PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rajesh Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reese comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Person of Interest OST - Knock Knock kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khan
vs
Reese

178 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rajesh Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Reese!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khan gets the takedown into side control.
Khan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Reese keeps working.
Khan taking a breather here.
Khan cracks Reese with a big elbow.
Khan wants to control but Reese is keeping him busy.
Reese is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Khan could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Reese really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Khan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Khan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan grinds an elbow into Reese's temple.
Reese is trying to get back to his feet.
Khan looks up at the clock and then as Reese takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Khan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Reese taking a bit of punishment here - Khan scoring with strikes.
Reese tries to escape but Khan is in control.
Khan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Reese is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Reese is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Reese is not content to let Khan control the position.
Reese wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Khan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Reese keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reese is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Reese is trying to get back to his feet.

Khan in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Reese is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rajesh Khan!