PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kantemir Khashukaev (ranked 2634 p4p, 226 weight class) and Tyson Avery (ranked 4638 p4p, 315 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khashukaev
vs
Avery

166 cm
27
157 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

174 cm
32
157 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kantemir Khashukaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson Avery!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Avery changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Khashukaev tries to avoid it but Avery manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Khashukaev to the ground. Khashukaev escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Khashukaev lands a lovely overhand right.
Avery lands with a good body shot.
Khashukaev throws a lazy right hand but Avery sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Avery misses with a few strikes there.
Avery misses the shot to the body.
Nice cross by Avery.
Khashukaev cracks Avery with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Avery lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Avery throws a lazy right hand but Khashukaev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khashukaev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khashukaev misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Avery. Khashukaev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khashukaev lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Khashukaev fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Avery, pushing him back against the cage.
Khashukaev lands a hook that snaps the head of Avery backwards.

Khashukaev manages to break the clinch.
Jab by Khashukaev.
Khashukaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Avery moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khashukaev scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Khashukaev staying out of range there.
Khashukaev attempts a counter takedown but Avery avoids it well and moves away.
Khashukaev is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kantemir Khashukaev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khashukaev misses with a lunging right hand
and Khashukaev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khashukaev lands with an uppercut that bounces Avery off the cage and back into range.
It looks like Khashukaev has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Khashukaev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khashukaev lands a nice hook to Avery's body. Avery takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good shot there by Avery.
A slow jab from Khashukaev misses its intended target.
Khashukaev takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Avery shoots in but no luck this time.

Avery drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Avery trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Khashukaev not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Avery pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Khashukaev is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khashukaev seems keen to control Avery's posture.
Avery pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Khashukaev is keeping the position for now.
Avery trying to control the position from guard on top but Khashukaev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Khashukaev wants to sweep but no luck.
Avery slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Avery moves out of range as Khashukaev strikes.
Avery fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kantemir Khashukaev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Avery.
Avery cracks Khashukaev with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khashukaev darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khashukaev clobbers Avery with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fighters circling - Avery throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khashukaev defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Avery.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khashukaev. Avery does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khashukaev swings for the body but Avery moves out of range.
Khashukaev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from Khashukaev misses.
Khashukaev fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Avery looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Horrible takedown attempt by Avery or perhaps it was just good defense by Khashukaev, which made it look bad.
Avery drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khashukaev throws an off balance right hand
and Avery counters with a three punch combo that has Khashukaev backing up. Khashukaev nods at Avery to acknowledge the strikes.
Khashukaev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Avery.
Avery has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khashukaev with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khashukaev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice uppercut lands for Khashukaev. That snapped Avery's head back.
Avery lands a really nice looking cross but Khashukaev seems unphased.
Khashukaev changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Khashukaev misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from Avery misses.
Khashukaev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Avery counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kantemir Khashukaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khashukaev lands an overhand right.
Khashukaev slips a jab from Avery.
Khashukaev on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Khashukaev is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Avery misses with a takedown attempt - Khashukaev sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from Avery. Those never looked like landing.
Khashukaev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Avery.

Khashukaev fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Avery, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Khashukaev connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Avery shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Khashukaev as he avoids it easily.
A jab from Khashukaev finds it's way through Avery's defenses.
Avery's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Khashukaev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Avery scrambles back to his feet.
Khashukaev misses with a lunging right hand
and Avery makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Khashukaev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Avery.
A little jabbing left from Avery on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Khashukaev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Avery manages to avoid it.
Avery swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khashukaev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khashukaev cracks Avery with a good jab.
Khashukaev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Avery.
Khashukaev throws out a loose jab but Avery uses good head movement to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Avery misses.
Avery gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Avery takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Khashukaev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Avery.
Avery changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khashukaev misses with a looping left.
Khashukaev misses with a left hand
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Avery counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Khashukaev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avery throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khashukaev throws a jab when Avery was well out of range.
Avery uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khashukaev.
Avery takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Avery scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khashukaev doesn't seem bothered though.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khashukaev.
Avery misses the jab.
Khashukaev attempts a counter takedown but Avery avoids it well and moves away.
Khashukaev misses with a looping left.
Khashukaev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kantemir Khashukaev is winning the standup battle so far.
Avery thuds a left hand into Khashukaev's body.
Khashukaev pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Khashukaev misses with a looping left.
Khashukaev looks to land a right hand but Avery moved out of range.
A jab from Avery misses.
Khashukaev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Avery looks to score with a jab to the body but Khashukaev is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khashukaev throws an overhand right that lands on Avery's shoulder, as Avery tries to avoid the shot.
Khashukaev misses with a hook. Avery ducked under it nicely.
Khashukaev displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Avery.
Avery scores with a jab. Khashukaev acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Avery uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khashukaev.
Khashukaev moves in looking to clinch but Avery pushes him off.
Khashukaev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Avery.
Avery misses with a looping right.
Khashukaev misses with a wild body shot.
Avery looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khashukaev wants to clinch.
Good shot there by Khashukaev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khashukaev throws a hook but Avery avoids it easily.
Avery misses with a body shot.
Khashukaev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Avery has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Avery moves out of range as Khashukaev strikes.
Khashukaev is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Avery takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Khashukaev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khashukaev takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Khashukaev cracks Avery with an open hand slap.
Avery has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Khashukaev finds it's way round the side to connect with Avery's head.
Avery slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Khashukaev scores with a nice right hand.
Khashukaev tries to clinch up.
Khashukaev misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Avery to counter with a crisp jab.

Khashukaev is rocked!
Avery lands with a straight right. Khashukaev didn't see that one coming.
Oh Khashukaev is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khashukaev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Avery counters with a huge right that knocks Khashukaev out cold! Avery is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tyson Avery!