PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Shitty Bill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khaled Khaled (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khaled has chosen DJ Khaled - Out Here Grindin' as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bill
vs
Khaled

225 cm
31
300 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

190 cm
32
220 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shitty Bill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Khaled Khaled!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bill connects with a leg kick. Khaled looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bill throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bill falls off balance throwing a combination

and Khaled counters by clinching up.
Bill is trying to push Khaled away but Khaled has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bill is trying to break free.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Khaled keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bill's efforts to push away.
Khaled lands a shoulder strike.
Khaled pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bill tries to break free but Khaled pushes him back against the cage.
Khaled dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bill has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khaled makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khaled pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khaled misses with some punches.
Khaled lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bill or not.
Khaled lands a nice uppercut.
Bill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bill tries to break the clinch but Khaled is controlling the position.
Khaled is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bill is looking to break free of the clinch but Khaled has double underhooks.
Khaled tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khaled lands a good knee to the midsection. Bill won't want to take too many of those.
Bill is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bill being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Khaled's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Khaled using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khaled lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bill backwards.
Khaled lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bill or not.
Khaled pushes Bill back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khaled lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khaled has Bill pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bill has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khaled slowing the pace effectively.

Bill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khaled tries to clinch there but Bill circles away.
Khaled throws a shot to the body.
Khaled Khaled seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bill looks to land a left hand but Khaled moved out of range nicely.

Khaled has managed to clinch.
Khaled stalling against the cage.
Khaled lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khaled tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bill can't break the clinch.
Bill wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khaled has Bill pressed against the cage, preventing Bill from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Khaled throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bill blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bill is trying to break the clinch but Khaled is controlling him.
Khaled utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Khaled throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khaled.
Khaled keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bill's efforts to push away.
Bill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bill tries to break free but Khaled pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Khaled.
Bill tries to break free but Khaled pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khaled.
Khaled pushes Bill back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Khaled scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees to the body from Khaled.
Khaled scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Khaled.
Khaled lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khaled throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khaled content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bill takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khaled slows down the pace here.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khaled lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bill is trying to force a seperation but Khaled has the dominant position.
Khaled misses with a knee strike.
Bill wants to break free but Khaled has control.
Khaled scores a nice knee to the body.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but Bill blocks it.
Khaled putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bill in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Khaled lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Khaled throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khaled connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bill's face.
Khaled tries to land a knee to the head but Bill blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khaled has Bill pressed against the cage, preventing Bill from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khaled.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Khaled lands a hook that snaps the head of Bill backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khaled Khaled dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Khaled throws a front kick aimed at Bill's knee but Bill avoids it well.
Khaled has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khaled throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khaled attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Khaled thows a left - swing and a miss!

Khaled gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khaled Khaled seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khaled throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khaled looking to throw knees to the head but Bill is blocking nicely.
Khaled lands a good knee to the midsection. Bill won't want to take too many of those.
Khaled keeps control of Bill as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bill wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Khaled with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Khaled tries to stall but Bill uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bill has had enough of the clinch but Khaled keeps him there for the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khaled prevents Bill from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Bill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Khaled finds it's target.

Khaled pushes Bill up against the cage in a clinch.
Bill is trying to break the clinch but Khaled has him pressed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Khaled.
Khaled looking to slow down the pace here.
Bill has had enough of the clinch but Khaled keeps him there for the moment.
Bill wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Khaled throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bill has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khaled landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khaled lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bill is trying to force a seperation but Khaled has the dominant position.
Khaled lands with a left to the head.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but Bill blocks it.
Bill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bill looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bill looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bill can't break the clinch.
Bill can't break the clinch.
Khaled pushes Bill back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khaled misses with a knee strike.
Bill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice body punch from Khaled - that landed with a thud.
Khaled tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khaled pushes Bill back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khaled obliges.
Bill letting Khaled take a breather here.
Khaled lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khaled tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khaled prevents Bill from breaking the clinch.
Khaled connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bill's face.

It looks like Shitty Bill has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khaled lands a good knee to the midsection. Bill won't want to take too many of those.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but Bill blocks it.
Khaled lands a body shot.
A short right from Khaled on the inside.
Khaled taking a breather.
Khaled working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khaled works on Bill's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khaled lands a hook that snaps the head of Bill backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Khaled.
Khaled scores with a shoulder strike.

Khaled drops Bill with a big knee! Will Bill beat the count? Yep, he's up already and we're only at 3... let's see if he's just faking it or if he's actually OK.

Bill is rocked!
Khaled misses with a head kick.
Oh Bill is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Khaled moves into the clinch.
Khaled lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bill or not.
Bill seems to have got his legs back now.
Bill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khaled landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khaled is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Khaled.
A short right from Khaled on the inside.
Khaled looking to stall.
Bill tries to break the clinch but Khaled is controlling the position.
Khaled scores with a shot to the side of Bill's head.
Bill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bill tries to circle away but Khaled has him pinned against the cage.
Khaled makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Khaled.
Khaled manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but Bill blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bill wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khaled has him pressed against the cage.
Khaled scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bill is trying to break the clinch but Khaled is controlling him.
Khaled lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khaled Khaled takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Shitty Bill's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Khaled chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bill avoids the head kick by Khaled.
A swing and a miss from Khaled.
Khaled moves in looking to clinch but Bill pushes him off.
Khaled connects with a solid leg kick.
Khaled works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khaled.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bill misses with a body shot.
Khaled is looking to clinch but Bill is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bill takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khaled throws a body punch but Bill moves out of range.
Khaled tries to move into range but Bill moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A head kick misses from Khaled.
Khaled thumps Bill with a low kick.
Khaled throws an overhand right that lands on Bill's shoulder, as Bill tries to avoid the shot.
Khaled bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khaled showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bill.
Khaled Khaled seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khaled. That's going to slow Bill down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khaled.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Khaled.
Khaled comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bill throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Khaled counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Khaled missing with knees to the body.
Khaled throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khaled avoiding damage.
Khaled scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khaled crunches a lovely knee into Bill's ribcage.
Khaled softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khaled lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bill backwards.
Nice body punch from Khaled - that landed with a thud.
Bill takes a knee right on the jaw!
Good body shot from Khaled.
Khaled lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Khaled holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Khaled unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khaled unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khaled with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Khaled.
Khaled cracks Bill with a nice body shot.
Khaled tries to stall but Bill uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Khaled lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khaled lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khaled lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Khaled lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bill can't break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khaled.
Shitty Bill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stalling in the clinch from Khaled.
Bill is trying to force a seperation but Khaled has the dominant position.
Bill's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Khaled missing with knees to the body.

Bill breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khaled looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bill misses with a leg kick

and Khaled counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Khaled.
Bill tries to break the clinch but Khaled is controlling the position.
Khaled looking to throw knees to the head but Bill is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bill is trying to break the clinch but Khaled is controlling him.
Bill wants to get back to striking at distance but Khaled won't allow it.
Bill has a couple of punches blocked by Khaled.
Khaled Khaled is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Khaled pushes Bill back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Khaled Khaled comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khaled has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 26:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 26:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khaled Khaled!
Khaled Khaled got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'