PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafal Zamana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tobious Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zamana comes to the cage accompanied by Modestep - Show Me A Sign. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zamana
vs
Khan

180 cm
25
181 lbs
8 - 8 - 1

177 cm
28
178 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rafal Zamana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tobious Khan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Rafal Zamana has been cut.
Zamana looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zamana just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan feints a counter leg kick.
Zamana shoots in looking for a takedown but Khan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Zamana's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Zamana misses with a takedown attempt

and Khan counters by moving into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khan.
Khan lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khan.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zamana fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafal Zamana. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zamana tries to pull guard but Khan won't allow it.
Zamana fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Zamana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zamana is looking for a takedown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A frustrated look appears on Zamana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khan taking a breather.
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Zamana, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zamana fails to pull guard.
Khan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Zamana is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Zamana 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. Zamana gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Zamana takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Khan lands with a shot to the body.
Zamana on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Khan lands a big uppercut and Zamana crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Zamana looks OK. Khan waves Zamana back to his feet!

Zamana is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan jabs Zamana to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Oh Zamana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zamana misses with a takedown attempt
and Khan counters with a crisp right that sends Zamana to the canvas! Khan follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tobious Khan!