PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rha Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cho Kwan Seung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Khan
vs
Kwan Seung

187 cm
26
238 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

199 cm
25
281 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rha Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cho Kwan Seung!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seung fails with the takedown.
Khan misses with a straight right.
Seung shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Khan as he jumps to the side.

Khan moves into the clinch.
Khan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khan pushes Seung back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seung tries to score a body lock takedown but Khan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rha Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cho Kwan Seung.
Seung is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Khan is defending well.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Khan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice defenses there by Seung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Seung pushes him off.

Khan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khan.
Khan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Khan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Khan lands a shot to the body.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Seung looking for a takedown.
Khan prevents the takedown attempt.
Khan stalling.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seung is working for takedown but Khan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Seung looks gassed!
Stalling in the clinch from Khan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Seung tries to score a body lock takedown but Khan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Seung is fighting off a takedown attempt but Khan is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Seung to the mat. Seung regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Khan trying to control but Seung is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khan landing with the ground and pound.
Khan won't allow Seung to sweep him here.
Khan throws a big right hand that misses.
Khan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Khan wants to control from the top but Seung keeps moving.
Khan won't allow Seung to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a big elbow that misses.
Khan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Seung working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
Khan trying to control the position from guard on top but Seung is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Seung working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Khan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Khan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Khan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Khan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seung swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Khan throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Khan trying to control the position from guard on top but Seung is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Seung working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
Khan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
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 lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Khan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Seung keeping full guard, as Khan tries to pass.
Seung working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
Seung avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Seung working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
Khan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Khan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rha Khan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Seung.
Khan sneaks back into half guard.

Khan actively working from the bottom here.
Rha Khan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Khan tries to roll over but Seung keeps him under control.
Khan won't allow Seung to pass to mount.

Khan actively working from the bottom here.
Khan 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.

Seung is looking for a kimura here.

Khan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Seung pulls his head out easily.
Seung missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Khan is staying active underneath Seung, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Seung pulls his head out easily.
Khan has hold of Seung's hands but Seung slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Khan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Khan is refusing to be controlled, as Seung sits in half guard.

Seung seems to be looking for submissions.

Seung is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Seung is trying to work for a kimura but Khan is defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Khan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Khan is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Seung defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Seung is aware though and is defending well.
Seung throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Khan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Seung tries to free his leg and advance position but Khan is retaining full guard.

Khan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Seung defends it easily.

Khan working for a triangle but Seung defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Khan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Seung doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Seung manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Seung passes Khan's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Seung is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Khan defends it well.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Khan here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Khan actively working from the bottom here.

Seung is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Khan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Seung is looking for a kimura but Khan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Seung to get the leverage.
Khan works his way to full guard. Good work.

Khan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Khan actively working from the bottom here.

Seung is looking for a kimura here.

Seung is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Khan manages to get to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seung working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Khan is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Seung is aware though and is defending well.

Khan is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Seung is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rha Khan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Seung slips a straight right by Khan.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Seung saw that one coming.
Khan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Khan has Seung up against the cage in a clinch.
Khan holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Khan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Seung looking for a guillotine here but Khan defends easily.
Seung tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Khan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Khan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Khan lands a couple of digs.

Seung looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Seung looking to control.
Seung takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Khan stopping the sweep attempt from Seung.
Khan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Khan gets to his feet - Seung follows without any prompting.
Khan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Seung manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan forces Seung back against the cage and clinches.

Khan gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Seung regains guard.
Khan landing some decent shots from guard.
Khan throwing strikes from guard but Seung blocks nicely.
Khan works over Seung with some ground and pound from guard.

Seung working for a triangle but Khan defends it easily.
Khan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Khan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan wants to control from the top but Seung keeps moving.
Khan with a nice head shot there.
Khan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Khan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Seung looking for a guillotine here but Khan defends easily.
Seung avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Khan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seung swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Seung working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
Seung is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Khan chips away with some ground and pound.
Khan looking to pass the guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Khan pushing down on Seung's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Khan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Seung defending well though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan is thwarting Seung's attempts to control the position.
Seung keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rha Khan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Khan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rha Khan!
A relieved looking Rha Khan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.