PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Khavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Saraiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Khavin
vs
Saraiva

196 cm
34
195 lbs
26 - 15 - 1

185 cm
28
220 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Elite Canadian Threads

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 26 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Konstantin Khavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabriel Saraiva!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saraiva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saraiva's coach down at Team Listerman was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Saraiva's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Khavin connects with a body shot that sends Saraiva's belly button to the back.

Khavin clinches up with Saraiva and pushes him back against the cage.
Khavin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saraiva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khavin wants to get back to striking at distance but Saraiva won't allow it.
Khavin lands a good knee to the midsection. Saraiva won't want to take too many of those.
Khavin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saraiva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khavin's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Saraiva throws an elbow but misses.
Saraiva pushes off an throws an elbow but Khavin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khavin effectively controlling the action here.
Saraiva struggles to land a body shot inside as Khavin controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khavin as Saraiva tries to tie him up.
Khavin blocks an elbow strike.
Khavin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Saraiva is keeping busy.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saraiva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khavin's brow.
Khavin tries a knee to the head but Saraiva blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saraiva lands a damaging elbow.
Saraiva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khavin misses with a knee to the head.
Khavin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Khavin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saraiva effectively controlling the action here.
A right handed body shot lands from Khavin.
Saraiva lands a body shot.
Saraiva tries to work over Khavin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khavin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saraiva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saraiva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khavin looking to throw knees to the head but Saraiva is blocking nicely.
Khavin trying to stall but Saraiva improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saraiva lands a body shot.
Saraiva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khavin dodges an elbow strike from Saraiva.
Khavin takes a shot to the head.
Khavin is working Saraiva over against the cage.
Saraiva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khavin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saraiva backwards.
Saraiva throws an elbow that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khavin obliges.
Khavin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khavin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Saraiva looks winded!
Knees in the clinch landing for Khavin.
A head punch on the inside from Saraiva fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khavin.
Khavin scores with a shoulder strike.
Khavin slows down the pace here.
Saraiva tries a body shot but Khavin blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saraiva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saraiva working aggressively here.
Saraiva misses with a body punch.
Khavin looking to stall.
Saraiva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saraiva can't find room to land a body shot as Khavin controls the action.
Saraiva being controlled against the cage.
Khavin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khavin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Saraiva digs a right hand underneath Khavin's ribcage. Khavin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Saraiva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khavin backwards.

It looks like Konstantin Khavin has been cut.
Saraiva tries a body shot but Khavin blocks it.
Saraiva scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saraiva lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saraiva swings wildly with an uppercut but Khavin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saraiva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khavin blocks the elbow strike.
Khavin looking to slow down the pace here.
Khavin misses with a punch on the inside.
Khavin has a couple of punches blocked by Saraiva.
Saraiva lands a nice elbow.
Khavin misses with a body punch.
Khavin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Saraiva misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khavin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saraiva blocks it with crossed arms.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saraiva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saraiva pushes off an throws an elbow but Khavin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Saraiva.
Saraiva lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Konstantin Khavin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Khavin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Khavin misses with a wild body shot.
Khavin sizes up Saraiva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Saraiva slips a jab from Khavin.

Saraiva instigates a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khavin.
Khavin is looking to control Saraiva's arms but Saraiva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khavin has his back to the cage.
Khavin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Saraiva lands an elbow inside.
Saraiva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Konstantin Khavin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Saraiva - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saraiva misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Saraiva as Khavin tries to tie him up.
A short body shot lands from Saraiva as the two fighters clinch.
Saraiva lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Saraiva.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Saraiva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khavin backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khavin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saraiva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khavin backwards.
Saraiva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Konstantin Khavin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Khavin avoids a wild elbow strike from Saraiva.
Saraiva misses with a body punch.
Saraiva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Saraiva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Saraiva effectively controlling the action here.
Saraiva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saraiva tries to throw a body punch but Khavin avoids it by throwing Saraiva back against the cage.
Saraiva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khavin avoids the elbow strike from Saraiva, against the cage.
Saraiva throws an elbow but it misses.
Saraiva is trying to maintain a safe position but Khavin gets an underhook and turns Saraiva into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Saraiva throws an elbow but misses.
Saraiva has a couple of punches blocked by Khavin.
Saraiva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Saraiva pushes Khavin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Jeez, Konstantin Khavin's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Saraiva blocks an elbow strike from Khavin.
Saraiva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khavin tries a knee to the head but Saraiva blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saraiva tries to throw a body punch but Khavin avoids it by throwing Saraiva back against the cage.
Saraiva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khavin throws a head punch that misses.

Khavin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saraiva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Konstantin Khavin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khavin cracks Saraiva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Saraiva scoring well with a low kick there.
Saraiva lands a head shot.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Konstantin Khavin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gabriel Saraiva!
After winning the bout, Gabriel Saraiva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.