PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Archibald Knox (ranked 50 p4p, 85 weight class) and Odchigin Khadan (ranked 10 p4p, 17 weight class). Khadan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Altai Kai (Turkic Throat Singing) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knox
vs
Khadan

185 cm
37
190
34 - 21 - 0

179 cm
32
185
20 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

HELLBENT
HELLS BALLS RECOVERY

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 34 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archibald Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Odchigin Khadan!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox throws out a powerful jab.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Khadan's head but Khadan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khadan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khadan digs a good hook to Knox's body.
Knox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khadan.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Khadan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Knox stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Khadan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Knox, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khadan misses with a punch to the body.
Knox scores with a shoulder strike.
Khadan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knox tries to work over Khadan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
I was talking to Knox's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right from Khadan.
Knox trying to stall but Khadan improves his position.
Knox lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Knox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khadan lands a left hand.
Khadan lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khadan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khadan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knox's elbow.
Knox prevents a body shot from Khadan.
Knox prevents a body shot from Khadan.
Khadan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khadan misses with a punch to the body.
Khadan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knox's elbow.
Knox misses with the head strike.
Khadan jumps guard but Knox turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khadan misses with a body punch.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khadan's elbow.
Knox tries to stall but Khadan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knox working aggressively here.
Khadan throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox lands a body shot.
Khadan digs a right hand into Knox's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Knox's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khadan tries for a takedown but Knox manages to get underhooks.
A knee to the head by Khadan.
Knox lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khadan lands a right hand.
Khadan working aggressively here.
Khadan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox working aggressively here.
Khadan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knox's elbow.
Khadan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khadan jumps guard but Knox turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Archibald Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Odchigin Khadan.

Khadan gets control of Knox's arms and successfully pulls guard. Khadan will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Khadan has control of Knox's left arm, preventing Knox from doing any damage.
Khadan is trying to keep Knox in close.

Khadan is looking for a triangle here but Knox uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khadan sneaks back into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Khadan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Khadan is controlling Knox's posture.
Khadan working a defensive guard here.

Khadan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Khadan working for a triangle but Knox defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Knox wants to stand but Khadan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khadan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Knox is one step ahead there.

Knox is posturing up here but Khadan has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Knox tries to roll out but it's too tight and Knox has to tap! Slick submission there by Khadan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Odchigin Khadan!
Odchigin Khadan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.