PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Genghis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan comes to the cage accompanied by Ready 4 War. James has chosen We Want The Funk by George Clinton & the P-Funk Allstars as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Khan
vs
James

185 cm
25
200 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

191 cm
27
196 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Genghis Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Freddy James!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Khan lands a right hook to the body.
James loads up on a big right hand but Khan slips the punch.
Khan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
Khan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Freddy James has been cut.
James connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Khan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
James lands a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

James has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right hand to the body from James.
James has had enough of the clinch but Khan keeps him there for the moment.
Khan lands a hook that snaps the head of James backwards.
James lands with a right to the head.
James digs a right hand into Khan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khan's gas tank.

James manages to break the clinch.
James throws a leg kick that misses.
James fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James with a hook.

James has managed to clinch.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
James swings away with an uppercut that misses.
James lands a body punch in the clinch.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khan misses with a two punch combination.
James connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khan throws a solid leg kick but James takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Khan.
James thuds his right hand into Khan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
James lands a jab to Khan's midsection.
James misses with a body shot.
Khan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

James gets a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by James.
Khan tries to work over James's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
James fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
James lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Khan.
Khan is breathing heavily.

Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James throws out a powerful jab.
James throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab lands there for James.
Khan throws a leg kick but James checks it.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
James wants to clinch up but Khan keeps it at a distance.
James throws a nice looking combination but Khan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
James lands with a cross.
James connects with a jab.
Khan thuds a left hand into James's body.
James displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
James throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khan misses the body punch
and James counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khan looks to throw the jab but James is out of range.
James scores with a jab to the jaw.
Khan takes one to the side of the head.
Khan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
James stalks Khan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khan's face. Khan staggers backwards, shaken.
Khan misses with a low kick.
Donk. James catches Khan right on the button with a cross.
James misses with a straight right.
James stuns Khan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
James sizes up Khan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
James connects with a body shot.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but James manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Khan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheers as James lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khan doesn't seem phased though.
Freddy James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan slips a jab and a cross from James.
James is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Khan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Khan fails with the takedown.
James lands a really nice looking cross but Khan seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.
James jabs Khan right on the nose. Khan blinks but takes it well.
James cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
James throws a combination that misses
and Khan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

James moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, James scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
James wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Still in the clinch, Khan scores with a nice short uppercut.

James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice shot by James.
Khan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
James defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
James swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
James avoids the body shot from Khan.
James throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Freddy James's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

James misses with the combination.
James takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Good leg kick by James there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Khan clinches up against the cage.
James lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khan or not.
James missing with knees to the body.
James lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Good body shot from Khan.
James lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan tries to work over James's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by James.
Khan lands with a light punch inside.
James lands a body punch in the clinch.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
James presses Khan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

James breaks from the clinch.
Freddy James seems to be getting the better of the standup.
James tests Khan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
James misses with a low kick.
James lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
James scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
James throws a series of punches but Khan avoids them all with ease.
James avoids the body shot from Khan.
James lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Freddy James is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khan throws a right and a left that both miss.
James works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Khan throws a sloppy body shot
and James counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Khan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
James tries to bum rush Khan with a series of wild strikes but Khan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
James lands with a right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - James scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Khan's head.
James tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
James throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
James with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
James connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Khan's hands.
Khan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
James throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khan needs to keep his hands up - James had a free shot at his head there.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
James scores with a jab.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick and James moves out of range easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from James.
Khan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Khan slips a jab and a cross from James.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
James throws a right and a left that Khan avoids nicely.
James throws a leg kick but Khan moved away.
James uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
James has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Freddy James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but James manages to avoid it.
James throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
James lands with a hook. Khan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Khan throws the kick towards the body but James avoids it.
Khan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
James throws a right and a left that Khan avoids nicely.
Khan throws a combination that misses
and James counters with a series of strikes. Khan will be more careful next time no doubt.
James fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A lazy left from James finds it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James lands a two punch combo.
James comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A combination from James does no damage.
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Khan circles away.
James lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by James.
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!
Good shot there by James.
James lands a head shot.
Khan is looking to wear down James with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Khan ducks right into an uppercut from James.
James bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
James moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
James connects with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
James lands a body shot.
James digs a good hook to Khan's body.

James moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy James showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Freddy James's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

James lands with a good body shot.
James is working the combinations to good effect here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by James.
Nice uppercut lands for James. That snapped Khan's head back.
Khan slips under a jab.
James tries to clinch up
and Khan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
James lands a jab to the nose.
James tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
James scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
James swings away with a body shot that misses
and Khan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. James is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Khan takes one to the side of the head.
James lands with a straight right. Khan didn't see that one coming.
Khan misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan ducks right into an uppercut from James.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
Khan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khan throws a head kick that misses
and James connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
James uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
Khan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from James.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
James takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
James misses with a combination
and Khan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khan.

James gets a clinch.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khan tries to circle away but James has him pinned against the cage.
A short left from James.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but James avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from James.
James lands a nice shot that snaps Khan's head back.
Genghis Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice shot by James.
Khan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and James counters with a series of strikes. Khan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khan throws a series of punches but James avoids them all with ease.
Khan clobbers James with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Khan misses with a body shot
and James counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khan thinking.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
James connects with a single shot there.
Khan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and James cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
James connects with a body shot.
James lands with a nice combination. Khan backs away looking to recover.
James throws a leg kick that misses.
Khan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Khan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
James scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
James slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
James works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
James works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
James swinging wildly here.
Nice cross by James.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan throws out a loose jab but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
James throws a one two combo.
James misses with the combination.
Khan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
James fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice combination there by James.
Khan misses with a hook. James ducked under it nicely.
Khan misses with a shot to the body
letting James counter with a right hand.
Khan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Khan takes one on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khan misses the body punch
and James counters with a lovely straight right hand!
James bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Khan's head.
James getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy James comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well James 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy James!