NFNY 1: A New Horizon PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Sulek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Great
vs
Sulek

187 cm
24
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

KO Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebastian Sulek!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Great shoots in but no luck this time.
Great connects with a jab.
Great lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Great throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sulek.

Sulek bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Great is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sulek asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Great is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sulek looks up at the clock and then as Great takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sulek smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sulek cracks Great with a big elbow.
Great is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sulek working the head with strikes.

Sulek is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Great is trying to escape and Sulek transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Great is forced to tap! Nice work there by Sulek! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sebastian Sulek!
A relieved looking Sebastian Sulek thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
65%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Harmonic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Stanko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Harmonic
vs
Stanko

188 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenneth Harmonic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Stanko!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harmonic clinches up with Stanko and pushes him back against the cage.

Harmonic tightens his grip and picks Stanko up, before dumping him to the ground. Stanko manages to land in guard.
Harmonic controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Harmonic wants to control from the top but Stanko keeps moving.
Harmonic looking to sit in guard and control but Stanko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Stanko controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Eddie Stanko wasn't active enough on the ground.
Harmonic shoots in but no luck this time.
Stanko wants to clinch.
Stanko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Stanko. Those never looked like landing.

Harmonic closes the distance and pushes Stanko back into the cage.
Harmonic tries to score a body lock takedown but Stanko shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Stanko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harmonic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stanko missing with knees to the body.
Stanko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harmonic takes a knee to the side of the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stanko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harmonic avoiding damage as Stanko throws knees to the body.
Stanko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harmonic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stanko has Harmonic pressed against the cage.
Stanko lands a nice elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stanko trying to land knees to the body.
Harmonic is trying to pull guard but Stanko turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Harmonic. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanko lands a damaging elbow.
Harmonic looking for a takedown.

Harmonic has clasped his hands together around Stanko's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Stanko defending against the ground and pound.
Stanko struggling a bit here.
Harmonic tries to stand but Stanko is controlling his head.
Harmonic is looking to take a break and control but Stanko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harmonic tries to get to his feet but Stanko is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Harmonic in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmonic wants to get up but he can't break Stanko's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Harmonic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stanko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harmonic wants to pass the guard but Stanko is keeping the position.
Harmonic is fighting to break Stanko's control of his arms but Stanko is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kenneth Harmonic will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Stanko is looking to clinch but Harmonic is avoiding it.
Stanko fails with an attempt to clinch.

Harmonic closes the distance and pushes Stanko back into the cage.
Harmonic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stanko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harmonic blocks it with crossed arms.
Harmonic is trying to break free.
Harmonic takes an elbow to the temple.
Stanko looking to throw knees to the head but Harmonic is blocking nicely.
Stanko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harmonic up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stanko.
Harmonic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stanko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stanko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Kenneth Harmonic has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Harmonic's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Stanko breaks from the clinch.
Stanko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harmonic shoots in for a double leg but Stanko sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Harmonic gets the takedown into side control.
Harmonic is looking to take a break and control but Stanko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harmonic is really struggling to control Stanko but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Stanko's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Stanko prevents Harmonic from moving into mount.
You can see the frustration on Stanko's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Kenneth Harmonic wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Stanko closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harmonic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stanko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stanko stalling the fight.
A short right from Stanko on the inside.
Stanko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stanko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stanko landing knees to the head.
Stanko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stanko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stanko is struggling to control the position.

Stanko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stanko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stanko has closed the distance and engaged Harmonic in a clinch.
Stanko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harmonic's face.
Harmonic takes an elbow to the forehead.

Stanko breaks from the clinch.
Stanko tries to clinch there but Harmonic circles away.

Stanko rushes Harmonic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stanko tries a body shot but Harmonic blocks it.
Stanko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stanko taking a breather.

Stanko breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Stanko gets a clinch.
Harmonic tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stanko just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Stanko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Harmonic's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Harmonic gets tackled into the cage by Stanko. Stanko maintains the clinch.
Stanko landing knees to the body.
Harmonic takes an elbow to the temple.
Harmonic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stanko landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Stanko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stanko lands with a big left! Harmonic is wobbled badly! Stanko comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Harmonic to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Eddie Stanko!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vassily Kabilov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Montana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kabilov comes into the arena with Sepultura - Ratamahatta blaring out of the sound system. Montana has chosen Straight Outta Compton-N.W.A as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Kabilov
vs
Montana

175 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
24
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

LOD: Affordable Quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vassily Kabilov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Montana!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kabilov has managed to clinch.
Kabilov tries for a takedown but Montana manages to get underhooks.
Kabilov is trying to force a seperation but Montana has the dominant position.

Kabilov has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Montana clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kabilov is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Montana. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

Kabilov working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Montana is doing well to defend. Kabilov seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Montana is forced to tap and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Vassily Kabilov!
Vassily Kabilov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated George Montana had this to say: 'Damn'it'.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Phasey Khat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buster Stallworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phasey Khat had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Phasey Khat looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Khat
vs
Stallworth

175 cm
25
153 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phasey Khat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buster Stallworth!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khat fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stallworth misses with a series of wild punches.

Stallworth drops Khat with a beautiful combination! Khat stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Stallworth is looking for the KO!

It looks like Phasey Khat has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stallworth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stallworth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khat circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stallworth misses with a wild combination.
Stallworth misses with a two punch combination.
Khat moves in looking to clinch but Stallworth pushes him off.
Stallworth misses with a few strikes there.

Stallworth drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Stallworth looks winded!
Khat is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stallworth wants to stand but Khat has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khat has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Stallworth can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Stallworth really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Khat. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stallworth would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Stallworth stands up from Khat's guard - Stallworth perhaps looking for a knockout.
Khat is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khat fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Khat tries to clinch but Stallworth moves out of range.
Khat closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stallworth circles away.
Stallworth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stallworth lands a two punch combo.

Stallworth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Khat is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Stallworth is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phasey Khat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stallworth looking for a takedown.
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!
Stallworth jumps guard but Khat turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Khat tries for a takedown. No joy.
Khat is trying to pull guard but Stallworth turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stallworth is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Khat pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Stallworth gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Stallworth decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Khat scores with a head kick. Stallworth tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Buster Stallworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stallworth throws a right hand that Khat ducks under and follows up with a left that Khat also avoids with ease.
Khat looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stallworth is fending him off so far but Khat persists. Nope, Stallworth circles away and we're back to standing.
Stallworth lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khat circles away quickly and effectively.
We've been informed that Stallworth has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Stallworth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stallworth misses with a low kick as Khat jumps back.

Khat shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Khat is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khat seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Stallworth does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Stallworth pushes Khat off and gets back to his feet.
Khat tries for a takedown but Stallworth circles away easily
and Stallworth counters with a left and a right that stings Khat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Stallworth closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Khat to the mat! Khat manages to get full guard.

Stallworth stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Khat needs to keep his hands up - Stallworth had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Stallworth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Phasey Khat's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Khat is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khat scores with a head kick. Stallworth tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Stallworth falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khat counters with a two punch combo.
Stallworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Khat.
Khat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khat tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stallworth swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Stallworth closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stallworth drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stallworth is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Khat pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khat lands a nice knee to the body.
Khat pushes off an throws an elbow but Stallworth leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khat tries a knee to the head but Stallworth blocks it.
Stallworth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khat is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stallworth is trying to break free.
Khat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khat has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Stallworth after a bit of a struggle.
Stallworth wants to take the fight to the mat but Khat manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Phasey Khat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buster Stallworth.
Stallworth tries to score a body lock takedown but Khat shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Khat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stallworth avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Khat is fighting off a takedown attempt but Stallworth is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Khat to the mat. Khat regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Stallworth preventing the sweep.
Stallworth won't allow Khat to get back to his feet.
Buster Stallworth has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stallworth scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stallworth content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khat is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stallworth gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Khat takes a swing at Stallworth's ribcage but misses.
Stallworth defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Khat.
Stallworth misses with the combination.
Khat moves out of range of the body kick from Stallworth.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Khat moves in looking to clinch but Stallworth pushes him off.
Khat tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stallworth manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stallworth misses with a combination
and Khat counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Stallworth throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khat counters with a slapping leg kick.
Khat is looking to clinch but Stallworth is avoiding it.
Stallworth misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Stallworth. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khat shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stallworth as he avoids it easily.
Khat dodges the punch combination from Stallworth.
Stallworth misses with a few strikes there.
Khat scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The fight stays on the outside here - Stallworth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Stallworth misses.
Khat looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice takedown defense from Stallworth. No joy for Khat on that attempt.
Khat goes for a double leg but Stallworth avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Stallworth continues to drive forward.
Stallworth stops a takedown attempt from Khat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Stallworth gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Stallworth must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Khat has a closed guard, preventing Stallworth from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Buster Stallworth will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Phasey Khat's cut.
That's time! Khat's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Stallworth misses with a straight left.
Khat tries to clinch up.
Stallworth misses with a series of wild punches.
Khat fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stallworth misses with a two punch combination.
Stallworth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stallworth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khat shoots in but Stallworth avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stallworth misses with a series of wild punches.
Khat is looking to clinch but Stallworth is avoiding it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khat wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stallworth throws a right hand that Khat ducks under and follows up with a left that Khat also avoids with ease.
Stallworth misses with an uppercut.
Stallworth fails to land with a series of punches.
Khat fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khat throws a head kick that half lands.
Some wild striking there from Stallworth.
Khat misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phasey Khat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stallworth misses with a few strikes there.
Khat is looking to clinch.
Khat is looking to clinch but Stallworth is avoiding it.
Khat blocks a head kick by Stallworth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stallworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Khat has taken the fight to the clinch.
Khat lands an elbow inside.
Khat tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stallworth smiles and moves away.
Khat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stallworth throws a right hand that Khat ducks under and follows up with a left that Khat also avoids with ease.
Stallworth lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khat circles away quickly and effectively.
Buster Stallworth seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khat tries to clinch up.
Stallworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khat tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stallworth manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khat takes the fight into the clinch.
Khat tries a knee to the head but Stallworth blocks it.
Stallworth goes for a takedown attempt but Khat pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Phasey Khat is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khat is looking to clinch.
Stallworth lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Stallworth as Khat shoots in.
Khat dives in for a single leg takedown but Stallworth sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Stallworth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stallworth is defending well for now.
Khat is looking for a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khat jumps guard but Stallworth turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Stallworth jumps guard.
Khat trying to control the position from guard on top but Stallworth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khat looking to sit in guard and control but Stallworth gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Phasey Khat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khat wants to sweep but no luck.
Buster Stallworth is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Khat is working an open guard so Stallworth takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

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 Phasey Khat.
I think Stallworth has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buster Stallworth!