PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Nero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zack Khan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nero
vs
Khan

186 cm
25
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dustin Nero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zack Khan!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nero cracks the inside of Khan's front leg.
Nero keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Zack Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nero wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nero connects with an inside leg kick.
Jab by Nero.
A leg kick checked by Khan.

Nero clinches.
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!
Nero connects with a knee to the head.
Nero landing knees to the head.
Nero lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
Nero landing knees to the body.
Khan looks gassed!
Khan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Nero walks away with a smile on his face. Khan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Nero clinches with his opponent.
Nero lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nero lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.
Nero with a knee to the head.
Nero lands a nice elbow.
Nero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Nero.
Nero connects with a knee to the head.
Nero lands a damaging elbow.
Nero crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nero obliges.
Knees to the body from Nero.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nero lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
Nero lands a nice elbow.
Nero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nero landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nero unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nero crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.
Nero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nero scores a nice knee to the body.
Nero unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nero lands a knee to the head.
Nero lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.
Nero lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Nero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Nero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Khan jumps guard but Nero turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Dustin Nero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zack Khan.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nero.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Nero.
Nero lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Nero lands a nice knee to the body.
Nero scores with a knee to the head.
Nero lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Nero lands a knee to the head.
Nero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nero landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nero landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nero lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.
Nero lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Khan takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Nero.
Khan jumps guard but Nero stands there with Khan around his waist. Khan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nero lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Nero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nero lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nero utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nero lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Nero dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Khan gets tackled into the cage by Nero. Nero maintains the clinch.
Nero lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.
Nero lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Nero lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.
Nero landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nero lands a nice elbow.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
Nero lands a knee to the body.
Nero lands an elbow inside.
Nero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nero connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khan's face.
Khan is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Nero.
Nero lands an elbow inside.
Nero landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nero lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Nero lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nero lands a damaging elbow.

Khan is rocked!
Khan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan is still on wobbly legs! Can Nero finish him?
Nero lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.
Nero lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Nero.

It looks like Zack Khan has been cut.
Nero is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nero lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.
Nero with a knee to the head.
Nero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nero lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nero.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nero lands a nice knee to the body.
Nero landing knees to the body.
Nero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Khan seems to have recovered his senses.
Nero scores a nice knee to the body.
Nero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Nice elbow from Nero.
Nero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
Nero lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nero.
Nero connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Nero.
Nero lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Dustin Nero has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nero lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
Nero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nero.
Nero landing knees to the head.
Nero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nero working Khan over with knees to the body.
Nero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Nero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Nero crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nero.
Nero unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nero lands an elbow inside.
Nero lands a nice elbow.
Nero lands a damaging elbow.
Nero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Nero.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nero obliges.
Nero connects with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nero.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nero landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Nero dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zack Khan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nero thumps Khan with a low kick.

Nero moves into the clinch successfully.
Khan tries to pull guard but Nero holds him up against the cage and eventually Khan drops back down to his feet.
Nero lands a damaging elbow.
Khan trying to control the position but instead, Nero has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khan into the cage.
Khan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nero with a knee to the head.
Nero landing knees to the body.
Nero unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nero scores a nice knee to the body.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nero smiles and moves away.
Nero scores with a nice strike.
Good leg kick by Nero there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Khan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Nero instigates a clinch.
Nero lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Khan tries to pull guard but Nero won't allow it.
Dustin Nero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zack Khan.
Nero is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nero lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nero gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nero.
Knees to the body from Nero.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nero gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nero lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Nero.
Nero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Nero unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nero crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.
Nero landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nero lands an elbow inside.
Nero lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Nero lands a knee to the body.
Nero landing knees to the body.
Nero landing knees to the body.
Nero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nero.
Nice elbow from Nero.
Nero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nero scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nero connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khan's face.
Nero lands an elbow inside.
Nero scores with a knee to the head.
Khan tries to break free but Nero pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nero lands a knee to the head.
Khan has had enough of the clinch but Nero keeps him there for the moment.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Khan working hard to break the clinch.
Khan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Nero avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nero lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nero lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Zack Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nero lands a damaging elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dustin Nero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nero 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:24
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dustin Nero!