PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marc Guifre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Guifre
vs
Khan

183 cm
21
160 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

174 cm
25
165 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marc Guifre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leonard Khan!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Khan wants it to stay on the feet.
Guifre ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Guifre walks into a jab.
Khan throws a shot to the body.
Khan throws a head kick but Guifre moves out of range.
Leonard Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Guifre checks a leg kick.
Guifre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Guifre shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Khan's guard.
Guifre preventing the sweep.
Khan is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Guifre scoring with some ground and pound.
Guifre won't allow Khan to sweep him here.
Guifre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Khan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guifre prevents Khan from getting back to his feet.
Khan is pulling down on Guifre's head to control his posture.
Khan keeping full guard, as Guifre tries to pass.

Khan manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Guifre fails with a takedown attempt.
Guifre shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Guifre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guifre shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Khan as he avoids it easily.
Guifre takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Horrible takedown by Guifre or perhaps it was just good defense by Khan which made him look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Khan there.

Khan lands a big right hand that sends Guifre crashing to the mat! Khan stays standing though and waves Guifre back to his feet!

Guifre is rocked!
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!
Khan looks to throw the jab but Guifre is out of range.
Guifre shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Khan as he avoids it easily.

Khan has Guifre up against the cage in a clinch.
Khan digs a right hand underneath Guifre's ribcage. Guifre let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Khan lands a left hand.
Khan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Guifre backwards.
Khan lands a left hand.
Khan lands with a left to the head.
Guifre tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Khan smiles and moves away.
Khan throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Khan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Guifre doesn't seem phased though.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Guifre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Khan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Guifre somewhat.
Guifre is breathing heavily.
Khan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Guifre slips the punch.
Guifre moves out of range of the strikes.
Khan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Khan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Khan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Guifre.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Khan tries a low kick but Guifre avoids it.
Guifre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Guifre fails to land the takedown.
Guifre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Guifre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Guifre slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guifre shoots in but Khan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guifre.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Khan dominated that round.
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.

Khan stuffs the takedown.
The fighters circling - Khan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Guifre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Guifre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan misses with a few strikes there.
Guifre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.
Guifre moves out of range of the strikes.
Guifre fails with a takedown attempt.
Khan misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan misses with a double jab.
Guifre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Khan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Guifre somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Guifre. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Guifre.
Guifre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Khan is fending him off so far but Guifre persists. Nope, Khan circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck for Guifre with that takedown attempt.
Guifre tries to move into range but Khan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Leonard Khan seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Khan gets a clinch.
Guifre's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Khan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Guifre or not.
Khan pushes Guifre back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Khan lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khan.
Khan avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Guifre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khan gets through Guifre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khan.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Guifre tries to pull guard but Khan holds him up against the cage and eventually Guifre drops back down to his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Khan.
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!
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khan stops a takedown attempt from Guifre.
A short right from Khan.
Khan lands a body punch.
Khan gets through Guifre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan lands a big right hand that drops Guifre! The killer instinct kicks in and Khan finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Khan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonard Khan!