PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Amir Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thioon Phitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Khan
vs
Phitch

177 cm
31
166 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

174 cm
29
163 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

AnonymouS
GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amir Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thioon Phitch!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khan drives through and clinches with Phitch against the cage.
Phitch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan pushes Phitch back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Phitch avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
Khan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Phitch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Phitch's efforts to push away.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Phitch breaks from the clinch.
Phitch throws a lazy uppercut
and Khan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Phitch throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phitch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan is looking to counter punch.
Khan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Khan.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Phitch swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Khan finds it's way through Phitch's defenses.
Phitch tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phitch misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
Phitch blocks a head kick by Khan.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Phitch.

Khan gets tackled into the cage by Phitch. Phitch maintains the clinch.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Phitch.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Phitch.
Phitch is trying to break free.

Phitch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Phitch checks a leg kick nicely.
Khan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
Khan looks to land a left hand but Phitch moved out of range nicely.
Phitch throws out a counter right but Khan avoids it with no problem.
Phitch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Phitch looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Khan blocks a jab.
Phitch misses with a body punch
and Khan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Phitch's hands.
Khan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phitch tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Khan slips a straight right by Phitch.

Khan drives through and clinches with Phitch against the cage.
Phitch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Phitch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khan wants to slow Phitch down by chopping away at his legs.
Phitch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khan.
Khan throwing a counter right hand but Phitch manages to avoid it.
Phitch misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Phitch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Phitch slips the punch.
Phitch looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Phitch.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Phitch takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Khan has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Khan walks into a stiff left hand from Phitch.
Khan lands with a cross.
Khan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Phitch in his tracks.
Phitch lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A nice combination there by Khan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a series of punches but Phitch moves out of range.
Khan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khan jabs Phitch to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Phitch might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Phitch walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Phitch throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Khan to counter with a crisp jab.
Khan misses with a hook. Phitch ducked under it nicely.
Phitch connects with a nice looking jab.
Good work by Phitch as he checks the leg kick.
Phitch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan throws out a loose jab but Phitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan scores with a punch to the head.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phitch takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Khan is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phitch comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Oh Khan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khan is breathing heavily.
Phitch fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Khan square on the jaw! Damn, Khan is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thioon Phitch!