PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Genghis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Flare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan comes to the cage accompanied by Mongol. Flare has chosen Also Sprach Zarathustra as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khan
vs
Flare

180 cm
31
181 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

173 cm
40
180 lbs
30 - 22 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Genghis Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Rick Flare!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Ron Honeybunn and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flare sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Flare will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Khan scores with a nice strike.

Flare looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Khan tries to roll over but Flare keeps him under control.

Flare is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Khan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flare throwing shots but Khan is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan tries to get to full guard but Flare has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Flare misses with a head shot. Khan uses the momentum to regain guard.
Flare wants to pass the guard but Khan is keeping the position.
Khan trying to keep a closed guard but Flare is proving a slippery customer.
Flare has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Flare postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Flare stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Khan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Khan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Flare is looking to work some ground and pound but Khan has wrist control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Flare preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khan is working hard here to advance position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Flare shoots in for a takedown but Khan shows good takedown defense.
Khan seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Khan stalks Flare and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Flare's face. Flare staggers backwards, shaken.
Khan misses with a looping right.
Flare uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Flare uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
Khan leaves Flare with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Genghis Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Flare.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flare moves away from the strike by Khan.
Khan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Flare scores with a decent looking hook.
Khan throws a body punch but Flare moves out of range.
Khan throws a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Khan misses.
Flare gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Genghis Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flare staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flare dives in for a single leg takedown but Khan sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flare tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flare has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Flare fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Flare misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan prevents a body shot from Flare.
Flare struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khan as Flare tries to tie him up.
Khan stalling.
Flare has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Flare lands a body punch.
Khan prevents a body shot from Flare.
A nice right hand lands inside from Flare.
Khan lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Genghis Khan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Khan throws out a loose jab but Flare uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flare scores with a jab to the jaw.
Flare takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Flare staying out of range there.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Flare manages to avoid it.

Flare tries to keep at a distance but Khan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Flare uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flare looking to slow down the pace here.
Khan blocking some punches.
Flare throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khan is looking to control Flare's arms but Flare gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Flare backwards.

Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Flare looks for a takedown but Khan sprawls well.
Khan swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Flare decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Khan's guard.

Khan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Flare can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Khan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Flare postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Flare throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Flare missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Flare trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Khan has his hands on Flare's head, controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Flare's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Khan misses with a looping left.
Khan lands a head shot.
Flare looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Khan is fending him off so far but Flare persists. Nope, Khan circles away and we're back to standing.
Flare looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Khan misses with a looping right.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Flare's shoulder, as Flare tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flare shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Khan defends it nicely.
Genghis Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Flare.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Khan throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Flare to counter with a crisp jab.

Flare shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Khan's guard.
Flare trying to control but Khan is working from the bottom.
Flare content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Khan trying to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Khan controlling the action here.
Flare is looking for a sweep. Khan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
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 Genghis Khan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Flare.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Flare steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Genghis Khan is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan misses the jab.
Khan swings widly with a right hand
and Flare counters with a stiff right hand.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Flare shoots in looking for a takedown. Khan tries to sprawl out of it but Flare 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flare goes for a double leg but Khan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Khan continues to drive forward.
Genghis Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Flare.
Khan lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan can't break the clinch.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Flare controls the action.
Flare misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flare taking a breather.
Khan prevents a body shot from Flare.
Flare is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khan is keeping busy.
A short body shot lands from Khan as the two fighters clinch.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
Flare fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flare throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khan pushes Flare back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan is trying to maintain a safe position but Flare gets an underhook and turns Khan into the cage.
A short left from Khan.
Khan tries a body shot but Flare blocks it.
Flare tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Khan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Khan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khan is trying to push Flare away but Flare has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Flare letting Khan take a breather here.
A short right from Flare.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan trying to stall but Flare improves his position.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
A short right from Khan on the inside.
Flare has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Khan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rick Flare has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flare misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan wants to stall.
Khan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Flare.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flare blocks an uppercut.
Flare misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Flare can do to turn this around?
Khan pushes Flare back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan is leaning against Flare and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Flare has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Still in the clinch, Khan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flare misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flare misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Still in the clinch, Khan scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Flare fails to land.
Flare tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Genghis Khan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khan lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan pushes Flare back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Khan breaks the clinch.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Flare ducks down to avoid it.
Flare takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khan throws a hook to the side of Flare's head but Flare sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Flare gets a double leg takedown into Khan's guard.
Khan trying to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Flare's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

And that's the end of the fight!
Genghis Khan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Genghis Khan!
Post fight, Genghis Khan took to the microphone: 'I am not your father!'.