PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Khavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bender Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Khavin
vs
Rodriguez

196 cm
21
201 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
27
202 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Crippler's Corner

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Konstantin Khavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bender Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khavin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rodriguez thuds a left hand into Khavin's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Khavin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khavin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rodriguez to score with a decent uppercut.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khavin paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Rodriguez clinches with his opponent.
Rodriguez is looking to control Khavin's arms but Khavin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rodriguez has his back to the cage.
Rodriguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries to throw a body punch but Khavin avoids it by throwing Rodriguez back against the cage.
Rodriguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khavin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rodriguez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khavin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khavin's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Rodriguez scores with a nice short uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriguez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch but Khavin keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rodriguez misses with the head strike.
Rodriguez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khavin's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Khavin fails to land.

Rodriguez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bender Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rodriguez, as that shot connected.
Rodriguez misses the shot to the body.
Rodriguez misses with a hook. Khavin ducked under it nicely.
Khavin dodges the punch combination from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez takes a swing at Khavin's ribcage but misses.
Khavin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A slow jab from Khavin misses its intended target.
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Khavin pushes him off.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Khavin avoids them all with ease.
Rodriguez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Khavin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Donk. Khavin catches Rodriguez right on the button with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khavin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rodriguez throws a hook but Khavin blocks it.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Khavin moves out of range.
Khavin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodriguez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khavin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rodriguez scores with a hook to the body. Khavin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rodriguez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Rodriguez is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping body kick lands there for Khavin.
Rodriguez is still on wobbly legs! Can Khavin finish him?
Rodriguez looks gassed!
Rodriguez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rodriguez seems to have recovered his senses.
Rodriguez lands with a nice combination. Khavin backs away looking to recover.
Khavin cracks the inside of Rodriguez's front leg.
Rodriguez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khavin rather than just go for the knockout.
Rodriguez catches Khavin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rodriguez ducks right into an uppercut from Khavin.
Khavin avoids the body shot from Rodriguez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khavin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rodriguez.
Khavin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Khavin does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Rodriguez misses its intended target.
Khavin cracks Rodriguez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Khavin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rodriguez throws a lazy right hand but Khavin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rodriguez throws the left hand but Khavin avoids the punch easily.
Rodriguez misses the shot to the body.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rodriguez tries to clinch there but Khavin circles away.
Khavin scores with a leg kick.
Rodriguez scores with a hook.
Khavin misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khavin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rodriguez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khavin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khavin lands a jab.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.
Khavin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodriguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Khavin is just out of range.
Khavin lands with a shot to the body.
Khavin throws a good cross that connects.
Khavin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice shot by Rodriguez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khavin lands with a kick to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khavin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Rodriguez misses.
Khavin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rodriguez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Khavin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khavin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khavin scores with a one two! Rodriguez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Khavin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rodriguez throws out the jab.
Khavin misses with a body shot.
Khavin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Khavin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Konstantin Khavin is winning the standup battle so far.
Rodriguez looks up at the clock. Bad move! Khavin lands a right hand from hell, dropping Rodriguez. Khavin pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Konstantin Khavin!