PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darren Lockyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustafa Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan has chosen Immortal Technique- The Cause of Death as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Lockyer
vs
Khan

189 cm
36
198 lbs
26 - 9 - 1

187 cm
36
194 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darren Lockyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mustafa Khan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lockyer throws a sloppy body shot
and Khan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Some wild striking there from Lockyer.
Lockyer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Decent striking displayed by Khan there.
Khan throws a lazy right hand but Lockyer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lockyer tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
Khan slips under a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Khan misses.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lockyer.
Lockyer swings widly with a right hand
and Khan counters with a body kick that stops Lockyer in his tracks momentarily.
Lockyer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khan wants to slow Lockyer down by chopping away at his legs.
Khan motions for Lockyer to come forward. Khan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lockyer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lockyer moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lockyer misses with a looping right.
Khan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Khan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lockyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lockyer misses with a looping left.
Khan tries to land a leg kick but Lockyer saw it coming and moves away.
Khan throws the left hand but Lockyer avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Lockyer misses.
Khan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lockyer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lockyer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lockyer fails to land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khan! But no joy.
Lockyer moves out of range of the body kick from Khan.
Lockyer misses the shot to the body.
Khan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Khan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan throws a big shot that misses.
Lockyer misses with a wild body shot.
Lockyer digs a good body shot into Khan's ribs.
Khan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Lockyer ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Khan takes one on the button.
Khan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Khan blocks a leg kick.
Khan jabs Lockyer to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lockyer looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
Khan throws a leg kick but Lockyer sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khan punishes Lockyer's body with a nice straight punch.
Darren Lockyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lockyer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khan doesn't seem bothered though.
A left lands for Khan.
Khan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lockyer cracks Khan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lockyer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Lockyer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lockyer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lockyer.
Khan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lockyer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lockyer connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Lockyer throws a big shot that misses.
Lockyer misses with a straight left.
Khan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Khan moves away from the strike by Lockyer.
Lockyer misses with a looping right.
Khan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lockyer checks it well.
Lockyer is looking to counter punch.
Khan lands an overhand right.
A big right from Khan misses.
Khan blocks a jab.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lockyer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lockyer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lockyer misses the shot to the body.
Lockyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Lockyer takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Lockyer tries to move into range but Khan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lockyer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan staying out of range there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lockyer.
Lockyer defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Lockyer throws a leg kick but Khan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lockyer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lockyer misses with a body shot.
Khan connects with a body shot that sends Lockyer's belly button to the back.
Lockyer throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Khan moves away from the strike by Lockyer.
Khan lands a right hook to the body.
A clash of legs there as Lockyer blocks the low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lockyer connects with a single shot there.
Lockyer throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Khan flicks out a counter leg kick but Lockyer steps away.
Khan scores with a jab to the body.
Lockyer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mustafa Khan will probably get the nod.
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.

Lockyer is looking to score with low kicks.
Khan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lockyer.
A bone on bone clash there as Lockyer blocks the leg kick.
Good work by Khan as he checks the leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khan. That's going to slow Lockyer down.
Lockyer takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Khan connects with a solid leg kick.
Lockyer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lockyer tries to bum rush Khan with a series of wild strikes but Khan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mustafa Khan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lockyer cracks Khan with an open hand slap.
Lockyer lands a head shot.
Khan throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lockyer.
Lockyer just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Khan slips a straight right by Lockyer.
Khan throws a hook but Lockyer avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lockyer's head.
A swing and a miss from Lockyer.
Lockyer misses with a hook
and Khan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khan.
Lockyer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Khan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lockyer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lockyer avoids the head kick by Khan.
Lockyer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lockyer connects with a right hand. Khan shakes it off.
Lockyer takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Lockyer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Khan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lockyer is able to avoid easily.
Lockyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Lockyer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khan doesn't seem bothered though.
Khan lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khan lands a lovely overhand right.
Khan takes a swing at Lockyer's ribcage but misses.
Lockyer misses with a wild combination.
Lockyer throws a sloppy head kick and Khan moves out of range easily.
Khan feints a counter leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Khan.
Lockyer throws a series of punches but Khan moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khan! But no joy.
A leg kick checked by Khan.
Khan lands with a straight right. Lockyer didn't see that one coming.
Lockyer misses the body punch
and Khan counters with a leg kick.
Lockyer misses with a jab to the body
and Khan counters with a left and a right that stings Lockyer.
Lockyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Lockyer.
Lockyer scores with a one two! Khan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lockyer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lockyer scores with a shot to the body.
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Lockyer.
Khan counters with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer cracks Khan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lockyer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lockyer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khan counters with a nice uppercut.
Lockyer walks into a left hand.
A big right from Lockyer misses.
Khan works Lockyer's body with a nice hook.
Khan throws a leg kick but Lockyer moved away.
Lockyer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Lockyer moves away and avoids it.
Khan checks a leg kick nicely.
Khan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Khan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lockyer tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
Khan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lockyer dodges the punch combination from Khan.
Khan throws a hook but Lockyer avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lockyer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lockyer doesn't seem bothered though.
Khan feints and then cracks Lockyer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lockyer down.
Khan lands a body shot.
Khan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lockyer swings widly with a right hand
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A swing and a miss from Lockyer.
Khan slips a straight right by Lockyer.
Lockyer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lockyer throws a lazy uppercut
and Khan counters with a nice body kick.
Lockyer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lockyer throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lockyer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lockyer throws out the jab.
Khan throws a solid leg kick but Lockyer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Khan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mustafa Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Lockyer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lockyer moves away.
Khan slips under a jab from Lockyer.
Khan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lockyer momentarily.
Lockyer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khan circles away quickly and effectively.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Lockyer might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Lockyer.
Khan throws a body punch but Lockyer moves out of range.
Khan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
As Khan backs away, Lockyer returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Lockyer throws a body shot but no joy.
Lockyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lockyer's head backwards.
Khan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A head kick misses from Khan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lockyer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khan motions for Lockyer to come forward. Khan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lockyer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lockyer misses the jab.
Lockyer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lockyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lockyer's sensitive parts.
Khan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lockyer's calf.
Khan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Khan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lockyer lands a jab to the nose.
Khan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lockyer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lockyer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Lockyer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
Lockyer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Khan.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khan.
Khan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lockyer lands with a cross.
Lockyer swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Lockyer backing away here, and Khan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Khan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lockyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Khan blocks the body kick.
Khan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lockyer walks into a straight right hand from Khan.
Khan throws a low kick but Lockyer moves out of range easily.
Lockyer misses with a wild body shot.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lockyer misses with a left hand
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lockyer throws out the jab.
Lockyer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khan in his tracks.
Khan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lockyer in his tracks.
Khan throws a leg kick but Lockyer moved away.
Khan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lockyer misses with a combination
and Khan counters with a nice body shot.
Khan digs a good body shot into Lockyer's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lockyer misses with a hook.
Lockyer connects with the punch.
Khan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khan throws a push kick but Lockyer slaps the foot to one side.
Lockyer throws a body shot but no joy.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lockyer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lockyer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
A countering left hand to the body from Khan misses.
Khan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lockyer blocks a head kick by Khan.
Darren Lockyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A decent looking cross lands there for Khan.
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khan moves out of range as Lockyer throws a body kick.
Lockyer throws a looping overhand right but Khan ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
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!
Lockyer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan slips under a jab.
Lockyer swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Khan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lockyers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lockyer throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
Lockyer throws a combination that misses
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khan looks to land a left hand but Lockyer moved out of range nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Lockyer misses the target.
Lockyer misses the shot to the body.
Khan feints a jab promting Lockyer to slip. Khan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lockyer slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A clash of legs there as Khan blocks the low kick.
Khan staying out of range there.
Mustafa Khan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Khan lands a nice hook to Lockyer's body. Lockyer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mustafa Khan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mustafa Khan!
After winning the bout, Mustafa Khan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.