PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bernie Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khaled Khaled (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khaled has chosen DJ Khaled - Out Here Grindin' as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Hart
vs
Khaled

225 cm
28
300 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

190 cm
31
215 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

BeastMode

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bernie Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Khaled Khaled!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khaled lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Bernie Hart has been cut.
Hart misses with an uppercut
and Khaled counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hart's knee momentarily.
A jab from Hart misses.
Hart chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khaled can pounce on him.
Hart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hart lands a nice shot that snaps Khaled's head back.
Hart throws an off balance right hand
and Khaled counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
Khaled ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khaled takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hart crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Khaled - the referee stops the clock and Hart gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Khaled. Hart manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Hart misses.
Hart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khaled manages to avoid it.
Hart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Khaled takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Hart's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khaled using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hart is breathing heavily.
Khaled is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hart misses with a hook from the clinch.

Khaled pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khaled scores with a leg kick.
Hart throws out a loose jab but Khaled uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hart misses with a lunging right hand
and Khaled counters with a nice body kick.
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!

Khaled clinches with his opponent.
Khaled lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Khaled connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hart's face.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Khaled breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Khaled there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hart looks to score with a jab to the body but Khaled is just out of range.

Hart tries to keep at a distance but Khaled has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaled using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hart has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Khaled.
Khaled is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Khaled blocks the elbow strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Hart.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khaled.
Hart has a couple of punches blocked by Khaled.
Hart throws a head punch that misses.
Hart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khaled is defending well for now.
Khaled lands with a short shot to the head.
Khaled looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hart misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khaled has Hart pushed against the ropes.
Hart misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart looking to throw knees to the head but Khaled is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khaled.
Khaled throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hart blocks it with crossed arms.

Khaled manages to break the clinch.
Hart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Khaled throws a head kick but Hart moves out of range.
Hart tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Hart misses the target.
Jab, jab by Hart - just one landing.

Khaled gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khaled pushes Hart back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Khaled lands a body punch.

Khaled breaks the clinch.
Khaled scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hart doesn't seem bothered though.
Khaled throws a head kick that misses.
Hart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khaled manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart needs to keep his hands up - Khaled had a free shot at his head there.
Hart just misses with a punch to the body.
Khaled misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Khaled closes the distance and pushes Hart back into the ropes.
Khaled tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hart's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Khaled.
Khaled blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khaled avoiding damage.
Khaled scores with a knee to the head.

Bernie Hart's cut is getting worse.
Hart looking to stall.
Hart blocks a body shot from Khaled.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hart doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khaled scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hart tries to throw a body punch but Khaled avoids it by throwing Hart back against the ropes.
Khaled lands a good knee to the midsection. Hart won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khaled Khaled dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bernie Hart's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hart chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khaled can pounce on him.

Khaled moves into the clinch successfully.
Khaled scores a nice knee to the body.
Khaled unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khaled has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khaled connects with a knee to the 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!
Knees in the clinch landing for Khaled.
Khaled with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Khaled lands a knee to the head.
Khaled wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Khaled.

Khaled breaks from the clinch.

Khaled cracks Hart with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Hart is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Hart is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!

Hart is rocked!

Khaled gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khaled is trying to break free.
Hart tries to land a knee to the head but Khaled blocks with his arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Khaled.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Khaled's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Hart.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Khaled closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khaled.
Hart misses with a hook from the clinch.

Khaled escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khaled slips a straight right by Hart.

Khaled fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hart, pushing him back against the ropes.
Hart is trying to break the clinch but Khaled is controlling him.
Hart takes a shot to the head.
Good body shot from Hart.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hart misses with the head strike.
Khaled with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hart is trying to break free.

Khaled breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Khaled gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but Hart blocks it.
Khaled blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khaled tries to break the clinch but Hart is controlling the position.
Khaled using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hart misses with a punch to the body.
Khaled throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hart blocks it with crossed arms.
Hart lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khaled looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hart misses with some punches.
Hart misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khaled lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khaled obliges.
Khaled scores with a shoulder strike.

Bernie Hart's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hart can't find room to land a body shot as Khaled controls the action.
Hart avoiding damage as Khaled throws knees to the body.
Khaled gets through Hart's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hart takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Khaled.
Khaled presses Hart against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Khaled breaks from the clinch.

Khaled clinches.
Khaled lands a left hand.

Khaled breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Khaled closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khaled throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harts head.
Oh Hart is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khaled scores with a shoulder strike.

Khaled breaks from the clinch.
Khaled knocks out Hart with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Khaled before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Khaled picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Khaled Khaled!
A determined Khaled Khaled didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!