PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Volk Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Pearl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pearl has chosen yes as his entrance music. Mr Pearl has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Khan
vs
Pearl

174 cm
27
162 lbs
13 - 0 - 0

190 cm
29
152 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Volk Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Pearl!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearl shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Khan defends it nicely.
Pearl moves in looking to clinch but Khan pushes him off.
Khan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Khan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pearl.
Khan slips under a jab.
Pearl ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pearl dodges the punch combination from Khan.

Pearl moves into the clinch.
Pearl drops down looking for an ankle pick but Khan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Volk Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Pearl.
Khan throws a jab when Pearl was well out of range.
Pearl throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khan slips under a jab from Pearl.
Khan misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pearl sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khan dives in and grabs Pearl's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pearl pushes down on Khan's head and hops out.
Khan lands a nice shot that snaps Pearl's head back.
Khan misses with a looping left.
Khan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Khan throws a hook but Pearl blocks it.
Pearl lands a lovely overhand right.
Pearl is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Khan swats away the attempt to clinch by Pearl.
Pearl lands a jab to the nose.
Pearl keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khan.
Khan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pearl shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Khan but Khan pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Khan is looking to take a break and control but Pearl is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Khan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pearl is trying to get back to full guard.
Pearl is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Khan is pressing down on Pearl's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pearl is holding on for now.
Pearl is looking to escape.
Khan controlling the pace.
Khan moves into full mount! Pearl won't be happy about that!
Pearl gets back to half guard.
Khan trying to pass the guard but Pearl defending well.
Khan is thwarting Pearl's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Khan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Pearl has one foot on Khan's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Khan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sloppy strikes from Khan. Those never looked like landing.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Pearl saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pearl is looking to clinch but Khan is avoiding it.
Khan stuffs the takedown.
Mr Pearl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Pearl, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pearl looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pearl tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Khan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Pearl moves into the clinch successfully.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Volk Khan will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pearl misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Pearl showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khan.
Khan misses with a series of wild punches.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Pearl.
Khan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pearl shoots in and drives through. Khan sprawls well.
Khan lands with a cross.
Pearl shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Khan pinned against the cage. Khan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Khan lands a glancing blow to the side of Pearl's head.
Khan stuffs the takedown attempt from Pearl. Pearl gets slowly back to his feet.
Volk Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Pearl.
Pearl tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khan circles away quickly and effectively.
Khan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pearl shoots in but no luck this time.
Khan throws a hook but Pearl blocks it.
Pearl shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Khan but Khan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pearl slips a straight right by Khan.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Pearl saw that one coming.
Pearl looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pearl ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan is looking to chop away at Pearl's legs.
Pearl fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pearl moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Khan throws a leg kick but Pearl sees it coming and moves out of range.
Volk Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Volk Khan is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearl throws a leg kick
and Khan counters with a thumping low kick.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pearl manages to avoid it.
Khan fails with a takedown attempt.
Pearl is looking to clinch but Khan is avoiding it.
Pearl changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Khan tries to avoid it but Pearl manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Khan to the ground. Khan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pearl will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khan throws a hook but Pearl avoids it easily.
Pearl avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pearl ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Khan digs a good hook to Pearl's body.
Khan looks to land a combination but Pearl avoids it well.
Khan misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearl throws a series of punches but Khan avoids them all with ease.
Khan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Khan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pearl tries to bum rush Khan with a series of wild strikes but Khan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pearl throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pearl takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Khan misses with a few strikes there.
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pearl doesn't seem bothered though.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pearl.
Pearl throws a one two combo.
Pearl is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pearl doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Khan counters with a three punch combo that has Pearl backing up. Pearl nods at Khan to acknowledge the strikes.
Pearl throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearl has a takedown stuffed.
Pearl is breathing heavily.

Khan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pearl did well to prevent Khan getting side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan passes to full mount!

Khan has hold of Pearl's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Pearl manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Pearl wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Volk Khan dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pearl closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Khan swinging wildly here.
Pearl misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khan cracks Pearl with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pearl throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pearl throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Khan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pearl.
Pearl closes the distance but Khan moves to the side
letting Khan counter with a right hand.
Pearl leaves Khan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pearl checks a leg kick.

Pearl closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pearl blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearl fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pearl looks to land a combination but Khan avoids it well.
Pearl tries to clinch up but Khan circles away and keeps his distance.
Pearl throws a nice looking combination but Khan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pearl throws a nice looking combination but Khan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pearl throws a nice looking combination but Khan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pearl takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pearl bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pearl bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Pearl misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Khan is defended easily by Pearl.
Pearl looks to land a combination but Khan avoids it well.
A jab from Khan misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearl shoots in for a takedown but Khan shows good takedown defense.
Khan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Khan wants it to stay on the feet.

Khan fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Pearl to the ground. Khan is now in Pearl's guard.
Khan forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khan is looking to take a break and control but Pearl is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Khan trying to control the pace.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pearl tries to kick Khan off but Khan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Khan is pressing down on Pearl's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pearl is holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

We're going to have a standup here because Volk Khan wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Pearl tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Pearl.
Khan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Volk Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pearl.
Pearl throws a nice looking combination but Khan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearl misses with a two punch combination.
Khan looks to land a combination but Pearl avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Khan. Those never looked like landing.
Pearl avoids the body shot from Khan.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pearl throws out the jab.
Pearl slips under a jab.
Pearl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khan lands with a kick to the temple. Pearl shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Pearl throws a right and a left that Khan avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Khan. Those never looked like landing.
Pearl changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Khan tries to avoid it but Pearl manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Khan to the ground. Khan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khan throws a hook but Pearl avoids it easily.
Pearl tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pearl closes the distance but Khan moves to the side
and Khan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Volk Khan clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pearl leaves Khan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Khan gets a takedown into half guard.
Khan is trying to control the action in half guard but Pearl is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Khan not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Khan is trying to work for a kimura but Pearl is defending well.

Pearl is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Khan has latched onto it... Big trouble! Khan pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Pearl is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Khan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Volk Khan!