PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Gee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kha Ri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gee might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Can't be touched. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kha Ri was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Gee
vs
Ri

183 cm
24
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

177 cm
23
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

154 Degrees in Sydney (154 Quality Stamina)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nick Gee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kha Ri!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ri misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nick Gee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ri tries a low kick but Gee avoids it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gee is defended easily by Ri.
Gee thows a body shot but no joy.
Ri scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Nick Gee has been cut.
Gee throws a hook to the side of Ri's head but Ri sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ri lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Gee sprawling to the canvas. Ri follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Gee hang on?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ri sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gee defending well though.
Gee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like Ri is going to stand back up.
Ri throwing shots but Gee is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ri working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ri prevents Gee from improving his position.
Gee landing rabbit punches to the side of Ri's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ri stands up and beckons Gee to join him on the feet.
Nice cross by Ri.
Ri throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ri lands a glancing blow to the side of Gee's head.
Gee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ri.
Gee misses with a takedown attempt - Ri sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ri.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gee avoids the body shot from Ri.
A nice combination there by Ri.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gee doesn't manage to clinch there - Ri circles away.
Ri misses with a two punch combination.
Ri throws a head kick but Gee moves out of range.
Gee has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ri moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gee avoids a kick to the body.
Ri displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gee.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Gee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gee is breathing heavily.
Ri tests Gee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gee is looking to score with low kicks.
Gee on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ri displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ri swinging wilding here.
Ri looks to throw the jab but Gee is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gee.
Ri fails to land with a series of punches.
Gee shoots in and drives through. Ri sprawls well.
Gee tries to clinch but Ri moves out of range.
Ri is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nice uppercut lands for Ri. That snapped Gee's head back.
Gee falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ri counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ri slips a jab and a cross from Gee.
Gee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ri moves away.
Ri throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gee is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ri sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ri misses with a leg kick.
Ri scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ri fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ri misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gee waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ri.
Ri ducks under a wild hook from Gee.
Ri connects with a body shot.
Kha Ri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch lands to the side of Gee 's head but he takes it in his stride.
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!
Ri scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gee doesn't seem bothered though.
Ri defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gee.
Ri throws the kick towards the body but Gee avoids it.
Ri pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gee fails with the takedown.
Ri digs a good body shot into Gee's ribs.
Ri misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ri pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gee ducks right into an uppercut from Ri.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Gee. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Ri misses with a body kick.
Ri moves into range and connects with a jab.
A leg kick checked by Ri.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kha Ri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Gee's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ri tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gee misses with a double jab
letting Ri counter with a right hand.
Nice jab there from Ri.
Ri swings for the body but Gee moves out of range.
Gee looks to land a right hand but Ri moved out of range.
Ri slips under a jab.
Gee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ri lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice cross by Ri.
Ri paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ri lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nick Gee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gee shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ri pinned against the cage. Ri gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ri misses with a leg kick
and Gee makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ri fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gee on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ri swinging wilding here.
Ri throws a head kick but Gee moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Gee.
A punch combination from Ri misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gee is defended easily by Ri.
Some wild striking there from Ri.
Kha Ri seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot by Ri.
Nice shot lands for Ri.

Gee shoots in and bounces Ri off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ri controlling Gee's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ri manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gee is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ri working Gee over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ri raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Ri.
Ri controlling from the full mount.
Let's hope that Ri has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Ri working Gee over with strikes here.
Ri controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ri looking to control but Gee is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gee throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ri. What's that going to do exactly?
Gee keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ri with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ri lands a heavy elbow.
Ri looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kha Ri showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nick Gee'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. This is the final round!

Gee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gee closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ri circles away.
Gee gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ri.
Gee misses with a series of wild punches.
Gee shoots in but no luck this time.
Gee falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ri ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gee moves forwards but Ri connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gee misses with a hook to the body
and Ri counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ri lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
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!
Ri throws a series of punches but Gee avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ri scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ri has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A shot to de liver by Ri. Beautiful body shot.
Ri lands a with a good body shot.
Ri jabs at Gee's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Ri both land. Nice combination.
Gee takes one on the button.
Gee takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Gee is rocked!
Ri scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Oh Gee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ri stuns Gee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gee seems to have got his legs back now.
Gee blocks the body kick.
Ri misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ri misses with a few strikes there.
Gee looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Gee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ri throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gee takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gee takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gee takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ri throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ri circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ri bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gee's head backwards.
Ri scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gee in his tracks.
Ri leaves Gee with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ri lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gee backs up against the cage.
Gee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ri lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gee walks into a left hand.
Ri throws a right hand that Gee ducks under and follows up with a left that Gee also avoids with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ri!
Gee misses with a takedown
and Ri counters with a one-two to the body.
Ri ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ri lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ri closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ri misses with a series of wild punches.
Ri circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ri counters with a right hand to the body.
Gee checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ri lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gee at a distance.
Gee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ri.
Ri misses with a few strikes there.
Gee thumps Ri with a low kick.
Gee tries to bum rush Ri with a series of wild strikes but Ri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ri slips a jab and a cross from Gee.
Ri lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ri misses with a body kick.
Ri is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Ri.
Ri goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A head kick misses from Ri.

Gee looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Ri is controlling Gee's posture.
Ri has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ri wants to stand but Gee is controlling the position.
Nick Gee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kha Ri comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ri 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kha Ri!