PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Holla Back (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Khan's choice of entrance music: Fuckin' In The Bushes. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Back
vs
Khan

190 cm
30
262 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

200 cm
23
275 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Holla Back!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abel Khan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Back moves out of range as Khan strikes.
Back swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Back looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Back misses the shot to the body.
Back throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan misses with a series of wild punches.
Khan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Back.
Back delivers a nice body kick.
Khan looks gassed!
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!
Khan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Abel Khan has been cut.
Khan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Good exchange - Back coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Back lands a leg kick that knocks Khan off balance momentarily.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Back misses with a wild body shot.
Khan takes a swing at Back's ribcage but misses.
Back uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Khan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khan misses with a series of wild punches.
Back misses with a body shot.
Back tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Back.
Back displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Khan throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Back is looking to wear down Khan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Back moves away.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Back moves away.
Khan misses with a low kick as Back jumps back.
Khan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan scores with a jab. Back acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Back takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan fails to land with a series of punches.
Back throws a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Back looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Back throws a solid leg kick but Khan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Back.
Back scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Back.
Khan swings for the body but Back moves out of range.
Back thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Back tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Back blocks a head kick by Khan.
Khan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Khan slips a straight right by Back.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Back slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan throws a jab when Back was well out of range.
Khan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Back misses with a kick to the body.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Back moves away.
Back uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
A bone on bone clash there as Khan blocks the leg kick.
Khan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Back's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Back looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khan.
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Back doesn't seem bothered though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Holla Back dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abel Khan'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.

A looping hook to the body misses from Back. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan lands with a nice body punch.
Nice cross by Khan.

Back moves into the clinch.
Good body shot from Back.
Khan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Khan is trying to break the clinch but Back is controlling him.
Back keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khan's efforts to push away.
Back tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Back can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Back as Khan tries to tie him up.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Back misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Back keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan throws a hook but Back blocks it.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Back.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Back was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Back throws a combination that misses
enabling Khan to counter with a crisp jab.
Back moves into range and connects with a jab.
A clash of legs there as Khan blocks the low kick.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Back misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick by Khan misses
and Back counters with a good, hard body kick but Khan shrugs it off.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Khan lands a nice hook to Back's body. Back takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Back keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Khan misses.
Back feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Khans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That has opened up Abel Khan's cut even more.
Holla Back is winning the standup battle so far.
Back misses with a straight left.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch lands to the side of Back 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Khan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Back counters with a nice body shot.
Back missing with a left hand there. Khan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Back tries to land a front kick but Khan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A right-left combo lands from Back.

The cut above Abel Khan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Back connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Khan's hands.
Back buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Back cracks Khan with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Back has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Khan to stand back up!

Khan is rocked!

Abel Khan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Abel Khan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Holla Back!