PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Map Pa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kato Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Map Pa has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Pa
vs
Khan

200 cm
18
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Map Pa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kato Khan!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pa.
Pa throws a leg kick but Khan checks it.
Pa motions for Khan to come forward. Pa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khan lands a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pa.
A bone on bone clash there as Khan blocks the leg kick.
Pa throws the kick towards the body but Khan avoids it.
Pa throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Khan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pa in his tracks.
Khan connects with a crisp jab.
Khan misses with a two punch combination.
Pa throws out a leg kick but Khan moves out of range and Pa only half commits.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pa.
Pa throws a low kick, looking for Khan's leg but Khan calmly moves out of range.
Khan misses with a few strikes there.
Khan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Khan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pa throws a low kick but Khan moves out of range easily.
Khan blocks a leg kick.
Pa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pa slips a jab and a cross from Khan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pa manages to avoid it.
Pa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Khan looks gassed!
Pa lands a leg kick that knocks Khan off balance momentarily.
Map Pa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Pa.
Nice body kick there by Pa.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Khan takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Kato Khan has been cut.
Pa lands with a nice body kick.
Pa misses with a low kick.
Pa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Khan's head.
Pa throws a leg kick which misses Khan's front leg but catches the back leg as Khan tries to avoid it.
Pa throws a leg kick which misses Khan's front leg but catches the back leg as Khan tries to avoid it.
Pa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pa.
Pa scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pa.
Pa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Khan's calf.
Pa throws a low kick, looking for Khan's leg but Khan calmly moves out of range.
Khan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Pa throws a sloppy head kick and Khan moves out of range easily.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Pa is just out of range.
Pa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pa.
Pa does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khan's sensitive parts.
Pa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pa thumps Khan with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Pa.
Khan throws a series of punches but Pa avoids them all with ease.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pa lands a leg kick that knocks Khan off balance momentarily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pa.
Pa wants to land a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Pa throws a low kick, looking for Khan's leg but Khan calmly moves out of range.
Pa pushes Khan away with a front kick.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pa.
Pa feints and then cracks Khan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khan down.
Pa scores with a head kick.
Pa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Khan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Khan fails to land with a series of punches.
Khan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pa.
Pa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pa connects with a solid leg kick.
Pa connects with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pa throws a leg kick but Khan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pa thumps Khan with a low kick.
Khan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pa thumps Khan with a low kick.
Pa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Some wild striking there from Khan.
Pa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Khan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some bone on bone action there as Khan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pa.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Pa throws a leg kick but Khan checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Map Pa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kato Khan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Khan misses with a straight left.
Pa tries to work over Khan's front leg with a kick but Khan checks it.
Khan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pa rather than just go for the knockout.
Khan moves out of range of the leg kick from Pa.
Pa throws a low kick but Khan avoids it.
Khan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Khan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khan scores with a shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Khan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Pa has got the better of the exchanges.
Pa lands with a kick to the temple. Khan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Pa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Pa.
No joy there for Khan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Khan moves out of range of the leg kick from Pa.
An inside leg kick from Pa misses.
A clash of legs there as Khan blocks the low kick.
Pa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kato Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pa tries a low kick but Khan avoids it.
Khan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Pa throws a sloppy head kick and Khan moves out of range easily.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khan is out of range and Pa settles back down.
Pa throws a head kick that Khan semi-blocks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pa misses with a leg kick.
Pa throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan looks to land a left hand but Pa moved out of range nicely.
Khan swinging wildly here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pa 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 Khan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Khan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Khan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Pa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Khan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pa doesn't seem bothered though.
A head kick from Pa lands but Khan takes it in his stride.
Khan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pa has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pa throws a low kick but Khan moves out of range easily.
Map Pa is winning the standup battle so far.
Pa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Khan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Khan duly obliges.
Pa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khan swings for the body but Pa moves out of range.
Pa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.
Pa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Khan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pa. Pa obviously looking to wear him down.
Pa is looking to slow Khan down with leg kicks.
Khan throws a right and a left that Pa avoids nicely.
Pa throws a leg kick but Khan moved away.
Khan tries to bum rush Pa with a series of wild strikes but Pa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pa goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pa is looking to score with low kicks.
Pa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Khan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Khan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Pa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Khan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pa. Pa obviously looking to wear him down.
Pa drops his hands momentarily and Khan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Khan checks the leg kick.
Khan jabs at Pa's body.
Khan takes a kick to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Map Pa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kato Khan'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!

Pa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Pa misses with a low kick.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pa connects with an inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Pa.
Khan checks a leg kick.
Khan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khan lands a right hook to the body.
Khan scores with a jab. Pa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan lands a jab to Pa's midsection.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pa manages to avoid it.
Khan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pa misses with a low kick.
Khan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Khan swinging wildly here.
Pa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Khan.
Pa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pa tries to land a leg kick but Khan saw it coming and moves away.
Khan digs a good hook to Pa's body.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pa moves away.
Pa slips under a jab.
A leg kick checked by Khan.
Pa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Khan takes a swing at Pa's ribcage but misses.
Khan checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pa wants to land a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Pa throws a low kick, looking for Khan's leg but Khan calmly moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khan, as that shot connected.
Pa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan connects with a looping right hand.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Khan.
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pa is looking to chop away at Khan's legs.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Khan looks to land a combination. Pa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pa moves away.
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khan looks to land a left hand but Pa moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Map Pa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khan scores with a shot to the body.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Pa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Pa misses with a head kick.
Pa scores with a leg kick.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Pa moves away and avoids it.
Pa is looking to score with low kicks.
Pa is looking to score with low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pa.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pa.
Pa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
Khan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Pa's shoulder, as Pa tries to avoid the shot.
Pa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Pa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects with a body shot.
Pa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pa.
Pa misses with a low kick as Khan jumps back.
Pa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pa.
Pa throws out a leg kick but Khan moves out of range and Pa only half commits.
Pa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Khan is able to avoid easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pa, right into the meat.
Pa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khan.
Khan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kato Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
No joy there for Khan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Map Pa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pa 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Map Pa!