PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amir Khan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Cruz
vs
Khan

180 cm
24
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominic Cruz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Amir Khan!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Khan moves into the clinch.

Khan lands a takedown into guard.
Khan stands and throws Cruz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Khan happy to just control the position for now.
Cruz is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Khan has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Cruz taking a bit of punishment here - Khan scoring with strikes.
Cruz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cruz tries to get out of the position.
Khan lands a nice forearm strike.
The referee asks Khan politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Khan prefers to stall for the moment though.
Cruz throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khan has hold of Cruz's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Cruz seems comfortable defending it but Khan has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Cruz is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Cruz is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Khan couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Amir Khan!
Amir Khan is the new bantamweight champion!