PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tekturo Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Germone Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Germone Simpson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Khan
vs
Simpson

179 cm
18
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tekturo Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Germone Simpson!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simpson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Khan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Simpson tries to reverse the position but Khan maintains control.
Khan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Simpson?
Khan wants to control the pace but Simpson is squirming around nicely.
Khan scoring with strikes but Simpson is staying in there.
Khan lands a big elbow.
Simpson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Khan.
Khan trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan is landing with some decent strikes but Simpson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Simpson regains half guard.
Simpson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khan.
Khan thows a huge punch but Simpson dodges it nicely.
Simpson regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Khan.
Simpson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
Khan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Khan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Khan looking to sit in guard and control but Simpson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Simpson stands up and waves to Khan to follow him.
Simpson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Simpson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Simpson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Simpson slips the punch.
Simpson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khan.
Simpson looks gassed!

Khan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Khan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Khan thows a big elbow that misses.
Khan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Khan forces his way into half guard.
Khan slips a nice elbow through Simpson's hands, connecting with Simpson's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Simpson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Khan is really struggling to control Simpson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Khan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Khan with the ground and pound but Simpson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Simpson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Khan is looking to work some ground and pound but Simpson has wrist control.
Khan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Khan cracks Simpson with a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Simpson some visible discomfort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tekturo 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.

Simpson misses with a series of wild punches.
Khan shoots in and drives through. Simpson sprawls well.
Germone Simpson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Simpson circles away.

Khan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Khan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Khan trying to mount his opponent but Simpson defends it.
Simpson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Simpson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Simpson is breathing heavily.
Khan throwing strikes from guard but Simpson blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Simpson keeping moving, preventing Khan from controlling successfully.
Simpson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
Khan sitting in guard here, content to control.
Simpson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Simpson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
Khan trying to control the position from guard on top but Simpson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khan scoring with some ground and pound.
Simpson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
Khan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Khan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Khan wants to control from the top but Simpson keeps moving.
Khan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a big right hand that misses.
Khan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Khan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tekturo Khan.
Simpson blocks a jab.
Simpson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Khan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tekturo Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Simpson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Simpson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Simpson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Khan sprawls well. Khan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Simpson gets slowly back to his feet.

Khan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Khan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Khan is in close to Simpson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tekturo Khan dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Khan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Simpson to the mat! Simpson manages to get full guard.
Khan preventing the sweep.
Khan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Simpson's head.
Khan advances to half guard.
Khan winds up and cracks Simpson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Khan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from Khan there.
Simpson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Khan lands with a punch from half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Simpson won't allow Khan to pass to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khan.
Simpson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khan.
Khan passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Simpson!
Khan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Khan punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan working Simpson over with strikes here.
Simpson is desperately trying to improve his position but Khan has a good base and remains in mount.
Khan breaks from Simpson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A big strike lands for Khan! That's really hurt Simpson and he's turned his back - Khan keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Khan jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tekturo Khan!