PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Cods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giant Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan has chosen Giant Khan Entrance as his entrance music. Giant Khan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cods
vs
Khan

195 cm
24
300 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

225 cm
25
329 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Cods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giant Khan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan slips a straight right by Cods.
Khan tests Cods's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khan throws a combination. Cods tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Khan drives through and clinches with Cods against the cage.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Cods using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cods is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Cods, against the cage.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cods.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Cods.

Khan manages to break the clinch.
Khan lands a jab to Cods's midsection.
Khan lands a two punch combo.
Cods ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Giant Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Khan.
Cods turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khan looks gassed!
Cods swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cods misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cods misses with a double jab
and Khan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cods moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cods throws a good cross that connects.
A head kick misses from Cods.
Nice defenses there by Khan.

Cods darts in and clinches Khan up against the cage.
Khan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cods or not.
Cods misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
The referee calls for Cods to work.
Khan pushes Cods back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cods tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cods pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cods.
A jab from Khan finds it's way through Cods's defenses.
Khan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cods moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cods tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Khan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cods tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Cods.
Cods is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khan is defending well for now.

Khan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cods walks into a stiff left hand from Khan.
Left hook, right uppercut from Khan.
A big right from Cods misses.
Khan throws a right hand that Cods ducks under and follows up with a left that Cods also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cods misses with a straight right.

Khan forces Cods back against the cage and clinches.

Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cods takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cods tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Cods throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice straight punches there by Khan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khan.
Khan throws a combination. Cods tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Khan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cods circles away quickly and effectively.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Cods pushes him off.
Nice jab there from Khan.
Khan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Khan tries to clinch up but Cods circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cods misses with a double jab
and Khan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Khan clinches.
Cods throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan lands with a light punch inside.
Khan lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Khan - that landed with a thud.
Cods misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.
Khan working aggressively here.
Cods stalling in the clinch but Khan improves position.
Cods seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Khan is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Cods tries to break the clinch but Khan is controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cods throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khan blocks it with crossed arms.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cods tries to clinch up but Khan circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giant Khan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Khan has Cods up against the cage in a clinch.

Cods breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cods wants to clinch up but Khan keeps it at a distance.
Khan digs a good body shot into Cods's ribs.
Jack Cods is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan tries to clinch up but Cods circles away and keeps his distance.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Cods showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khan.
Khan dips to his left and cracks Cods with an uppercut!
Khan scores with a nice right hand.
Khan throws a good cross that connects.
Khan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cods on the side of the head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cods - that will leave a mark!
Khan is breathing heavily.
Cods tries to clinch up
and Khan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cods misses with an uppercut.
Khan moves out of range of the leg kick from Cods.

Khan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cods's half guard.
Khan throws a strike but Cods avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Cods lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Khan!
Khan is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cods controlling from mount.
Khan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cods tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cods trying to control but Khan is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan working to try and regain half guard.
Cods content just to control the position here.
Cods tries to control but Khan wriggling away.
Khan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cods trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khan wants to hold on but Cods pushes him away.
Khan is working to get back to half guard.
Khan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cods tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Khan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jack Cods will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Khan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khan scores with a jab. Cods acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khan swinging wildly here.
Khan throws a shot to the body.
Khan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Khan tries to bum rush Cods with a series of wild strikes but Cods uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cods looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cods thows a body shot but no joy.
Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Giant Khan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khan misses with a double jab
and Cods counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Giant Khan has been cut.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Cods holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cods working aggressively here.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Cods.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cods tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cods looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khan scores with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Khan there.
Cods throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cods shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cods buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cods looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cods looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.

Khan tries to keep at a distance but Cods has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cods using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cods has Khan pressed against the cage.

Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cods fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cods lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cods will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big left from Cods misses.
Cods swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
Khan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cods counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cods throws a sloppy head kick and Khan moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cods fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khan.
A big left from Cods misses.
Cods takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cods throws a sloppy head kick
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cods takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cods throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Khan clinches with his opponent.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Khan breaks the clinch.
Cods throws a lazy head kick
enabling Khan to counter with a crisp jab.

Khan moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cods has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cods there as he acknowledges the shot.
Khan lands a lovely overhand right.
Khan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab by Khan.
Khan tests Cods's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Decent striking displayed by Khan there.

Khan forces Cods back against the cage and clinches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cods manages to break the clinch.
Cods slips a straight right by Khan.
Khan slips under a jab.
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 defending well as Cods loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Cods showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cods 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!