PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Semin Cuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cuk's entrance music is Down - Bury Me In Smoke. A fine choice. Khan has chosen Fuckin' In The Bushes as his entrance music. Semin Cuk has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cuk
vs
Khan

200 cm
24
276 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

200 cm
24
275 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Semin Cuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abel Khan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan thows a body shot but no joy.
Cuk tries to work over Khan's front leg with a kick but Khan checks it.
Cuk throws a right hand that misses
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Semin Cuk has been cut.
Cuk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Khan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cuk counters with a one-two to the body.
Cuk misses with a left hand
and Khan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cuk thinking.
Cuk wants to slow Khan down by chopping away at his legs.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuk.
Cuk thows a body shot but no joy.
Khan fails to land with a series of punches.
Khan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cuk. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Khan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cuk attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cuk.
Cuk tests Khan's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Abel Khan has been cut.
Nice shot lands for Cuk.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Khan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Khan scores with the left hand. Cuk knows he should have avoided that one.
A jab from Khan does it's job there.
Cuk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khan's sensitive parts.
Cuk takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Nice shot lands for Cuk.
Cuk missing with a left hand there. Khan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khan moves away from the strike by Cuk.
Cuk throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Cuk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cuk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cuk jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Cuk saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Cuk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cuk throws a shot from downtown. Khan moves away and avoids it.
Cuk misses the shot to the body.
Cuk moves out of range as Khan throws a body kick.
Cuk slips a jab and a cross from Khan.
Khan throws a low kick but Cuk moves out of range easily.
Khan throws the kick towards the body but Cuk avoids it.
Cuk feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Khan's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Cuk checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cuk throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Khan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khan connects with a crisp jab.
Cuk takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Cuk.
Khan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cuk throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice defenses there by Cuk.
Cuk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semin Cuk dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cuk throws a shot from downtown. Khan moves away and avoids it.
Cuk scores with a jab to the head.
A big right from Cuk misses.
Semin Cuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cuk throws a right hand that Khan ducks under and follows up with a left that Khan also avoids with ease.
Khan moves out of range as Cuk strikes.
Cuk slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cuk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cuk keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cuk throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Khan misses with a looping left.
Cuk throws a right hand that misses
and Khan counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan moves out of range as Cuk strikes.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick and Cuk moves out of range easily.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Cuk moves away and avoids it.
Cuk throws an off balance right hand
and Khan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cuk misses with a body shot.
Cuk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Cuk is just out of range.
Khan throws a poor cross that misses
and Cuk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khan blocks a head kick by Cuk.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Khan checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuk cracks Khan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cuk.
Semin Cuk is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan moves away from the strike by Cuk.
Cuk connects with the punch.
Cuk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Khan slips under a jab from Cuk.
Khan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cuk counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khan thinking.
Cuk lands a jab-cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Khan slips a jab from Cuk.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Cuk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khan.
Cuk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Cuk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khan.
Cuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big left from Cuk misses.
Cuk connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan walks into a jab.
Khan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cuk counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Khan is looking to land body kicks.
Cuk tried to score with a low kick but Khan checks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuk throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Khan throws a big shot that misses.
Cuk lands a nice hook to Khan's body. Khan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cuk connects with a body shot.
Khan throws a hook to the side of Cuk's head but Cuk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semin Cuk dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Khan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cuk. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big right from Cuk misses.
Khan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cuk throws a leg kick
and Khan counters with a low kick, right behind Cuk 's knee.
Cuk misses with a straight left.
Khan cracks Cuk with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khan defending well as Cuk loads up on a big left hand.
Khan is looking to chop away at Cuk's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cuk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuk.
Cuk moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan lands a jab to Cuk's midsection.
Cuk uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cuk missing with a left hand there. Khan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khan throws out a loose jab but Cuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuk throws a jab when Khan was well out of range.
Khan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cuk on the side of the head.
Khan swings for the body but Cuk moves out of range.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cuk.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuk shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cuk manages to avoid it.
Cuk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cuk checks the leg kick.
Khan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
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!
Khan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Cuk misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Cuk does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuk stuns Khan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Khan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cuk tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cuk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan thows a body shot but no joy.
Cuk avoids the body shot from Khan.
Khan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cuk is out of range and Khan settles back down.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cuk moves away.
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cuk doesn't seem bothered though.
Abel Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Semin Cuk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cuk lands a lovely overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cuk digs a good body shot into Khan's ribs.
A shot to the body from Cuk misses
and Khan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cuk lands a nice shot to the body.
Cuk misses the shot to the body.
Cuk misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cuk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cuk slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cuk. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Semin Cuk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cuk 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Semin Cuk!
Semin Cuk decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.