PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Genghis Khan (ranked 6342 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan The Terrible (ranked 4818 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan The Terrible has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Khan
vs
The Terrible

170 cm
18
141 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
136 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Genghis Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan The Terrible!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan throws a right and a left that The Terrible avoids nicely.

The Terrible has closed the distance and engaged Khan in a clinch.
The Terrible lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
The Terrible lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Terrible.
The Terrible makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Terrible creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan is trying to push The Terrible away but The Terrible has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Terrible pushes Khan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Terrible keeps control of Khan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

The Terrible successfully pulls guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan is looking to work some ground and pound but The Terrible has wrist control.
Khan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Terrible throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

The Terrible throws his legs up looking for a submission but Khan uses it to pass to side control.
The Terrible looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The Terrible managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Khan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Terrible prevents Khan from moving into mount.

Khan has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

The Terrible pushes Khan up against the cage in a clinch.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Terrible.
Khan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. The Terrible gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The Terrible tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Terrible lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Terrible lands with a short shot to the head.

Khan is rocked!
The Terrible throws a big uppercut that drops Khan! More strikes from The Terrible and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Khan lies dazed against the cage as The Terrible celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan The Terrible!