PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shannon Khoury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paddy Stow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stow is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Wild Rover. Shannon Khoury has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Khoury
vs
Stow

170 cm
28
155 lbs
4 - 8 - 1

179 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Shannon Khoury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Paddy Stow!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stow darts in trying to clinch
and Khoury counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stow tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Khoury counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khoury.
Khoury throws the kick towards the body but Stow avoids it.
Stow moves out of range of the body kick.
Stow tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khoury swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stow throws a sloppy head kick and Khoury moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khoury jabs Stow to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Khoury misses with a wild body shot.
Stow is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khoury. Stow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stow darts in trying to clinch
and Khoury counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khoury looks to score with a jab to the body but Stow is just out of range.
Stow closes the distance but Khoury moves to the side
and Khoury counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stow shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Khoury takes a swing at Stow's ribcage but misses.
Khoury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khoury waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stow.
Stow avoids the body shot from Khoury.
Khoury misses with a wild body shot.
Stow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khoury.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stow blocks a head kick by Khoury.
Khoury throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khoury scores with a hook to the body. Stow takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A shot to the body from Khoury misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stow avoids the body shot from Khoury.
Khoury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Stow.
Stow walks into a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stow wants to clinch.
Khoury throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khoury.
Khoury throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Stow has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stow tries a knee to the head but Khoury blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shannon Khoury dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Khoury lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stow tries to clinch but Khoury moves away
enabling Khoury to counter with a crisp jab.
Khoury tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stow was well out of range. Poor timing from Khoury.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Stow closes the distance looking to clinch
and Khoury counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Khoury misses.
Khoury throws the left hand but Stow avoids the punch easily.
Stow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khoury.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khoury avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khoury is looking to wear down Stow with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A lazy body kick from Khoury
and Stow counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khoury missing with a left hand there. Stow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shannon Khoury is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Stow.
Khoury misses the body punch
and Stow counters with a nice low kick that buckles Khoury's knee momentarily.
Stow moves out of range as Khoury strikes.
Khoury works Stow's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stow tries to clinch there but Khoury circles away.
Khoury swats away the attempt to clinch by Stow.
Khoury keeps the fight on the outside.
Stow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stow tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Khoury counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Khoury checks a leg kick.
Khoury connects with a body shot that sends Stow's belly button to the back.
Stow buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khoury throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Stow.
Khoury checks the leg kick nicely there.
A big left from Khoury misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stow thumps Khoury with a low kick.
Khoury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khoury paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khoury.
Khoury lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Khoury works Stow's body with a nice hook.
Good exchange - Khoury coming out on top.
Khoury sizes up Stow with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shannon Khoury dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Khoury misses with a hook.
Khoury scores with a jab. Stow acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stow throws a sloppy head kick and Khoury moves out of range easily.
Khoury misses with a jab to the body
and Stow counters with a low kick, right behind Khoury 's knee.
Stow tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Khoury counters with a stiff right hand.
Stow avoids the body shot from Khoury.
Stow wants to clinch
enabling Khoury to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khoury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stow tries to clinch
and Khoury counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Stow is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Stow is rocked!
Stow tries to clinch
and Khoury counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stow is still on wobbly legs! Can Khoury finish him?
Stow tries to clinch but Khoury is having none of it.
Khoury looks to throw the jab but Stow is out of range.
Khoury lands a nice hook to Stow's body. Stow takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stow closes the distance looking to clinch
and Khoury counters with a three punch combo that has Stow backing up. Stow nods at Khoury to acknowledge the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stow throws a sloppy head kick and Khoury moves out of range easily.
Stow tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Khoury makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stow takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Stow tries to clinch but Khoury moves away
and Khoury counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khoury ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stow moves away.
Stow wants to clinch
and Khoury cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stow tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Khoury counters with a huge left! Stow is in big trouble! He's backing up but Khoury isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Stow from any more damage. A dominating finish by Khoury!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shannon Khoury!