PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Khaled Khaled (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ten Red Gym (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khaled comes to the ring accompanied by DJ Khaled - All I Do Is Win. The crowd seem to be enjoying Red Gym's choice of entrance music: Eye of the Tiger. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Khaled
vs
Red Gym

190 cm
37
195 lbs
26 - 8 - 0

190 cm
35
201 lbs
24 - 19 - 4

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Project Mayhem

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Khaled Khaled!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 4, fighting out of Tokyo, Ten Red Gym!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khaled swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Red Gym swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Red Gym is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice uppercut there from Red Gym.
Khaled connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khaled lands a jab to the head.
Red Gym throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khaled steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Red Gym.
Red Gym misses with an uppercut. Khaled saw that one coming.
Red Gym throws a lazy head kick

and Khaled counters by clinching up.
Khaled tries to land a knee to the head but Red Gym blocks with his arms.
Red Gym works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Red Gym throws a punch but it's blocked by Khaled.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Red Gym.
Khaled misses with a body punch.
A short right from Khaled.
Red Gym prevents a body shot from Khaled.
Khaled lands with a short head shot on the inside.
I was talking to Khaled's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khaled misses with a short punch on the inside.
Red Gym wants to break free but Khaled has control.
Red Gym lands with a left to the head.
Khaled misses with some punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Khaled prevents a body shot from Red Gym.
Khaled makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khaled throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Red Gym creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khaled digs a right hand into Red Gym's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Red Gym's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khaled tries a body shot but Red Gym blocks it.
Khaled is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khaled fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Red Gym tries to throw a body punch but Khaled avoids it by throwing Red Gym back against the ropes.
Red Gym tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Red Gym throws a punch but it's blocked by Khaled.
Khaled blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaled lands with a left to the head.
Red Gym has had enough of the clinch but Khaled keeps him there for the moment.
Khaled goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khaled effectively controlling the action here.
Khaled lands with a short shot to the head.
Khaled stalling against the ropes.
Red Gym is trying to break the clinch but Khaled has him pressed against the ropes.
Khaled working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The referee calls for Khaled to work.
Red Gym misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khaled lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khaled blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Red Gym.
Khaled misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Red Gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khaled Khaled dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Khaled misses with a straight left.
Red Gym fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khaled lands a jab.
Khaled lands a nice leg kick that just misses Red Gym's sensitive parts.
Red Gym will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Red Gym misses with an uppercut.
Red Gym walks into a jab.
Red Gym misses with an uppercut.
Red Gym misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khaled throws a shot to the body.
Khaled does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Khaled motions for Red Gym to come forward. Khaled throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Red Gym throws a leg kick

and Khaled holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khaled tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Red Gym breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Red Gym cracks Khaled with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khaled uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Red Gym.
Khaled moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Khaled.
Khaled takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khaled lands with a good body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khaled, as that shot connected.
Ten Red Gym seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Red Gym misses.
Red Gym with a hook.
A jab from Khaled misses.
Khaled throws a poor cross that misses
and Red Gym counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Red Gym scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khaled in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid body kick from Khaled.
Red Gym throws a series of punches but Khaled moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaled throws a jab when Red Gym was well out of range.
Red Gym lands with a right hand.
Khaled checks the leg kick.
Khaled Khaled is winning the standup battle so far.
Red Gym throws a chopping leg kick but Khaled manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Red Gym fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khaled manages to avoid it.
Red Gym misses with an uppercut. Khaled saw that one coming.
Red Gym scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Red Gym misses with an uppercut. Khaled saw that one coming.
Khaled scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Red Gym's jab looks to have found its range, popping Khaled under the eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khaled throws a series of punches but Red Gym moves out of range.
Red Gym drops his hands momentarily and Khaled takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fighters circling - Khaled throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Red Gym throws a leg kick but Khaled sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khaled Khaled dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Red Gym tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khaled misses with a leg kick.
Khaled checks the leg kick.
Khaled looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Red Gym shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Red Gym connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A swing and a miss from Red Gym.
Red Gym misses with a body punch

and Khaled counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Khaled.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khaled.
Khaled lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khaled working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Red Gym throws a head punch that misses.
Khaled has a couple of punches blocked by Red Gym.
Khaled throws a punch but it's blocked by Red Gym.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khaled pressing his opponent against the ropes.
A right handed body shot lands from Red Gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Red Gym.
Red Gym wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khaled tries to land a knee to the head but Red Gym blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Red Gym's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khaled is trying to stall.
Khaled tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Red Gym's elbow.
Khaled putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Red Gym in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Khaled is leaning against Red Gym and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Red Gym blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Red Gym is trying to force a seperation but Khaled has the dominant position.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Red Gym creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Red Gym swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Red Gym throws a head punch that misses.
Khaled lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Red Gym backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red Gym lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Khaled.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Red Gym.
Khaled looking to stall.
Khaled blocking some punches.
Khaled blocking some punches.
Khaled throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Red Gyms head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khaled.
Red Gym misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Red Gym.
Khaled blocks an uppercut.
Red Gym misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Still in the clinch, Red Gym scores with a nice short uppercut.
Red Gym avoiding damage as Khaled throws knees to the body.
Red Gym blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khaled lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Khaled Khaled did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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.

Red Gym goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A swing and a miss from Red Gym.
Red Gym ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khaled takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Red Gym fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Red Gym ducks under a wild hook from Khaled.
Khaled needs to keep his hands up - Red Gym had a free shot at his head there.
Red Gym uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khaled.
Red Gym tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Red Gym throws a body punch but Khaled moves out of range.
Red Gym throws a leg kick but Khaled sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khaled lands a jab to Red Gym's midsection.
Red Gym staggers Khaled with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Khaled looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Red Gym is victorious!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ten Red Gym!
A pretty intense looking Ten Red Gym took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
The defeated Khaled Khaled had this to say: 'Ouch... That shit hurt yo...'.