PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Darby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abaka Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darby comes to the cage accompanied by Real American. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Darby
vs
Khan

190 cm
22
178 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

172 cm
23
182 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Darby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abaka Khan!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darby fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Khan slips under a jab.
Darby lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A cross from Darby lands.
Darby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darby throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
Darby swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khan counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Darby lands with a shot to the body.
Darby looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darby misses with a body punch
and Khan counters with a solid body kick.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Darby throws a lazy uppercut
and Khan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Darby's knee momentarily.
Nice takedown defense from Khan. No joy for Darby on that attempt.
Khan ducks right into an uppercut from Darby.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan wants to clinch but Darby slips to the side
and Darby counters with a stiff right hand.
Khan pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Darby gets tackled into the cage by Khan. Khan maintains the clinch.
Darby lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Khan.
Khan blocks a body shot from Darby.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Darby has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Darby is blocking nicely.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Darby is blocking nicely.
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Darby on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Darby is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khan obliges.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Darby.
Khan lands a good knee to the midsection. Darby won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like John Darby has been cut.
Darby missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Darby has Khan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Khan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Darby blocks an elbow strike from Khan.
Darby tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Darby in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Darby takes an elbow to the forehead.
Darby is leaning against Khan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Darby scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Darby tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darby blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan blocks a body shot from Darby.
Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khan stalls.
Darby misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Darby dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
Darby avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Darby misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Darby as Khan tries to tie him up.
Darby avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Khan lands an elbow just above Darby 's eye.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Darby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan misses with an elbow strike.

Darby manages to break the clinch.
John Darby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice combination there by Darby.
A jab lands there for Darby.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Darby finds it's way round the side to connect with Khan's head.
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 ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan tries to clinch but Darby is having none of it.
Darby lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Darby throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darby throws the left hand but Khan avoids the punch easily.
Darby connects with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Darby.
Darby misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan slips under a jab from Darby.
Darby keeps the fight on the outside.
Darby lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abaka Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Darby's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Khan misses with a head kick.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Darby swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan tries to clinch but Darby is having none of it.
Darby throws a shot from downtown. Khan moves away and avoids it.
A punch combination from Darby misses.
Darby misses with a double jab.
Khan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Darby throws a lazy uppercut
and Khan counters with a stiff right hand.
Khan swinging wildly here.
Darby rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khan wants to clinch up but Darby keeps it at a distance.
Nice cross by Darby.
Khan misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Darby connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khan scrambles back to his feet.
Darby shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
John Darby is winning the standup battle so far.
Darby works Khan's body with a nice hook.
Khan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Darby lands a nice looking body shot.
Darby misses with a combination
and Khan makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Darby really felt that one!
A big left from Darby misses.
Darby scores with a nice head shot.
Darby scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Darby throws a nice looking combination but Khan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darby misses with a looping right.
Darby falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khan counters with a head kick. That will keep Darby thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Darby throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Khan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Darby is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan doesn't manage to clinch there - Darby circles away.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Khan moves into the clinch successfully.
Darby is trying to drag Khan to the mat but Khan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Darby on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Darby.
Khan lands an elbow that stopped Darby in his tracks for a moment.
Darby struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Darby blocks it.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Darby.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darby blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Darby shrugs off.
Darby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Darby misses with a body punch.
Khan with a knee to the head.

Darby breaks the clinch.
Darby connects with a right hand. Khan shakes it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Darby misses the target.
Khan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Darby throws a combination that misses
and Khan counters with a good, hard body kick but Darby shrugs it off.
Darby is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darby.
A swing and a miss from Darby.
Darby moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darby scores with a one two! Khan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Darby thows a body shot but no joy.
Darby's corner calls for a 1-2. Darby obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Darby loads up on a big right hand but Khan slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darby takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Darby finds it's way round the side to connect with Khan's head.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
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 John Darby will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Darby's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Darby misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
Darby throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darby avoids the head kick by Khan.
Darby fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Darby feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Khans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Khan throws a sloppy head kick and Darby moves out of range easily.
Darby throws a lazy uppercut

and Khan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Darby using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Darby tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Darby back against the cage.
Khan blocks a body shot from Darby.
Knees to the body from Khan.
Khan lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan lands a hook that snaps the head of Darby backwards.
Abaka Khan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan lands an elbow just above Darby 's eye.

John Darby's cut is getting worse.
Khan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Darby takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
Darby is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Khan lands an elbow that stopped Darby in his tracks for a moment.
Khan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khan landing knees to the body.
Khan lands an elbow inside.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Darby has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Darby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Darby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees to the body from Khan.
Khan scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

John Darby's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Darby blocks with his arms.
Darby takes an elbow to the temple.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Darby has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan.
Khan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Darby in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jeez, John Darby's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Khan missing with knees to the body.

Darby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Darby throws a poor cross that misses

and Khan moves into the clinch.
Darby can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Darby is trying to break the clinch but Khan is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Khan.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Darby takes a knee to the side of the body.

Darby manages to break the clinch.
Darby swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Darby throws a right and a left that both miss.
Darby misses with a double jab.
Darby misses with a hook

and Khan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Khan lands an elbow that stopped Darby in his tracks for a moment.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darby blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Darby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darby can't break the clinch.
Darby wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Darby can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Darby tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.
Khan lands a damaging elbow.
Khan misses with a knee to the head.
Khan lands a nice knee to the body.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Darby blocks the elbow strike.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Darby has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Darby managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abaka Khan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Khan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abaka Khan!
Abaka Khan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.