PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Semin Cuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cuk's entrance music is Down - Bury Me In Smoke. A fine choice. Khan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fuckin' In The Bushes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cuk
vs
Khan

200 cm
27
276 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

200 cm
26
275 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Semin Cuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abel Khan!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuk fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Khan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Semin Cuk has been cut.
Cuk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.
Khan throws a right and a left that Cuk avoids nicely.
Khan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cuk.
Cuk lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cuk is looking to slow Khan down with leg kicks.
Khan looks gassed!
Cuk moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice shot lands for Cuk.

It looks like Abel Khan has been cut.

Cuk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cuk holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Khan trying to control the position but instead, Cuk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khan into the cage.
Khan takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Cuk to work.
Cuk lands with a short shot to the head.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Cuk controls the action.
Khan tries a body shot but Cuk blocks it.
Cuk lands a body shot in the clinch.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Khan is looking to control Cuk's arms but Cuk gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the cage.
Cuk tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Cuk back against the cage.
Khan working aggressively here.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cuk stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan trying to control the position but instead, Cuk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khan into the cage.
Cuk has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Cuk has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Good body shot from Cuk.
Cuk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cuk gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuk taking a breather.
Khan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cuk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cuk struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cuk content to slow the pace in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Khan.
Cuk misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuk lands with a right to the head.
Cuk working aggressively here.
Cuk misses with a body punch.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khan stalling against the cage.
A hook to the body from Cuk.
Khan working aggressively here.
Cuk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cuk scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
Khan looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short body shot lands from Cuk as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cuk misses with some punches.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.
Khan wants to stall.
Cuk pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cuk lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cuk can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Cuk tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Cuk back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cuk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khan as Cuk tries to tie him up.
Cuk misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semin Cuk dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cuk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cuk throws a leg kick
and Khan counters with a body kick that stops Cuk in his tracks momentarily.
Cuk does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Khan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big right from Khan misses.
Cuk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khan lands with a good body shot.
Khan blocks a jab.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Cuk takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Cuk.
Khan misses with a looping left.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuk tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.

Cuk forces Khan back against the cage and clinches.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan trying to control the position but instead, Cuk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khan into the cage.
Cuk letting Khan take a breather here.
Cuk scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That has opened up Abel Khan's cut even more.
Semin Cuk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan lands with a right to the head.
Khan lands a body punch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Cuk misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan lands a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cuk.
Cuk misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Cuk misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
A short right from Cuk on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Still in the clinch, Cuk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cuk throws a head punch that misses.
Cuk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cuk looking to slow down the pace here.
Cuk has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Cuk.
Cuk tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Cuk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Khan digs a right hand into Cuk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cuk's gas tank.
Khan prevents a body shot from Cuk.
Cuk misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Khan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Khan misses with some punches.
Cuk has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Cuk stalling against the cage.
Cuk misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khan working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuk lands a nice uppercut.

The cut above Abel Khan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khan stalls.
A short body shot lands from Khan as the two fighters clinch.
Cuk blocking some punches.
Khan blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cuk is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cuk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
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 Semin Cuk will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Cuk bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Khan's head backwards.
Khan slips under a jab from Cuk.
Khan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cuk counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Cuk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cuk throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cuk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Khan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khan cracks a nice hook into Cuk's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cuk dodges the punch combination from Khan.
Cuk lands with a shot to the body.
Cuk listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Semin Cuk is winning the standup battle so far.
Cuk looks to throw the jab but Khan is out of range.
Cuk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Khan throws a nice head kick!
Cuk wants to clinch up but Khan keeps it at a distance.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cuk.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khan.
Khan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cuk counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khan throws a hook to the side of Cuk's head but Cuk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cuk throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cuk throws a jab when Khan was well out of range.
Cuk looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Khan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuk catches Khan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Cuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan misses with a looping left.
Cuk throws a leg kick that misses.
Khan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cuk fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cuk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cuk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cuk misses with a head kick.
Khan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan avoids the body shot from Cuk.
Cuk misses the shot to the body.
Cuk looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Cuk tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.
Abel Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cuk misses with a looping right.
Cuk misses with an uppercut.
Good exchange - Khan coming out on top.
Khan misses with a looping right.
Khan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cuk. That did some damage!
Cuk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khan can pounce on him.
Cuk on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Semin Cuk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cuk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Abel Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cuk thows a leg kick but Khan checks it
and Khan counters with a nice uppercut.
Khan swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cuk looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cuk lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Khan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Khan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cuk works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Khan works Cuk's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan swings for the body but Cuk moves out of range.
Cuk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cuk. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Semin Cuk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cuk 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Semin Cuk!
Semin Cuk was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.