PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Massimiliano Tormento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tormento's entrance music is "Cianuro" (Tormento ft Esa). A fine choice. Cain Khan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Tormento
vs
Khan

177 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Massimiliano Tormento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cain Khan!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tormento moves into range and clinches up with Khan.
Tormento landing knees to the body.
Tormento taking a breather.
Khan looking for a takedown.
A bit of stalling here from Tormento.
Tormento scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khan fails to pull guard.
Tormento landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tormento landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tormento smiles and moves away.
Massimiliano Tormento has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cain Khan.

Tormento rushes Khan and presses him up against the cage.
Tormento lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan jumps guard but Tormento stands there with Khan around his waist. Khan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tormento breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tormento.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Khan looks gassed!

Tormento moves into range and clinches up with Khan.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tormento with a knee to the head.

It looks like Cain Khan has been cut.

Tormento breaks from the clinch.
Tormento thows a body kick. Khan tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Tormento rushes Khan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tormento lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tormento gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Tormento escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khan takes one to the side of the head.

Tormento rushes Khan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tormento stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tormento lands a knee to the head.
Tormento stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Tormento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Massimiliano Tormento is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khan looks to clinch

and Tormento counters by clinching up.

Tormento escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A right-left combo lands from Tormento.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tormento moves into the clinch successfully.
Tormento connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tormento has Khan pressed against the cage.
Tormento landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tormento obliges.
Tormento is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tormento utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tormento scores with a knee to the head.

Tormento pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tormento lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Khan with a poor takedown
and Tormento counters with a one-two to the body.

Tormento darts in and clinches Khan up against the cage.
Tormento with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tormento connects with a knee to the head.
Tormento cracks Khan with a nice body shot.

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

Tormento gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tormento with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Tormento.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan takes a knee right on the jaw!

Tormento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tormento avoids the head kick by Khan.

Tormento has taken the fight to the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tormento.
Tormento gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Khan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tormento utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Come on Tormento - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A knee to the head by Tormento.
Tormento landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Tormento breaks from the clinch.

Tormento rushes Khan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Khan tries to pull guard but Tormento holds him up against the cage and eventually Khan drops back down to his feet.
Tormento using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan being controlled against the cage.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tormento lands a knee to the body.
Khan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tormento has him pressed against the cage.
Tormento using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Tormento breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tormento chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Tormento clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tormento.

Tormento escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tormento pushes Khan up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tormento.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tormento stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tormento obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tormento lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Tormento pushes Khan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Tormento.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Massimiliano Tormento dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cain Khan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Khan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Khan tries to clinch
and Tormento connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khan doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Tormento counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tormento.
Tormento is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tormento scores with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Tormento.

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

Tormento fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khan, pushing him back against the cage.

Tormento breaks from the clinch.

Tormento clinches.
Tormento connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khan's face.
Khan fails to pull guard.
Nice body punch from Tormento - that landed with a thud.
Khan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tormento is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Massimiliano Tormento has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cain Khan.
Tormento lands with a right to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tormento utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tormento lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tormento lands a nice elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from Tormento.
Tormento lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Tormento lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tormento lands a hook that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Tormento lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.

Tormento breaks from the clinch.

Tormento has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tormento with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tormento is pressed up against the cage. Khan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tormento down to the mat. Tormento avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Tormento pushes Khan up against the cage in a clinch.
Tormento lands a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tormento.
Tormento unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tormento lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.

Tormento's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Tormento has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tormento crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tormento.
Tormento scores with a knee to the head.
Tormento lands a body shot.

Tormento's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khan misses with a takedown attempt

and Tormento counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tormento manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Tormento avoids the damage to the body.
Massimiliano Tormento has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tormento putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tormento with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tormento taking a breather.
Khan is trying to drag Tormento to the mat but Tormento just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Khan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tormento creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tormento is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tormento lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Tormento throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tormento lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Tormento.
Tormento unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tormento walks away with a smile on his face. Khan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Tormento closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Khan is trying to break the clinch but Tormento has him pressed against the cage.
Khan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Tormento's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tormento lands with a nice combination. Khan backs away looking to recover.

Khan tries to keep at a distance but Tormento has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tormento with a knee to the head.
Come on Tormento - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan wants to stall.
Tormento unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tormento displaying some good clinch control by pressing Khan up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tormento obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tormento.
Tormento scores a nice knee to the body.
Tormento is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Tormento lands a shot to the body.
Tormento with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Khan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tormento landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Tormento breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tormento tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.
Khan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tormento counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Massimiliano Tormento dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cain Khan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Tormento moves into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Tormento.
Tormento taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tormento scores with a knee to the head.
Khan wants a takedown but no success here.

Tormento's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Tormento gets a clinch.
Tormento lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tormento lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Khan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tormento stalling.
Tormento with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Khan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tormento connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khan's face.
Khan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tormento smiles and moves away.
Massimiliano Tormento has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cain Khan.

Tormento clinches up with Khan and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tormento breaks the clinch.
Khan shoots for a double leg takedown but Tormento sprawls well. He's pushed Khan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Tormento closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tormento seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Khan wants to break free but Tormento has control.
The referee calls for Tormento to work.
Tormento scores with a nice hook to the head.

Tormento breaks the clinch.

Tormento closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tormento avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Tormento lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tormento creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Tormento stalling against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tormento with a knee to the head.
Khan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tormento lands a damaging elbow.
Tormento lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Khan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Tormento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khan misses with a takedown attempt
and Tormento counters with a thumping low kick.

Tormento forces Khan back against the cage and clinches.
Tormento using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tormento lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tormento connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khan's face.
Tormento landing knees to the head.
Tormento lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tormento smiles and moves away.
Tormento scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tormento tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tormento displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tormento.
Massimiliano Tormento is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan fails with the takedown

and Tormento holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tormento obliges.
Massimiliano Tormento is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tormento scores with a knee to the head.
Tormento lands a nice uppercut.
Tormento connects with a knee to the head.
Tormento landing knees to the body.
Tormento with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Tormento.
Tormento scores with a knee to the head.
Tormento landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tormento tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tormento fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Tormento has closed the distance and engaged Khan in a clinch.
Khan can't get the takedown.
Tormento scores a nice knee to the body.
Tormento lands an uppercut.
Tormento lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khan or not.
Khan is trying desperately to land a takedown but Tormento is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Khan.

Tormento escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tormento scores with the left hand. Khan knows he should have avoided that one.
Khan misses with a takedown attempt
and Tormento counters with a two punch combo.

Tormento has closed the distance and engaged Khan in a clinch.
Cain Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tormento landing knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Massimiliano Tormento showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tormento has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Massimiliano Tormento!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Massimiliano Tormento!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Massimiliano Tormento!

Massimiliano Tormento wins by unanimous decision!