PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salman Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerolamo Quaglia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Khan
vs
Quaglia

220 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

191 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Salman Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gerolamo Quaglia!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan shoots for a takedown but Quaglia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Quaglia looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Khan throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Quaglia landing with the ground and pound.
Quaglia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Quaglia looking to pass the guard.
Quaglia stands up over Khan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Khan wants to stand up but Quaglia is controlling him.
Khan trying to strike off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Quaglia cracks Khan with a solid left hand.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Quaglia changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Khan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quaglia scores with a couple of short elbows.
Quaglia landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Khan throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Quaglia avoids the strikes from the bottom by Khan.
Khan misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Khan regains half guard.
Quaglia blocks the strikes from Khan.
Khan misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Quaglia looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Khan tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Khan throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Khan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Quaglia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Khan gets full guard.
Khan is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quaglia works over Khan with some ground and pound from guard.
Quaglia should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Khan trying to strike off his back.
Quaglia landing some decent shots from guard.
Quaglia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Khan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Quaglia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Khan misses with a takedown attempt

so Quaglia counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Khan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Quaglia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Quaglia is working Khan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Quaglia distracts Khan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Quaglia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Quaglia landing some decent shots from guard.
Quaglia distracts Khan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Khan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Quaglia looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Khan!
Khan is bucking up trying to escape but Quaglia cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Quaglia.
Quaglia lands a big shot there that rocks Khan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Khan throwing hammer fists to the chest of Quaglia. What's that going to do exactly?
Quaglia punishing his opponent with strikes.
Khan flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Quaglia lands a nice shot to the head.
Quaglia lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Khan swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Quaglia scoring with strikes but Khan is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Quaglia looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Khan tries to reverse the position but Quaglia maintains control.
Khan flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Quaglia with a couple of short strikes.
Quaglia looking to finish Khan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Khan!
Khan swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Khan throwing hammer fists to the chest of Quaglia. What's that going to do exactly?
Khan is bucking up trying to escape but Quaglia cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Quaglia punishing his opponent with strikes.
Khan flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Khan is looking to improve his position but Quaglia isn't that keen on the idea.
Quaglia blocks Khan's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Quaglia connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Khan sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerolamo Quaglia dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Khan misses with a takedown

so Quaglia counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Quaglia content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Quaglia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Khan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Khan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Quaglia landing with the ground and pound.
Quaglia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quaglia stands up over Khan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Quaglia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Khan throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Khan falls off balance throwing a combination

and Quaglia decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Khan's guard.
Quaglia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Quaglia with a nice head shot there.
Quaglia connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quaglia lands a couple of elbows.
Quaglia working some strikes from top position.
Khan throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Quaglia is in close to Khan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Khan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Khan misses with a takedown attempt

and Quaglia counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Quaglia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Quaglia lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Khan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Khan throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Quaglia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Khan striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Quaglia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Quaglia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Quaglia blocks the strikes from Khan.
Quaglia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Quaglia lands a nice short elbow.
Quaglia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Quaglia working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Quaglia seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Quaglia slips a nice elbow through Khan's hands, connecting with Khan's forehead.
Quaglia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Quaglia gets a takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quaglia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Quaglia working over Khan with some ground and pound. Khan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Quaglia throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Khan lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Quaglia blocks the strikes from Khan.
Khan has hold of Quaglia's hands but Quaglia slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Quaglia seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Quaglia working Khan over with strikes.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Khan misses with a double jab

and Quaglia counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Khan's guard now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerolamo Quaglia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Quaglia closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Quaglia lands in his opponent's guard.
Khan striking off his back but it's not causing Quaglia any problems.
Quaglia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Khan's head.
Khan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Khan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Khan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Quaglia is one step ahead there.
Quaglia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Quaglia lands a couple of digs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Quaglia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Khan tries to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Khan scores with a takedown into Quaglia's guard.
Quaglia thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Quaglia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Quaglia trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Quaglia lands a decent shot there.
Khan postures up in Quaglia's guard and throws a big left but Quaglia blocks it.
Khan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Quaglia will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Quaglia throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Quaglia feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Salman Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Quaglia connects with a couple of short punches.
Khan punching from the bottom.
Khan striking off his back but it's not causing Quaglia any problems.
Khan trying to strike off his back.
Khan throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Quaglia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Khan wants to get back to his feet but Quaglia is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Khan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Quaglia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Quaglia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Khan striking off his back but it's not causing Quaglia any problems.
Khan throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Quaglia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Quaglia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Quaglia chips away with some ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Khan with a lazy takedown attempt

and Quaglia counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Quaglia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Khan doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Quaglia content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Quaglia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Khan working for a triangle but Quaglia defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Quaglia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Quaglia landing with the ground and pound.
Khan doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Gerolamo Quaglia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Khan misses with a few strikes there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gerolamo Quaglia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Quaglia 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerolamo Quaglia!