PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Idris Maddox (ranked 23389 p4p, 831 weight class) and Yormomza Khan (ranked 1618 p4p, 199 weight class). Khan has chosen Liam Gallagher - Wall Of Glass as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Maddox
vs
Khan

194 cm
21
255 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

225 cm
22
274 lbs
10 - 2 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Idris Maddox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yormomza Khan!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maddox misses with a body kick.
Maddox walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Maddox tries a low kick but Khan avoids it.
Maddox definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Khan clobbers Maddox with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Maddox swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maddox was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Maddox misses with the combination.
It seemed like Khan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Maddox dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
Khan throws an off balance right hand
and Maddox counters with a nice uppercut.
Maddox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Maddox fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Maddox throws a quick inside leg kick.
A big left from Maddox misses.
Khan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Maddox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maddox throws a leg kick but Khan checks it.
Khan connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maddox avoids the body shot from Khan.
Maddox uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
Khan walks into a left hand.

It looks like Yormomza Khan has been cut.
Maddox thumps Khan with a low kick.
Yormomza Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maddox connects with a leg kick. Khan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maddox slips under a jab from Khan.

Maddox moves into the clinch.
Khan presses Maddox against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Maddox is breathing heavily.
Khan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Khan.
Khan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Khan tries a body shot but Maddox blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan tries a body shot but Maddox blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Maddox throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Maddox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan tries a body shot but Maddox blocks it.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Khan gets through Maddox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Maddox controls the action.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Maddox controls the action.
Maddox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maddox or not.
Khan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maddox backwards.
Maddox struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Maddox controls the action.
Khan scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Maddox fails to land.
Maddox has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maddox's elbow.
Khan is working Maddox over against the ropes.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khan scores with a hook to the body.

Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khan connects with a body shot that sends Maddox's belly button to the back.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maddox manages to avoid it.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maddox moves away.
Khan cracks Maddox with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Khan scores with a jab to the body.
Khan throws a hook but Maddox avoids it easily.
Maddox swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Maddox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan throws a body punch but Maddox moves out of range.
Maddox on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Maddox takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Khan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
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!
Maddox misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maddox takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khan misses with a series of wild punches.
Khan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khan swings for the body but Maddox moves out of range.
Maddox avoids the body shot from Khan.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Khan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maddox circles away quickly and effectively.
Maddox tries to counter by clinching up but Khan breaks away and moves out of range.
Khan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Maddox doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Maddox stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Maddox misses the target.
Khan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Maddox looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khan throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yormomza Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yormomza Khan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Khan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Khan darts in and clinches Maddox up against the ropes.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Maddox controls the action.
Maddox misses with some punches.
Maddox blocks a body shot from Khan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maddox misses with some punches.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maddox throws a head punch that misses.
Khan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Maddox eats them both and turns towards Khan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maddox moves forwards but Khan connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Maddox is rocked!
Maddox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maddox throws an off balance right hand
and Khan counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Maddox moves away and avoids it.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maddox.
Khan scores with a hook to the body. Maddox takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Khan scores with a jab to the body.
Yormomza Khan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot by Khan.
Oh Maddox is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khan throws a body shot but no joy.
Maddox seems to have got his legs back now.
Maddox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Maddox at a distance.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maddox throws a big shot that misses.
Khan digs a good hook to Maddox's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maddox throws a leg kick that is checked
and Khan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maddox thinking.
Khan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Khan with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Khan connects with a body shot that sends Maddox's belly button to the back.
Khan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Khan staying out of range there.
Khan lands a nice looking body shot.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Maddox is just out of range.
Khan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab by Khan.
Khan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Khan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khan lands with an overhand left.
Khan tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Maddox manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khan checks a leg kick.
Maddox takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khan throws a jab when Maddox was well out of range.
Maddox tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Khan manages to circle out of the way.
Maddox takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Khan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan takes a swing at Maddox's ribcage but misses.
Khan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Khan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maddox.
Khan has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Maddox avoids the body shot from Khan.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Maddox is just out of range.
It looked like Maddox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Maddox walks into a big right hand from Khan and goes down! The referee sends Khan to a neutral corner as Maddox gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Khan jabs at Maddox's body.
Khan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Maddox lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Khan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Khan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maddox was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Nice body punch from Khan.
Maddox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maddox takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maddox.

Khan closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maddox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maddox swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maddox throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Maddox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Khan tries a body shot but Maddox blocks it.
Maddox misses with the head strike.
Maddox throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Khan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Khan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maddox.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Maddox controls the action.
Khan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maddoxs head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Maddox fails to land.
A short right from Khan.
Khan tries to work over Maddox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan tries a body shot but Maddox blocks it.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yormomza Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yormomza Khan's cut.
That's time! Maddox's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Khan throws a body shot but no joy.
Maddox went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Khan lands a body shot.
Maddox takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice shot lands for Khan.
Maddox fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Maddox on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Maddox throws a leg kick but Khan moved away.
Maddox misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Khan scores with a jab to the body.
Khan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maddox.

Khan staggers Maddox with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Maddox looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maddox connects with a leg kick. Khan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Khan lands a jab to Maddox's midsection.
Maddox moves away from the strike by Khan.
Maddox takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maddox.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Khan cracks Maddox with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Maddox get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Maddox looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan cracks Maddox with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Maddox is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Maddox is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Maddox could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yormomza Khan!
A relieved looking Yormomza Khan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.