PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brij Khali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfgang Von Richtofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Von Richtofen has chosen Rammstein as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Khali
vs
Von Richtofen

175 cm
37
162 lbs
27 - 37 - 1

178 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

DJs Locker

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 37 - 1, fighting out of London, Brij Khali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wolfgang Von Richtofen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khali is looking to clinch but Von Richtofen is avoiding it.

Khali clinches.

Von Richtofen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Von Richtofen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Von Richtofen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khali doesn't seem bothered though.
Khali lands a head kick!

It looks like Wolfgang Von Richtofen has been cut.
Von Richtofen looks to throw the jab but Khali is out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Khali tries to clinch but Von Richtofen moves out of range.
Khali moves in looking to clinch but Von Richtofen pushes him off.
Von Richtofen swats away the attempt to clinch by Khali.
Khali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Von Richtofen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Von Richtofen scores with a spinning back kick!
Von Richtofen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Khali under the eye.
Khali misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khali fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Von Richtofen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Richtofen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Von Richtofen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khali thinking.
Von Richtofen scores with a hook.
Von Richtofen stuns Khali with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Von Richtofen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khali tries to clinch up but Von Richtofen circles away and keeps his distance.

Khali rushes Von Richtofen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Von Richtofen lands a shot to the body.
Khali wants to break free but Von Richtofen has control.
Khali can't break the clinch.
Khali has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Khali's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khali looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khali is trying to push Von Richtofen away but Von Richtofen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Von Richtofen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khali is trying to force a seperation but Von Richtofen has the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Von Richtofen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Von Richtofen scores with a nice hook to the head.

Von Richtofen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khali moves to clinch but Von Richtofen breaks away
and Von Richtofen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Von Richtofen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khali has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Von Richtofen.
Von Richtofen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khali looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khali on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Von Richtofen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A left lands for Von Richtofen.
Von Richtofen keeps the fight on the outside.
Khali fails in his attempt to clinch.
Von Richtofen cracks the inside of Khali's front leg.
Khali moves to clinch but Von Richtofen breaks away
and Von Richtofen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Khali fails in his attempt to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Von Richtofen.
Von Richtofen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Khali on the side of the head.
Khali throws a series of punches but Von Richtofen moves out of range.
Khali wants to clinch up but Von Richtofen keeps it at a distance.
Khali tries to clinch but Von Richtofen is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khali tries to close the distance and clinch but Von Richtofen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khali blocks a head kick by Von Richtofen.
Khali doesn't manage to clinch there - Von Richtofen circles away.
Khali wants to clinch.
Khali moves to clinch but Von Richtofen breaks away
and Von Richtofen counters with a left to the body.
Khali is breathing heavily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Von Richtofen.
Von Richtofen catches Khali with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Von Richtofen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khali doesn't seem bothered though.
Von Richtofen lands a two punch combo.
Khali moves out of range as Von Richtofen throws a body kick.

Khali clinches up with Von Richtofen and pushes him back against the cage.

Von Richtofen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khali needs to keep his hands up - Von Richtofen had a free shot at his head there.
Von Richtofen lands with a good body shot.
Von Richtofen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khali tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Von Richtofen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Von Richtofen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Von Richtofen keeps the fight on the outside.
Von Richtofen scores with a hook.
Von Richtofen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Khali had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Khali fails with an attempt to clinch.
Von Richtofen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Von Richtofen throws a low kick but Khali moves out of range easily.
Khali on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Von Richtofen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khali wants to clinch up but Von Richtofen keeps it at a distance.
Von Richtofen tries to bum rush Khali with a series of wild strikes but Khali uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khali wants to clinch.
Khali closes the distance looking to clinch
and Von Richtofen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Von Richtofen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Von Richtofen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Von Richtofen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khali looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wolfgang Von Richtofen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wolfgang Von Richtofen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Khali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khali closes the distance looking to clinch
and Von Richtofen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khali wants to clinch.
Von Richtofen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Von Richtofen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khali.
A left lands for Von Richtofen.
Khali closes the distance but Von Richtofen moves to the side
and Von Richtofen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Khali tries to clinch but Von Richtofen moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khali looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khali has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Von Richtofen tries to score with a low kick but Khali moves his leg out of the way.
Von Richtofen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Khali wants to clinch.
Khali tries to close the distance and clinch but Von Richtofen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khali takes one to the side of the head.
Von Richtofen digs a good hook to Khali's body.
Khali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Von Richtofen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khali tries to close the distance and clinch up but Von Richtofen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khali wants to clinch up but Von Richtofen keeps it at a distance.
Von Richtofen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khali tries to close the distance and clinch up but Von Richtofen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Von Richtofen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Von Richtofen lands a nice looking body shot.
A clash of legs there as Khali blocks the low kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Von Richtofen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Khalis head.
Khali has had enough of the clinch but Von Richtofen keeps him there for the moment.
Khali is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khali working hard to break the clinch.
Khali blocks the elbow strike.
Von Richtofen lands with a right to the head.
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!
Khali has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Von Richtofen as the two fighters clinch.
Von Richtofen is leaning against Khali and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Von Richtofen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch lands to the side of Khali 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Khali walks into a jab.
Von Richtofen lands a lovely overhand right.
Von Richtofen lands a nice hook to Khali's body. Khali takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Khali drops his hands momentarily and Von Richtofen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Von Richtofen.
Von Richtofen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Von Richtofen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khali takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khali is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Von Richtofen thuds a left hand into Khali's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Richtofen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Khali tries a head kick but it misses.
Von Richtofen scores with a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Khali misses.
Von Richtofen jabs Khali to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Von Richtofen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Von Richtofen cracks Khali with an open hand slap.
Wolfgang Von Richtofen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Von Richtofen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Von Richtofen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khali tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Von Richtofen counters with a two punch combo.
Khali pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Von Richtofen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khali looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Von Richtofen thumps Khali with a low kick.
Khali takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Von Richtofen digs a good body shot into Khali's ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Von Richtofen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Richtofen lands with a nice body kick.
Khali chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Von Richtofen can pounce on him.
Von Richtofen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Von Richtofen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Von Richtofen works over Khali's head and body with a nice combination.
Von Richtofen lands a nice looking body shot.
Von Richtofen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khali walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Khali doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Von Richtofen scores with a push kick.
Von Richtofen jabs at Khali's body.
Von Richtofen lands a high kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khali tries to clinch up.
Von Richtofen lands with a shot to the body.
Khali takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Von Richtofen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khali rather than just go for the knockout.
Khali sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wolfgang Von Richtofen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Wolfgang Von Richtofen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Von Richtofen dips to his left and cracks Khali with an uppercut!
Khali tries to clinch but Von Richtofen is having none of it.
Good work by Khali as he checks the leg kick.
Khali wants to clinch.
Khali drops his hands momentarily and Von Richtofen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Khali tries to bum rush Von Richtofen with a series of wild strikes but Von Richtofen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khali tries to clinch but Von Richtofen moves out of range.
Von Richtofen cracks Khali with a right hand to the side of the head.
Von Richtofen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Von Richtofen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khali in his tracks.
Khali walks into a left hand.
Von Richtofen swats away the attempt to clinch by Khali.
Khali is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khali scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khali walks into a jab.
Von Richtofen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khali takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khali gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Khali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khali tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Von Richtofen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Von Richtofen lands the left hand.

Khali is rocked!
Von Richtofen throws a one two combo.
Oh Khali is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Von Richtofen closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Khali! Von Richtofen dives in looking to finish! Khali is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wolfgang Von Richtofen!
A very excited looking Wolfgang Von Richtofen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.