PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gerry Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vanilla Ice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Khan
vs
Ice

177 cm
22
171 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

191 cm
24
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerry Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vanilla Ice!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ice.
Khan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Khan slips a jab and a cross from Ice.
Ice looks to land a body kick but Khan moved away.
Ice throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ice stalks Khan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khan's face. Khan staggers backwards, shaken.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ice.
Ice just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromKhan.
Khan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ice is out of range and Khan settles back down.
Ice tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
Khan 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.
Vanilla Ice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick from Ice.
Khan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ice.
Ice swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ice checks a leg kick.
Ice moves away from the strike by Khan.
A left lands for Khan.
Ice throws a leg kick but Khan moved away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Khan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Khan misses.
Khan lands a jab.
Khan blocks the body kick.
Ice is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khan.
Ice just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromKhan.
Khan swings for the body but Ice moves out of range.
Ice throws a body kick that misses.
Khan connects with a body shot.
Khan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ice walks into a stiff left hand from Khan.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ice is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Khan 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.
A combination from Ice does no damage.
Khan cracks Ice with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ice throws a sloppy body shot
and Ice takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ice tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab from Ice.
Khan moves out of range as Ice throws a body kick.
Khan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khan misses with a low kick.
Khan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A clash of legs there as Ice blocks the low kick.
Ice throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Ice. Beautiful body shot.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Khan dodges the punch combination from Ice.
Khan tries to land a leg kick but Ice saw it coming and moves away.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Ice was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ice is looking to chop away at Khan's legs.
Khan dodges the punch combination from Ice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ice scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ice.
Khan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ice just manages to avoid it.
Ice with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khan to score with a decent uppercut.
Khan scores with a leg kick.
Khan lands with a nice body punch.
Ice misses with a few strikes there.
Khan misses with a low kick.
Ice misses with a body kick.
Khan avoids the body shot from Ice.
Ice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Khan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Khan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ice. That one must have hurt.
Ice finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Ice does no damage.
Khan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ice's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ice.
Khan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ice throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ice throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Ice is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khan rather than just go for the knockout.
Khan swings for the body but Ice moves out of range.
Khan looks to land a body kick but Ice moved away.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Ice ducks down to avoid it.
Ice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ice checks a low kick from Khan.
Despite the aggression on Ice's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ice fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good standup being displayed there by Ice as he connects with a hook.
Ice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Khan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ice - the referee stops the clock and Khan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ice. Khan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ice ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vanilla Ice will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ice drops his hands momentarily and Khan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Khan moves out of range of the body kick.
Khan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ice misses the shot to the body.
Khan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ice is out of range.
Khan slips under a jab from Ice.
Ice tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vanilla Ice seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ice counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ice tries to score with a low kick but Khan moves his leg out of the way.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ice in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Khan throws a leg kick which misses Ice's front leg but catches the back leg as Ice tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan wants to land a leg kick but Ice is out of range.
Ice throws a sloppy head kick and Khan moves out of range easily.
As Ice backs away, Khan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Khan tests Ice's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ice blocks a head kick by Khan.
Khan avoids the body shot from Ice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ice slips a jab from Khan.
Khan cracks the inside of Ice's front leg.
Ice takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ice lands a jab-cross combination.
Khan lands a head shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Khan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ice - the referee stops the clock and Khan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ice. Khan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Khan slips under a jab from Ice.
Ice stuns Khan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ice's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Khan is looking to slow Ice down with leg kicks.
Ice lands with a nice body punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Ice.
Khan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Khan misses with a straight right.
Ice digs a good body shot into Khan's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ice closes the distance and clinches.

Ice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ice is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ice lands with a good body shot.
Khan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Khan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ice. Ice circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ice manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Ice.
Khan scores with a decent looking hook.
Ice misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ice. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Ice is predictable there
and Ice takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ice tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Khan checks a leg kick.
Khan lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Khan thows a leg kick but Ice checks it
and Ice counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ice tries a quick counter leg kick but Khan is wise to it.
Ice looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ice takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Ice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Khan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Khan tries to move into range but Ice moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Khan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ice throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ice misses with an uppercut
and Khan counters with a low kick, right behind Ice 's knee.
Khan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a leg kick but Ice moved away.
Ice throws a head kick that misses.
Khan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A slow jab from Ice misses its intended target.
Ice takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ice throws a jab but it's blocked by Khan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ice throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ice lands the left hand.
Ice moves forwards but Khan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ice is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ice misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khan is looking to score with low kicks.
Ice fakes the leg kick and cracks Khan in the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Vanilla Ice will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ice throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Ice misses.
Khan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ice has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ice moves away from the strike by Khan.
Khan throws out a loose jab but Ice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ice throws a counter combo.
Ice works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ice is out of range and Khan settles back down.
Khan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ice.
A thudding body kick lands there by Khan!
A nice combination there by Ice.
A shot to the liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ice wants to clinch.
Khan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Khan swings for the body but Ice moves out of range.
Ice throws a wild body kick that Khan sees coming a mile off.
Ice thumps Khan with a low kick.
Ice explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A slow jab from Ice misses its intended target.
A counter left hand to the body from Khan misses its target.
Ice checks a leg kick nicely.
Ice throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Khan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ice throws a jab when Khan was well out of range.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ice manages to avoid it.
Ice changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan moves out of range of the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Khan throws a head kick but Ice moves out of range.
Khan throws a head kick but Ice moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Ice is looking to clinch.
Khan is looking to counter punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khan.
Ice swinging wildly here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ice on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khan. Khan obviously looking to wear him down.
Ice chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khan can pounce on him.
Khan misses with a low kick as Ice jumps back.
Ice lands a nice shot that snaps Khan's head back.
Khan throws a front kick aimed at Ice's knee but Ice avoids it well.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ice moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ice keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khan.
Ice cracks Khan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donk. Ice catches Khan right on the button with a cross.
Khan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Khan feints and then cracks Ice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ice down.
Ice misses with the combination.
Ice moves out of range as Khan strikes.
Khan misses with a two punch combination.
Khan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ice checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Khan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ice checks it well.
Ice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ice checks a leg kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ice, as that shot connected.
Ice connects with a looping right hand.
Khan throws a head kick but Ice moves out of range.
Ice keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ice tries to score with a low kick but Khan moves his leg out of the way.
Ice misses with a body punch
and Khan counters with a right hand to the body.
Ice scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Ice does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ice has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Khan throws a front kick aimed at Ice's knee but Ice avoids it well.
Khan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
Ice lands a high kick!
Gerry Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vanilla Ice is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ice misses with a kick to the body.
Khan misses with a kick to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vanilla Ice.
Well Ice 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gerry Khan!
Gerry Khan managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Voodoo Nutrition, into his post fight interview.