PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carmelo Razor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Razor comes into the arena with AC/DC - Hells Bells blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Razor
vs
Khan

170 cm
21
160 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

170 cm
23
165 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carmelo Razor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tiger Khan!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.

Razor darts in and clinches Khan up against the cage.
Razor lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Razor fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Razor.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Razor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Razor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Razor.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Khan breaks the clinch.
Razor looks for a takedown but Khan sprawls well.
Khan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Khan lands a jab to the head.
Razor shoots for a takedown but Khan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Khan tests Razor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Razor misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Khan. That snapped Razor's head back.
Razor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Razor on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Razor doesn't seem bothered though.
Khan lands a jab to the nose.
Razor changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Khan tries to avoid it but Razor manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Khan to the ground. Khan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carmelo Razor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Razor is breathing heavily.
Khan lands a jab to Razor's midsection.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Razor. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Razor shoots in but Khan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Khan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Khan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Khan drops Razor with a nice combination! Khan dives into Razor's guard, looking to finish!

Razor is rocked!
Khan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Oh Razor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Razor has a closed guard, preventing Khan from standing up.
Khan looking to pass the guard.
Razor seems to have got his legs back now.
Khan wants to get up but he can't break Razor's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Khan wants to stand but Razor is controlling his posture from full guard.
Khan throws a big right hand that misses.
Razor doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Razor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Khan swivels and escapes.
Razor misses with a combination
letting Khan counter with a right hand.
Razor shoots in for a takedown but Khan shows good takedown defense.
Khan thuds a left hand into Razor's body.
Khan lands a nice shot that snaps Razor's head back.
Khan lands a jab to Razor's midsection.
Razor fails with a takedown attempt.
Khan connects with a looping right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khan looks to land a combination. Razor sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Khan defending well as Razor loads up on a big left hand.
Khan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Razor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Razor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tiger Khan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Khan!
Khan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Razor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Razor lands a high kick!
Khan tests Razor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khan works Razor's body with a nice hook.
Razor looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Khan is fending him off so far but Razor persists. Nope, Khan circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a slapping body shot.
Razor misses with a combination
and Khan counters with a right hand to the body.
Razor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khan lands a with a good body shot.
Razor misses with a takedown attempt - Khan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Khan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan stuns Razor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Khan lands a two punch combo.
Razor misses with a double jab
and Razor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice takedown defense from Khan. No joy for Razor on that attempt.
Khan lands a lovely overhand right.
Razor tries to bum rush Khan with a series of wild strikes but Khan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khan misses with a combination

and Razor counters with a nice double leg into side control. Khan won't be happy with that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Khan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Razor changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Khan tries to avoid it but Razor manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Khan to the ground. Khan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Razor looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Razor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khan.
Khan lands with an overhand left.
Razor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Khan swivels and escapes.
Jab, jab by Khan - just one landing.
Razor misses with a double jab.
Razor drops his hands momentarily and Khan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Razor looks for a takedown but Khan sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carmelo Razor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khan fails to land with a series of punches.
Khan misses with a wild combination.
Razor lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Razor.
A punch combination from Khan misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Razor throws a combination that misses
and Khan counters with a right hand to the body.
Khan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Razor backs up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan lands a jab-cross combination.
A shot to de liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.
Razor tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.
Razor has a takedown stuffed.
Khan misses with a few strikes there.
Razor has a takedown stuffed.
Razor fails with the takedown.
Razor tries for a takedown but Khan circles away easily
and Khan counters with a nice uppercut.
Khan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Razor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Carmelo Razor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Razor fails with a takedown attempt.
Khan works Razor's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Razor.
Khan misses with a series of wild punches.
Razor throws a leg kick but Khan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Razor fails with a takedown attempt.
Khan is working the combinations to good effect here.
Razor has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A combination from Khan does no damage.
Razor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Khan counters with a right hand to the body.
Khan misses with a two punch combination.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Khan throws a nice looking combination but Razor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Razor fails to land the takedown.
Razor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Razor shoots in and drives through. Khan sprawls well.
Khan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Razor slips the punch.
Razor shoots in for a takedown but Khan shows good takedown defense.
Razor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khan counters with a one-two to the body.
Razor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
No luck for Razor with that takedown attempt.
Khan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A head kick misses from Razor.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Khan!
Razor throws a combination that misses
and Khan counters with a left to the body.
A head kick misses from Razor.
Razor throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Razor with that takedown attempt.
Razor misses with a few strikes there.
Khan avoids the head kick by Razor.
Khan throws a one two combo.
Khan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A big right from Khan misses.
Nice sprawl there from Khan as Razor shoots in.
Khan looks to land a combination but Razor avoids it well.
Razor tries for a takedown but Khan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Khan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Razor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Razor avoids a punch combination nicely.

Razor decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Razor is looking to clinch but Khan is avoiding it.
Carmelo Razor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Razor decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Razor controlling the pace.
Khan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Razor.
Khan is not content to let Razor control the position.
Khan is trying to stand.
Razor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Khan defending well though.
Razor seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Khan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Razor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Razor moves out of range of the body kick from Khan.
Razor throws a series of punches but Khan moves out of range.
Razor misses with the combination.
Razor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Razor tries for a takedown but Khan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Razor shoots for a takedown but Khan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Khan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Khan throws a one two combo.
Khan lands with a straight right. Razor didn't see that one coming.
A nice combination there by Khan.
Horrible takedown by Razor or perhaps it was just good defense by Khan which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carmelo Razor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body punch from Khan.
Khan lands a nice hook to Razor's body. Razor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Khan connects with a nice looking jab.
Razor throws a low kick but Khan avoids it.
Razor throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Khan's waist but Khan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Razor off to one side.
Khan's corner calls for a 1-2. Khan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Razor throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Razor swinging wilding here.
Khan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Razor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Razor doesn't seem bothered though.
Khan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Razor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Khan counters with a two punch combo.
Khan lands a glancing blow to the side of Razor's head.
A shot to de liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.

Razor looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Razor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Khan holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Razor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Khan trying to control here.
Razor working Khan over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Razor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Razor is thwarting Khan's attempts to control the position.
Khan tries to get to full guard but Razor has control of the leg.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Razor scores with a head kick.
Razor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Khan stuffs the takedown.
Horrible takedown by Razor or perhaps it was just good defense by Khan which made him look bad.
Razor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Khan moves out of range of the body kick from Razor.
Razor slips a jab and a cross from Khan.
Razor tries to move into range but Khan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Khan swats away the attempt to clinch by Razor.
Tiger Khan seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.
Razor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Razor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Razor throws a combination that misses
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Razor's hands.
Razor shoots in for a double leg but Khan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Carmelo Razor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Razor tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Razor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan misses with the combination.
Razor shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Khan pinned against the cage. Khan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tiger Khan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Razor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Carmelo Razor.
I think Khan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiger Khan!