PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bora Khan (ranked 53 p4p, 146 weight class) and Joe Exotic (ranked 7 p4p, 19 weight class). Khan comes to the cage accompanied by Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying. Exotic has chosen Joe Exotic - I Saw a Tiger as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khan
vs
Exotic

185 cm
31
190
30 - 7 - 1

186 cm
35
185
38 - 16 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)
NARCOS

Conviction
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 30 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bora Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Joe Exotic!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Exotic.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Exotic.
A big left from Khan misses.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Exotic moves away.
Khan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khan throws a hook but Exotic blocks it.
Khan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Exotic! But no joy.
Exotic throws a leg kick
letting Khan counter with a right hand.
Khan works the jab nicely.
Khan is looking to chop away at Exotic's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khan. That's going to slow Exotic down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khan.
Khan chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Exotic.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Exotic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Exotic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khan throws a hook but Exotic blocks it.
Khan throws a hook but Exotic avoids it easily.
Khan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Exotic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Grunt in the buildup to the fight.
Exotic connects with a body shot.
Exotic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Exotic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That kick from Khan tenderised Exotic's leg. Exotic is trying to keep his angry face on.
Exotic misses the jab.
Jab from Khan.
Khan throws a body punch but Exotic moves out of range.
Exotic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Exotic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khan feints and then cracks Exotic's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Exotic down.
Khan slips a jab from Exotic.
Decent striking displayed by Khan there.
Exotic moves away from the strike by Khan.
Khan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Exotic.
Khan lands a right hook to the body.
Exotic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Exotic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khan, as that shot connected.
Khan cracks Exotic with an open hand slap.
Khan lands a jab to Exotic's midsection.
Khan lands with a shot to the body.
Exotic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khan misses with the combination.
Exotic is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Exotic follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Exotic takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Exotic throws an off balance right hand
and Khan counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Exotic.
Exotic is trying to counter with his kicks.
Bora Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Exotic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Khan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Exotic checks a leg kick nicely.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Exotic manages to avoid it.
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Exotic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Exotic. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Exotic swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Khan misses with a looping left.
Exotic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Khan on the side of the head.
Khan lands the left hand.
Exotic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Exotic counters with a nice uppercut.
Khan connects with a single shot there.
Exotic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bora Khan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Khan lands a body shot.
Exotic avoids the body shot from Khan.
Exotic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Exotic.
Khan clobbers Exotic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Exotic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Exotic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khan scrambles back to his feet.
Khan misses with a leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Exotic misses.
Exotic misses with a left hand
enabling Khan to counter with a crisp jab.
Exotic lands a jab to Khan's midsection.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Exotic misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Exotic takes one to the chin there.
Exotic lands a high kick!
Bora Khan is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Exotic was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Khan takes a swing at Exotic's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Exotic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Exotic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Khan lands with an overhand left.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Exotic might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Khan has got the better of the exchanges.
Khan digs a good hook to Exotic's body.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Exotic can do to turn this around?
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Exotic is just out of range.
Exotic checks a leg kick.
Exotic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Exotic throws a body shot but no joy.
Exotic misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Khan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Exotic looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
Jab from Khan.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Exotic moves away.
Exotic takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Bora Khan has been cut.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Khan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Exotic throws the left hand but Khan avoids the punch easily.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Exotic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khan.
Exotic throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khan, as that shot connected.
Exotic takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Khan misses its target.
Exotic misses with a straight left.
Exotic looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Exotic is just out of range.
Khan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Exotic moves away.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Exotic manages to avoid it.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Exotic follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Exotic.
A telegraphed right hand from Khan misses the target.
Khan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Khan with a jab.
Exotic throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Exotic misses with a straight right.
Exotic throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Exotic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Khan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Exotic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Exotic is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Exotic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Khan with a body shot.
Khan throws out a leg kick but Exotic moves out of range and Khan only half commits.
Exotic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Khan throws a body punch but Exotic moves out of range.
Exotic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Exotic throws a body shot but no joy.
Khan scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Exotic does it's job there.
Khan lands a body shot.
Khan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Khan takes a swing at Exotic's ribcage but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Khan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khan digs a good hook to Exotic's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khan.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Exotic throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Exotic avoids the body shot from Khan.
Exotic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Khan with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan misses with a hook to the body
and Exotic counters with a good low kick that Khan was not able to check.
Khan's corner calls for a 1-2. Khan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Exotic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Exotic throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Exotic looks to throw the jab but Khan is out of range.
Khan lands a nice shot that snaps Exotic's head back.
Khan connects with a solid leg kick.
Exotic slips a straight right by Khan.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Exotic is trying to counter with his kicks.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Exotic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan cracks Exotic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Khan thows a leg kick but Exotic checks it
and Exotic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Exotic.
Exotic shapes to counter with a head kick.
Khan tries to bum rush Exotic with a series of wild strikes but Exotic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Khan misses with a shot to the body
and Exotic counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Khan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Khan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Exotic throws a big shot that misses.
Exotic avoids the body shot from Khan.
Exotic lands with a cross.
Khan lands with a shot to the body.
A big left from Exotic misses.
Khan throws the left hand but Exotic avoids the punch easily.
Exotic punishes Khan's body with a nice straight punch.
A slow jab from Exotic misses its intended target.
Exotic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
The crowd cheers as Exotic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khan doesn't seem phased though.
Exotic ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Exotic moves away.
Khan with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Exotic manages to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Khan 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 Exotic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Exotic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Khan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Decent striking displayed by Exotic there.
Exotic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khan counters with a right hand to the body.
Exotic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khan at a distance.
Exotic scores with a nice head shot.
Exotic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Exotics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Khan thumps Exotic with a low kick.
Exotic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Joe Exotic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Khan.
Exotic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Khan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Exotic just manages to avoid it.
Exotic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Exotic misses with a kick to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Khan misses its target.
Exotic avoids the body shot from Khan.
A little jabbing left from Exotic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Khan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Exotic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Exotic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Exotic throws an off balance right hand
enabling Khan to counter with a crisp jab.
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Exotic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khan.
A nice side step and Exotic releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bora Khan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Khan 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bora Khan!
A very excited looking Bora Khan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.