee to the head.
Yang Leiden seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Leiden lands with a right to the head.
Leiden unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khan goes for a takedown attempt but Leiden pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Leiden.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leiden bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Leiden is looking to slow Khan down with leg kicks.
Girevoy Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A solid leg kick lands there for Leiden.
Khan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Leiden doesn't manage to clinch there - Khan circles away.
Leiden thumps Khan with a low kick.
Leiden fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Leiden with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Leiden feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Khan's calf.
Leiden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leiden works Khan's body with a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leiden bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leiden cracks the inside of Khan's front leg.
Leiden lands with a thumping leg kick.
Khan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Leiden lands with a thumping leg kick.
Leiden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leiden moves in looking to clinch but Khan pushes him off.
Leiden feints and then cracks Khan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khan down.
Leiden dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body kick from Leiden.
Leiden scores with a push kick.
Leiden lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yang Leiden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Leiden bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Leiden scores with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Leiden.
Leiden throws a nice outside leg kick.
Leiden fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
A nice leg kick lands there from Leiden.
A chopping leg kick lands by Leiden.
A nice inside leg kick there by Leiden. That's going to slow Khan down.
Leiden scores with a hook to the body. Khan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leiden fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Leiden looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yang Leiden seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leiden lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Leiden lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Khan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Leiden chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Leiden lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Leiden fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khan, pushing him back against the cage.
Leiden landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leiden obliges.
Leiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leiden lands a nice knee to the body.
Leiden lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leiden lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leiden connects with a knee to the head.
Leiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leiden scores a nice knee to the body.
Leiden landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leiden landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leiden lands a knee to the head.
Leiden lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Leiden working Khan over with knees to the body.
Leiden digs a right hand underneath Khan's ribcage. Khan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Leiden lands a nice knee to the body.
Leiden works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Leiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leiden lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Leiden is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leiden landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Leiden prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Girevoy Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan stalling in the clinch but Leiden improves position.
Leiden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leiden lands a nice knee to the body.
Leiden unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leiden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Leiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leiden landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leiden obliges.
Khan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Leiden stalling the fight.
Khan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Leiden has him pressed against the cage.
Leiden lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Leiden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khan's face.
Leiden connects with a knee to the head.
Khan working hard to break the clinch.
Leiden misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leiden connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Leiden.
Leiden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Yang Leiden is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khan misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Khan as the two fighters clinch.
Khan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Leiden avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Khan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Khan tries to stall but Leiden uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Leiden fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Leiden.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yang Leiden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Leiden winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yang Leiden!