PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stanley Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Rumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanley Khan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Khan
vs
Rumble

185 cm
26
192 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
26
192 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Versus

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Stanley Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shaun Rumble!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rumble changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rumble cracks Khan with a good jab.

It looks like Stanley Khan has been cut.
Jab by Rumble.
Rumble swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Horrible takedown attempt by Khan or perhaps it was just good defense by Rumble, which made it look bad.
Rumble lands a slapping body shot.
Khan fails with the takedown
and Rumble counters with a nice uppercut.
Khan misses with a takedown

and Rumble counters with a nice right hand that sends Khan toppling to the canvas! Khan scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Rumble finish him?!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stanley Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rumble connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Khan momentarily.

Khan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rumble softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rumble gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rumble lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khan backwards.

Khan is rocked!
Rumble lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Khan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rumble misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rumble lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
A short left from Rumble.
Rumble pushes Khan against the cage. Rumble is working some dirty boxing. Rumble pushes off with a quick right hook! Khan goes down! Khan tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Rumble moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shaun Rumble!
Shaun Rumble was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.