PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tekturo Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Jenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan's entrance music is Ghengis Khan - Iron Maiden. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khan
vs
Jenson

179 cm
21
196 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

185 cm
27
189 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tekturo Khan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Jenson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan connects with the punch.
Jenson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Lars Jenson has been cut.

Khan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Khan in side control, throwing shots but Jenson defends.
Khan misses with the ground and pound.
Khan creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jenson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Khan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jenson down.
Khan taking a breather here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on Jenson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ground and pound from Khan seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jenson can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jenson keeps working.

Jenson bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Jenson works Khan's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenson throws a poor cross that misses

and Khan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jenson's guard.
Jenson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khan.
Jenson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Khan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Khan stopping the sweep attempt from Jenson.
Khan distracts Jenson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan prevents Jenson from getting back to his feet.
Jenson keeping moving, preventing Khan from controlling successfully.
Jenson wants to stand but Khan is controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Khan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jenson keeping moving, preventing Khan from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Khan drops back, looking for a kneebar! Jenson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Jenson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Jenson!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Khan sneaks back into half guard.
Jenson stalling away here and it's allowed Khan to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Jenson is looking to stand up but Khan won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tekturo Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lars Jenson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jenson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Khan avoids the body shot from Jenson.
Khan misses with a straight left.
Jenson checks the leg kick.
Jenson throws a right hand that misses
and Khan counters with a stiff right hand.
Jenson ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Jenson scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jenson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jenson misses with a lunging right hand
and Khan counters with a low kick, right behind Jenson 's knee.
Jenson misses the shot to the body.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Jenson slips the punch.
Khan throws the left hand but Jenson avoids the punch easily.
Jenson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

so Khan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan trying to control the position from guard on top but Jenson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Khan trying to control but Jenson is working from the bottom.
Jenson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Khan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Khan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tekturo Khan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan has gone for a leg lock! Jenson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Khan's guard.
Khan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Khan throwing shots but Jenson is blocking nicely.
Khan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Khan scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Khan is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Jenson!
You get the feeling that Jenson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Khan lands a big elbow.
Jenson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jenson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Khan looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Jenson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

The cut above Lars Jenson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Khan looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Khan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Lars Jenson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lars Jenson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tekturo Khan!
Tekturo Khan retains his middleweight title!