PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raja Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Maint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Khan
vs
Maint

184 cm
20
190 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Raja Khan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Maint!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maint ducks under a wild hook from Khan.

Maint gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maint has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Maint misses with a punch on the inside.
Maint working aggressively here.
Khan blocking some punches.
Maint misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maint tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maint softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Khan manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maint ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan throws a hook but Maint avoids it easily.
Maint looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Maint pushes Khan up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maint.
Maint swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maint misses with a punch on the inside.
Maint misses with a punch to the body.
Maint can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
I was talking to Khan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maint scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maint.
Maint keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khan's efforts to push away.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maint tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maint misses with the head strike.
Maint misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Maint has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maint throws a head punch that misses.
Maint tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Maint swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Maint misses with a punch on the inside.
Maint lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan is trying to push Maint away but Maint has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Maint fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maint has Khan pressed against the cage, preventing Khan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Khan is trying to break the clinch but Maint has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maint lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maint.
Khan blocking some punches.
Maint lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Maint throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan is trying to push Maint away but Maint has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Khan is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Khan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khan wants to break free but Maint has control.
Maint has Khan pressed against the cage, preventing Khan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maint swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maint.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maint.
Maint throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Maint lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Maint fails to land.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan blocking some punches.
Maint keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khan's efforts to push away.
Maint throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maint has him pressed against the cage.
Maint tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
A short right from Maint.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Maint dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Khan misses with a hook. Maint ducked under it nicely.
Khan sets himself, and Maint steps forward looking for the clinch! Khan avoids it this time.
Maint throws a body shot but no joy.
Maint slips a straight right by Khan.
Maint lands a head shot.
Khan lands the left hand.

Maint moves into range and clinches up with Khan.
A head punch on the inside from Maint fails to land.
Maint doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maint tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Maint fails to land.
Maint goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maint misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maint swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maint doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maint working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maint tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Maint can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Maint tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maint softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Maint misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Maint fails to land.
Maint misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan tries to break free but Maint pushes him back against the cage.
Khan can't break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maint.
A frustrated look appears on Khan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maint scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
Khan working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maint misses with a punch to the body.
Maint misses with a body punch.
Maint misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Chris Maint seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Khan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maint has him pressed against the cage.
Maint throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Khan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maint working aggressively here.
Khan prevents a body shot from Maint.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maint tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Maint tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Maint.
Maint working aggressively here.
Maint has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Khan has had enough of the clinch but Maint keeps him there for the moment.
Khan can't break the clinch.
Khan can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
A shot in the inside from Maint.
Maint throws a head punch that misses.
Maint keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khan's efforts to push away.
Khan can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maint scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
Maint lands a left hand.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Maint misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan prevents a body shot from Maint.
Khan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maint has him pressed against the cage.
Maint lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maint lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maint misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Maint showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Maint misses the shot to the body.

Maint has closed the distance and engaged Khan in a clinch.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Maint misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maint tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Maint back against the cage.
Maint throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Maint misses with the head strike.
Khan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Maint lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan can't break the clinch.
Maint throws a head punch that misses.
Maint tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maint goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Maint lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maint can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Maint working aggressively here.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maint.
Maint misses with some punches.
Maint goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maint tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Maint back against the cage.
Maint prevents Khan from breaking the clinch.
Maint gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Maint.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maint.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Maint has the dominant position.
Maint throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Maint.
Khan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khan is trying to break the clinch but Maint is controlling him.
Maint tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Maint - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Maint.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maint.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maint working aggressively here.
Khan prevents a body shot from Maint.
Maint swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan can't break the clinch.
Maint doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan is looking to break free of the clinch but Maint has double underhooks.
Maint tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Maint throws a head punch that misses.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Maint swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maint swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maint.
Khan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Maint misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maint tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
A left hand lands to the body for Maint.
Maint tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Khan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Maint working aggressively here.
Maint lands a body punch in the clinch.
Maint has Khan pressed against the cage, preventing Khan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Maint really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Khan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Maint closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A shot to the body from Khan misses
letting Maint counter with a right hand.

Maint clinches up with Khan and pushes him back against the cage.
Maint fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan wants to get back to striking at distance but Maint won't allow it.
Maint swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maint digs a right hand into Khan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khan's gas tank.
Khan blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maint swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maint misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Maint.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maint throws a head punch that misses.
Maint scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maint misses with a punch on the inside.
Maint keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khan's efforts to push away.
Khan blocking some punches.
Maint swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maint tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Maint back against the cage.
Maint is working Khan over against the cage.
Maint tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maint misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maint working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Maint fails to land.

Khan breaks from the clinch.
Khan lands with a cross.
Maint bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Maint lands a glancing blow to the side of Khan's head.
Khan swings for the body but Maint moves out of range.
Khan misses with a hook. Maint ducked under it nicely.
Raja Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan misses the jab.
A jab lands there for Maint.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Maint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Khan throws a hook but Maint avoids it easily.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maint.
Khan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Maint misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maint throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khan throws a body shot but no joy.
Maint swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maint thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maint moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khan misses with a left hand
and Maint counters with a straight right hand.
Khan throws a jab when Maint was well out of range.
Maint defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Khan stuns Maint with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Maint was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maint defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Maint tries to counter with a clinch but Khan shakes him off and moves away.
Maint walks into a jab.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maint.
Maint is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Khan drops Maint with a beautiful combination! Maint stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Khan is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan digs a good hook to Maint's body.
Khan scores with a sloppy right hand. Maint should have avoided that one.

Maint is rocked!
Maint tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Maint is still on wobbly legs! Can Khan finish him?
Maint lands a jab-cross combination.
Maint seems to have recovered his senses.
Maint is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects with a body shot that sends Maint's belly button to the back.
Khan lands a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Khan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Maint doesn't seem phased though.
Khan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Maint keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan digs a good hook to Maint's body.
Maint has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khan punishes Maint's body with a nice straight punch.
Khan scores with a hook to the body. Maint takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Khan drops Maint with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Maint looks back up at him and smiles so Khan waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Maint switches off momentarily and Khan cracks him with a monster right hand! Maint topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Khan dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Khan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Raja Khan!
Raja Khan retains his middleweight title!
An out of breath Raja Khan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.