PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Randy Tessin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rajja Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan has chosen tubular bells as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tessin
vs
Khan

172 cm
25
151 lbs
12 - 5 - 2

179 cm
25
160 lbs
6 - 0 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 5 - 2, fighting out of London, Randy Tessin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 2, fighting out of London, Rajja Khan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
Randy Tessin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tessin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khan throws a series of strikes that have Tessin backpedaling.
Sloppy strikes from Khan. Those never looked like landing.
Tessin misses with a jab to the body
and Khan counters with a left to the body.
Tessin throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tessin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Tessin throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Khan looks to throw the jab but Tessin is out of range.
Khan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tessin misses with a looping right.
Tessin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khan lands a head kick. Tessin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Khan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tessin circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab lands there for Tessin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tessin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Khan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Khan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Khan unloads with some shots from mount but Tessin bucks and avoids them well.
Khan with a couple of short strikes.
Tessin is trying to escape the mount.
Khan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Khan throwing strikes but Tessin uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Tessin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Khan.
Khan wants to free his trapped foot but Tessin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tessin trying to hold on to Khan's head to control him but Khan postures up.
Tessin is looking to escape.
Tessin is looking to control Khan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tessin avoid being mounted?
Tessin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tessin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Tessin pulls Khan in to control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan postures up in Tessin's guard and throws a big left but Tessin blocks it.
Tessin working a defensive guard here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Randy Tessin.
Tessin scores with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tessin. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tessin throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Tessin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tessin throws an off balance right hand
and Khan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tessin moves away from the strike by Khan.
Tessin throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khan slips under a jab from Tessin.
Khan cracks a nice hook into Tessin's ribs.
Tessin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Tessin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tessin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khan avoids the body shot from Tessin.
Tessin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Donk. Khan catches Tessin right on the button with a cross.
Randy Tessin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tessin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Tessin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tessin throws the left hand but Khan avoids the punch easily.
Tessin throws an off balance right hand
letting Khan counter with a right hand.

Khan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tessin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Khan working away.
Khan working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Tessin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Khan working the ground and pound from side control.
Khan working the strikes but Tessin uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Khan decides to return to a standing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tessin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Tessin lands a slapping body shot.
Khan throws a leg kick which misses Tessin's front leg but catches the back leg as Tessin tries to avoid it.
Khan shoots for a takedown but Tessin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tessin is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Khan's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Tessin throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
Tessin throws an off balance right hand
and Khan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Khan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tessin throws a big shot that misses.
Khan catches Tessin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tessin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tessin looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tessin misses with an uppercut

and Khan counters with a single leg into guard. Tessin didn't expect that.
Khan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Khan tries to free his leg and advance position but Tessin is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rajja Khan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tessin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tessin. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tessin.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Khan lands a left hand.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tessin is working Khan over against the cage.
Tessin lands with a right to the head.
Khan pushes Tessin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tessin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tessin is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Tessin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tessin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tessin tries to break free but Khan pushes him back against the cage.
Khan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Tessin breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tessin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Tessin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tessin throws a right hand that misses
and Khan counters with a stiff right hand.
Tessin connects with a body shot that sends Khan's belly button to the back.
Khan lands with a nice combination. Tessin backs away looking to recover.
Good work by Tessin as he checks the leg kick.
Khan lands with an uppercut that bounces Tessin off the cage and back into range.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tessin.
Khan misses with a series of wild punches.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Tessin pushes him off.
Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tessin.
Khan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tessin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khan can pounce on him.
Tessin throws out a loose jab but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tessin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a glancing blow to the side of Tessin's head.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Tessin just misses with a punch to the body.
Tessin throws a looping overhand right but Khan ducks down to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tessin.
Tessin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Tessin misses the jab.
Khan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Khan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tessin swivels and escapes.
Jab by Tessin.
Tessin scores with a nice right hand.
Khan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tessin digs a good hook to Khan's body.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tessin.
Tessin throws a sloppy body shot
and Khan counters with a big head kick but Tessin shrugs it off.
Tessin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khan.
Tessin throws a right hand that misses
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tessin throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tessin misses with a wild body shot.
Tessin misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Khan avoids the body shot from Tessin.
Tessin misses the shot to the body.
Randy Tessin is winning the standup battle so far.
Tessin misses with a wild body shot.
Tessin tries to move into range but Khan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice body kick from Khan.
Khan is looking to chop away at Tessin's legs.
Khan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tessin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khan scrambles back to his feet.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Tessin.
Tessin throws a big shot that misses.
Khan scoring well with a low kick there.
Tessin misses with a wild body shot.
Khan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan slips a jab from Tessin.
Tessin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Khan under the eye.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Tessin pushes him off.
Tessin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A good leg kick by Khan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan moves away from the strike by Tessin.
Tessin swings widly with a right hand
and Khan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tessin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khan avoids the body shot from Tessin.
Tessin throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Tessin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khan in his tracks.
A swing and a miss from Tessin.
Tessin misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan scores with a head kick.
A big right from Tessin misses.
The crowd cheers as Khan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tessin doesn't seem phased though.
Khan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Randy Tessin will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Khan misses with a looping right.
Khan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tessin tries to avoid it but Khan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tessin to the ground. Tessin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tessin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Khan counters with an inside leg kick.
Tessin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tessin thows a body shot but no joy.
Khan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tessin eats them both and turns towards Khan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tessin misses with a right hand
and Khan counters with a straight right hand.
Khan digs a good hook to Tessin's body.
Tessin lands a jab to the head.
Tessin misses the shot to the body.
Tessin lands a jab to Khan's midsection.
Tessin misses the shot to the body.
Tessin just misses with a punch to the body.
Tessin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tessin throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tessin.
Tessin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tessin to score with a decent uppercut.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tessin throws out the jab.
Khan throws a head kick that half lands.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tessin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Tessin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khan doesn't seem phased though.
Tessin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
Tessin throws out a loose jab but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tessin takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Tessin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Khan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tessin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good shot there by Khan.
Tessin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khan moves away from the strike by Tessin.
Tessin throws a jab when Khan was well out of range.
Nice jab there from Khan.
Khan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Tessin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tessin walks into a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khan. That's going to slow Tessin down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khan.
Khan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tessin.
Tessin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khan counters with a solid body kick.
Tessin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tessin misses with a wild body shot.
Tessin throws the left hand but Khan avoids the punch easily.
Tessin throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Tessin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Khan slips a jab from Tessin.
A jab from Tessin misses.

Khan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Khan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tessin gets full guard.
Tessin trying to keep a closed guard but Khan is proving a slippery customer.
Tessin seems keen to control Khan's posture.
Khan looking to pass the guard.
Tessin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tessin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tessin is looking to stand up but Khan isn't so interested in that idea.
Tessin is controlling Khan's posture.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Tessin has his feet on Khan's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tessin.
Tessin swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Khan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tessin on the side of the head.
Khan avoids the body shot from Tessin.
Khan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tessin throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khan lands with an overhand left.
Tessin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Khan gets a clinch.
Khan keeps control of Tessin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tessin misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Tessin shrugs off.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Randy Tessin.
I think Tessin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rajja Khan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Rajja Khan made sure he mentioned GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS, along with how happy he was to win his fight.