PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arshad Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khan Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arshad Singh comes to the cage accompanied by Check it out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Singh
vs
Singh

176 cm
23
167 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

173 cm
21
160 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Resistance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arshad Singh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khan Singh!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arshad Singh walks into a jab.
Arshad Singh avoids the body shot from Khan Singh.
Arshad Singh slips under a jab.
Donk. Khan Singh catches Arshad Singh right on the button with a cross.
Khan Singh misses with a head kick.
Khan Singh thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some wild striking there from Arshad Singh.
Arshad Singh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan Singh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arshad Singh needs to keep his hands up - Khan Singh had a free shot at his head there.
Khan Singh thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Khan Singh misses the target.
Arshad Singh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khan Singh misses with a combination

and Arshad Singh counters by clinching up.
Arshad Singh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khan Singh backwards.
Khan Singh has a couple of punches blocked by Arshad Singh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arshad Singh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Arshad Singh looking to stall.
Arshad Singh avoiding damage as Khan Singh throws knees to the body.
Khan Singh jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Arshad Singh walks away with a smile on his face. Khan Singh gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khan Singh blocks a head kick by Arshad Singh.
Khan Singh lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Khan Singh misses with a double jab
and Arshad Singh counters with a straight right hand.
Khan Singh swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Arshad Singh counters with a one-two to the body.
The fighters circling - Arshad Singh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khan Singh fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khan Singh fails with the takedown
and Arshad Singh counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khan Singh misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan Singh throws a sloppy body shot

and Arshad Singh moves into the clinch.
Khan Singh fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Arshad Singh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khan Singh.
Khan Singh prevents the takedown attempt.
Khan Singh tries to circle away but Arshad Singh has him pinned against the cage.
Khan Singh takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Khan Singh has been cut.

Arshad Singh has Khan Singh pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Arshad Singh pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Khan Singh tumbling to the mat - Arshad Singh dives into Khan Singh's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arshad Singh wants to control from the top but Khan Singh keeps moving.
Arshad Singhis looking to pass into half guard but Khan Singh pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Khan Singh is in guard.
Arshad Singh has Khan Singh pulled in close to control his posture.
Khan Singh working some strikes from top position.
Khan Singh slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Khan Singh is working Arshad Singh over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan Singh postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Arshad Singh is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Khan Singh is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Arshad Singh is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Arshad Singh is working to avoid the ground and pound but Khan Singh connects with a decent elbow.
Khan Singh looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Arshad Singh is avoiding damage well.
Khan Singh tries to advance position but instead Arshad Singh slips a leg back in to half guard.
Khan Singh wants to take a breather but Arshad Singh is having none of it.
Khan Singh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Arshad Singh trying to control from the bottom.
Khan Singh throwing shots but Arshad Singh is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Khan Singh is looking to pass Arshad Singh's guard but actually Arshad Singh recovers to full guard.
Arshad Singh keeping moving, preventing Khan Singh from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Khan Singh connects with a right hand. Arshad Singh shakes it off.
Khan Singh just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan Singh throws an overhand right that lands on Arshad Singh's shoulder, as Arshad Singh tries to avoid the shot.
Arshad Singh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Arshad Singh swings for the body but Khan Singh moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan Singh throws a sloppy body shot

and Arshad Singh counters by clinching up.
Khan Singh is trying to break the clinch but Arshad Singh has him pressed against the cage.
Arshad Singh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan Singh misses with a punch on the inside.
Arshad Singh prevents a body shot from Khan Singh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khan Singh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Khan Singh's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Arshad Singh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan Singh manages to avoid it.
Arshad Singh slips a jab and a cross from Khan Singh.
Khan Singh looks to land a left hand but Arshad Singh moved out of range nicely.
Khan Singh misses with a straight right.
Khan Singh scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Khan Singh misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Arshad Singh counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Khan Singh wants to improve his position but Arshad Singh is controlling well.
Khan Singh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Arshad Singh.
Khan Singh wants to get back to full guard.
Arshad Singh wants to lay and pray for a moment but Khan Singh keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan Singh is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Still in half guard, Arshad Singh seems content to control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Khan Singh scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Arshad Singh throws a right and a left that Khan Singh avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Khan Singh misses.
Khan Singh swings away with a body shot that misses
and Arshad Singh counters with a low kick, right behind Khan Singh 's knee.
Khan Singh scores with a sloppy right hand. Arshad Singh should have avoided that one.
Khan Singh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan Singh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khan Singh ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arshad Singh looks to land a combination but Khan Singh avoids it well.
Arshad Singh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arshad Singh takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Arshad Singh bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Khan Singh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arshad Singh.
Khan Singh cracks a nice hook into Arshad Singh's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arshad Singh takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Arshad Singh is rocked!
Khan Singh throws a series of punches but Arshad Singh avoids them all with ease.
Khan Singh looks to throw the jab but Arshad Singh is out of range.
Khan Singh lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Oh Arshad Singh is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khan Singh throws a sloppy head kick

and Arshad Singh counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Khan Singh makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Khan Singh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan Singh throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Khan Singh manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Arshad Singh manages to get himself to full guard.
Arshad Singh seems to have got his legs back now.
Arshad Singh keeping moving, preventing Khan Singh from controlling successfully.
Arshad Singh looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Khan Singh puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Arshad Singh trying to hold on to Khan Singh's head to control him but Khan Singh postures up.
Khan Singh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Khan Singh wants to pass the guard but Arshad Singh is defending well.
Khan Singh is thwarting Arshad Singh's attempts to control the position.
Arshad Singh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khan Singh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Arshad Singh is trying to get back to full guard.
Khan Singh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Khan Singh misses the shot to the body.
Khan Singh tests Arshad Singh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Arshad Singh slips a jab from Khan Singh.
Arshad Singh is looking to clinch but Khan Singh is avoiding it.
Khan Singh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khan Singh digs a good body shot into Arshad Singh's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arshad Singh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Khan Singh.
Khan Singh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arshad Singh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khan Singh.
Khan Singh lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Khan Singh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khan Singh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Khan Singh's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Khan Singh fails with the takedown.
Khan Singh scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Khan Singh throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Arshad Singh stumbling backwards into the cage! Arshad Singh bounces back off the cage towards Khan Singh, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Khan Singh lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Khan Singh celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Khan Singh!