PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Amir Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Khan
vs
Hall

175 cm
25
192 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

188 cm
26
195 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Amir Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Hall!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hall's half guard.
Khan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Khan winds up and cracks Hall with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hall is trying to stand up here but Khan is controlling him well.
Khan throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Hall to regain full guard.
Khan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Khan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hall's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall is pressing down on Khan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Khan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hall working a defensive guard here.
Hall has Khan pulled in close to control his posture.
Khan connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Hall had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Khan defends it easily.
Khan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Khan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Khan postures up in Hall's guard and throws a big left but Hall blocks it.
Khan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Khan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hall is keeping the position for now.
Hall tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Khan throwing strikes but missing.
Khan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hall works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Hall is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Khan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hall wants to sweep but no luck.

Khan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Khan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall keeping moving, preventing Khan from controlling successfully.

Hall is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Khan defends well.
Hall utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hall keeping full guard, as Khan tries to pass.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Khan postures up.
Khan advances position into side control!
Khan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hall keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Khan working away.
Khan is looking to take a break and control but Hall is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Khan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hall is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Khan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hall knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hall tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Khan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Khan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Khan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Khan trying to control the action but Hall is working from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall regains half guard.
Hall is looking to improve his position.
Khan trying to pass the guard but Hall defending well.
Hall trying to hold on to Khan's head to control him but Khan postures up.
Khan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hall defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Khan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan working the head and body with strikes.
Khan works his way into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amir Khan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Khan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hall is trying to defend but Khan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hall is not content to let Khan control the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Khan connects with a nice short shot to Hall's temple.

Hall actively working from the bottom here.
Hall wants to control but Khan is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Khan is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hall sees it coming and defends easily.
Khan trying to control from half guard but Hall is working away.
Khan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hall's head.
Hall is looking to control Khan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hall avoid being mounted?
Hall keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall has hold of Khan's hands but Khan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hall wants to control but Khan is keeping busy.
Khan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Khan there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Khan lands a nice short elbow.
Amir Khan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Khan controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Khan there.
Hall is trying to get back to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall trying to hold on to Khan's head to control him but Khan postures up.

Khan wants to work for an arm triangle but Hall is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Khan passes to side control.

Khan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Khan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall manages to work his way to half guard, despite Khan's best efforts.

Khan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Khan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hall knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Hall looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Khan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Khan there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hall manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Khan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Khan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Khan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hall keeping moving, preventing Khan from controlling successfully.
Khan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hall is keeping the position for now.

Hall is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Hall working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Khan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Khan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hall keeping full guard, as Khan tries to pass.
Khan is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall is trying to keep Khan in close.

Hall throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Khan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hall's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Khan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Khan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hall keeping full guard, as Khan tries to pass.
Khan passes Hall's left leg - he's now in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hall is looking for a sweep. Khan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Khan works his way into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amir Khan dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Khan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hall regains full guard. Nicely done.
Khan stands and throws Hall's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Khan lands some shots froms side control.
Khan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hall keeps working.
Sloppy strikes there by Khan.
Khan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hall some visible discomfort.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan scores with punches from side control.
Khan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hall manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Khan makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Khan.

Khan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hall defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hall defends it easily.
Hall wants to control from the top but Khan keeps moving.

Khan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hall can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Khan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hall doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hall manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan keeping moving, preventing Hall from controlling successfully.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hall can do to turn this around?

Khan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hall defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan is looking for a triangle but Hall pushes his legs off easily.
Hall works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Khan is staying active underneath Hall, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Khan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall wants to stand but Khan is controlling his posture from full guard.
Khan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Khan has a closed guard, preventing Hall from standing up.
Hall trying to control the position from guard on top but Khan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hall got a little sloppy there for a moment and Khan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hall has managed to get both his arms back between Khan's legs - danger averted.

Khan working for a triangle but Hall defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall wants to control from the top but Khan keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ben Hall.

Khan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hall is looking to improve his position.
Khan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Amir Khan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khan is trying to control the action in half guard but Hall is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall keeping hold of Khan's head, controlling as best he can.
Hall trying to control here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Khan gets a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Khan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Hall looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ben Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Khan is looking for a kimura here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Amir Khan showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amir Khan!