PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dorn Il Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jj Mac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dorn Il Khan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Il Khan
vs
Mac

195 cm
25
209 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

167 cm
25
211 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dorn Il Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, jj Mac!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mac pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Il Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mac.
Mac throws a jab when Il Khan was well out of range.
Mac avoids the head kick by Il Khan.

Il Khan has closed the distance and engaged Mac in a clinch.
Il Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mac blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Il Khan.

It looks like jj Mac has been cut.
Il Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Il Khan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mac is trying to break the clinch but Il Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Il Khan tries a knee to the head but Mac blocks it.
Il Khan avoiding damage.
Mac has a couple of punches blocked by Il Khan.
Mac has had enough of the clinch but Il Khan keeps him there for the moment.
Il Khan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Il Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Mac blocks with his arms.
Il Khan lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Il Khan with a knee to the head.
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Il Khan has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac tries to break free but Il Khan pushes him back against the cage.
Il Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Mac blocks with his arms.
Il Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Il Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Mac blocks with his arms.
Il Khan is breathing heavily.
Il Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Il Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mac tries to break free but Il Khan pushes him back against the cage.
Il Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Mac pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Mac misses its intended target.
Il Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Mac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Il Khan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mac throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Il Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mac keeps the fight on the outside.
Il Khan tries to clinch but Mac is having none of it.
Mac throws a sloppy head kick and Il Khan moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Il Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mac paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Il Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mac swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Il Khan has managed to clinch.
Mac looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mac is trying to force a seperation but Il Khan has the dominant position.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Il Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Mac blocks with his arms.
Il Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mac is trying to break the clinch but Il Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Mac tries to break the clinch but Il Khan is controlling the position.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Mac has eaten all the pies!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mac looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Il Khan misses with a knee to the head.
Mac tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mac is trying to break the clinch but Il Khan is controlling him.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Il Khan blocking some punches.
Il Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mac blocks it with crossed arms.
Mac tries to break free but Il Khan pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mac wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Il Khan tries a knee to the head but Mac blocks it.
Mac fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mac is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Mac's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mac wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Il Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Mac is trying to push Il Khan away but Il Khan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Il Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mac lands a right hand.
Mac fails to pull guard.
Il Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Mac breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mac's corner calls for a 1-2. Mac obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Il Khan moves into the clinch.
Mac looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mac looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mac working hard to break the clinch.
Il Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mac's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mac wants to break free but Il Khan has control.
Il Khan prevents Mac from breaking the clinch.
Il Khan blocking some punches.
Mac tries to break free but Il Khan pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Il Khan tries a knee to the head but Mac blocks it.
Mac has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Il Khan tries a knee to the head but Mac blocks it.
Mac tries to break free but Il Khan pushes him back against the cage.
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Il Khan has double underhooks.
Il Khan has Mac pressed against the cage, preventing Mac from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Il Khan has double underhooks.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mac working hard to break the clinch.
Il Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mac is trying to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Il Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mac has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mac wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Il Khan misses with a knee strike.
Mac can't break the clinch.
Il Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Mac is blocking nicely.
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 Dorn Il Khan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on jj Mac's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mac is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Il Khan.
Il Khan wants to clinch up but Mac keeps it at a distance.

Il Khan clinches.
Il Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Mac blocks with his arms.
Il Khan misses with a knee to the head.
Il Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mac is trying to break the clinch but Il Khan is controlling him.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mac wants to break free but Il Khan has control.
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Il Khan has double underhooks.
Mac has had enough of the clinch but Il Khan keeps him there for the moment.
Il Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mac's efforts to push away.
Mac takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mac tries to break the clinch but Il Khan is controlling the position.
Il Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Mac blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mac is trying to break free.
Il Khan is trying to stall.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Il Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mac lands a nice uppercut.
Il Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Mac decides to pull guard.

Il Khan is sitting in close to Mac's body. Mac has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Il Khan is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Il Khan is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Mac.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). jj Mac!