PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonid Guerra Salsido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Khavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Guerra Salsido might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cuba Anthem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Guerra Salsido
vs
Khavin

188 cm
28
219 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

196 cm
30
210 lbs
22 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Guerra Salsido!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Konstantin Khavin!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khavin slips a jab from Guerra Salsido.
Khavin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Guerra Salsido misses the jab.
Guerra Salsido circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khavin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A solid leg kick lands there for Guerra Salsido.
Guerra Salsido steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Khavin. That one must have hurt.
Guerra Salsido throws an overhand right that lands on Khavin's shoulder, as Khavin tries to avoid the shot.
Khavin blocks a head kick by Guerra Salsido.
Khavin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Guerra Salsido cracks Khavin with a good jab.
Guerra Salsido throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Konstantin Khavin has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khavin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Guerra Salsido misses with a wild body shot.
Khavin avoids the head kick by Guerra Salsido.
A head kick misses from Guerra Salsido.
Khavin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Guerra Salsido tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A lazy left from Khavin finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerra Salsido swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Guerra Salsido throws a shot from downtown. Khavin moves away and avoids it.
Guerra Salsido cracks Khavin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
No joy there for Guerra Salsido, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Khavin throws a shot from downtown. Guerra Salsido moves away and avoids it.
Khavin tries to clinch up but Guerra Salsido circles away and keeps his distance.
Khavin throws a sloppy head kick and Guerra Salsido moves out of range easily.
Khavin drops his hands momentarily and Guerra Salsido takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A slow jab from Guerra Salsido misses its intended target.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Guerra Salsido!
Guerra Salsido tries a head kick but it misses.
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!
Khavin misses with a few strikes there.
Guerra Salsido swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guerra Salsido thuds his right hand into Khavin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That has opened up Konstantin Khavin's cut even more.
Leonid Guerra Salsido seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Guerra Salsido lands a big head kick that sends Khavin tumbling to the mat! Guerra Salsido takes a step backwards and waves Khavin back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Khavin is rocked!
Khavin ducks under a wild hook from Guerra Salsido.
Khavin is still on wobbly legs! Can Guerra Salsido finish him?
Khavin staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerra Salsido throws a poor cross that misses
and Khavin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khavin seems to have recovered his senses.
Guerra Salsido throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khavin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khavin.
Khavin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Guerra Salsido looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Guerra Salsido is breathing heavily.
Khavin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guerra Salsido swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khavin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khavin scores with the left hand. Guerra Salsido knows he should have avoided that one.
Khavin misses with an uppercut.
Guerra Salsido pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Guerra Salsido tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Khavin does it's job there.
Guerra Salsido will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khavin misses with a looping right.
Khavin cracks Guerra Salsido with a good jab.
Khavin throws a sloppy head kick and Guerra Salsido moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerra Salsido uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khavin.
The crowd cheers as Khavin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Guerra Salsido doesn't seem phased though.
A big right from Guerra Salsido misses.
Khavin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Guerra Salsido swinging wildly here.
Guerra Salsido missing with a left hand there. Khavin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guerra Salsido misses with a body kick.
Khavin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guerra Salsido throws out the jab.
Khavin looks to throw the jab but Guerra Salsido is out of range.
Khavin lands with a slapping head kick.

Khavin gets a clinch.
Khavin lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khavin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Guerra Salsido lands a nice uppercut.
Guerra Salsido gets through Khavin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khavin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guerra Salsido in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Guerra Salsido wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khavin has him pressed against the cage.
Guerra Salsido swings wildly with an uppercut but Khavin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khavin stalls.
Khavin scores with a shot to the side of Guerra Salsido's head.
Khavin is stalling here.
Guerra Salsido wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khavin has him pressed against the cage.

Khavin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guerra Salsido lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khavin circles away quickly and effectively.
Guerra Salsido scores with a nice right hand.
Khavin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guerra Salsido.

Khavin pushes Guerra Salsido up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonid Guerra Salsido dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Khavin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Khavin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khavin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khavin throws a series of punches but Guerra Salsido avoids them all with ease.
Leonid Guerra Salsido is winning the standup battle so far.
Guerra Salsido throws a nice looking combination but Khavin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Guerra Salsido misses with a body shot
and Khavin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khavin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Guerra Salsido swinging wildly here.
Leonid Guerra Salsido is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Guerra Salsido fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A low kick from Guerra Salsido misses
and Khavin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khavin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Guerra Salsido on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khavin. Khavin obviously looking to wear him down.
Khavin slips under a jab.
Guerra Salsido plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guerra Salsido moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Khavin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Guerra Salsido misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Guerra Salsido.
Khavin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guerra Salsido wants to land a leg kick but Khavin is out of range.
Guerra Salsido cracks Khavin with a good jab.

The cut above Konstantin Khavin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Guerra Salsido looks to land a left hand but Khavin moved out of range nicely.
Guerra Salsido takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khavin misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khavin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guerra Salsido misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Khavin.
Khavin is looking to clinch.
Khavin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guerra Salsido was well out of range. Poor timing from Khavin.
Guerra Salsido misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerra Salsido smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Guerra Salsido checks a low kick from Khavin.
The crowd cheers as Khavin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Guerra Salsido doesn't seem phased though.
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!
Guerra Salsido takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A jab from Guerra Salsido misses.
Guerra Salsido throws the left hand but Khavin avoids the punch easily.
Khavin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Guerra Salsido has time to react.
Guerra Salsido throws a head kick but Khavin moves out of range.
Khavin lands with a good body shot.
Nice body punch from Khavin.
Khavin throws an overhand right that lands on Guerra Salsido's shoulder, as Guerra Salsido tries to avoid the shot.
Khavin lands with a nice body punch.
Khavin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guerra Salsido paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Guerra Salsido on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Khavin closes the distance and pushes Guerra Salsido back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khavin has Guerra Salsido pressed against the cage.
Khavin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Khavin with a knee to the head.
Khavin looking to stall.
Guerra Salsido throws a punch but it's blocked by Khavin.
Khavin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khavin taking a breather.
Khavin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khavin tries a body shot but Guerra Salsido blocks it.
Guerra Salsido is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khavin trying to land knees to the body.

Khavin breaks from the clinch.
Guerra Salsido darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khavin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guerra Salsido was well out of range. Poor timing from Khavin.
Khavin misses with a body shot.
Guerra Salsido throws a head kick but Khavin moves out of range.
Khavin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Guerra Salsido throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khavin throws a right and a left that Guerra Salsido avoids nicely.
Khavin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guerra Salsido's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guerra Salsido throws a nice looking combination but Khavin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Khavin slips under a jab from Guerra Salsido.
A big left from Guerra Salsido misses.
Guerra Salsido feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Khavins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khavin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Guerra Salsido stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Guerra Salsido throws a shot from downtown. Khavin moves away and avoids it.
Khavin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Guerra Salsido's sensitive parts.
Khavin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Guerra Salsido.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Konstantin Khavin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Khavin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Guerra Salsido takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khavin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Guerra Salsido throws a head kick but Khavin moves out of range.
Guerra Salsido thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guerra Salsido misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guerra Salsido misses the jab.
Guerra Salsido throws a series of punches but Khavin avoids them all with ease.

Khavin closes the distance and clinches.
Guerra Salsido can't find room to land a body shot as Khavin controls the action.

Guerra Salsido breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Guerra Salsido looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khavin works over Guerra Salsido's head and body with a nice combination.

Khavin drops Guerra Salsido with a beautiful combination! Guerra Salsido stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Khavin is looking for the KO!

Guerra Salsido is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khavin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guerra Salsido sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oh Guerra Salsido is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guerra Salsido throws a big shot that misses.
Khavin feints with a jab and clips Guerra Salsido right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Guerra Salsido is sent crashing into the canvas and Khavin leaps in for the kill! Guerra Salsido tries to get to his feet but Khavin is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Guerra Salsido is in need of a savior and steps in!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Konstantin Khavin!
A very excited looking Konstantin Khavin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.