PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Kwan (ranked 6576 p4p, 640 weight class) and Odchigin Khadan (ranked 6368 p4p, 626 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kwan
vs
Khadan

174 cm
18
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Kwan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Odchigin Khadan!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khadan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Khadan swings for the body but Kwan moves out of range.
Khadan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kwan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from Kwan.
It seemed like Khadan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kwan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khadan moves away.
Kwan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kwan. Khadan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khadan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kwan is looking to chop away at Khadan's legs.
Khadan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Khadan misses the shot to the body.
Khadan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kwan manages to avoid it.
Khadan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Donk. Khadan catches Kwan right on the button with a cross.
Kwan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khadan.
Kwan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kwan slips a straight right by Khadan.
Kwan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khadan.
Kwan throws a quick counter kick to the body but Khadan avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kwan misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwan throws a body punch but Khadan moves out of range.
Kwan staying out of range there.
Khadan cracks Kwan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kwan throws a lazy uppercut
and Kwan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A bone on bone clash there as Khadan blocks the leg kick.
Kwan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kwan slips under a jab from Khadan.
Kwan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khadan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khadan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kwans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Khadan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kwan counters with a nice uppercut.
Khadan takes one to the chin there.
Kwan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kwan looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Kwan throws a hook to the side of Khadan's head but Khadan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khadan moves out of range as Kwan throws a body kick.
Khadan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kwan moves out of range as Khadan strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice cross by Kwan.
Kwan misses the jab.
Khadan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khadan missing with a left hand there. Kwan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kwan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Khadan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kwan.
Kwan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khadan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kwan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khadan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kwan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khadan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kwan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Kwan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kwan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Khadan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Khadan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Khadan scores with a sloppy right hand. Kwan should have avoided that one.
Kwan checks the leg kick nicely there.
It looked like Kwan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Khadan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kwan.
Kwan lands with a straight right. Khadan didn't see that one coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Khadan checks a leg kick.
A jab from Khadan misses.
Kwan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khadan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kwan throws a body shot but no joy.
Khadan cracks Kwan with a good jab.

It looks like Ray Kwan has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kwan. Khadan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kwan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Khadan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Khadan throws the left hand but Kwan avoids the punch easily.
Khadan scores with a decent looking hook.
Kwan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khadan cracks Kwan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kwan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kwan moves away from the strike by Khadan.
Kwan wants to land a leg kick but Khadan is out of range.
We've been informed that Khadan has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Kwan misses with a hook. Khadan ducked under it nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kwan.
Kwan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khadan.
Khadan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kwan's head backwards.
Kwan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kwan throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khadan thuds his right hand into Kwan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kwan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kwan throws a head kick but Khadan moves out of range.
Kwan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Khadan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kwan scrambles back to his feet.
Kwan connects with a single shot there.
Khadan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big right from Khadan misses.
Kwan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khadan.
Khadan misses the shot to the body.
Kwan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kwan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khadan avoids the body shot from Kwan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kwan throws out a loose jab but Khadan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khadan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khadan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kwan blocks a head kick by Khadan.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Odchigin Khadan.
Well Khadan 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 9:10
Judge William Peck scores the fight 9:10
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Odchigin Khadan!