PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chimzat Khamaev (ranked 2506 p4p, 3702 weight class) and Howie Robinson (ranked 326 p4p, 431 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Khamaev
vs
Robinson

188 cm
26
170
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
180
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Neon Zombie

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chimzat Khamaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Howie Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson wants to clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Khamaev there.
Khamaev scores with a jab.
Khamaev changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Khamaev has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Khamaev uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Robinson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khamaev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robinson wants to counter with a clinch but Khamaev pushes him away.
Khamaev scores with a jab. Robinson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Robinson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Robinson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Good standup being displayed there by Khamaev as he connects with a hook.
A shot to the liver by Khamaev. Beautiful body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khamaev swings for the body but Robinson moves out of range.
Khamaev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horrible takedown attempt by Robinson or perhaps it was just good defense by Khamaev, which made it look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson darts in looking for a takedown but Khamaev gets double underhooks and turns Robinson into the cage.
Chimzat Khamaev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Howie Robinson.
Robinson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Khamaev misses with a looping left.
Robinson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Khamaev stuns Robinson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Robinson walks into a left hand.
Robinson avoids the body shot from Khamaev.
Khamaev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robinson manages to avoid it.
Khamaev loads up on a big right hand but Robinson slips the punch.
Robinson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Khamaev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khamaev misses the shot to the body.
Chimzat Khamaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khamaev scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khamaev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robinson was well out of range. Poor timing from Khamaev.
Khamaev keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Khamaev misses with a wild body shot.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khamaev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robinson tries to clinch up.
Robinson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Khamaev as he avoids it easily.
Khamaev is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Khamaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robinson moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khamaev with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Robinson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khamaev to score with a decent uppercut.
Khamaev leaves Robinson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Khamaev misses with a wild body shot.
Robinson wants to counter with a clinch but Khamaev pushes him away.
Khamaev is looking to wear down Robinson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Khamaev connects with a good right hand that stumbles Robinson. Robinson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Robinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Khamaev misses.
Khamaev digs a good hook to Robinson's body.
Robinson wants to clinch up but Khamaev keeps it at a distance.
Khamaev was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Robinson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Khamaev looks to score with a jab to the body but Robinson is just out of range.
Robinson walks into a stiff left hand from Khamaev.
Khamaev scores with a jab. Robinson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khamaev throws an overhand right that lands on Robinson's shoulder, as Robinson tries to avoid the shot.
Khamaev is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Robinson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khamaev.
Khamaev looks to throw the jab but Robinson is out of range.

Robinson throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Khamaev tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Robinson is in Khamaev's guard.
Robinson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khamaev is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Khamaev trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Robinson postures up in Khamaev's guard and throws a big left but Khamaev blocks it.
Robinson looking to pass the guard.
Robinson prevents Khamaev from getting back to his feet.

Khamaev is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Robinson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Khamaev is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Khamaev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Khamaev lands an impressive looking overhand right. Robinson doesn't seem phased though.
Khamaev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Robinson avoids the body shot from Khamaev.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khamaev.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Robinson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khamaev throws a lazy right hand but Robinson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khamaev keeps the fight on the outside.
Robinson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khamaev.
Robinson fails with a takedown attempt.
Khamaev cracks Robinson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Chimzat Khamaev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Khamaev. Robinson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khamaev.

Robinson shoots in and bounces Khamaev off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Khamaev is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robinson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Robinson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chimzat Khamaev dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Khamaev misses with a lunging right hand

and Robinson counters by moving into the clinch.
Khamaev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Robinson can do to turn this around?

Khamaev manages to break the clinch.

Robinson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Khamaev has one foot on Robinson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Khamaev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khamaev throws a hook but Robinson avoids it easily.
Robinson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khamaev.
Khamaev lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khamaev just misses with a punch to the body.

Robinson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Robinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Khamaev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Khamaev manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Robinson gets through Khamaev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Robinson tries to pull guard but Khamaev holds him up against the cage and eventually Robinson drops back down to his feet.

Khamaev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Khamaev misses the target.
Khamaev throws a jab but it's blocked by Robinson.
Khamaev just misses with a punch to the body.
Robinson shoots in but Khamaev avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A little feinted left hand from Khamaev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Chimzat Khamaev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Howie Robinson.
A lazy left from Khamaev finds it's target.
Khamaev takes a swing at Robinson's ribcage but misses.
Robinson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Khamaev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robinson was well out of range. Poor timing from Khamaev.
Robinson throws a big counter head kick but Khamaev avoids it with no problem.
Khamaev swings for the body but Robinson moves out of range.
Robinson wants to clinch.
Khamaev swings for the body but Robinson moves out of range.
Khamaev lands a nice looking body shot.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khamaev is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Robinson tries to clinch up but Khamaev circles away and keeps his distance.
Robinson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khamaev.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khamaev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Robinson tries to counter with a clinch but Khamaev shakes him off and moves away.
Howie Robinson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Robinson shoots in for a double leg but Khamaev sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Khamaev lands with a straight right. Robinson didn't see that one coming.
Khamaev takes a swing at Robinson's ribcage but misses.
Khamaev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Robinson at a distance.
Robinson walks into a straight right hand from Khamaev.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robinson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Khamaev avoids it really well and circles away.
Khamaev wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khamaev scores with a nice right hand.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chimzat Khamaev is winning the standup battle so far.
Khamaev feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Robinsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Robinson avoids the body shot from Khamaev.
Robinson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Khamaev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robinson was well out of range. Poor timing from Khamaev.
Khamaev throws out a loose jab but Robinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khamaev sets himself, and Robinson steps forward looking for the clinch! Khamaev avoids it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khamaev takes a swing at Robinson's ribcage but misses.
Robinson wants to counter the offense by Khamaev and move into the clinch position.
Khamaev misses with a body shot.
Khamaev connects with a right hand. Robinson shakes it off.

Robinson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Khamaev wants to get back to his feet.
Robinson is looking to advance position but Khamaev won't allow it.
Robinson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Robinson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Khamaev defending well though.
Robinson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Robinson with good strikes from the mount here!
Khamaev is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson with shots to the head and body - Khamaev looks very uncomfortable down there.
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!

Khamaev bucks Robinson off and manages to get back to his feet!
Robinson wants to clinch.
Robinson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khamaev.
Robinson wants to counter the offense by Khamaev and move into the clinch position.
Robinson tries to clinch but Khamaev is having none of it.
Robinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khamaev just misses with a punch to the body.
Khamaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Khamaev throws a lazy right hand but Robinson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Robinson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Khamaev sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Robinson somewhat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khamaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robinson moves away.
Robinson wants to clinch.
Khamaev throws a body punch but Robinson moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chimzat Khamaev dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Khamaev stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Khamaev wants it to stay on the feet.
Khamaev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Robinson.
Khamaev misses with an uppercut.
Khamaev leaves Robinson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Robinson tries to clinch up.
Khamaev takes a swing at Robinson's ribcage but misses.
Robinson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Khamaev.
Khamaev bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Robinson's head.
Khamaev throws a body punch but Robinson moves out of range.
Khamaev moves into range and connects with a jab.
Robinson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Khamaev digs a good body shot into Robinson's ribs.
Robinson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Khamaev circles away from the clinch attempt.
Robinson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Robinson is rocked!
Robinson walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Khamaev! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chimzat Khamaev!