PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chimzat Khamaev (ranked 2510 p4p, 3667 weight class) and Taisto Thai (ranked 324 p4p, 452 weight class). Taisto Thai has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Chimzat Khamaev's chin.

Khamaev
vs
Thai

188 cm
27
170
5 - 4 - 0

169 cm
21
177
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chimzat Khamaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Taisto Thai!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khamaev cracks Thai with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Khamaev darts in looking for a takedown but Thai gets double underhooks and turns Khamaev into the cage.
Khamaev drops down looking for an ankle pick but Thai pulls his leg out and moves away.
Thai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thai defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Khamaev.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chimzat Khamaev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thai fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khamaev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Thai gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thai misses with the head strike.
Khamaev wants to take the fight to the mat but Thai manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Khamaev blocks an elbow strike from Thai.
Khamaev tries to score a body lock takedown but Thai shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Thai gets underhooks to prevent Khamaev's takedown attempt.
Khamaev tries for a takedown but Thai manages to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thai gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Khamaev.
Khamaev has Thai pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Thai manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Thai is pressed up against the cage. Khamaev has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thai down to the mat. Thai avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Khamaev tries to keep at a distance but Thai has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thai throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khamaev drops down looking for an ankle pick but Thai pulls his leg out and moves away.
Thai connects with a leg kick.
Khamaev misses with an uppercut. Thai saw that one coming.

Thai pushes Khamaev up against the cage in a clinch.
Thai trying to land knees to the body.
Khamaev is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Thai gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Thai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khamaev blocks it with crossed arms.
Khamaev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Khamaev has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Thai is trying to keep an underhook but Khamaev manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Thai pushes Khamaev off looking to stand but Khamaev dives back in and keeps control.
Khamaev working Thai over with strikes.
Thai is looking for a sweep. Khamaev is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Khamaev wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thai keeps working.
Thai really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Khamaev. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thai is looking to control Khamaev's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Thai avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai looks like he's trying to stand up.
Khamaev looks to land a strike but Thai avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thai wants to stand and escape but Khamaev is having none of it.
Khamaev 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.
Khamaev throws a big elbow that misses.
Khamaev landing with the ground and pound.
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 throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Khamaev throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Thai is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Khamaev advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khamaev is thwarting Thai's attempts to control the position.
Thai looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thai looks like he's trying to stand up.
Khamaev missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Khamaev looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thai with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Khamaev thows a huge punch but Thai dodges it nicely.
Khamaev not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Khamaev throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Thai is looking for a sweep. Khamaev is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Khamaev stops Thai from getting back to his feet.
Thai is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Khamaev scores with a couple of nice shots.
Khamaev missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Khamaev lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khamaev lands with a punch from half guard.
Khamaev is trying to control the action in half guard but Thai is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Khamaev 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.
Khamaev not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Khamaev lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Thai is trying to stand up here but Khamaev is controlling him well.
Khamaev winds up and cracks Thai with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Khamaev not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Khamaev thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Thai trying to control here.
Khamaev drops an elbow to the side of Thai's head.
Thai is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Thai blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khamaev.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Chimzat Khamaev will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Thai moves into the clinch successfully.
Khamaev tries for a takedown. No joy.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khamaev as Thai tries to tie him up.
Khamaev takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Chimzat Khamaev has been cut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khamaev.
Thai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khamaev tries to score a body lock takedown but Thai shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Khamaev can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chimzat Khamaev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khamaev takes a shot to the head.
Thai connects with a knee to the head.
Thai working Khamaev over with knees to the body.
Khamaev avoids a wild elbow strike from Thai.
Thai pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Khamaev! Thai unloads with more strikes and Khamaev sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taisto Thai!
Post fight, Taisto Thai stared into the camera and said 'Im the best! '.
Chimzat Khamaev spoke after the fight, saying 'I trained so hard for this fight! I’ll be back! Keel everybody! '.