PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tekturo Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nixon Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ghengis Khan - Iron Maiden. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Khan
vs
Red

179 cm
24
211 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
190 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tekturo Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nixon Red!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Khan is defended easily by Red.
Nice shot lands for Khan.
Red takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Red moves out of range as Khan throws a body kick.
Red misses with a body kick.
Red misses with a body kick.
Khan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khan scores with a body shot.
Red takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Khan scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan throws a sloppy head kick and Red moves out of range easily.
Red looks for the body kick but Khan saw that one coming.
Khan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Khan there.
Red throws a wild body kick that Khan sees coming a mile off.
Khan scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red blocks a jab.
Red checks a leg kick nicely.
Red looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
Nixon Red is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Khan misses with a right hand
and Red counters with an outside leg kick.
Red lands with a straight right. Khan didn't see that one coming.
Khan misses with an uppercut
and Red counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Khan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Red uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Khan swats away the attempt to clinch by Red.

Khan feints and as Red raises his hands in defense, Khan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Red utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan wants to control from the top but Red keeps moving.
Khan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Red keeping moving, preventing Khan from controlling successfully.
Red can't keep his opponent in guard - Khan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Red is not content to let Khan control the position.
Khan is thwarting Red's attempts to control the position.
Khan thows a huge punch but Red dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khan seems to be working for a kimura but Red defends the submission attempt.
Khan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Red is staying active underneath Khan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Red knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Khan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Khan working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Red tries to get to full guard but Khan has control of the leg.
Khan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Khan is trying to control the action in half guard but Red is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Khan works his foot free and advances to mount.
Khan trying to control but Red is having none of it.
Khan throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BOOM! Khan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tekturo Khan dominated that round.
That's time! Khan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A jab from Red does it's job there.
Khan slips a jab and a cross from Red.
Khan connects with a body shot that sends Red's belly button to the back.
Khan defending well as Red loads up on a big left hand.
Red blocks a leg kick.
Nixon Red is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan throws a head kick but Red moves out of range.
Nixon Red seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan throws a body kick that misses.
Red pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Khan back to the cage. Red follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Red scores with a nice body kick.
Khan misses with a low kick as Red jumps back.
The crowd cheers as Khan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Red doesn't seem phased though.
Red avoids the head kick by Khan.
Khan jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan lunges at Red with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Red's hand.
Khan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Red.
Khan thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan throws a leg kick but Red moved away.
Red is looking to land body kicks.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Red.
Khan looks to land a left hand but Red moved out of range nicely.
Red lands with a slapping head kick.
Red scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Red.
Red lands a right hook to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Red.
Khan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Red checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Red lets loose with a powerful body kick. Khan will feel that in the morning.
Red ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Tekturo Khan is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Red scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Red throws a push kick but Khan slaps the foot to one side.
Khan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Red.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Red looks for the body kick but Khan saw that one coming.
Red swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Red takes one to the side of the head.
Red's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Khan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Red scrambles back to his feet.
Khan lands a nice shot that snaps Red's head back.
Khan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Khan throws out a loose jab but Red uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Red misses with a double jab.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Red moves away.
Red walks into a straight right hand from Khan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Red.
Red tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
Khan throws a head kick that Red semi-blocks.
Khan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Red keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khan.
Red scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Red lands with a cross.
Red thuds his shin into the meat of Khan's side.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Red steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Red looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Red fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick from Red.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan moves out of range as Red throws a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Khan misses.
Khan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Red lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khan backs up against the cage.
Khan blocks a jab.
Khan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Red checks the leg kick nicely there.
Khan misses with a jab, cross combination.
A bone on bone clash there as Red blocks the leg kick.
Red swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crunch! Khan slams his shin into Red's torso.
Khan moves out of range of the body kick from Red.
Jab from Red.
Nice body punch from Khan.
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 Tekturo Khan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Khan misses with a straight left.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Red throws a combination that misses
and Khan counters with a thumping low kick.
Red jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Red was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Red misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan looks to throw the jab but Red is out of range.
Red ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Khan connects with a crisp jab.
Khan cracks Red with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Khan throws a body punch but Red moves out of range.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Red.
A low kick from Khan is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Red misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Khan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khan.
Red scores with a head kick. Khan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Red fails to land with a series of punches.
Red has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Red misses with a left hand
and Khan counters with a thumping low kick.
Khan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Red to score with a decent uppercut.
Red lands a glancing blow to the side of Khan's head.
A combination from Khan does no damage.
Red tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan misses with a low kick as Red jumps back.
Red misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
Red throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Red manages to avoid it.
Khan tries a low kick but Red avoids it.
Red scores with a punch to the head.
Red walks into a jab.
Red moves out of range of the body kick.
Red lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan misses with a leg kick.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Red thuds his right hand into Khan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Red lands a glancing blow to the side of Khan's head.
Khan swats away the attempt to clinch by Red.
Khan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Red throws a leg kick which misses Khan's front leg but catches the back leg as Khan tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Red.
Red steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Khan throws a leg kick but Red checks it.
Red misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khan misses with a kick to the body.
Khan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Red throws a push kick but Khan slaps the foot to one side.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Khan throws a push kick but Red slaps the foot to one side.
Khan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Red showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khan.
A solid body kick from Red.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Red misses with a wild combination.
Tekturo Khan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Red tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Red is out of range.
Red fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Red will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A telegraphed right hand from Red misses the target.
Khan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nice jab there from Khan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Red tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Red sizes up Khan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nixon Red has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Red throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

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 Tekturo Khan.
Well Khan 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tekturo Khan!
Tekturo Khan very nearly forgot to thank Milwaukee's Best 160 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.