PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gengis Kan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Kan
vs
Bourne

215 cm
26
275 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

187 cm
23
234 lbs
3 - 3 - 2

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gengis Kan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 2, fighting out of New York, Jason Bourne!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Bourne misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Kan misses the target.

Kan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bourne did well to prevent Kan getting side control.
Kan wants to pass to mount but Bourne is defending the position.
Bourne is looking to improve his position.

Kan is working for a kimura but Bourne is defending it quite comfortably.

Kan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kan thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Bourne to regain full guard.
Kan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bourne can't keep his opponent in guard - Kan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bourne trying to hold on to Kan's head to control him but Kan postures up.
Kan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Kan is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bourne sees it coming and defends easily.
Bourne is trying to control but can't.
Bourne regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kan trying to control but Bourne is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kan is really struggling to control Bourne but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Kan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kan throwing strikes from guard but Bourne blocks nicely.
Kan working some strikes from top position.
Kan trying to control but Bourne is working from the bottom.

Bourne escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kan is breathing heavily.
Bourne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kan connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kan distracts Bourne with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kan throwing strikes from guard but Bourne blocks nicely.
Kan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bourne pulls Kan in close to prevent any damage.
Kan throws a big right hand that misses.
Bourne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kan.
Bourne trying to control the position.
Bourne keeping moving, preventing Kan from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kan trying to control the position from guard on top but Bourne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bourne avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Bourne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kan defends it easily.
Bourne trying to keep a closed guard but Kan is proving a slippery customer.
Kan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Kan drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bourne manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Kan has Bourne in his guard.

Kan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gengis Kan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kan throws a low kick but Bourne moves out of range easily.
Bourne throws the kick towards the body but Kan avoids it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bourne!

Bourne moves into the clinch.

Bourne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bourne throws a right hand that Kan ducks under and follows up with a left that Kan also avoids with ease.
Bourne leaves Kan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bourne scores with a body shot.
Bourne throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kan on the side of the head.
Bourne scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bourne's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bourne duly obliges.
Kan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kan misses with a hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bourne misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Bourne misses.

Bourne drives through and clinches with Kan against the cage.

Bourne manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bourne!

Bourne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bourne stalling.

Bourne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bourne ducks under a wild hook from Kan.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bourne.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bourne wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bourne jabs at Kan's body.
Bourne scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kan doesn't seem bothered though.
Kan needs to keep his hands up - Bourne had a free shot at his head there.

Bourne moves into the clinch.
Bourne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Bourne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bourne lands a jab-cross combination.

Bourne rushes Kan and presses him up against the cage.

Bourne breaks from the clinch.

Bourne closes the distance and pushes Kan back into the cage.

Bourne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bourne works the jab nicely.
Bourne throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bourne lands a slapping body shot.
Kan takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourne moves away from the strike by Kan.

Bourne gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bourne lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Gengis Kan has been cut.

Bourne breaks from the clinch.

Bourne clinches up with Kan and pushes him back against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Bourne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bourne throws a one two combo.
Bourne scores with a one two! Kan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kan takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Bourne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Bourne breaks from the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bourne.
Bourne changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Bourne clinches with his opponent.
Kan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bourne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Bourne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bourne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kan.

Kan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bourne looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kan sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bourne is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Bourne is trying to get back to his feet.
The strikes coming from Kan are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Kan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bourne has escaped the position, nice work there.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Bourne. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Bourne managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kan.

Kan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kan wants to control but Bourne is keeping him busy.

Kan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bourne is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kan's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Kan slips a nice elbow through Bourne's hands, connecting with Bourne's forehead.
Kan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kan throws a strike but Bourne avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Bourne is adopting a defensive guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bourne has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kan has managed to get both his arms back between Bourne's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Bourne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gengis Kan's cut.
That's time! Kan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Kan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kan throws an overhand right that lands on Bourne's shoulder, as Bourne tries to avoid the shot.
Bourne is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kan rather than just go for the knockout.
Kan misses with a double jab.
Jason Bourne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bourne scores with a jab to the body.
Kan loads up on a big right hand but Bourne slips the punch.
Bourne lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bourne motions for Kan to come forward. Bourne throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Bourne shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bourne showed some decent athleticism there.
Bourne drops an elbow to the side of Kan's head.
Kan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kan tries to get out of the position.
Kan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bourne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kan keeping moving, preventing Bourne from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bourne is pushing down on Kan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kan is fighting to maintain full guard but Bourne has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bourne working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bourne blocks the strikes from Kan.
Kan won't allow Bourne to pass to mount.

Kan looking for submissions off his back.
Kan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bourne wants to control from the top but Kan keeps moving.
Bourne is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Kan working for a triangle but Bourne defends it easily.
Kan is trying to control the position but Bourne postures up.
Gengis Kan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two 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.

Kan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bourne won't allow Kan to sweep him here.
Bourne trying to control the position from guard on top but Kan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bourne is working Kan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kan keeping moving, preventing Bourne from controlling successfully.
Kan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Bourne drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bourne jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kan is trying to keep Bourne in close.
Kan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bourne is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kan controls Bourne momentarily but Bourne frees himself.
Bourne passes Kan's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Kan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bourne's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

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.
Kan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Bourne stopping the sweep attempt from Kan.

Bourne avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Kan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bourne trying to control the position from guard on top but Kan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bourne can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Bourne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bourne has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Bourne!