PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gengis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reefer Manic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manic has chosen smoke somebuddy. as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gengis Khan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Khan
vs
Manic

225 cm
23
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

StarDust. Cosmic Creations.

StarDust. Cosmic Creations.
StarDust. Cosmic Creations.

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gengis Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Reefer Manic!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manic scores with a body shot.
Manic tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Manic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Manic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Manic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manic.
Manic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
Khan swinging wildly here.
Manic cracks the inside of Khan's front leg.
Manic works Khan's body with a nice hook.
Khan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Manic can pounce on him.
Manic throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Manic scores with a head kick.
Manic scores with the left hand. Khan knows he should have avoided that one.
Manic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Manic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.
Khan throws the left hand but Manic avoids the punch easily.
Manic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Manic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khan in his tracks.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Manic.

Manic darts in and clinches Khan up against the ropes.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Manic misses with the head strike.
Manic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan trying to stall but Manic improves his position.
Khan working aggressively here.
Manic lands an uppercut.
Manic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Manic can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Manic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Manic is pressed up against the ropes. Khan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Manic down to the mat. Manic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice cross by Manic.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Manic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khan at a distance.
A head kick misses from Manic.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Manic is just out of range.

Manic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Manic prevents a takedown attempt there.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Manic scores with a shoulder strike.
Khan trying to stall but Manic improves his position.
Khan blocks a body shot from Manic.
Manic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Manic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khan's brow.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Khan prevents a body shot from Manic.
Manic tries to break free but Khan pushes him back against the ropes.
Manic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Manic.
Khan prevents a body shot from Manic.
Manic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khan or not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khan as Manic tries to tie him up.
Manic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Manic trying to stall but Khan improves his position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manic.
Manic should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Manic looking to stall.
Khan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Manic is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gengis Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Manic tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Manic back against the cage.
Manic looking to slow down the pace here.
Manic tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manic is looking to break free of the clinch but Khan has double underhooks.
Manic misses with a punch on the inside.
Manic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manic prevents Khan from breaking the clinch.
Manic throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Manic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Manic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Manic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Khan has Manic pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Khan pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Manic tumbling to the mat - Khan dives into Manic's guard.
Manic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan stands and throws Manic's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Manic is trying to work for a sweep but Khan has mounted him!
Khan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Manic is working to get back to half guard.
Khan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Manic is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Khan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Manic can't escape the position.
Khan controlling from mount.
Manic is looking to get to half guard.
Khan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Manic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Khan looking to finish Manic with some ground and pound. This is bad for Manic!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reefer Manic dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Manic keeps Khan at a distance using the push kick.
Khan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Manic counters with a leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Manic.
Nice shot lands for Manic.
Manic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Manic scores with a nice right hand.
Manic doesn't manage to clinch there - Khan circles away.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Manic lands a body shot.
Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Manic slips a straight right by Khan.
Nice uppercut lands for Manic. That snapped Khan's head back.
The fighters circling - Khan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Manic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Manic jabs at Khan's body.
Manic lands a slapping body shot.
Khan moves forwards but Manic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Manic cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Manic. That's going to slow Khan down.
Manic tries to clinch up.
Manic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Manic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice defenses there by Manic.
Manic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manic throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gengis Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Manic clinches up with Khan and pushes him back against the ropes.
Manic presses Khan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Khan tries a body shot but Manic blocks it.
Manic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Manic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Manic blocks with his arms.
Khan wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Manic throws an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Manic - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khan.
Khan tries to break free but Manic pushes him back against the ropes.
Manic presses Khan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Manic misses with a body punch.
Manic trying to stall but Khan improves his position.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Manic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Manic working hard to break the clinch.
Khan tries to score a body lock takedown but Manic shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Manic.
Manic is trying to break the clinch but Khan is controlling him.
Manic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manic missing with knees to the body.
Manic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Khan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manic digs a right hand underneath Khan's ribcage. Khan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Manic lands with a short shot to the head.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Manic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khan is keeping busy.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan tries a body shot but Manic blocks it.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Manic tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Manic controls his hands.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Manic.
Khan can't get the takedown.
Khan can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gengis Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Manic throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Manic is working Khan over against the ropes.
Manic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khan blocks a body shot from Manic.
Manic presses Khan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Khan prevents a body shot from Manic.
Manic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.
Khan'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.
Manic gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manic lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Manic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Manic holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Manic missing with knees to the body.
Manic working aggressively here.
Manic is pressed up against the ropes. Khan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Manic down to the mat. Manic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Manic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Manic. Manic obviously looking to wear him down.
Manic connects with a high kick.
Manic dips to his left and cracks Khan with an uppercut!
Manic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Khan misses with a hook. Manic ducked under it nicely.
Khan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice body punch from Manic.
Manic 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.
Manic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Manic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khan rather than just go for the knockout.
Manic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Manic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Manic lands with a good body shot.
Khan is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick from Manic lands but Khan takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a right and a left that Manic avoids nicely.
Manic throws a shot to the body.
Manic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Manic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khan tries to move into range but Manic moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Manic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Manic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khan's sensitive parts.
Manic doesn't manage to clinch there - Khan circles away.
Khan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Manic finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Manic cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
Khan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Manic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Manic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Manic with a nice cross.
Manic looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Khan is fending him off so far but Manic persists. Nope, Khan circles away and we're back to standing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Manic moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manic tests Khan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khan takes a swing at Manic's ribcage but misses.
Khan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Khan fails with a takedown attempt.
Manic with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reefer Manic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Manic scores with a shot to the body.
Manic thuds a left hand into Khan's body.
Manic throws a front kick that sends Khan stumbling back into the ropes.
Manic digs a good body shot into Khan's ribs.
Khan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A good leg kick by Manic.
Manic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Manic lands with a nice body kick.
Donk. Manic catches Khan right on the button with a cross.
Manic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khan takes one to the side of the head.
Manic's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Manic duly obliges.
Manic connects with the punch.
Manic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Khan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Manic.
Manic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Manic saw that one coming.
Manic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Manic lands a nice looking body kick.
Manic lands a body shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Manic. Khan shrugs it off though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Manic tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Manic lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khan backs up against the ropes.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donk. Manic catches Khan right on the button with a cross.
Manic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Both fighters circling a little - Manic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Manic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Khan will feel that in the morning.
Manic lands with a nice body kick.
Manic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Manic, right into the meat.
Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reefer Manic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice body kick from Manic.
Manic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Khan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Manic - the referee stops the clock and Khan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Manic. Khan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Manic moves in looking to clinch but Khan pushes him off.
Manic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Khan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Manic cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
Manic lands a nice hook to Khan's body. Khan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Manic lands a jab to Khan's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Manic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Manic throws a front kick that sends Khan stumbling back into the ropes.
Manic fails in his attempt to clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Manic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Manic, right into the meat.
Khan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Manic feints and then cracks Khan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khan down.
Khan walks into a left hand.
Manic scores with a nice head shot.
Khan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Manic lands with an uppercut that bounces Khan off the ropes and back into rage.
Manic stalks Khan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khan's face. Khan staggers backwards, shaken.
Khan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Manic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khan at a distance.
Khan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Manic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Manic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Manic scores with a nice body kick.
Manic scores with a shot to the body.
Manic scores with a nice body kick.
Khan throws a hook but Manic avoids it easily.
Manic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Manic scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manic lands with a good body shot.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Manic is just out of range.
Khan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Manic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Manic throws a shot to the body.
Khan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Manic saw that one coming.
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Manic lands a body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Manic!
Manic jabs at Khan's body.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khan misses with a body punch
and Manic counters with a stiff right hand.
Khan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Manic.
Khan throws a sloppy body shot
and Manic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Manic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Khan's head backwards.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Manic stalks Khan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khan's face. Khan staggers backwards, shaken.
Both fighters circling a little - Manic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Manic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Manic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Manic. That one must have hurt.
Khan 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 takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Manic is just out of range.
Manic cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
Manic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Manic tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manic keeps Khan at a distance using the push kick.
Manic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Manic tries to clinch up.
Khan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Khan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Manic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Manic.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manic lands with a cross.
Manic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Khan.

Manic takes the fight into the clinch.
Manic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gengis Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A hook to the body from Manic.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reefer Manic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Manic 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 for Reefer Manic!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Reefer Manic!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Reefer Manic!

Reefer Manic wins by unanimous decision!