PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dixie Pablo Khakhold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Luiz
vs
Pablo Khakhold

170 cm
44
143 lbs
32 - 29 - 1

168 cm
23
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Luiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dixie Pablo Khakhold!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luiz misses with a wild combination.
Luiz misses with an uppercut. Khakhold saw that one coming.

Khakhold takes the fight into the clinch.

Khakhold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khakhold has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Khakhold throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luiz is looking to clinch.
David Luiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luiz takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Khakhold throws a right hand that Luiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Luiz also avoids with ease.
It looked like Luiz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Luiz throws a series of punches but Khakhold avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luiz misses with a double jab

and Khakhold counters with a single leg into guard. Luiz didn't expect that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luiz wants to stand up but Khakhold is controlling him.
We've been hearing good reports from Luiz's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Khakhold in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khakhold throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Khakhold working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Luiz has momentary wrist control but Khakhold slips an elbow through the middle.
Luiz keeping moving, preventing Khakhold from controlling successfully.
Khakhold has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Luiz working a defensive guard but Khakhold manages to pass into side control anyway.
Khakhold throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Khakhold tries to advance to mount but can't.
Luiz is looking for a sweep.
Khakhold scores with punches from side control.
Luiz is not content to let Khakhold control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Luiz is not content to let Khakhold control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khakhold scoring with punches and elbows.
Luiz pushes Khakhold away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Khakhold gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
An elbow from Khakhold crashes against the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khakhold tries for a kimura but Luiz is defending well.
Khakhold lands a decent elbow from side control.
Luiz is trying to control Khakhold's posture but Khakhold avoids it.
Luiz is trying to improve his position.
Luiz regains half guard.
Luiz wants to get back to his feet.
Khakhold trying to control from half guard but Luiz is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold tries to pass to full mount but Luiz defends it.
Khakhold seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Khakhold missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Luiz is staying active underneath Khakhold, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Khakhold might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Luiz haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Khakhold tries to pass the half guard into mount. Luiz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Khakhold seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Luiz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khakhold is nestled in close to Luiz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Khakhold missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Luiz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dixie Pablo Khakhold dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Khakhold throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khakhold fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luiz throwing a counter right hand but Khakhold manages to avoid it.
Luiz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Khakhold shoots and misses
and Luiz counters with a nice uppercut.
Khakhold thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Luiz if he has to take too many more of those.
Luiz misses with a body shot
and Khakhold counters with a nice uppercut.
Luiz thows a left - swing and a miss!

Luiz shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Luiz trying to control from half guard but Khakhold is working away.
Khakhold has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khakhold controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Luiz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Khakhold!
Khakhold tries to hold on but Luiz postures up.
Khakhold regains half guard.
Luiz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold blocking the ground and pound attempt from Luiz.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luiz passes into side control, despite Khakhold's attempt to control the position.
Khakhold is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Khakhold is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Luiz's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Khakhold is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold has a hand on Luiz's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Luiz takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Luiz throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Luiz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Luiz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Luiz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Luiz looking to ground and pound but Khakhold is blocking nicely.
Luiz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold blocking the ground and pound.
Khakhold is wriggling around trying to escape.
Khakhold tries to hold on but Luiz postures up.
Luiz prevents Khakhold from getting the reversal.
Luiz misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
David Luiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Luiz landing strikes from the mount and Khakhold is in trouble!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khakhold wants to hold on but Luiz pushes him away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luiz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Luiz dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Luiz moves in looking to clinch but Khakhold pushes him off.
Khakhold moves to clinch but Luiz breaks away
and Luiz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khakhold staying out of range there.

Khakhold gets the takedown into side control.
Khakhold trying to control the position but Luiz is working away.
Khakhold tries to advance to mount but can't.
Luiz tries to bench press Khakhold off him but Khakhold keeps the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luiz is trying to get back to his feet.
Luiz is looking to reverse the position.
Luiz is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Khakhold is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khakhold wants to lay and pray for a moment but Luiz keeps working.
Luiz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Khakhold wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Khakhold is putting a hurting on Luiz here, landing some big shots from side control.
Khakhold remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Khakhold is trying to ground and pound but Luiz uses the momentary lack of control by Khakhold to regain half guard.
Luiz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khakhold.
Khakhold stops Luiz from getting back to his feet.
Khakhold wants to control but Luiz is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Khakhold keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Khakhold is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Luiz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Khakhold.
Khakhold throwing shots but Luiz is blocking nicely.
Khakhold landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Khakhold in particular looking to stall.
Luiz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Khakhold is working away from the top position though.
Khakhold is stalling here. Luiz is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Khakhold seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Luiz has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Khakhold takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold struggling a bit here.
Khakhold has one of Luiz's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Luiz staying calm.
Khakhold regains half guard, as Luiz was trying to land strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Khakhold controlling the position well.
Khakhold is pressing down on Luiz's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Khakhold pulls Luiz in close to prevent any damage.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dixie Pablo Khakhold.
I think Khakhold has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

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