PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Khaliq Khalid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diederik Boschman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boschman has chosen Que - OG Bobby Johnson as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Khaliq Khalid
vs
Boschman

193 cm
20
220 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

184 cm
25
218 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abdul Khaliq Khalid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diederik Boschman!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boschman moves into the clinch.
Boschman prevents a body shot from Khaliq Khalid.
Boschman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Khaliq Khalid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boschman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Boschman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've been informed that Boschman has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boschman.
Boschman misses with a punch to the body.
Boschman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Boschman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Diederik Boschman has been cut.
Khaliq Khalid is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Khaliq Khalid lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boschman or not.
Boschman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khaliq Khalid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Boschman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boschman looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boschman tries to throw a body punch but Khaliq Khalid avoids it by throwing Boschman back against the ropes.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow inside.
Khaliq Khalid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Boschman's defenses.
Boschman pushes off an throws an elbow but Khaliq Khalid leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Boschman swings wildly with an uppercut but Khaliq Khalid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boschman misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boschman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boschman misses with a punch to the body.
Boschman blocks the elbow strike.
Khaliq Khalid lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boschman or not.
Boschman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boschman scores with a hook to the body.
Khaliq Khalid looking to stall.
Boschman blocks a body shot from Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Boschman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khaliq Khalid backwards.
Boschman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boschman pushes Khaliq Khalid back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Khaliq Khalid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Khaliq Khalid blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaliq Khalid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boschman avoids it.
Boschman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Boschman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boschman lands a damaging elbow.
Khaliq Khalid softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khaliq Khalid dodges an elbow strike from Boschman.
Khaliq Khalid blocks the elbow strike.
Boschman avoids a wild elbow strike from Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boschman can't find room to land a body shot as Khaliq Khalid controls the action.
Khaliq Khalid is working Boschman over against the ropes.
Khaliq Khalid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khaliq Khalid avoids a wild elbow strike from Boschman.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Boschman gets through Khaliq Khalid's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Boschman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Boschman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khaliq Khalid blocks a body shot from Boschman.
Boschman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khaliq Khalid tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boschman lands a nice uppercut.
Boschman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Our sources have told us that Khaliq Khalid has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Boschman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khaliq Khalid looking to stall.
Khaliq Khalid lands a nice elbow.
Khaliq Khalid tries a knee to the head but Boschman blocks it.
Khaliq Khalid comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Boschman misses with an elbow strike.
Khaliq Khalid tries to land knees in the clinch but Boschman avoids the damage to the body.
Boschman takes a shot to the head.
Khaliq Khalid tries to stall but Boschman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Boschman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khaliq Khalid missing with knees to the body.
Khaliq Khalid blocks an elbow strike from Boschman.
Khaliq Khalid tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khaliq Khalid looking to slow down the pace here.
Boschman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boschman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boschman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Abdul Khaliq Khalid has been cut.
Khaliq Khalid has a couple of punches blocked by Boschman.
Good body shot from Boschman.
Khaliq Khalid takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boschman lands an uppercut.
Boschman lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Boschman.
Khaliq Khalid is looking to control Boschman's arms but Boschman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khaliq Khalid has his back to the ropes.
A body shot lands from Boschman.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Boschman.
Boschman misses with an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boschman.
Boschman lands a right hand.
A short body shot lands from Boschman as the two fighters clinch.
Boschman lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Boschman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Khaliq Khalid blocks an elbow strike.
Boschman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khaliq Khalid prevents a body shot from Boschman.
Khaliq Khalid's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Khaliq Khalid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boschman's elbow.
Nice elbow from Boschman.

Khaliq Khalid is rocked!
Boschman lands an elbow inside.
Oh Khaliq Khalid is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boschman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khaliq Khalid backwards.
Khaliq Khalid is pressed against the ropes. Boschman pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Khaliq Khalid! Two more big strikes from Boschman and Khaliq Khalid crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Diederik Boschman!
Diederik Boschman thanked the fans post fight for their support.