PBP Commentary

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

Khan
vs
Wazowski

168 cm
23
135 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

173 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mogul Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Wazowski!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wazowski tries to clinch up.
Mike Wazowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wazowski lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Mogul Khan has been cut.
Wazowski lands with an overhand left.
Wazowski throws out a loose jab but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wazowski fails in his attempt to clinch.

Wazowski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wazowski lands a nice knee to the body.
Khan tries to pull guard but Wazowski won't allow it.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wazowski throws an elbow that misses.
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Wazowski.
Wazowski connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khan's face.
Wazowski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wazowski misses with a knee to the head.
Wazowski lands a damaging elbow.
Wazowski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wazowski lands a damaging elbow.

Khan has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Wazowski uses from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Khan looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Wazowski has picked Khan up and slammed him! Khan can't keep hold of the triangle and Wazowski manages to pass to side control!
Wazowski controls the position.
Khan is not content to let Wazowski control the position.
Khan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wazowski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
A lull in the action here as Wazowski stalls from top position.
Khan is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wazowski stuffs the takedown attempt from Khan. Khan gets slowly back to his feet.
Wazowski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wazowski tries to clinch up.
Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wazowski throws a series of punches but Khan moves out of range.
Wazowski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wazowski misses with a looping right.
Wazowski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wazowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Wazowski. No joy for Khan on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mogul Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wazowski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wazowski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Wazowski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Khan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wazowski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wazowski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wazowski lands a knee to the head.
Wazowski lands a knee to the body.
Wazowski lands a nice elbow.
Wazowski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wazowski fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Khan slips a jab and a cross from Wazowski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wazowski swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Khan tries to keep at a distance but Wazowski has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Wazowski.
Wazowski lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Wazowski lands a knee to the head.
Wazowski using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wazowski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Wazowski.
Wazowski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wazowski scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Wazowski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mogul Khan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wazowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan moves out of range as Wazowski strikes.
Wazowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Khan circles away.
Khan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khan closes the distance and clinches up with Wazowski, looking for a takedown. Khan pushes Wazowski against the cage but Wazowski circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wazowski tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wazowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wazowski missing with a left hand there. Khan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wazowski stuffs the takedown attempt from Khan. Khan gets slowly back to his feet.
Wazowski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wazowski misses with a looping left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wazowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Wazowski darts in and clinches Khan up against the cage.
Wazowski gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wazowski landing knees to the body.
Khan tries to pull guard but Wazowski won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mogul Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right from Wazowski on the inside.
Wazowski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Wazowski.
Wazowski misses with a knee to the head.
Wazowski scores a nice knee to the body.
Wazowski lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wazowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Wazowski is pressed up against the cage. Khan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wazowski down to the mat. Wazowski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Wazowski throws out a loose jab but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wazowski.
Wazowski misses with a hook.
Mogul Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wazowski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wazowski fails to land with a series of punches.
Wazowski is breathing heavily.
Wazowski takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.

Khan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Khan has hold of Wazowski's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Wazowski tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Khan cranks the arm and Wazowski screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Wazowski, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Mogul Khan!