PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Khalidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buzzkill McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khalidov's entrance music is Punks Jump Up To Get Beatdown. A fine choice. McGee comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Boss of all Bosses - Slim Thug kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Khalidov
vs
McGee

185 cm
26
215 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

187 cm
20
215 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Fightworld Formula

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fedor Khalidov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buzzkill McGee!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khalidov.
Khalidov cracks the inside of McGee's front leg.
McGee throws a big shot that misses.
McGee cracks Khalidov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A lazy left from McGee finds it's target.

Khalidov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McGee lands a shoulder strike.
McGee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

McGee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Khalidov clinches.
McGee has a couple of punches blocked by Khalidov.
McGee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khalidov has McGee pressed against the cage.
Khalidov misses with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Khalidov.
Khalidov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khalidov lands a nice uppercut.
McGee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

McGee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khalidov tries to clinch but McGee is having none of it.
McGee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khalidov moves away.
A big right from Khalidov misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khalidov closes the distance and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khalidov.
Khalidov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khalidov struggles to land a body shot inside as McGee controls his hands.
McGee misses with a punch to the body.
Khalidov working aggressively here.
Khalidov'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.
McGee struggles to land a body shot inside as Khalidov controls his hands.
McGee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khalidov swings wildly with an uppercut but McGee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Khalidov.
Khalidov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
McGee is working Khalidov over against the cage.
Khalidov looking to slow down the pace here.
Khalidov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McGee working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McGee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khalidov slips a jab from McGee.
Decent striking displayed by Khalidov there.
McGee throws a shot from downtown. Khalidov moves away and avoids it.
McGee ducks under a wild hook from Khalidov.
Khalidov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khalidov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khalidov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGee misses with a hook.

Khalidov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McGee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khalidov backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khalidov.
A right hook to the body lands for Khalidov.
McGee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGee makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khalidov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khalidov misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov is leaning against McGee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Khalidov lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khalidov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McGee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khalidov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Khalidov lands with a left to the head.
McGee lands a nice uppercut.
Khalidov working aggressively here.

McGee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McGee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khalidov was well out of range. Poor timing from McGee.
McGee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McGee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khalidov was well out of range. Poor timing from McGee.
A swing and a miss from Khalidov.
Khalidov avoids the body shot from McGee.
McGee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khalidov.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khalidov.
McGee looks to throw the jab but Khalidov is out of range.
McGee thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Khalidov misses the target.
Khalidov digs a good body shot into McGee's ribs.
McGee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGee misses with an uppercut. Khalidov saw that one coming.
McGee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khalidov moves away.
Khalidov lands with a straight right. McGee didn't see that one coming.
Khalidov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McGee.
McGee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McGee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khalidov.

Khalidov clinches with his opponent.
Khalidov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Khalidov taking a breather.
Khalidov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
Khalidov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from McGee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
McGee tries to work over Khalidov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Khalidov dominated that round.
That's time! Khalidov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Khalidov 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.
McGee is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khalidov rather than just go for the knockout.
McGee takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khalidov tries to clinch up.
Khalidov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Khalidov closes the distance and pushes McGee back into the cage.
McGee misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGee can't find room to land a body shot as Khalidov controls the action.
Khalidov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khalidov prevents McGee from breaking the clinch.
McGee misses with a punch on the inside.
Khalidov blocking some punches.
Khalidov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Khalidov misses with some punches.
Khalidov wants to stall.
McGee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khalidov misses with a short punch on the inside.

McGee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGee misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Khalidov counters with a straight right hand.
McGee looks to score with a jab to the body but Khalidov is just out of range.
McGee slips a jab and a cross from Khalidov.

McGee tries to keep at a distance but Khalidov has taken the fight into the clinch.
McGee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khalidov has him pressed against the cage.
McGee has had enough of the clinch but Khalidov keeps him there for the moment.
Khalidov lands a nice uppercut.
Khalidov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khalidov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McGee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Khalidov.
McGee working hard to break the clinch.
Khalidov has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Khalidov blocks a body shot from McGee.
Khalidov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

McGee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khalidov ducks under a wild hook from McGee.
McGee throws a body punch but Khalidov moves out of range.
McGee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McGee takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov looks to land a right hand but McGee moved out of range.
McGee throws a shot from downtown. Khalidov moves away and avoids it.
Khalidov lands a nice shot that snaps McGee's head back.
McGee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGee throws an overhand right that lands on Khalidov's shoulder, as Khalidov tries to avoid the shot.
Khalidov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McGee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khalidov lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGee swings for the body but Khalidov moves out of range.
Khalidov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khalidov loads up on a big right hand but McGee slips the punch.
Khalidov scores with a hook.
McGee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Khalidov scores with a four punch combination!
McGee looks to throw the jab but Khalidov is out of range.
Khalidov is looking to clinch but McGee is avoiding it.
The crowd cheers as Khalidov lands an impressive looking overhand right. McGee doesn't seem phased though.
Khalidov misses with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee throws a body punch but Khalidov moves out of range.
McGee lands an overhand right.
Khalidov lands with a slapping head kick.
Khalidov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGee.
Khalidov tries to close the distance and clinch but McGee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McGee just misses with a punch to the body.
Khalidov tries to close the distance and clinch but McGee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGee drops his hands momentarily and Khalidov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McGee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGee ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Khalidov lands an impressive looking overhand right. McGee doesn't seem phased though.

Khalidov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Khalidov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McGee.
McGee takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Khalidov as the two fighters clinch.
McGee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khalidov misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Khalidov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
McGee can't break the clinch.
McGee lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Khalidov fails to land.
McGee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from McGee fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Khalidov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khalidov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McGee is keeping busy.
McGee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McGee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Khalidov.
Khalidov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khalidov throws a head punch that misses.
Khalidov swings wildly with an uppercut but McGee uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Khalidov dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Khalidov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McGee misses with a double jab.
A big right from McGee misses.
A big right from McGee misses.
Khalidov wants to clinch up but McGee keeps it at a distance.
McGee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khalidov misses the shot to the body.
McGee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khalidov manages to avoid it.
Khalidov loads up on a big right hand but McGee slips the punch.
McGee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khalidov manages to avoid it.
Fedor Khalidov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khalidov throws a body punch but McGee moves out of range.
Khalidov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
McGee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from McGee misses.
Khalidov tries to clinch up.
Khalidov misses with a head kick.
McGee misses the shot to the body.
McGee lands a jab to the head.

Khalidov is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee swinging wildly here.
Oh Khalidov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khalidov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from McGee misses.
Khalidov seems to have got his legs back now.
McGee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McGee thows a body shot but no joy.
Khalidov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McGee.
Khalidov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khalidov throws a nice inside leg kick.
McGee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McGee on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khalidov. Khalidov obviously looking to wear him down.
McGee drops Khalidov with a naaaaasty hook - Khalidov is in real trouble here! McGee dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buzzkill McGee!