PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Khavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Cragen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cragen has chosen Captain Cragen as his entrance music. Don Cragen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Khavin
vs
Cragen

196 cm
38
192 lbs
31 - 22 - 1

182 cm
42
202 lbs
10 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Konstantin Khavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Cragen!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cragen misses with a double jab.
Cragen throws a series of punches but Khavin moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cragen, right into the meat.
Cragen misses with a double jab
and Khavin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Crunch! Khavin slams his shin into Cragen's torso.
Cragen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cragen throws a series of punches but Khavin moves out of range.
We've been told by Khavin's head coaches at Main Event Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cragen throws an off balance right hand
and Khavin counters with a left to the body.
Don Cragen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khavin lands a nice looking body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cragen.
Khavin throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Don Cragen has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khavin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khavin throws a series of strikes that have Cragen backpedaling.
Cragen misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Cragen. Those never looked like landing.
Khavin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Khavin pushes Cragen away with a front kick.
Cragen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khavin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cragen doesn't manage to clinch there - Khavin circles away.
Khavin thinks about countering with a head kick.
Cragen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khavin thinks about countering with a body kick.
Cragen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cragen looks winded!
Khavin throws a nice head kick!
Khavin scores with a decent looking hook.
Khavin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cragen at a distance.
Cragen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khavin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khavin lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Cragen falls backwards - clearly groggy! Khavin dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Konstantin Khavin!
During a confident post fight interview, Konstantin Khavin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.