PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shamil Khabilov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Redinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shamil Khabilov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Khabilov
vs
Redinov

170 cm
23
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
23
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shamil Khabilov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Piotr Redinov!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redinov moves in looking to clinch but Khabilov pushes him off.
Redinov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khabilov keeps the fight on the outside.
Khabilov throws a low kick but Redinov moves out of range easily.
Redinov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khabilov paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Redinov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the temple.
Khabilov wants to break free but Redinov has control.
Redinov lands an elbow inside that Khabilov shrugs off.
Khabilov blocks an elbow strike.
Khabilov blocks an elbow strike from Redinov.
Khabilov tries to break free but Redinov pushes him back against the cage.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Khabilov is trying to break the clinch but Redinov has him pressed against the cage.
Khabilov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Redinov has Khabilov pressed against the cage, preventing Khabilov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Khabilov dodges an elbow strike from Redinov.
Khabilov is trying to break the clinch but Redinov has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redinov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Redinov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Redinov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khabilov blocks an elbow strike from Redinov.
Redinov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khabilov's defenses.
Khabilov is trying to push Redinov away but Redinov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the forehead.
A frustrated look appears on Khabilov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Redinov lands an elbow inside that Khabilov shrugs off.
Khabilov is trying to break the clinch but Redinov is controlling him.
Khabilov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Redinov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Redinov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khabilov's brow.
Khabilov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Redinov has him pressed against the cage.
Redinov throws an elbow but it misses.
Redinov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khabilov dodges an elbow strike from Redinov.
Khabilov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Redinov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redinov lands a nice elbow.
Khabilov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Shamil Khabilov has been cut.
Khabilov blocks an elbow strike.
Redinov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khabilov's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Redinov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Redinov.
Khabilov dodges an elbow strike from Redinov.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the temple.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the temple.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Redinov.
Khabilov is looking to break free of the clinch but Redinov has double underhooks.
Redinov has Khabilov pressed against the cage, preventing Khabilov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Khabilov is trying to break the clinch but Redinov has him pressed against the cage.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.
Redinov misses with an elbow strike.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.
Redinov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Redinov keeps control of Khabilov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khabilov is trying to break the clinch but Redinov is controlling him.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Redinov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khabilov's brow.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Redinov misses with an elbow over the top.
Redinov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Redinov.
Khabilov is trying to push Redinov away but Redinov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Khabilov blocks an elbow strike.
Redinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khabilov can't break the clinch.
Khabilov is looking to break free of the clinch but Redinov has double underhooks.
Redinov has Khabilov pressed against the cage, preventing Khabilov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Redinov misses with an elbow over the top.
Redinov lands an elbow just above Khabilov 's eye.
Redinov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Redinov throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khabilov is looking to break free of the clinch but Redinov has double underhooks.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khabilov has had enough of the clinch but Redinov keeps him there for the moment.
Redinov lands a nice elbow.
Khabilov dodges an elbow strike from Redinov.
Khabilov blocks an elbow strike.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Redinov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khabilov's brow.
Redinov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khabilov wants to get back to striking at distance but Redinov won't allow it.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Redinov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khabilov's brow.
Nice elbow from Redinov.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Redinov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khabilov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Redinov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Redinov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Redinov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shamil Khabilov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Redinov moves into the clinch.
Piotr Redinov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khabilov tries to break free but Redinov pushes him back against the cage.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khabilov tries to circle away but Redinov has him pinned against the cage.
Redinov keeps control of Khabilov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khabilov working hard to break the clinch.
Khabilov blocks the elbow strike.
Redinov lands a nice elbow.
Khabilov tries to circle away but Redinov has him pinned against the cage.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the temple.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khabilov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Khabilov takes an elbow to the temple.
Khabilov avoids the elbow strike from Redinov, against the cage.
Redinov pushes off an throws an elbow but Khabilov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khabilov avoids a wild elbow strike from Redinov.
Khabilov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redinov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khabilov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Redinov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khabilov's defenses.
Khabilov blocks an elbow strike from Redinov.
Khabilov is trying to force a seperation but Redinov has the dominant position.
Redinov lands a nice elbow.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Redinov.
Redinov lands an elbow just above Khabilov 's eye.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Redinov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khabilov's defenses.
Redinov lands an elbow just above Khabilov 's eye.
Redinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Khabilov is rocked!
Khabilov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oh Khabilov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khabilov blocks an elbow strike.
Khabilov seems to have got his legs back now.
Redinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Redinov throws an elbow that misses.
Redinov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Redinov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khabilov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Khabilov blocks an elbow strike.
Khabilov tries to break the clinch but Redinov is controlling the position.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
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!
Khabilov is trying to break the clinch but Redinov is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Redinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.

Shamil Khabilov's cut is getting worse.
Redinov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khabilov's defenses.
Redinov lands an elbow that stopped Khabilov in his tracks for a moment.
Redinov throws an elbow that misses.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.
Redinov lands an elbow that stopped Khabilov in his tracks for a moment.
Clinched against the cage, Redinov lands a big elbow that drops Khabilov! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Khabilov is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piotr Redinov!