PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khaled Kalil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drago comes to the cage accompanied by Drago. Kalil has chosen Black Rob - Whoa! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drago
vs
Kalil

200 cm
24
265 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

200 cm
23
295 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

AnonymouS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Khaled Kalil!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalil drops his hands momentarily and Drago takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kalil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drago.
Drago takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Drago misses with a lunging right hand
and Kalil counters with a leg kick.
Drago works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kalil is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Kalil clinches.
A short right from Kalil on the inside.
Kalil looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.
Kalil misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drago working hard to break the clinch.
Kalil throws a head punch that misses.
Drago tries to break the clinch but Kalil is controlling the position.
Kalil is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drago is defending well for now.
Kalil using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kalil has Drago pressed against the cage, preventing Drago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drago is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drago wants to get back to striking at distance but Kalil won't allow it.
Kalil with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Drago breaks the clinch.
Kalil tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drago avoids the head kick by Kalil.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago throws a series of strikes that have Kalil backpedaling.
Kalil takes one on the button.
Kalil throws a head kick but Drago moves out of range.
Kalil ducks under a wild hook from Drago.
Drago missing with a left hand there. Kalil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Kalil gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kalil struggles to land a body shot inside as Drago controls his hands.
Kalil lands a nice uppercut.
Kalil comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Ivan Drago has been cut.
Drago scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kalil has Drago pressed against the cage, preventing Drago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drago is looking to break free of the clinch but Kalil has double underhooks.
Drago is trying to push Kalil away but Kalil has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kalil throws a punch but it's blocked by Drago.
Kalil keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drago's efforts to push away.

Drago breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Drago, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kalil tries to counter with a clinch but Drago shakes him off and moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kalil.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kalil moves into the clinch successfully.
Drago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kalil keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drago's efforts to push away.
Kalil throws an elbow but it misses.
Kalil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kalil has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Drago seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kalil can turn it around.
Kalil misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kalil has Drago pressed against the cage, preventing Drago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kalil throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Drago breaks from the clinch.
Kalil walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kalil thows a body kick. Drago tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Drago will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Kalil has closed the distance and engaged Drago in a clinch.
Kalil has Drago pressed against the cage, preventing Drago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago tries to circle away but Kalil has him pinned against the cage.
Kalil tries a body shot but Drago blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kalil.

Drago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kalil scoring well with a low kick there.
Drago scores with a jab to the body.
Drago misses with the combination.
Drago on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kalil looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Drago misses the shot to the body.
Drago throws a big shot that misses.
Kalil throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kalil avoids the body shot from Drago.
Kalil is looking to slow Drago down with leg kicks.
Kalil's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Drago connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kalil scrambles back to his feet.
Kalil lands a nice looking body kick.
Drago is breathing heavily.
Drago looks to throw the jab but Kalil is out of range.
Kalil tries a quick counter leg kick but Drago is wise to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalil throws a sloppy head kick and Drago moves out of range easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Kalil looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kalil lands with a nice body kick.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Kalil.
Drago throwing a counter right hand but Kalil manages to avoid it.
Drago tests Kalil's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Kalil lands a high kick to the side of Drago's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Kalil dives into guard, looking to finish.

Kalil stands and steps away. Drago gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kalil tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drago moves out of range of the body kick from Kalil.
Drago throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body kick there by Kalil.

Kalil moves into the clinch.
Kalil doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khaled Kalil dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Drago's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Drago.
Drago throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drago sets himself, and Kalil steps forward looking for the clinch! Drago avoids it this time.
Kalil explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Drago stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kalil.
Drago misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kalil throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drago lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kalil circles away quickly and effectively.
Drago throws out a loose jab but Kalil uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A good leg kick by Kalil.
Drago throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kalil.
Kalil wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Kalil wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Kalil is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.
Kalil has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalil fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kalil is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.
Drago misses with a hook. Kalil ducked under it nicely.
Kalil lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Kalil has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kalil misses with a knee strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kalil misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Drago coming out on top.
Nice body kick from Kalil.
Drago will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Drago throws a body punch but Kalil moves out of range.
Kalil shapes to counter with a head kick.

Kalil rushes Drago and presses him up against the cage.
Drago blocks an uppercut.
Drago has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Drago lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Drago blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drago is trying to break free.
Drago swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Kalil fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Kalil.
Knees to the body from Kalil.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kalil tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kalil lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kalil throws a punch but it's blocked by Drago.
Kalil misses with a body punch.
Drago prevents a body shot from Kalil.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalil throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kalil tries to land knees in the clinch but Drago avoids the damage to the body.
Drago tries to circle away but Kalil has him pinned against the cage.

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

A head kick lands from Kalil that sends Drago to the canvas. Drago tries to scramble back to his feet but Kalil brings him back down into side control.

Drago is rocked!
Drago is not content to let Kalil control the position.
Oh Drago is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Kalil decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Drago seems to have got his legs back now.
Drago takes a swing at Kalil's ribcage but misses.
Drago shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kalil eats them both and turns towards Drago to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Drago blocks a head kick by Kalil.
An attempted straight right counter from Drago misses the target.
Kalil thumps Drago with a low kick.
Drago scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalil lands a front kick.
Drago is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kalil.
Kalil steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Kalil throws a leg kick which misses Drago's front leg but catches the back leg as Drago tries to avoid it.
Kalil slips under a jab.

Kalil darts in and clinches Drago up against the cage.
Khaled Kalil seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kalil tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drago avoids it.
Kalil is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drago is defending well for now.
Kalil swings wildly with an uppercut but Drago uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drago is looking to break free of the clinch but Kalil has double underhooks.
Kalil misses with an elbow over the top.
Kalil misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kalil prevents Drago from breaking the clinch.

Drago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ivan Drago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kalil throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Drago stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Kalil follows into mount!

Ivan Drago's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kalil takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Drago wants to hold on but Kalil pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalil trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kalil content just to control the position here.
Kalil tries to control but Drago wriggling away.

Kalil is standing up, even though he is in mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Drago throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drago bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kalil's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khaled Kalil showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ivan Drago's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Drago misses with a hook. Kalil ducked under it nicely.
Drago throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drago looks to throw the jab but Kalil is out of range.
Kalil was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kalil blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drago. Kalil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drago takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kalil is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.
Kalil is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drago missing with a left hand there. Kalil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drago's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Kalil lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kalil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drago.
Khaled Kalil seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kalil ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kalil is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drago takes a kick to the side of the head.
Drago is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kalil.
Kalil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drago.
Drago misses with an uppercut. Kalil saw that one coming.
Kalil with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago keeps the fight on the outside.
Drago swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kalil misses with a head kick.
Drago misses with a looping right.
Drago tries to bum rush Kalil with a series of wild strikes but Kalil uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kalil is looking to land body kicks.
Drago stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kalil.
Kalil delivers a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Kalil moves into range and clinches up with Drago.
Drago tries to break free but Kalil pushes him back against the cage.

Drago breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kalil looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drago rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kalil counters with a leg kick.
Drago rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kalil moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kalil tries a quick counter leg kick but Drago is wise to it.
Kalil tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.

Kalil clinches up with Drago and pushes him back against the cage.
Drago is trying to push Kalil away but Kalil has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kalil keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drago's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago is looking to break free of the clinch but Kalil has double underhooks.
Kalil misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kalil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drago can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kalil.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kalil lands an elbow inside that Drago shrugs off.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kalil lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drago backwards.

Ivan Drago's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kalil lands a knee to the body.
Kalil scores with a shot to the side of Drago's head.
Kalil is leaning against Drago and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kalil misses with a knee strike.
Kalil misses with a knee to the head.
Drago swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kalil looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.

Kalil drops Drago with a big right hand! Kalil charges in looking to finish - Drago manages to keep Kalil in his guard and seems to have recovered somewhat.
Khaled Kalil is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago keeping moving, preventing Kalil from controlling successfully.

Kalil stands up and waves to Drago to follow him.
Kalil blocks a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kalil.
Drago on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kalil tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.
Kalil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drago.
Kalil tries to clinch up.
Drago tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kalil was well out of range. Poor timing from Drago.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalil on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Kalil moves into range and clinches up with Drago.
Kalil prevents Drago from breaking the clinch.
Drago lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kalil struggles to land a body shot inside as Drago controls his hands.
Drago working hard to break the clinch.
Drago wants to break free but Kalil has control.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drago misses with a punch on the inside.
Drago tries to break free but Kalil pushes him back against the cage.
Kalil misses with some punches.
Drago blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drago wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kalil.
Kalil with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ivan Drago has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drago misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drago managing to block the knees to the body from Kalil.

And that's the end of the fight!
Khaled Kalil comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kalil has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khaled Kalil!
A victorious Khaled Kalil thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Ivan Drago was interviewed post fight and said '"He's not human, he's like a piece of iron."'.