PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos (ranked 22573 p4p, 673 weight class) and Mohamed Khalidov (ranked 9979 p4p, 636 weight class). Khalidov has chosen Tech N9ne - Come Gangsta as his entrance music. Mohamed Khalidov told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Nu Cuuuuutos
vs
Khalidov

188 cm
20
167 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
24
155 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Fanatic Inc.
Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mohamed Khalidov!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nu Cuuuuutos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with a looping left.
Khalidov throws a head kick but Nu Cuuuuutos moves out of range.
Khalidov's coach down at LOD: Scrap Squad was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Khalidov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with a left hand
and Khalidov counters with a nice body kick.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with a body shot
and Khalidov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nu Cuuuuutos moves out of range as Khalidov strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Khalidov's head backwards.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a shot from downtown. Khalidov moves away and avoids it.
Khalidov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nu Cuuuuutos's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nu Cuuuuutos cracks Khalidov with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Khalidov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nu Cuuuuutos's sensitive parts.
Khalidov misses with a leg kick

and Nu Cuuuuutos counters by clinching up.
Khalidov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khalidov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nu Cuuuuutos tries a body shot but Khalidov blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidov blocks an elbow strike.
Nu Cuuuuutos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow that misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos managing to block the knees to the body from Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khalidov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov lands a nice knee to the body.
Khalidov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khalidov backwards.
Still in the clinch, Khalidov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khalidov lands a nice knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov blocks an uppercut.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with a body punch.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khalidov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khalidov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nu Cuuuuutos or not.
Nu Cuuuuutos is breathing heavily.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow but it misses.
Khalidov blocks an elbow strike.
Khalidov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Nu Cuuuuutos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khalidov's brow.
Khalidov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Khalidov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A hook to the body from Khalidov.
Khalidov lands with a right to the head.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khalidov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nu Cuuuuutos is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed Khalidov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A big left from Nu Cuuuuutos misses.
Khalidov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A slapping body kick lands there for Khalidov.
Khalidov throws a body kick that misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos swings widly with a right hand
and Khalidov counters with a body kick that stops Nu Cuuuuutos in his tracks momentarily.
Khalidov throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Khalidov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos has been cut.
Khalidov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Khalidov instigates a clinch.
Khalidov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov blocks an elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov struggles to land a body shot inside as Nu Cuuuuutos controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khalidov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khalidov blocks an elbow strike.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow but it misses.
Khalidov avoids the elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos, against the ropes.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khalidov has a couple of punches blocked by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov lands a good knee to the midsection. Nu Cuuuuutos won't want to take too many of those.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nu Cuuuuutos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khalidov misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a damaging elbow.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A left hand lands to the body for Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov lands a knee to the head.
Nu Cuuuuutos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khalidov cracks Nu Cuuuuutos with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Khalidov scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalidov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nu Cuuuuutos is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A shot in the inside from Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos struggles to land a body shot inside as Khalidov controls his hands.
Khalidov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khalidov blocking some punches.
Khalidov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with an elbow strike.
Khalidov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khalidov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nu Cuuuuutos or not.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khalidov.
Khalidov landing knees to the body.
Khalidov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nu Cuuuuutos's elbow.
Khalidov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nu Cuuuuutos's elbow.
Khalidov misses with the head strike.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khalidov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khalidov is trying to force a seperation but Nu Cuuuuutos has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed Khalidov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Khalidov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A good leg kick by Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khalidov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big left from Nu Cuuuuutos misses.
Khalidov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Khalidov is predictable there
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a stiff right hand.
Nu Cuuuuutos moves out of range of the body kick.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks the body kick.
Khalidov throws a looping overhand right but Nu Cuuuuutos ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mohamed Khalidov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Khalidov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses the shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Khalidov.
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!
Some wild striking there from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Khalidov works Nu Cuuuuutos's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Khalidov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Khalidov lands a lovely overhand right.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Khalidov connects with a leg kick. Nu Cuuuuutos looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Khalidov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nu Cuuuuutos's calf.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands with a cross.
Khalidov blocks a jab.
Nu Cuuuuutos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Khalidov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A clash of legs there as Nu Cuuuuutos blocks the low kick.
Khalidov ducks under a wild hook from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Khalidov is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Khalidov works Nu Cuuuuutos's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov lands with a nice body kick.
Khalidov lands a leg kick that knocks Nu Cuuuuutos off balance momentarily.
Nu Cuuuuutos tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Khalidov lands a head kick. Nu Cuuuuutos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Khalidov cracks Nu Cuuuuutos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nu Cuuuuutos avoids the head kick by Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nu Cuuuuutos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khalidov throws out the jab.
A jab from Nu Cuuuuutos misses.
Khalidov is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with a hook. Khalidov ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khalidov thumps Nu Cuuuuutos with a low kick.
Khalidov misses with a low kick.
Khalidov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nu Cuuuuutos throws out the jab.
Nu Cuuuuutos is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed Khalidov really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos's cut.
That's time! Nu Cuuuuutos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Khalidov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nu Cuuuuutos will feel that in the morning.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nu Cuuuuutos just misses with a punch to the body.
Khalidov raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Nu Cuuuuutos avoids the head kick by Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a looping overhand right but Khalidov ducks down to avoid it.

Nu Cuuuuutos gets a clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a nice elbow.
Khalidov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nu Cuuuuutos avoids it.
Khalidov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khalidov lands a knee to the body.
Khalidov blocks an elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov trying to stall but Nu Cuuuuutos improves his position.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khalidov backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khalidov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khalidov misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidov dodges an elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Khalidov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khalidov finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nu Cuuuuutos ducks right into an uppercut from Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a big shot that misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nu Cuuuuutos moves out of range of the body kick from Khalidov.
Khalidov throws a push kick but Nu Cuuuuutos slaps the foot to one side.
Khalidov misses with a straight right.
Nu Cuuuuutos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khalidov.
Khalidov throws a hook to the side of Nu Cuuuuutos's head but Nu Cuuuuutos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Khalidov has closed the distance and engaged Nu Cuuuuutos in a clinch.
Khalidov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks an uppercut.
Khalidov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Khalidov misses with a punch to the body.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khalidov backwards.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an uppercut.
Khalidov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nu Cuuuuutos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khalidov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nu Cuuuuutos is defending well for now.
Khalidov pushes Nu Cuuuuutos back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khalidov is trying to break the clinch but Nu Cuuuuutos is controlling him.
Khalidov has a couple of punches blocked by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos tries to work over Khalidov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khalidov blocks the elbow strike.
Khalidov working aggressively here.
Nu Cuuuuutos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nu Cuuuuutos avoiding damage as Khalidov throws knees to the body.
Khalidov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nu Cuuuuutos prevents a body shot from Khalidov.
Khalidov working aggressively here.
Mohamed Khalidov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khalidov tries to land knees in the clinch but Nu Cuuuuutos avoids the damage to the body.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Khalidovs head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed Khalidov dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Khalidov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nu Cuuuuutos is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a hook but Khalidov avoids it easily.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with an uppercut. Khalidov saw that one coming.

Nu Cuuuuutos has managed to clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a nice uppercut.
Khalidov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nu Cuuuuutos is keeping busy.
Nu Cuuuuutos managing to block the knees to the body from Khalidov.
Khalidov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nu Cuuuuutos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khalidov dodges an elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nu Cuuuuutos avoids it.
Nu Cuuuuutos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nu Cuuuuutos avoiding damage as Khalidov throws knees to the body.
Nu Cuuuuutos managing to block the knees to the body from Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks an uppercut.
Khalidov avoids a wild elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov blocks an elbow strike.
Nu Cuuuuutos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nu Cuuuuutos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khalidov backwards.
Khalidov tries to land knees in the clinch but Nu Cuuuuutos avoids the damage to the body.
Nu Cuuuuutos managing to block the knees to the body from Khalidov.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khalidov swings wildly with an uppercut but Nu Cuuuuutos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nu Cuuuuutos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Khalidov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Nu Cuuuuutos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Mohamed Khalidov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khalidov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khalidov tries to break free but Nu Cuuuuutos pushes him back against the ropes.
Khalidov avoids the elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos, against the ropes.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khalidov landing knees to the body.
Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Nu Cuuuuutos on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos.
Well Khalidov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 46:49
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 46:49
Judge George Francis scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohamed Khalidov!
A less than humble Mohamed Khalidov misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.