PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Salieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Temujin Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salieri comes to the cage accompanied by 2Cellos - Thunderstruck. Khan has chosen War as his entrance music. Temujin Khan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Salieri
vs
Khan

179 cm
18
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

170 cm
26
193 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Nuggetori's Nutritionals

Fatty's

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonio Salieri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Temujin Khan!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Salieri, right into the meat.
Khan tries for a takedown but Salieri circles away easily
and Salieri counters with a leg kick.
Salieri smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Khan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Salieri sprawls well. Salieri wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Khan gets slowly back to his feet.
Khan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Salieri. That one must have hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan walks into a jab.

It looks like Temujin Khan has been cut.
Salieri keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Salieri scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Khan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Salieri - the referee stops the clock and Khan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Salieri. Khan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Salieri scores with a spinning back kick!

Salieri manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Khan on his heels. He'll look to pass Khan's guard now, I'm sure.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Salieri throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Khan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Salieri throwing strikes but missing.
Salieri trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Salieri pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Khan is keeping the position for now.
Salieri passes into half guard.
Salieri sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Khan defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salieri missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Salieri missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Salieri sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Khan defending well though.
Khan wants to get back to full guard but Salieri has mounted him!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salieri throwing strikes here but Khan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Salieri with the ground and pound from mount.
Khan is looking to get to half guard.
Khan keeps trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salieri looking to ground and pound but Khan is blocking nicely.
Salieri throwing strikes here but Khan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Khan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Khan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Salieri throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Khan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Salieri tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Salieri landing punches.
Salieri sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Khan manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khan has hold of Salieri's hands but Salieri slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Salieri.
Salieri sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Khan defending well though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Salieri connects with a nice short shot to Khan's temple.
Khan holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Salieri looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
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!
Khan tries to get to full guard but Salieri has control of the leg.
Salieri lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Salieri sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Khan defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Salieri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Temujin Khan's cut.
That's time! Salieri's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Salieri lands a nice looking kick to the body. Khan takes a step back to recover.
Khan tries for a takedown but Salieri circles away easily
and Salieri counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Salieri looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Khan needs to keep his hands up - Salieri had a free shot at his head there.
Salieri keeps Khan at a distance using the push kick.
Khan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Salieri throws a leg kick which misses Khan's front leg but catches the back leg as Khan tries to avoid it.
Antonio Salieri is winning the standup battle so far.
Salieri tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Khan swivels and escapes.
Temujin Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salieri scores with a kick to the midsection.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Salieri.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Khan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Salieri can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salieri with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Salieri. Khan shrugs it off though.

Salieri drives through with a takedown into Khan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Salieri's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Salieri postures up and lands a big shot to Khan's brow.
Antonio Salieri overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salieri works over Khan with some ground and pound from guard.
Salieri missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Salieri lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Salieri throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Khan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Khan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Salieri.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salieri working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Salieri keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Khan's head.
Khan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Salieri content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Salieri throws a big right hand that misses.
Khan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Salieri throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Khan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salieri advances position into side control!
Khan dodges the ground and pound from Salieri.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salieri lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Khan is looking to regain half guard here but Salieri keeps moving and retains side control.
Salieri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Salieri working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Khan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Salieri is putting a hurting on Khan here, landing some big shots from side control.
Khan wants to control but Salieri postures up.
Khan taking a bit of punishment here - Salieri scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salieri lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Khan down.
Salieri lands an elbow.
Check out the look on Salieri's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Salieri misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Khan is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Salieri off and has taken his back!
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!
Khan tries to get the hooks in deep but Salieri pushed the leg off.
Salieri rolls, trying to escape but Khan keeps control of the position.
Salieri tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Salieri is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Salieri dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Temujin Khan'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Salieri connects with a leg kick. Khan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Khan misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Salieri to counter with a crisp jab.
Salieri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Salieri counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Salieri throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Salieri as Khan shoots in.
Antonio Salieri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Temujin Khan.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salieri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khan has his takedown stuffed
and Salieri counters with a good, hard body kick but Khan shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salieri thumps Khan with a low kick.
Salieri connects with an inside leg kick.
Khan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Salieri scoring well with a low kick there.
Salieri with a nice cross.
Salieri scores with a nice right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Salieri.
An inside leg kick lands from Salieri.
A slapping leg kick lands for Salieri.
Khan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Salieri defends well and Khan ends up having to push Salieri into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Salieri is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Khan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salieri shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Khan as he jumps to the side.
Horrible takedown attempt by Khan or perhaps it was just good defense by Salieri, which made it look bad.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salieri throws a nice inside leg kick.
Salieri with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A solid body kick from Salieri.
Khan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Salieri.
Khan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Salieri fakes the leg kick and cracks Khan in the body.
Khan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Salieri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Salieri there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd cheers as Salieri lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khan doesn't seem phased though.
Salieri throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Khan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Salieri - the referee stops the clock and Khan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Salieri. Khan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Antonio Salieri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Salieri counters with a slapping leg kick.
Salieri lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Khan has his takedown stuffed
and Salieri counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salieri delivers a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Salieri.
Khan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Khan has his takedown stuffed
and Salieri counters with a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salieri thumps Khan with a low kick.
Salieri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Salieri looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Temujin Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Salieri trying to control the position from guard on top but Khan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Salieri showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Salieri has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:25
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:25
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:25

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