PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abaka Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson has chosen Roll Right as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Khan
vs
Watson

172 cm
29
182 lbs
23 - 13 - 1

180 cm
38
180 lbs
38 - 23 - 1

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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 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Abaka Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Watson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.

Watson closes the distance and clinches.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Watson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan scores with a shoulder strike.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Khan working aggressively here.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Khan prevents the takedown attempt.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watson's face.
Our sources have told us that Khan has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Watson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Watson lands with a good tight uppercut 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!
Watson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Khan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Abaka Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Watson.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khan lands an elbow just above Watson 's eye.
Watson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan lands a knee to the head.
Watson avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Watson swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Watson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Come on Watson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Watson takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Brian Watson has been cut.
Watson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khan stalls.
Watson wants to stall.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watson avoids it.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watson is defending well for now.
Watson misses with a punch to the body.
Watson stalling the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watson avoids it.
Khan blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Watson tries to score a body lock takedown but Khan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Khan prevents the takedown attempt.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Watson controls his hands.
Watson lands a right hand.
Watson lands a nice uppercut.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Watson.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan prevents a body shot from Watson.
Knees to the body from Khan.
Watson misses with a body punch.
Khan lands a damaging elbow.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Watson tries for a takedown but Khan manages to get underhooks.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Watson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Watson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Watson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson lands a nice uppercut.
Khan gets underhooks to prevent Watson's takedown attempt.
Watson wants to take the fight to the mat but Khan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Watson is trying to stall.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Watson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Watson avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khan lands a good knee to the midsection. Watson won't want to take too many of those.
Watson looks winded!
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Watson blocks with his arms.
Watson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Khan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Watson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Watson.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Watson tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Khan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Khan.

Watson breaks from the clinch.
Watson goes for a double leg but Khan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Khan continues to drive forward.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan lands a nice elbow.
Watson looking to stall.
Watson looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Abaka Khan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A head kick misses from Khan.
Watson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Watson fails with an attempt to clinch.

Watson closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Khan landing knees to the body.
Abaka Khan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Watson avoids the damage to the body.
Khan working aggressively here.
A short body shot lands from Watson as the two fighters clinch.
Watson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Watson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khan gets underhooks to prevent Watson's takedown attempt.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Watson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Khan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Watson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Watson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khan is keeping busy.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Watson.
Watson is looking to control Khan's arms but Khan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Watson has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watson.
Watson misses with the head strike.
Watson has Khan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Khan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Abaka Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Watson.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Watson's brow.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Watson tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Watson back against the cage.
Khan scores with a knee to the head.
Watson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan is pressed up against the cage. Watson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Khan down to the mat. Khan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan throws a head kick that misses.
Khan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Watson dives in for a single leg takedown but Khan sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Khan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Watson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khan is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Watson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watson.
Watson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Khan.
Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Come on Watson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Watson lands an uppercut.
Khan stops a takedown attempt from Watson.
Watson is working Khan over against the cage.
Khan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Watson.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watson blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Watson back against the cage.
Watson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Watson.
Khan lands a nice elbow.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan lands a good knee to the midsection. Watson won't want to take too many of those.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Watson shrugs off.
Watson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Khan pulls his leg out and moves away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abaka Khan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Watson tries for a takedown but Khan circles away easily
and Khan counters with a good low kick that Watson was not able to check.
Watson looks to throw the jab but Khan is out of range.
Watson moves in looking to clinch but Khan pushes him off.
Brian Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watson 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 Watson off to one side.
Watson dives in for a single leg takedown but Khan sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Abaka Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Watson.
Watson struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Watson lands a body punch.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan lands an elbow that stopped Watson in his tracks for a moment.
Khan misses with a knee to the head.
Watson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Watson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Watson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watson misses with a punch to the body.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Watson shrugs off.
Khan scores a nice knee to the body.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Watson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watson wants to take the fight to the mat but Khan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Watson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Watson avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watson avoids it.

Watson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Khan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Khan can't do much from the bottom here.
Khan is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Watson in side control lands a decent elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Khan manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Brian Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khan wants to control but Watson is keeping busy.
Khan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Watson lands a couple of elbows.
Khan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Khan controlling the position.
Khan is trying to keep Watson in close.
Khan wants to sweep here but Watson controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson trying to control the position from guard on top but Khan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Abaka Khan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Khan tries to clinch up.
Abaka Khan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Watson moves out of range of the body kick.
Watson scores with a jab to the body.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watson shoots in for a takedown but Khan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Watson tries for a takedown but Khan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Watson is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khan tries to clinch up but Watson circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Watson.
Watson throws a sloppy head kick and Khan moves out of range easily.
Watson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Khan is fending him off so far but Watson persists. Nope, Khan circles away and we're back to standing.
Abaka Khan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khan throws a head kick that misses.
Watson wants to clinch up but Khan keeps it at a distance.
Watson goes for a double leg but Khan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Khan continues to drive forward.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watson's elbow.
Khan works on Watson's body with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Watson fails to land.
Khan with a knee to the head.

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 Abaka Khan.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abaka Khan!
A relieved looking Abaka Khan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.