PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Amir Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and boom shakalaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Khan
vs
shakalaka

172 cm
19
162 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

169 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Amir Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, boom shakalaka!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan tries to clinch but shakalaka is having none of it.

Khan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Khan with a knee to the head.

It looks like boom shakalaka has been cut.
A frustrated look appears on shakalaka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but shakalaka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
shakalaka is pushing Khan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
shakalaka has had enough of the clinch but Khan keeps him there for the moment.
Khan scores a nice knee to the body.
A hook to the body from shakalaka.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to shakalaka's face.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
shakalaka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
shakalaka is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
shakalaka can't break the clinch.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but shakalaka blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
shakalaka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan prevents shakalaka from breaking the clinch.
shakalaka has had enough of the clinch but Khan keeps him there for the moment.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but shakalaka blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on shakalaka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite shakalaka's efforts to push away.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
shakalaka is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khan keeps control of shakalaka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
shakalaka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khan has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but shakalaka is blocking nicely.
shakalaka takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but shakalaka is blocking nicely.
Khan tries a knee to the head but shakalaka blocks it.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
shakalaka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
shakalaka can't break the clinch.
shakalaka wants to get back to striking at distance but Khan won't allow it.
shakalaka is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but shakalaka blocks with his arms.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on shakalaka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
shakalaka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan keeps control of shakalaka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but shakalaka is blocking nicely.
shakalaka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
shakalaka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
shakalaka lands a body shot in the clinch.
shakalaka lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khan or not.
Khan keeps control of shakalaka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
shakalaka is trying to break free.
Khan blocks a body shot from shakalaka.
shakalaka tries to stall but Khan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A left hand lands to the body for shakalaka.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
shakalaka is trying to break the clinch but Khan is controlling him.
shakalaka tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing shakalaka back against the cage.
shakalaka working hard to break the clinch.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but shakalaka blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan keeps control of shakalaka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
shakalaka is looking to break free of the clinch but Khan has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
shakalaka has had enough of the clinch but Khan keeps him there for the moment.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
shakalaka looking to stall.
shakalaka is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but shakalaka avoids the damage to the body.
Khan tries a knee to the head but shakalaka blocks it.
shakalaka is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
shakalaka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
shakalaka tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
shakalaka wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
shakalaka is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
shakalaka tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
shakalaka is trying to break free.
Khan misses with a knee to the head.
shakalaka tries to break the clinch but Khan is controlling the position.
Khan misses with a knee to the head.
shakalaka wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
shakalaka pushes Khan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
shakalaka is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from shakalaka - that landed with a thud.
shakalaka scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
shakalaka tries to break the clinch but Khan is controlling the position.
Khan tries a knee to the head but shakalaka blocks it.
Khan keeps control of shakalaka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
shakalaka working hard to break the clinch.
shakalaka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Khan keeps control of shakalaka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shakalaka managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
shakalaka tries to stall but Khan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
shakalaka stalls.
shakalaka tries to circle away but Khan has him pinned against the cage.
shakalaka digs a right hand into Khan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khan's gas tank.
shakalaka wants to get back to striking at distance but Khan won't allow it.
shakalaka is trying to break the clinch but Khan is controlling him.
Khan blocks a body shot from shakalaka.
Khan tries a knee to the head but shakalaka blocks it.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but shakalaka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan keeps control of shakalaka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
shakalaka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
shakalaka misses with a body punch.
shakalaka working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Khan working shakalaka over with knees to the body.
shakalaka tries to break the clinch but Khan is controlling the position.
shakalaka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
shakalaka takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but shakalaka blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite shakalaka's efforts to push away.
shakalaka can't break the clinch.
Khan tries a knee to the head but shakalaka blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
shakalaka is trying to force a seperation but Khan has the dominant position.
Khan prevents shakalaka from breaking the clinch.
shakalaka is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
shakalaka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
shakalaka is trying to force a seperation but Khan has the dominant position.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Khan blocks a body shot from shakalaka.
shakalaka tries to circle away but Khan has him pinned against the cage.
shakalaka can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from shakalaka.
Khan prevents a body shot from shakalaka.
shakalaka tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
shakalaka has had enough of the clinch but Khan keeps him there for the moment.
shakalaka is trying to stall.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite shakalaka's efforts to push away.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
shakalaka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
shakalaka is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
shakalaka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
shakalaka has had enough of the clinch but Khan keeps him there for the moment.
Khan prevents shakalaka from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but boom shakalaka will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on boom shakalaka's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

shakalaka connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
shakalaka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Khan tries to clinch but shakalaka moves out of range.
shakalaka blocks a head kick by Khan.
shakalaka uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Khan has time to react.
Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from shakalaka.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
shakalaka connects with a right hand. Khan shakes it off.
Khan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
shakalaka misses with a straight right.
shakalaka throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Khan is rocked!

It looks like Amir Khan has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from shakalaka.

shakalaka lands a left and a right that send Khan crashing to the mat, dazed. shakalaka thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Khan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
shakalaka scores with a jab to the body.
shakalaka throws a big shot that misses.
Khan slips under a jab from shakalaka.
Khan seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
shakalaka connects with the punch.
shakalaka might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

shakalaka lands a big uppercut and Khan crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Khan looks OK. shakalaka waves Khan back to his feet!
boom shakalaka seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
shakalaka drops Khan with a straight right hand, right on the button! shakalaka follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). boom shakalaka!