PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khuchtei Bokhchuud (ranked 1517 p4p, 1366 weight class) and Wesley Shutes (ranked 251 p4p, 222 weight class). Bokhchuud comes into the arena with ErgeSholee Biste Turda blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bokhchuud
vs
Shutes

168 cm
41
190
35 - 19 - 0

182 cm
38
177
19 - 16 - 3

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 35 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Khuchtei Bokhchuud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 3, fighting out of London, Wesley Shutes!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jorge Garcia and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bokhchuud feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Shutess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Shutes misses the shot to the body.
Shutes has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Shutes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bokhchuud wants to slow Shutes down by chopping away at his legs.
Bokhchuud takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shutes misses with the body kick

and Bokhchuud counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Shutes moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Shutes controlling Bokhchuud's posture.
Let's hope that Shutes has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Shutes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bokhchuud can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shutes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Bokhchuud stands up and waves to Shutes to follow him.
Bokhchuud does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shutes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shutes thows a leg kick but Bokhchuud checks it

and Bokhchuud moves into the clinch.
Bokhchuud prevents a body shot from Shutes.
Bokhchuud throws an elbow that misses.
Shutes avoids a wild elbow strike from Bokhchuud.
Shutes blocks an elbow strike from Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bokhchuud trying to land knees to the body.
Bokhchuud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bokhchuud crunches a lovely knee into Shutes's ribcage.
Shutes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shutes blocks the elbow strike.
Shutes takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Wesley Shutes has been cut.
Bokhchuud lands with a short head shot on the inside.
I was talking to Bokhchuud'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 uppercut from Bokhchuud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bokhchuud tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shutes's elbow.
Bokhchuud working aggressively here.
Bokhchuud looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bokhchuud lands an elbow just above Shutes 's eye.
Bokhchuud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shutes avoids it.
Bokhchuud struggles to land a body shot inside as Shutes controls his hands.
Bokhchuud working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shutes dodges an elbow strike from Bokhchuud.
Shutes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bokhchuud misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bokhchuud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shutes.
Shutes misses with some punches.
Shutes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shutes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bokhchuud just misses with a elbow thrown towards Shutes's brow.
Shutes avoiding damage as Bokhchuud throws knees to the body.
Shutes blocking some punches.
Bokhchuud blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shutes misses with some punches.
Shutes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bokhchuud comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bokhchuud tries a knee to the head but Shutes blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shutes scores with a shot to the side of Bokhchuud's head.
Bokhchuud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shutes lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shutes.
Shutes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shutes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shutes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bokhchuud's brow.
Bokhchuud throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shutess head.

Shutes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from Bokhchuud misses.
Shutes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bokhchuud misses with a low kick.
Shutes swats away the attempt to clinch by Bokhchuud.
Shutes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Khuchtei Bokhchuud dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wesley Shutes's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Shutes misses with a head kick.
Shutes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bokhchuud is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shutes can do to turn this around?
Shutes thuds his right hand into Bokhchuud's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shutes. That's going to slow Bokhchuud down.
Bokhchuud wants to clinch but Shutes slips to the side
and Shutes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A jab from Shutes does it's job there.
Bokhchuud misses with a jab to the body
and Shutes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bokhchuud dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shutes. That did some damage!
Shutes tries to clinch but Bokhchuud is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bokhchuud. Shutes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shutes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bokhchuud pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bokhchuud throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bokhchuud misses the body punch
letting Shutes counter with a right hand.
Shutes throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bokhchuud shoots in for a takedown but Shutes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Shutes lands a leg kick that knocks Bokhchuud off balance momentarily.
Bokhchuud takes a swing at Shutes's ribcage but misses.
Shutes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Shutes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bokhchuud. Bokhchuud circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bokhchuud throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shutes slips a jab from Bokhchuud.
Shutes steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Shutes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from Bokhchuud is predictable there
and Shutes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bokhchuud scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Shutes tried to score with a low kick but Bokhchuud checks it.
Bokhchuud seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Shutes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bokhchuud tries a head kick but it misses.
Shutes appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Shutes cracks Bokhchuud with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Shutes tries to clinch but Bokhchuud moves out of range.
Bokhchuud rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Shutes counter with a right hand.
Shutes sizes up Bokhchuud with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shutes cracks Bokhchuud with an open hand slap.
Khuchtei Bokhchuud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Bokhchuud misses
and Shutes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bokhchuud throws a front kick aimed at Shutes's knee but Shutes avoids it well.
Bokhchuud throws a poor cross that misses
and Shutes counters with a three punch combo that has Bokhchuud backing up. Bokhchuud nods at Shutes to acknowledge the strikes.
Bokhchuud swats away the attempt to clinch by Shutes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud tries to land a front kick but Shutes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bokhchuud pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice side step and Shutes releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bokhchuud throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shutes throws a body kick that misses

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

Bokhchuud gets to his feet. Shutes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bokhchuud slips under a jab.
A low kick from Shutes misses

and Bokhchuud counters by clinching up.
Shutes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shutes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bokhchuud misses with a punch to the body.
Shutes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Khuchtei Bokhchuud has been cut.
Shutes tries to land a knee to the head but Bokhchuud blocks with his arms.
Shutes scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bokhchuud lands an elbow inside that Shutes shrugs off.
Khuchtei Bokhchuud has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bokhchuud scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bokhchuud blocks an uppercut.
Shutes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A hook to the body from Shutes.
Shutes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shutes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bokhchuud tries a knee to the head but Shutes blocks it.
Bokhchuud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bokhchuud dodges an elbow strike from Shutes.
Shutes lands a hook that snaps the head of Bokhchuud backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bokhchuud trying to land knees to the body.
Shutes misses with an elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wesley Shutes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. And we move into the final round!

Bokhchuud swings for the body but Shutes moves out of range.
Shutes cracks a nice hook into Bokhchuud's ribs.
Shutes loads up on a big right hand but Bokhchuud slips the punch.
Shutes thuds a left hand into Bokhchuud's body.
Shutes scores with a nice head shot.
Bokhchuud misses with a two punch combination.
Shutes throws out a counter right but Bokhchuud avoids it with no problem.
Shutes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shutes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bokhchuud throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shutes misses with a straight left.
Shutes avoids the body shot from Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud just misses with a punch to the body.
Bokhchuud misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shutes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bokhchuud on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wesley Shutes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shutes lands a jab to the head.
Bokhchuud misses with a straight right.
Shutes wants to counter the offense by Bokhchuud and move into the clinch position.
Bokhchuud scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bokhchuud slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Shutes connects with a looping right hand.
Shutes throws out a powerful jab.
Shutes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bokhchuud throws a lazy right hand but Shutes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bokhchuud throws a lazy right hand but Shutes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shutes lands a glancing blow to the side of Bokhchuud's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shutes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bokhchuud throws a leg kick that misses.
Shutes throws a right and a left that Bokhchuud avoids nicely.
Shutes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Shutes throws a head kick but Bokhchuud moves out of range.
Shutes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bokhchuud has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shutes.
Shutes avoids the body shot from Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud avoids the head kick by Shutes.
Bokhchuud takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bokhchuud misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shutes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shutes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bokhchuud moves away.
Bokhchuud throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shutes.
Bokhchuud works Shutes's body with a nice hook.
Bokhchuud is looking to land body kicks.
Shutes connects with a leg kick.
Shutes cracks Bokhchuud with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bokhchuud lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bokhchuud throws a big shot that misses.
Shutes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A clash of legs there as Shutes blocks the low kick.
Bokhchuud gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Shutes counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bokhchuud misses with an uppercut
and Shutes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bokhchuud fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Shutes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bokhchuud misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shutes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bokhchuud looks for the body kick but Shutes saw that one coming.
Shutes misses with a shot to the body

and Bokhchuud counters by moving into the clinch.
Bokhchuud pushes off an throws an elbow but Shutes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shutes blocking some punches.
Bokhchuud is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A left hand lands to the body for Shutes.
Bokhchuud has a couple of punches blocked by Shutes.
Shutes blocks an elbow strike from Bokhchuud.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wesley Shutes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shutes 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wesley Shutes!
Wesley Shutes bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
The defeated Khuchtei Bokhchuud had this to say: 'Сайн байна "Sain baina"-Translation well Shit!'.