PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Kahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demetrius Colrane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson Kahn could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Demetrius Colrane's chin.

Kahn
vs
Colrane

195 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
32
193 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyson Kahn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Demetrius Colrane!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Colrane misses with a body punch
and Kahn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kahn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Colrane in his tracks.
Colrane dives in for a single leg takedown but Kahn sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Colrane lands a nice shot to the body.
Colrane pushes Kahn back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Colrane lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Colrane.
Colrane misses with a body punch.
Kahn controlling the action here for a moment.
We've been hearing reports that Kahn has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Colrane misses with the head strike.
Colrane works on Kahn's body with a couple of short punches.
Colrane misses with the head strike.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Colrane connects with a body shot that sends Kahn's belly button to the back.
Colrane looks to throw the jab but Kahn is out of range.
Colrane tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kahn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Kahn has Colrane up against the ropes in a clinch.
Colrane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Kahn breaks the clinch.
Colrane swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kahn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Colrane thinking.
Kahn slips under a jab.
Colrane shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Colrane thuds a left hand into Kahn's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Colrane sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Colrane tries for a takedown but Kahn circles away easily
and Kahn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Colrane blocks a jab.
Colrane lands with a hook. Kahn tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Decent striking displayed by Kahn there.

Colrane is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahn shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Colrane takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Kahn sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Colrane bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tyson Kahn!
After the fight, Tyson Kahn was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Demetrius Colrane was interviewed post fight and said 'He got lucky, I can beat him any day this was a fluk and in a rematch I'd smash his face in'.