PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Khavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan has chosen Girlfriend as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khavin
vs
Ryan

196 cm
26
195 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

186 cm
28
199 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Konstantin Khavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jake Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khavin lands the left hand.
Ryan tries to land a front kick but Khavin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice shot by Ryan.

It looks like Konstantin Khavin has been cut.
Ryan looks for the body kick but Khavin saw that one coming.
Khavin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khavin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ryan.
Ryan blocks a leg kick.
Ryan moves out of range as Khavin throws a body kick.
Khavin throws a push kick but Ryan slaps the foot to one side.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ryan.
Khavin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ryan.
Khavin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ryan throws a big shot that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Khavin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ryan keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khavin works Ryan's body with a nice hook.
Khavin misses with a body kick.
Ryan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ryan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khavin.
Ryan moves out of range of the body kick from Khavin.
Khavin tries to move into range but Ryan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Khavin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Khavin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ryan punishes Khavin's body with a nice straight punch.
Khavin moves out of range of the body kick from Ryan.
Khavin misses with a right hand
and Ryan counters with a nice kick to the body.
Khavin staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ryan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khavin tries to bum rush Ryan with a series of wild strikes but Ryan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ryan cracks Khavin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Khavin moves out of range as Ryan throws a body kick.
Khavin throws out a loose jab but Ryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khavin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Khavin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ryan cracks Khavin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Khavin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ryan manages to avoid it.
Khavin throws a leg kick but Ryan moved away.
Khavin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ryan's calf.
Khavin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ryan.
Jab by Ryan.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Khavin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khavin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ryan.
Ryan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khavin moves out of range of the body kick.
Khavin lands a nice shot that snaps Ryan's head back.
Khavin throws a one two combo.
Ryan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khavin throws a head kick that misses.
Ryan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big left from Khavin misses.
Khavin ducks under a wild hook from Ryan.
Ryan throws a leg kick
and Khavin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ryan's knee momentarily.
Ryan throws a low kick but Khavin avoids it.
Khavin lands a high kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khavin looks to land a body kick but Ryan moved away.
Good exchange - Ryan coming out on top.
Ryan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
A left lands for Khavin.
Ryan throws a hook but Khavin blocks it.
A big right from Khavin misses.
Ryan slips a jab from Khavin.
Ryan moves out of range as Khavin strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ryan lands a lovely overhand right.
Khavin throws a series of punches but Ryan moves out of range.
Khavin is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jake Ryan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Khavin's cut.
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.

Khavin slips under a jab from Ryan.
Khavin jabs Ryan right on the nose. Ryan blinks but takes it well.
A slow jab from Khavin misses its intended target.
Khavin misses the jab.
Khavin blocks the body kick.
Khavin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ryan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Khavin ducks under a wild hook from Ryan.
Khavin lands a really nice looking cross but Ryan seems unphased.
Khavin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Khavin avoids a kick to the body.
Ryan's corner calls for a 1-2. Ryan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Khavin throws an overhand right that lands on Ryan's shoulder, as Ryan tries to avoid the shot.
Ryan throws a solid leg kick but Khavin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ryan.
Ryan avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khavin misses with a double jab.
Khavin moves out of range as Ryan throws a body kick.
Ryan thows a body kick. Khavin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jake Ryan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot by Khavin.
Ryan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ryan lands a right hook to the body.
That kick from Ryan tenderised Khavin's leg. Khavin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Khavin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Khavin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ryan.
Khavin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ryan.
Some bone on bone action there as Ryan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Khavin checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khavin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ryan moves away.
Ryan throws a hook but Khavin avoids it easily.
Khavin moves forwards but Ryan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Khavin throws a leg kick but Ryan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khavin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ryan.
Ryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Ryan finds it's target.
Ryan misses with a straight right.
Ryan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ryan misses with a body kick.

Khavin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khavin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khavin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ryan avoids it.
Khavin trying to land knees to the body.
Khavin blocking some punches.
Khavin blocking some punches.
Khavin has Ryan pressed against the cage, preventing Ryan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ryan avoiding damage as Khavin throws knees to the body.
Ryan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ryan tries to throw a body punch but Khavin avoids it by throwing Ryan back against the cage.

Khavin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khavin throws a low kick but Ryan avoids it.
Khavin looks to land a combination but Ryan avoids it well.
Ryan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Khavins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Khavin misses with a hook to the body
and Khavin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khavin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khavin misses with the combination.
Ryan looks to score with a jab to the body but Khavin is just out of range.
Ryan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Khavin moves away from the strike by Ryan.
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!
Khavin blocks the body kick.
Nice defenses there by Ryan.
Khavin throws a leg kick that misses.
Ryan thows a left - swing and a miss!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ryan. Khavin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ryan misses with a double jab.
Khavin tries to clinch there but Ryan circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Ryan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Khavin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ryan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khavin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ryan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Khavin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Khavin slips a jab from Ryan.
Khavin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ryan.
Ryan throws a push kick but Khavin slaps the foot to one side.
Khavin stuns Ryan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ryan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Khavin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khavin moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Khavin blocks a head kick by Ryan.
Ryan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khavin, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan lands with a kick to the temple. Khavin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ryan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khavin moves out of range of the body kick.
Ryan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ryan misses with a kick to the body.

Khavin has managed to clinch.
Khavin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khavin prevents a body shot from Ryan.
Khavin lands a nice knee to the body.
Khavin can't break the clinch.
Ryan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khavin backwards.
Khavin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khavin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khavin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ryan working Khavin over with knees to the body.
Khavin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khavin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khavin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ryan is trying to break the clinch but Khavin has him pressed against the cage.
Ryan swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Ryan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Ryan.
Ryan throws a shot to the body.
Khavin is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Ryan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khavin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ryan under the eye.
Khavin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Khavin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khavin thows a body shot but no joy.
Ryan misses with a body kick.
Khavin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Khavin moves out of range of the body kick from Ryan.
Ryan throws a body kick the misses
and Khavin counters with a right hand to the body.
Ryan throws a body kick that misses.
Khavin jabs Ryan right on the nose. Ryan blinks but takes it well.
Ryan lands a nice looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khavin, as that shot connected.
Ryan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ryan throws a poor cross that misses
and Khavin counters with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ryan scores with a body shot.
Konstantin Khavin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khavin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ryan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ryan throws a lazy body kick
and Khavin counters with a stiff right hand.
Khavin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Khavin takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khavin tries to clinch there but Ryan circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ryan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Khavin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ryan moves out of range as Khavin throws a body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jake Ryan.
I've got Ryan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Ryan!
A victorious Jake Ryan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.