PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Reeves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reeves comes into the arena with Motley Crye - Kickstart My Heart blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Reeves
vs
Khan

170 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

180 cm
20
175 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Steve Reeves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oliver Khan!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reeves drives through and clinches with Khan against the cage.

Reeves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reeves wants to clinch up but Khan keeps it at a distance.
Reeves tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Reeves rushes Khan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Reeves trying to land knees to the body.
Khan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reeves has him pressed against the cage.
Reeves trying to land knees to the body.

Khan breaks from the clinch.

Reeves clinches.
Khan misses with a body punch.

Reeves jumps guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Khan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Khan is looking to work some ground and pound but Reeves has wrist control.
Khan throws a big right hand that misses.
Reeves tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Reeves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Khan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Reeves looking for a guillotine here but Khan defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeves utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Khan works over Reeves with some ground and pound from guard.
Reeves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Khan is one step ahead there.
Khan lands a couple of digs.
Khan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Reeves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Reeves throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Reeves is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Reeves working for a triangle but Khan defends it easily.
Khan scoring with some ground and pound.
Khan controlling from the top position.
Khan lands a couple of digs.
Khan pushes down on Reeves's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Khan content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Reeves trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reeves is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Khan pulls his head out easily.
Khan slips a nice elbow through Reeves's hands, connecting with Reeves's forehead.
Khan working over Reeves with some ground and pound. Reeves looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Khan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Reeves wants to improve his position but Khan is controlling well.
Khan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Khan wants to pass the guard but Reeves is defending well.
Reeves is pressing down on Khan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Khan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Khan passes into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Khan connects with a nice short shot to Reeves's temple.
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.
Reeves has hold of Khan's hands but Khan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Khan is looking to take a break and control but Reeves is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Khan is nestled in close to Reeves, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Khan lands with a punch from half guard.
Reeves is refusing to be controlled, as Khan sits in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Reeves manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Khan controlling from the top position.
Khan trying to control the position from guard on top but Reeves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khan lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Khan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Reeves fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Khan moves into the clinch.
Khan lands a body punch.
Reeves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Reeves.

Khan manages to break the clinch.
Reeves tries to clinch

and Khan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Reeves tries to pull guard but Khan holds him up against the cage and eventually Reeves drops back down to his feet.
A right handed body shot lands from Khan.
Reeves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.

Reeves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reeves tries to clinch up
and Khan counters with a one-two to the body.
Reeves clinches but Khan breaks the clinch
and Khan counters with a two punch combo.
Khan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Khan darts in and clinches Reeves up against the cage.
Reeves with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Khan digs a right hand underneath Reeves's ribcage. Reeves let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Khan landing knees to the body.
Reeves tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khan just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Reeves. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeves tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Nice body punch from Khan - that landed with a thud.
Reeves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reeves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan leaning against his opponent.
Reeves avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Reeves lands a nice knee to the body.
Reeves missing with knees to the body.
Reeves missing with knees to the body.
Reeves misses with a knee strike.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan can't break the clinch.
Reeves tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Reeves tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Khan smiles and moves away.
Khan lands with a kick to the temple. Reeves shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reeves shoots and misses
and Khan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Khan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Reeves has hold of Khan's hands but Khan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Reeves works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reeves throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Reeves throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Khan won't allow Reeves to get back to his feet.
Reeves is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Khan trying to control but Reeves is working from the bottom.

Reeves isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Khan stacks Reeves on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Khan!
Reeves is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reeves throws Khan to one side and escapes!

Reeves changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Khan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Reeves decides to stand up, so the ref orders Khan to his feet.

Reeves forces Khan back against the cage and clinches.
Reeves tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Khan stalling against the cage.
Khan keeps control of Reeves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Reeves.
Khan scores with a hook to the body.
Reeves fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Reeves tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Reeves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Reeves avoids the damage to the body.
Reeves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reeves looking to throw knees to the head but Khan is blocking nicely.
Khan lands a nice knee to the body.
Khan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reeves has him pressed against the cage.
Reeves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reeves using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khan avoiding damage as Reeves throws knees to the body.

Reeves manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Reeves is trying to hold Khan in close to prevent damage but Khan has managed to pass into half guard.

Reeves is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Khan pulls his head out easily.
Khan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Khan connects with a nice short shot to Reeves's temple.
Khan lands with a punch from half guard.
Khan lands with a punch from half guard.
Reeves gets full guard.
Reeves tries to land a sweep but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Khan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Khan trying to control but Reeves is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Khan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Reeves misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khan trying to stall but Reeves improves his position.
Reeves looking for a takedown.
Reeves lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Khan avoiding damage as Reeves throws knees to the body.
Reeves jumps guard but Khan stands there with Reeves around his waist. Reeves gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Khan lands with a left to the head.
Khan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Khan breaks from the clinch.
Khan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Khan clinches up against the cage.
Reeves with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Khan digs a right hand into Reeves's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reeves's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Khan.
Khan keeps control of Reeves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reeves or not.
Khan avoiding damage as Reeves throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reeves decides to pull guard.
Reeves lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Khan!

Reeves is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Khan has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Khan!

Reeves had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Khan is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Reeves Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Khan's back instead.

Khan defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Reeves's arms.
Reeves lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Khan is covering up but some of the strikes from Reeves are getting through and doing damage.
Khan rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reeves tries to pass to full mount but Khan defends it.
Reeves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Khan keeps working.
It looks like Reeves is going to stand back up.

Reeves wants to work for an arm triangle but Khan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Reeves wants to take a breather but Khan is having none of it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Reeves tries to clinch but Khan moves away
and Khan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Reeves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Reeves tries for a takedown but Khan circles away easily
and Khan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Reeves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reeves tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Khan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeves doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Khan counters with a nice body shot.
Steve Reeves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reeves tries to clinch but Khan moves away

and Khan moves into the clinch.
Reeves with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reeves tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Reeves tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Reeves stalling in the clinch but Khan improves position.
Reeves scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reeves.
Reeves crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reeves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Reeves misses with a knee strike.
Reeves with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reeves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Reeves lands a nice knee to the body.
Oliver Khan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Reeves manages to break the clinch.
Reeves misses with a wild body shot.
Reeves tries for a takedown but Khan circles away easily

and Khan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Khan.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Reeves.
Khan avoiding damage as Reeves throws knees to the body.
Reeves tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reeves using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Reeves successfully pulls guard.
Reeves is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Khan is controlling him.
Khan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Khan stands and steps away. Reeves gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Khan drives through and clinches with Reeves against the cage.
Reeves tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Reeves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steve Reeves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khan avoiding damage as Reeves throws knees to the body.
Khan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reeves.
Khan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Reeves missing with knees to the body.
Khan tries to work over Reeves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reeves scores a nice knee to the body.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Reeves.
Khan avoiding damage as Reeves throws knees to the body.
Reeves fails to pull guard.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Reeves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oliver Khan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oliver Khan!