PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giant Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sigfredo Pineda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan comes to the cage accompanied by bayasgalan - botgon duu . Pineda has chosen "Suffer" by Vision of Disorder as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Khan
vs
Pineda

225 cm
27
329 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

200 cm
22
300 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition $50 159 Energy

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 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Giant Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sigfredo Pineda!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pineda tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
No joy there for Khan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Khan digs a good body shot into Pineda's ribs.
Pineda tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.

Pineda darts in and clinches Khan up against the cage.
Pineda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pineda looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
Khan lands a body shot.

Pineda lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Khan sprawling to the canvas. Pineda follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Khan hang on?

It looks like Giant Khan has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan pushes Pineda off looking to stand but Pineda dives back in and keeps control.
Pineda trying to control the action but Khan is working from the bottom.
Pineda is taking a breather. Khan says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pineda wants to take a breather but Khan is having none of it.
Khan pushes Pineda off looking to stand but Pineda dives back in and keeps control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Khan throws a jab when Pineda was well out of range.
Pineda tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pineda tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pineda.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Pineda tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pineda moves away.
Pineda tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pineda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pineda doesn't manage to clinch there - Khan circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan with a jab.
Pineda throws a quick inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Pineda sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Khan to the ground! Pineda dives into full mount looking to finish!
Pineda controlling the position easily from mount.

Pineda is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Pineda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khan misses the shot to the body.

Pineda has closed the distance and engaged Khan in a clinch.
Pineda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pineda tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Pineda has the dominant position.
Pineda is trying to stall.
Pineda lands a knee to the body.
Pineda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pineda tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Pineda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pineda connects with a knee to the head.
Pineda has Khan pushed against the cage.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Pineda has the dominant position.
Khan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pineda.
Khan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pineda tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Pineda pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pineda lands a damaging elbow.
Pineda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pineda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pineda landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pineda lands a damaging elbow.

Giant Khan's cut is getting worse.
Khan letting Pineda take a breather here.
Pineda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pineda has Khan pressed against the cage, preventing Khan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pineda with a knee to the head.
Pineda scores with a knee to the head.
Pineda stalling.
Pineda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
Khan tries to break free but Pineda pushes him back against the cage.
Pineda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pineda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pineda tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Khan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan tries to break free but Pineda pushes him back against the cage.
Pineda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pineda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khan's face.
Pineda looking to throw knees to the head but Khan is blocking nicely.
Pineda prevents Khan from breaking the clinch.
Pineda working Khan over with knees to the body.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Pineda has the dominant position.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigfredo Pineda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giant Khan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pineda tries to clinch up but Khan circles away and keeps his distance.
Khan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khan drops his hands momentarily and Pineda takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pineda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pineda tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
Sigfredo Pineda seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pineda takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Khan misses with a hook. Pineda ducked under it nicely.
Khan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Khan scores with a hook.
Pineda takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khan throws out a loose jab but Pineda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pineda lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pineda tries to clinch up but Khan circles away and keeps his distance.
Pineda dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pineda fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pineda connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pineda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pineda scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pineda punishes Khan's body with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pineda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pineda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pineda connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Khan momentarily.
Pineda tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.
Pineda is looking to clinch.
Sigfredo Pineda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pineda lands a high kick to the side of Khan's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Pineda dives into guard, looking to finish.

Khan is rocked!
Pineda is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Oh Khan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khan wants to get back to his feet but Pineda passes into half guard.
Khan seems to have got his legs back now.
Pineda trying to mount his opponent but Khan defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pineda perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Pineda decides to return to a standing position.
Khan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khan lands with a straight right. Pineda didn't see that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Pineda.
Khan keeps the fight on the outside.
Pineda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan misses with a series of wild punches.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pineda.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pineda takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Good leg kick by Pineda there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Giant Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pineda tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pineda doesn't manage to clinch there - Khan circles away.
Pineda tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.

Pineda has managed to clinch.
Pineda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pineda lands a nice elbow.
Khan has had enough of the clinch but Pineda keeps him there for the moment.
Khan wants to break free but Pineda has control.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Pineda lands a nice elbow.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
Pineda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan is looking to break free of the clinch but Pineda has double underhooks.
Khan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pineda lands a damaging elbow.
Pineda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pineda tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pineda tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Pineda connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Pineda.

Giant Khan's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Khan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pineda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pineda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pineda has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pineda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pineda landing knees to the head.
Pineda connects with a knee to the head.
Pineda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Khan breaks from the clinch.
Khan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pineda wants to clinch up but Khan keeps it at a distance.
Pineda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Khan misses with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pineda misses with a knee strike.
Pineda with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigfredo Pineda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Giant Khan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Pineda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pineda scores with a push kick.
Pineda tried to score with a low kick but Khan checks it.
Pineda moves out of range of the strikes.
Khan misses with a combination

and Pineda moves into the clinch.
Pineda lands an elbow inside.
Pineda lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Pineda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Pineda with a knee to the head.
Pineda with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pineda trying to control the position but instead, Khan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pineda into the cage.
Pineda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pineda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Pineda.
Pineda lands a nice elbow.
Pineda putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pineda lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan is trying to break the clinch but Pineda has him pressed against the cage.
Pineda pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pineda lands a nice elbow.
Pineda landing knees to the body.
Pineda looking to throw knees to the head but Khan is blocking nicely.
Khan has had enough of the clinch but Pineda keeps him there for the moment.
Pineda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pineda with a knee to the head.

Khan manages to break the clinch.
Khan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pineda wants to clinch up but Khan keeps it at a distance.
Pineda scores with a nice head shot.
Pineda swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Khan blocks a head kick by Pineda.
Khan connects with the punch.
Pineda tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan misses with a two punch combination.
Pineda wants to clinch up but Khan keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pineda wants to clinch up but Khan keeps it at a distance.
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pineda doesn't seem bothered though.
Pineda is looking to clinch but Khan is avoiding it.
Pineda doesn't manage to clinch there - Khan circles away.
Khan is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Pineda misses with a head kick.
Khan misses with a double jab
and Pineda counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Khan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Some wild striking there from Khan.
Pineda dodges the punch combination from Khan.
Khan throws a jab when Pineda was well out of range.
Pineda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pineda scores with a leg kick.
Khan misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pineda tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khan keeps the fight on the outside.
Pineda fails with an attempt to clinch.

Pineda moves into the clinch.
Pineda misses with a knee strike.
Pineda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Khan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pineda fails to land with a series of punches.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan keeps the fight on the outside.
Pineda slips a jab and a cross from Khan.
Pineda avoids the body shot from Khan.
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pineda moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pineda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pineda slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Pineda.
Pineda ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pineda throws a leg kick but Khan checks it.
Khan misses with a double jab

and Pineda counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pineda.
Pineda tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Giant Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pineda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pineda 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.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.
Pineda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pineda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.

Jeez, Giant Khan's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Pineda tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Pineda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Khan breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Pineda.
Sigfredo Pineda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Some wild striking there from Khan.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pineda.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sigfredo Pineda comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pineda has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sigfredo Pineda!