PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Devgan Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregory Mac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Devgan Khan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gregory Mac's chin.

Khan
vs
Mac

188 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Versus

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Devgan Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gregory Mac!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mac throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Khan's waist but Khan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mac off to one side.
Khan tries to clinch up but Mac circles away and keeps his distance.
Mac circles away from the clinch attempt.

Mac tries to keep at a distance but Khan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mac drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Khan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mac is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Mac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Mac.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right handed body shot lands from Mac.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Mac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mac has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Khan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Devgan Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gregory Mac.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac tries to score a body lock takedown but Khan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mac has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Khan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Mac blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mac blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mac drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Khan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mac.
Nice elbow from Khan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Mac wants to take the fight to the mat but Khan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Mac wants to stall.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan working aggressively here.
Mac blocks an elbow strike.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Mac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mac is trying to break the clinch but Khan is controlling him.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Mac blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Mac.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mac tries to pull guard but Khan holds him up against the cage and eventually Mac drops back down to his feet.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Khan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a left hand.
Mac has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Khan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mac.
Mac is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Khan to keep the fight standing.

Mac jumps into guard, dragging Khan to the mat.
Khan postures up.

Mac throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Khan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Khan stopping the sweep attempt from Mac.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan trying to control but Mac is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mac is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Khan stands and steps away. Mac gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Khan drives through and clinches with Mac against the cage.
Mac scores with a nice hook to the head.

Mac breaks the clinch.
Mac pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Khan back to the cage. Mac follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Khan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mac shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Khan as he avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan doesn't manage to clinch there - Mac circles away.
Khan is looking to clinch but Mac is avoiding it.
Mac changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devgan Khan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Khan has Mac up against the cage in a clinch.
Devgan Khan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.

Mac gets control of Khan's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mac will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mac is on top in guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khan wants to sweep but no luck.
Khan trying to control the position here.

Mac stands up and waves to Khan to follow him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mac keeps the fight on the outside.
Khan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Devgan Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan tries to clinch up but Mac circles away and keeps his distance.
Mac unleashes a big counter combination but Khan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Khan throws a head kick that Mac semi-blocks.
Mac circles away from the clinch attempt.
Devgan Khan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mac tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Khan defends well and Mac ends up having to push Khan into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Khan moves into the clinch.
Khan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Mac gets control of Khan's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mac will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Mac is striking off his back. Khan thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Mac trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Khan manages to pass to mount!
Mac manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Khan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mac keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mac trying to control here.
Khan is trying to control the action in half guard but Mac is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Khan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mac pushes Khan off but Khan dives into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Khan stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mac closes the distance and clinches up with Khan, looking for a takedown. Mac pushes Khan against the cage but Khan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Khan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mac, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mac.
Mac has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Mac.
Mac can't get the takedown.
Devgan Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gregory Mac.

Mac ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Mac no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Mac working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Khan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Khan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Khan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mac managing to control the position.
Mac working a defensive guard here.
Mac has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Khan has passed into side control.
Khan moves into full mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khan dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devgan Khan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Mac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Khan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mac.
Khan is looking for a counter combo.

Mac tries to keep at a distance but Khan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mac looking for a takedown.
Khan lands a left hand.
Mac blocking some punches.
Khan gets underhooks to prevent Mac's takedown attempt.
Devgan Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gregory Mac.
Mac blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Mac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
Mac is trying to break the clinch but Khan is controlling him.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan lands a hook that snaps the head of Mac backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Mac.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Mac leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mac jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khan walks away with a smile on his face. Mac gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Khan clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Mac blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mac can do to turn this around?
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mac blocking some punches.
Mac blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan working aggressively here.
Khan working aggressively here.
Mac is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Khan to keep the fight standing.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Mac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan has Mac pressed against the cage, preventing Mac from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Mac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mac blocks an elbow strike from Khan.
Mac is trying to break free.
Mac has Khan pushed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mac.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mac.
Khan working aggressively here.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Mac on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mac blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mac is looking to take this one to the mat.
Mac wants to get back to striking at distance but Khan won't allow it.
Khan misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Mac avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Mac tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mac has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Khan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan working aggressively here.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan working aggressively here.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Mac.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mac blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan keeps control of Mac as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mac is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Mac is trying to break free.
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Khan has double underhooks.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mac's efforts to push away.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mac tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Khan smiles and moves away.
Khan fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mac throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Khan's waist but Khan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mac off to one side.
Mac takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mac avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Devgan Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mac swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Devgan Khan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Devgan Khan!
A victorious Devgan Khan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.