PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abu Khalid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cito Gaston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Khalid
vs
Gaston

180 cm
23
175 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

178 cm
23
185 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abu Khalid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cito Gaston!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khalid.
Good standup being displayed there by Gaston as he connects with a hook.
Khalid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gaston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gaston cracks a nice hook into Khalid's ribs.
Khalid throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gaston sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khalid misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gaston.
Gaston scores with a jab.
Gaston works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gaston misses with an uppercut. Khalid saw that one coming.
Khalid takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Khalid looks to throw the jab but Gaston is out of range.
Khalid doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khalid shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gaston defends it nicely.
Gaston moves out of range of the strikes.
Gaston lands a head shot.
Khalid misses the shot to the body.
Gaston defending well as Khalid loads up on a big left hand.
Gaston lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Khalid just misses with a punch to the body.
Khalid shoots for a takedown but Gaston saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Khalid tries to close the distance and clinch but Gaston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khalid tries to bum rush Gaston with a series of wild strikes but Gaston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gaston jabs Khalid right on the nose. Khalid blinks but takes it well.
Khalid swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gaston lands a head shot.
Gaston is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Khalid had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gaston scores with a nice strike.
Gaston with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Gaston.
Jab from Gaston.
Khalid misses with a double jab.
Gaston scores with a three punch combo!
Khalid is breathing heavily.
Gaston lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gaston.
Gaston lands a two punch combo.
Gaston tests Khalid's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khalid gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gaston scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gaston might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalid on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gaston scores with a jab.
Khalid doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khalid shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gaston moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Khalid gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Khalid looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gaston slips under a jab.
Gaston stuns Khalid with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gaston throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Khalid takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gaston scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Khalid moves forwards but Gaston connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gaston uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gaston digs a good hook to Khalid's body.
Jab, jab by Gaston - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaston lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gaston dips to his left and cracks Khalid with an uppercut!
Gaston lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Khalid walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Khalid is rocked!
Nice defenses there by Gaston.
Gaston lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khalid backs up against the cage.
Oh Khalid is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gaston lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khalid seems to have got his legs back now.
Khalid is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gaston lunges at Khalid with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khalid's hand.
Gaston sizes up Khalid with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gaston lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gaston stuns Khalid with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Khalid walks into a straight right hand from Gaston.
Gaston scores with a shot to the body.
Khalid misses with an uppercut. Gaston saw that one coming.
Gaston throws a good cross that connects.
Khalid throws a jab when Gaston was well out of range.
Gaston keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khalid.
Gaston stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gaston cracks Khalid with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gaston scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khalid doesn't seem bothered though.
Gaston moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gaston cracks a nice hook into Khalid's ribs.
Gaston throws a series of strikes that have Khalid backpedaling.
Gaston connects with the punch.
Gaston works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaston throws a good cross that connects.
Khalid doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khalid takes one to the side of the head.
Gaston getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Khalid takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A punch lands to the side of Khalid 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice cross by Gaston.
Gaston scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Khalid. Gaston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gaston lands with a hook. Khalid tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Khalid shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gaston defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abu Khalid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gaston scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khalid doesn't seem bothered though.
Gaston is working the combinations to good effect here.
Gaston with a hook.
Khalid tries to clinch up but Gaston circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice body punch from Gaston.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Khalid. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gaston lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khalid at a distance.
Gaston lands with a good body shot.
Gaston moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A shot to the liver by Gaston. Beautiful body shot.
Nice shot by Gaston.
Khalid takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gaston listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gaston lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gaston.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalid takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khalid takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gaston stalks Khalid and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khalid's face. Khalid staggers backwards, shaken.
Gaston lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gaston scores with a nice right hand.
Khalid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheers as Gaston lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khalid doesn't seem phased though.
Gaston fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gaston with a hook.
Gaston throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khalid stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Decent striking displayed by Gaston there.
Khalid takes one on the button.
A cross from Gaston lands.
Donk. Gaston catches Khalid right on the button with a cross.
Gaston lands a nice shot that snaps Khalid's head back.
Khalid has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gaston finds it's way round the side to connect with Khalid's head.
Khalid takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gaston connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khalid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gaston lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gaston lands a slapping body shot.
Gaston throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khalid stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gaston scores with a nice head shot.
Khalid takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cito Gaston dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Khalid takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gaston thuds his right hand into Khalid's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gaston dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gaston lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gaston.
Gaston connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khalid shoots in for a takedown but Gaston shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gaston.
Gaston lands with a straight right. Khalid didn't see that one coming.
Gaston lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gaston.
Khalid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gaston goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gaston has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaston lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khalid backs up against the cage.
Gaston cracks Khalid with an open hand slap.
Gaston lands a glancing blow to the side of Khalid's head.
Gaston lands with a big left! Khalid is wobbled badly! Gaston comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Khalid to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cito Gaston!