PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manueli Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manueli Khan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Pierce
vs
Khan

195 cm
25
225 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

200 cm
25
220 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Dragon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Pierce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Manueli Khan!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pierce feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Khan's calf.
Khan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pierce counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pierce throws the left hand but Khan avoids the punch easily.
Pierce fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pierce uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Pierce lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khan circles away quickly and effectively.
Pierce tries to work over Khan's front leg with a kick but Khan checks it.
Khan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pierce on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan slips under a jab.
Khan misses with a straight right.
Pierce connects with a good right hand that stumbles Khan. Khan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

It looks like Manueli Khan has been cut.
Khan misses with a straight left.
Pierce avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pierce throws a series of punches but Khan avoids them all with ease.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pierce moves away.
Pierce moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pierce looks to land a body kick but Khan moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan throws a combination. Pierce tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Pierce is looking to slow Khan down with leg kicks.
A jab from Pierce misses.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pierce.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Khan.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Khan lands an elbow.
Pierce struggling a bit here.
Pierce tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan lands an elbow.
Pierce wants to control but Khan postures up.
Pierce is looking to regain half guard here but Khan keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan landing strikes.
Pierce takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Check out the look on Khan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Check out the look on Khan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
You can see the frustration on Pierce's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Khan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Pierce is trying to control Khan's posture but Khan avoids it.
Khan takes a little break here. Pierce wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Pierce is looking for a sweep.
Khan working the head and body with strikes.
Pierce is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce is trying to control Khan's posture but Khan avoids it.
Khan working the ground and pound from side control.
Khan lands an elbow.
Khan scores with a couple of short elbows.

Pierce is rocked!
Check out the look on Khan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Oh Pierce is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khan cracks Pierce with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Khan immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Pierce is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Khan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manueli Khan!
A very excited looking Manueli Khan 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.