PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl van der Rohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giant Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan has chosen Giant Khan Entrance as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

van der Rohen
vs
Khan

225 cm
24
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

225 cm
26
329 lbs
12 - 6 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl van der Rohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Giant Khan!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van der Rohen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Karl van der Rohen has been cut.
van der Rohen moves away from the strike by Khan.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van der Rohen was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Khan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Giant Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van der Rohen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Khan misses with a looping right.
Khan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by van der Rohen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan checks the leg kick nicely there.
A slow jab from Khan misses its intended target.
Khan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from van der Rohen.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khan throws a series of strikes that have van der Rohen backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Rohen thows a body shot but no joy.
van der Rohen misses with a double jab
and Khan counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan takes a swing at van der Rohen's ribcage but misses.
van der Rohen staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Rohen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Khan throws a left and a right that both miss
and van der Rohen counters with an outside leg kick.
Khan looks gassed!
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Rohen works the jab nicely.

It looks like Giant Khan has been cut.
van der Rohen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Khan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
van der Rohen throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van der Rohen slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Giant Khan will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A swing and a miss from Khan.
van der Rohen misses with a wild combination.
Khan misses with a jab to the body

and van der Rohen counters with a crisp one two that drops Khan! van der Rohen thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Khan to his feet! Khan is in big trouble!
Khan moves out of range as van der Rohen strikes.
van der Rohen throws a leg kick which misses Khan's front leg but catches the back leg as Khan tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Rohen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Khan is breathing heavily.
van der Rohen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
van der Rohen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khan.
van der Rohen throws a combination that misses
and Khan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Khan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. van der Rohen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan jabs at van der Rohen's body.
Khan throws a right and a left that van der Rohen avoids nicely.
Karl van der Rohen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice defenses there by Khan.
Khan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan scores with a nice head shot.
van der Rohen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan looks to throw the jab but van der Rohen is out of range.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. van der Rohen moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but van der Rohen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khan throws a hook but van der Rohen blocks it.
Khan stalks van der Rohen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into van der Rohen's face. van der Rohen staggers backwards, shaken.

Karl van der Rohen's cut is getting worse.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan misses with a hook to the body
and van der Rohen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl van der Rohen dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A chopping leg kick lands by van der Rohen.
van der Rohen is looking to slow Khan down with leg kicks.
van der Rohen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
van der Rohen tries a low kick but Khan avoids it.
Khan falls off balance throwing a combination
and van der Rohen counters with a nice leg kick.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Rohen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
The fighters circling - van der Rohen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

van der Rohen drops Khan with a beautiful combination! Khan stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - van der Rohen is looking for the KO!

Khan is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but van der Rohen pushes him off.
Khan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from van der Rohen.
Khan dodges the punch combination from van der Rohen.
van der Rohen moves out of range as Khan strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Khan throws the left hand but van der Rohen avoids the punch easily.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but van der Rohen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
van der Rohen misses with a hook to the body
and Khan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Rohen lands a slapping body shot.
Khan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Karl van der Rohen is winning the standup battle so far.
van der Rohen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch combination from Khan misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karl van der Rohen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well van der Rohen 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl van der Rohen!