PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Pablo Picasso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gromnir Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gromnir Khan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Picasso
vs
Khan

190 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
189 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Excellent MT
Solid chin

Fightworld Formula

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Picasso !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gromnir Khan!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Picasso scores with a jab to the body.
Khan throws a jab when Picasso was well out of range.

Picasso throws out a head kick that Khan doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Khan crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Khan's eyes and has decided to let it go on!

It looks like Gromnir Khan has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Picasso throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Picasso misses with a head kick.
Picasso dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Picasso . Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan fakes the leg kick and cracks Picasso in the body.
Picasso slips a straight right by Khan.
Khan cracks Picasso with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Picasso stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Picasso circles away from the clinch attempt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Picasso !

Picasso clinches up against the ropes.
Picasso misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Picasso just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khan's brow.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Picasso missing with knees to the body.
Khan avoiding damage as Picasso throws knees to the body.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Picasso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khan lands a left hand.
Khan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Picasso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Picasso cracks Khan with a nice body shot.
Picasso swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Picasso .
Khan is working Picasso over against the ropes.
Picasso swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Khan.
Khan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Picasso backwards.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Picasso throws an elbow that misses.
Picasso fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Picasso pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Picasso gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Picasso throws an elbow that misses.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Picasso misses with an elbow strike.
Khan trying to stall but Picasso improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Picasso backwards.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Picasso tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Picasso tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Picasso tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Khan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Picasso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Picasso tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Khan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Picasso throws an elbow that misses.
Khan blocks an elbow strike.
Khan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Picasso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan trying to stall but Picasso improves his position.
Picasso throws an elbow but it misses.
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Picasso .
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Picasso .
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Picasso .
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Picasso takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Picasso tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Picasso tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Khan trying to stall but Picasso improves his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Picasso tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Picasso has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Picasso doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Picasso .
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan stalling in the clinch but Picasso improves position.
Picasso doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan trying to control the position but instead, Picasso has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khan into the ropes.
Picasso working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Picasso misses with a body punch.
Khan looking to stall.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Picasso .
Khan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Picasso up against the ropes.
Picasso throws an elbow but it misses.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Picasso misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Picasso just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khan's brow.
Picasso lands an uppercut.
Picasso gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Picasso .
Picasso with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Picasso looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Picasso .
Picasso swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan is looking to control Picasso 's arms but Picasso gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the ropes.
Picasso tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.

Picasso breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Khan rushes Picasso and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Khan blocks an elbow strike.
Picasso missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Picasso creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Picasso is keeping busy.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
Khan pushes Picasso back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Picasso pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Picasso creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Picasso creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Picasso tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Picasso pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Khan is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Picasso has denied him.
Picasso lands a right hand.
Picasso has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Picasso misses with the head strike.
Picasso lands a left hand.
Picasso lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khan blocks an elbow strike.
Picasso cracks Khan with a nice body shot.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Picasso throws an elbow but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Picasso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Picasso s head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Picasso working aggressively here.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Picasso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Picasso unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Picasso missing with knees to the body.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Picasso being controlled against the ropes.
Khan is trying to maintain a safe position but Picasso gets an underhook and turns Khan into the ropes.
Picasso pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Khan is trying to stall.
Picasso throws an elbow but it misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries a body shot but Picasso blocks it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Picasso throws an elbow but misses.
Picasso missing with knees to the body.
Khan lands a left hand.
Picasso lands an elbow inside.
Picasso missing with knees to the body.
Picasso scores with a shoulder strike.

Picasso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Picasso misses with a body punch

and Khan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Picasso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan tries to work over Picasso 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Picasso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan looking to stall.
Picasso is working Khan over against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Picasso should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Gromnir Khan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Picasso throws a body kick that misses.
Picasso pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Picasso swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Picasso bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khan tries to clinch up but Picasso circles away and keeps his distance.
Khan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Khan cracks Picasso with an open hand slap.
Picasso throws a body kick that misses.
Picasso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Picasso jabs Khan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Picasso swinging wildly here.
Khan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Picasso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Picasso is looking to wear down Khan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Picasso moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Picasso throws a left and a right that both miss
and Picasso takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Picasso has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan wants to clinch.
Picasso throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Khan delivers a nice body kick.
Khan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Picasso .

Khan takes the fight into the clinch.
Khan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Khan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Picasso pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Khan scores with a shot to the side of Picasso 's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Picasso .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Picasso misses with a hook from the clinch.
Picasso creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Picasso lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Khan trying to control the position but instead, Picasso has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khan into the ropes.
Picasso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Picasso misses with an elbow over the top.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Picasso as Khan tries to tie him up.
Khan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Picasso backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Picasso obliges.
Picasso comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picasso tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Picasso with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A left hand lands to the body for Picasso .
Picasso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Picasso blocks a body shot from Khan.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Picasso .
Picasso pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Picasso lands with a left to the head.
Picasso pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Picasso .
Picasso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Picasso misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Picasso pushes Khan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan pushes Picasso back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Picasso .
A right hook to the body lands for Picasso .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Picasso pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pablo Picasso has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Picasso .
A short left from Khan.
Picasso gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Picasso .
Picasso with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Good body shot from Picasso .
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Picasso struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Picasso lands a left hand.
Khan wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Khan lands an uppercut.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Picasso .
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Picasso .
Khan taking a breather.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Picasso .
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Picasso , against the ropes.
Picasso is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khan is defending well for now.
Picasso misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Picasso .
Picasso creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Picasso can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Picasso creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Picasso tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan blocks a body shot from Picasso .
Khan blocks an elbow strike.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Picasso tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Picasso misses with a body punch.
Khan wants to stall.
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Picasso .
Picasso looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Picasso .
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 gets through Picasso 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan looking to slow down the pace here.
Picasso lands a damaging elbow.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Picasso .

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Picasso prevents a body shot from Khan.
Khan trying to control the position but instead, Picasso has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khan into the ropes.
Picasso lands a left hand.
Picasso creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Picasso with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Picasso .
Khan is looking to control Picasso 's arms but Picasso gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the ropes.
Picasso creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Picasso as Khan tries to tie him up.
Picasso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Picasso lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khan is trying to stall.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Picasso .
Khan stalling in the clinch but Picasso improves position.
Picasso working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gromnir Khan.
Picasso scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Picasso throws the kick towards the body but Khan avoids it.
Khan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Picasso checks it well.
Picasso takes one to the chin there.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Picasso pushes him off.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a leg kick but Picasso checks it.
Picasso fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Khan checks it well.

Picasso gets a clinch.
Picasso lands a body shot.
Picasso using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Picasso lands with a left to the head.
Picasso lands a right hand.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Picasso has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.

Picasso breaks from the clinch.
Khan lands with a hook. Picasso tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khan lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan blocks a head kick by Picasso .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pablo Picasso will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gromnir Khan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Khan avoids the body shot from Picasso .
Picasso is looking to clinch.

Picasso takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Khan.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Picasso blocks an uppercut.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Picasso .
Picasso with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Picasso .
Picasso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right handed body shot lands from Picasso .
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Picasso lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Picasso blocks an uppercut.
Picasso trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Picasso .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Picasso looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Picasso lands with a left to the head.
Khan looking to stall.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Picasso misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Picasso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Khans head.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan looking to slow down the pace here.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Picasso just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khan's brow.

Picasso pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Picasso .
Khan checks a leg kick.
Picasso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Picasso throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Picasso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Picasso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Picasso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A good leg kick by Khan.

Khan takes the fight into the clinch.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Picasso is keeping busy.
Picasso lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picasso tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Picasso tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.

Picasso breaks from the clinch.

Picasso gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Picasso gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khan lands with a left to the head.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Picasso is keeping busy.
Picasso misses with some punches.
Khan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Picasso misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Picasso missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Picasso .
Picasso misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan wants to stall.
Khan working aggressively here.
Picasso tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.
Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Picasso has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Picasso creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
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 misses with a body punch.
Khan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Khan pushes Picasso back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Khan lands with a left to the head.
Khan effectively controlling the action here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Picasso creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Picasso backwards.
Picasso has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Picasso , against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Picasso .
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Picasso , against the ropes.
A short left from Picasso .
Nice elbow from Picasso .
Picasso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan is trying to stall.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Picasso .
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Picasso .

Picasso 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Picasso throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pablo Picasso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Khan cracks Picasso with a right hand to the side of the head.
Khan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khan thumps Picasso with a low kick.
Khan scores with a leg kick.

Khan darts in and clinches Picasso up against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan misses with some punches.
Picasso throws an elbow that misses.
Khan wants to stall.
Khan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Picasso is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khan scores with a shot to the side of Picasso 's head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Picasso tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Picasso back against the ropes.
Picasso misses with an elbow strike.
Picasso lands a left hand.
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Picasso , against the ropes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Khan is looking to control Picasso 's arms but Picasso gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Picasso throws an elbow but misses.
Picasso blocking some punches.
Picasso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Picasso lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.
Khan trying to control the position but instead, Picasso has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khan into the ropes.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Picasso .
Picasso pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Picasso just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khan's brow.
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Picasso .
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Picasso as Khan tries to tie him up.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Picasso tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Picasso back against the ropes.
Picasso using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan prevents a body shot from Picasso .
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Picasso , against the ropes.
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Picasso .

Picasso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Picasso takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan avoids the head kick by Picasso .
Pablo Picasso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Picasso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Picasso tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.
Picasso stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Picasso pushes him off.
Picasso loads up on a big right hand but Khan slips the punch.
Picasso scores with a jab to the body.
Gromnir Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Picasso misses.
Khan tries to clinch up but Picasso circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Picasso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khan blocks a head kick by Picasso .
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Picasso .
Khan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Picasso is out of range and Khan settles back down.
Picasso misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pablo Picasso is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan scores with a leg kick.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Picasso tries to move into range but Khan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan scores with a leg kick.
Picasso showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khan.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Khan 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 Picasso has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Picasso and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pablo Picasso .
Well Picasso 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Picasso !
Our winner, Pablo Picasso , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.