PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Peeta Mellark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morya Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mellark
vs
Khan

202 cm
25
284 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

205 cm
25
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent elbows
Very strong

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peeta Mellark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Morya Khan!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mellark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Khan moves away from the strike by Mellark.
Mellark avoids the head kick by Khan.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Mellark blocks a head kick by Khan.
Mellark misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan defending well as Mellark loads up on a big left hand.
Mellark checks a low kick from Khan.

Khan pushes Mellark up against the ropes in a clinch.
Khan lands a knee to the head.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Mellark avoids the damage to the body.
Khan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mellark scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mellark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mellark has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Mellark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Mellark.
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!
Mellark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khan blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mellark managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Mellark misses with the head strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khan obliges.
Mellark throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Mellark blocks with his arms.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Mellark digs a right hand underneath Khan's ribcage. Khan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mellark.
Mellark misses with an elbow strike.
Mellark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mellark misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Mellark fails to land.
Nice body punch from Mellark.
Mellark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Mellark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mellark creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.

It looks like Morya Khan has been cut.
Mellark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mellark misses with some punches.
Mellark misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mellark lands a body shot in the clinch.
Khan blocking some punches.
Mellark gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mellark lands a left hand.
Mellark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mellark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mellark lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Mellark misses with some punches.
Mellark misses with some punches.
Khan lands a nice knee to the body.
Mellark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mellark.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Mellark.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mellark.
Mellark landing knees to the body.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mellark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Mellark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khan blocks it with crossed arms.
Mellark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mellark avoids it.
Mellark throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan blocks a body shot from Mellark.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Mellark.

Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mellark is looking to clinch.
Mellark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Khan forces Mellark back against the ropes and clinches.
Mellark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mellark working aggressively here.
Mellark managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Khan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Mellark.
A shot in the inside from Mellark.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mellark lands with a short shot to the head.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mellark's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khan lands a good knee to the midsection. Mellark won't want to take too many of those.
Khan lands a good knee to the midsection. Mellark won't want to take too many of those.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Mellark throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Mellark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mellark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Mellark misses with some punches.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mellark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khan obliges.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mellark blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Mellark is blocking nicely.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mellark avoids it.
Mellark takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mellark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Mellark fails to land.
A knee to the head by Khan.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan crunches a lovely knee into Mellark's ribcage.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mellark.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mellark has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Mellark blocks it.
Mellark is leaning against Khan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Mellark.
Mellark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mellark misses with some punches.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Mellark blocks with his arms.
Mellark lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mellark blocks it with crossed arms.
Mellark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Mellark.
Mellark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Mellark avoids it by throwing Khan back against the ropes.
Mellark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mellark blocks it with crossed arms.
Mellark working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mellark.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Mellark.
Mellark tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Mellark back against the ropes.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morya Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Mellark.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mellark has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mellark misses with a punch on the inside.
Mellark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mellark connects with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Morya Khan's cut even more.
Mellark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mellark scores with a shoulder strike.
Mellark lands a right hand.
Mellark works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mellark lands with a left to the head.
Mellark lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mellark lands with a left to the head.
Mellark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mellark pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mellark pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Mellark fails to land.
Mellark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mellark managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Mellark misses with some punches.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Mellark.
Mellark working aggressively here.
Mellark throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Mellark lands a right hand.
Mellark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mellark lands with a light punch inside.
Khan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mellark tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Mellark fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mellark.
Khan blocks an elbow strike.
Mellark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Mellark is blocking nicely.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mellarks head.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mellark swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mellark managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mellark blocks it with crossed arms.
Mellark pushes Khan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mellark lands with a left to the head.
Mellark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mellark works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mellark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mellark lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mellark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mellark lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Peeta Mellark is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mellark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Mellark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peeta Mellark showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mellark has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Peeta Mellark!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Peeta Mellark!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Peeta Mellark!

Peeta Mellark wins by unanimous decision!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Peeta Mellark waved his t-shirt featuring Dynamic Nutrition $25 159 Recovery 's logo in front of the cameras.