PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Krisn Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Khan
vs
Patton

189 cm
26
184 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
19
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Valhalla Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krisn Khan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Patton!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Patton is just out of range.
Khan moves out of range as Patton throws a body kick.
Khan seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Patton tests Khan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khan falls off balance throwing a combination

and Patton counters by moving into the clinch.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Patton blocks it.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Patton controls his hands.
Patton trying to land knees to the body.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patton's face.

It looks like Jack Patton has been cut.
Khan avoiding damage as Patton throws knees to the body.
Patton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patton avoids it.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Patton blocks it.
Patton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patton tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Patton trying to land knees to the body.
Patton takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Patton is blocking nicely.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khan blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan landing knees to the body.
Patton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Patton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Patton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Patton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Patton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
Khan landing knees to the head.
Patton avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Patton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Patton landing knees to the head.
Khan just leaning against Patton, taking a breather.
Patton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Patton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Patton missing with knees to the body.
Patton misses with the head strike.
Patton tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Patton is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Khan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Khan with a knee to the head.
Patton missing with knees to the body.
Khan lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.
Patton takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan is looking to control Patton's arms but Patton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the cage.
Patton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Patton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Patton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khan.
Patton looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Patton misses with the head strike.
Khan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Khan lands a knee to the head.
Patton dodges an elbow strike from Khan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan stalling in the clinch but Patton improves position.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Patton.
Patton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khan.
Patton misses with some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khan.
Khan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Patton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Patton fails to land.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Patton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Patton blocks a body shot from Khan.
Khan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krisn Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Patton's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Khan scores with the left hand. Patton knows he should have avoided that one.
Patton moves in looking to clinch but Khan pushes him off.
Khan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Patton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Patton feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Khan's calf.
Khan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Patton ducks down to avoid it.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Khan drives through and clinches with Patton against the cage.
Patton tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patton working aggressively here.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Patton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Patton.
Patton misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patton.
Patton misses with some punches.
Patton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Khan tries a body shot but Patton blocks it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Khan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Knees to the body from Khan.
Patton is breathing heavily.
Patton takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khan lands a body shot.
A knee to the head by Khan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patton's face.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patton's face.
Patton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Khan working Patton over with knees to the body.
Patton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khan.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Patton controls the action.
Patton misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton looking to throw knees to the head but Khan is blocking nicely.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Patton.
Patton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patton avoids it.
Patton tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Patton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patton can do to turn this around?
Khan taking a breather.
Khan working Patton over with knees to the body.
Krisn Khan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Patton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patton's face.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khan obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khan.
Patton misses with some punches.
Patton missing with knees to the body.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan crunches a lovely knee into Patton's ribcage.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan lands a nice knee to the body.
Patton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Khan landing knees to the head.
Khan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Patton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patton trying to land knees to the body.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Patton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krisn Khan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Patton'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.

Patton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Patton throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice body kick from Patton.
Patton throws a body shot but no joy.

Patton gets tackled into the cage by Khan. Khan maintains the clinch.
Patton trying to land knees to the body.
Khan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Khan.
A knee to the head by Khan.
Khan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan is stalling here.
Patton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Patton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan blocks an elbow strike.
Patton misses with some punches.
Patton pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan lands an elbow inside.
Khan crunches a lovely knee into Patton's ribcage.
A bit of stalling here from Khan.
Khan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Khan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bit of stalling here from Khan.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patton avoids it.
Khan scores a nice knee to the body.
Khan working Patton over with knees to the body.
Patton missing with knees to the body.
Patton lands a body shot in the clinch.
Patton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patton is defending well for now.
Patton scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khan misses with a knee to the head.
Patton misses with an elbow over the top.
Patton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Khan stalling in the clinch.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patton.
Patton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.
Patton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Patton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Khan working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan avoiding damage as Patton throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khan's brow.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Patton blocks it.
Patton lands an elbow inside.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Patton avoids the damage to the body.
Patton utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Patton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patton misses with a punch on the inside.
Patton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Patton takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short right from Khan.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Patton working aggressively here.
Khan lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Patton lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Patton tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Patton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patton.
Khan tries a body shot but Patton blocks it.
Patton struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Patton throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patton blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patton throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
Khan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Patton trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krisn Khan clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Patton's cut.
That's time! Khan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Khan forces Patton back against the cage and clinches.
Khan lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Khan.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Khan lands a good knee to the midsection. Patton won't want to take too many of those.
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patton avoids it.
Patton misses with a knee to the head.
Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patton blocks it with crossed arms.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Khan working Patton over with knees to the body.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan controlling the action here for a moment.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patton.
Khan scores with a knee to the head.
Patton takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Patton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khan landing knees to the body.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Patton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patton being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Patton.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Patton scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khan.
Patton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Patton blocks it.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Khan working Patton over with knees to the body.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patton trying to land knees to the body.
Khan stalling in the clinch but Patton improves position.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Patton.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.
Khan with a knee to the head.
Khan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Patton.
Patton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Patton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Patton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patton scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
Patton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton looking to throw knees to the head but Khan is blocking nicely.
Patton lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patton lands a nice shot to the body.
Patton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patton avoids it.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Patton.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khan's brow.
Patton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patton.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Patton blocks with his arms.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patton's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Patton is blocking nicely.
Patton lands a nice elbow.
Khan avoiding damage as Patton throws knees to the body.
Patton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krisn Khan had his way with Jack Patton in that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Patton's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Patton.
Patton slips under a jab.
A punch combination from Khan misses.
Khan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Patton counters with a left and a right that stings Khan.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Patton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Patton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patton blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Patton.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Patton tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Khan with a knee to the head.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Patton misses with the head strike.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patton.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Patton blocks it.
Khan wants to stall.
Patton lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knees to the body from Patton.
Still in the clinch, Patton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Patton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khan blocks it with crossed arms.
Patton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patton avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan is looking to control Patton's arms but Patton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the cage.
Patton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Khan.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Patton blocks it.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Patton tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Jack Patton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Patton throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patton's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan tries a knee to the head but Patton blocks it.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patton is defending well for now.
Patton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khan blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Patton using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khan trying to stall but Patton improves his position.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Patton blocks with his arms.
Khan avoiding damage as Patton throws knees to the body.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patton is defending well for now.
Khan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Patton misses with the head strike.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Patton is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton lands a knee to the head.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patton unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Patton on the inside.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patton is defending well for now.
Krisn Khan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Patton misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Patton.
Patton misses with an elbow over the top.
Patton tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Patton misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Patton misses with a knee strike.
Patton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khan blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan avoiding damage as Patton throws knees to the body.
Patton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patton has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Khan prevents a body shot from Patton.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patton can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Patton misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Patton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 49:46
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 49:46
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Krisn Khan!
Krisn Khan retains his middleweight title!