PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kim Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atilla Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Killing In The Name. The key to victory for Kim Smith has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Smith
vs
Khan

185 cm
22
150 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

173 cm
20
159 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kim Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Atilla Khan!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smith.
Smith throws the kick towards the body but Khan avoids it.
Smith is looking to clinch but Khan is avoiding it.
Khan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Smith sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Khan somewhat.

Khan scores with a takedown into Smith's guard.
Khan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Khan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Khan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Smith sprawls well. Smith wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Khan gets slowly back to his feet.
Khan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kim Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Atilla Khan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith looks to clinch

so Khan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Khan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Khan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Khan stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Khan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Khan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Khan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Khan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan stands up over Smith, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan throwing strikes but missing.
Khan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.

Smith throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Khan is working Smith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Khan throws a strike but Smith rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Khan throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Khan is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khan scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Khan looks for a takedown but Smith sprawls well.

Khan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Smith looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Khan is putting a hurting on Smith here, landing some big shots from side control.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Khan working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Khan misses with the ground and pound.
Smith throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Smith tries to bench press Khan off him but Khan keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan is chipping away with strikes.
Khan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smith some visible discomfort.
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 connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smith some visible discomfort.
Smith is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Khan off and has taken his back!
Khan has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Smith is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Smith doesn't have the hooks in and Khan manages to turn into his guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khan working some strikes from top position.
Smith is trying to keep Khan in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Atilla Khan dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Smith looks for a takedown but Khan sprawls well.

Khan gets a double leg takedown into Smith's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Khan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Khan working some strikes from top position.
Khan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Khan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Khan throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khan landing with the ground and pound.
Khan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Khan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smith tries to strike from the bottom.
Khan connects with a couple of short punches.
Khan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Khan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Smith wants to sweep here but Khan controlling him for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Khan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Khan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Khan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smith manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Khan manages to get himself to full guard.
Khan throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khan circles away quickly and effectively.

Khan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Smith down.
Smith tries to buck Khan off but Khan is having none of it.
Khan cracks Smith with a big right hand but Smith just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Check out the look on Khan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Smith is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Smith takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Khan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Khan working the ground and pound.
Khan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Smith is trying to control Khan's posture but Khan avoids it.
Smith on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Khan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Khan scoring with punches from side control.
Khan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith taking a bit of punishment here - Khan scoring with strikes.
Khan landing a few strikes.
Atilla Khan has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan lands a decent elbow from side control.

Khan stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Smith stuffs the takedown.

Khan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Khan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Khan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan winds up and cracks Smith with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Khan lands a nice short elbow.
Smith regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Khan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Atilla Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kim Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Khan moves out of range of the body kick.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khan circles away quickly and effectively.
Atilla Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown. Khan tries to sprawl out of it but Smith keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Khan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Khan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan blocks the strikes from Smith.
Khan working over Smith with some ground and pound. Smith looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Khan is thwarting Smith's attempts to control the position.
Khan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Khan slips a nice elbow through Smith's hands, connecting with Smith's forehead.

Khan decides to stand and escape the position.

Khan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Smith is trying to defend but Khan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Smith trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith has hold of Khan's hands but Khan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Atilla Khan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Khan in particular looking to stall.
Khan frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee warns Smith that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Khan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Smith can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Smith tries to hold on but Khan pushes him away.
Khan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan landing punches.
Smith gets back to half guard.
Khan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Khan working over Smith with some ground and pound. Smith looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Khan thows a huge punch but Smith dodges it nicely.
Smith works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
Khan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan stops Smith from standing up.
Khan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Atilla Khan was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Khan fails to land the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Atilla Khan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Khan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Atilla Khan!
Atilla Khan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.