PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucky Day (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khasbulaev comes to the cage accompanied by Fetty Wap - Trap Queen. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khasbulaev
vs
Day

173 cm
23
144 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

177 cm
31
144 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition 160Q with Proof
Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lucky Day!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khasbulaev clinches with his opponent.
Day blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev lands a left hand.
Khasbulaev misses with a punch on the inside.

Khasbulaev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khasbulaev lands the left hand.
Khasbulaev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Day moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Day throws a shot from downtown. Khasbulaev moves away and avoids it.
Day throws a hook but Khasbulaev blocks it.
Day misses the shot to the body.
Khasbulaev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Day throws out the jab.
Khasbulaev lands with a kick to the ribs.
Day uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev cracks Day with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khasbulaev throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Day counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khasbulaev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice jab there from Day.
Day slips a jab from Khasbulaev.
Jab, jab by Day - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Day swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Day throws a hook but Khasbulaev blocks it.
Day throws a right and a left that Khasbulaev avoids nicely.
Khasbulaev wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khasbulaev swinging wildly here.
Day throws a looping overhand right but Khasbulaev ducks down to avoid it.
Khasbulaev throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Khasbulaev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Day manages to avoid it.
Khasbulaev connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Day is rocked!
Day throws a right and a left that both miss.
Day is still on wobbly legs! Can Khasbulaev finish him?
Khasbulaev misses with a body punch
and Day cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Day seems to have recovered his senses.
Khasbulaev tries to land a front kick but Day steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Day throws an overhand right that lands on Khasbulaev's shoulder, as Khasbulaev tries to avoid the shot.
Khasbulaev appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Day throws a body shot but no joy.
Khasbulaev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khasbulaev falls off balance throwing a combination
and Day counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khasbulaev closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Day.
Khasbulaev scores with a shot to the side of Day's head.
Day fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Day swings wildly with an uppercut but Khasbulaev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khasbulaev swings wildly with an uppercut but Day uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khasbulaev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
I was talking to Khasbulaev's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Day blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khasbulaev has a couple of punches blocked by Day.
Day misses with some punches.
Khasbulaev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khasbulaev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khasbulaev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khasbulaev misses with the head strike.
Day digs a right hand underneath Khasbulaev's ribcage. Khasbulaev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Day has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Khasbulaev seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Day can turn it around.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Day.
Day scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Day.
Khasbulaev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Day has a couple of punches blocked by Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Day blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khasbulaev gets through Day's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Khasbulaev scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khasbulaev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Day.
Day doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Day tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khasbulaev's elbow.

Khasbulaev breaks the clinch.
Day takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Khasbulaev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Day's hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Day checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Day looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khasbulaev looks to land a right hand but Day moved out of range.
Khasbulaev throws the left hand but Day avoids the punch easily.
Khasbulaev misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Day throws a right and a left that both miss.
Day fails to land with a series of punches.
A big left from Khasbulaev misses.
Khasbulaev thows a leg kick but Day checks it
enabling Day to counter with a crisp jab.
Khasbulaev takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khasbulaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Day moves away.
Khasbulaev fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khasbulaev dodges the punch combination from Day.
Day throws a looping overhand right but Khasbulaev ducks down to avoid it.
Day avoids the body shot from Khasbulaev.
Day looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khasbulaev avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khasbulaev misses with a left hand
and Day counters with a right hand to the body.
Khasbulaev turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Day looks to score with a jab to the body but Khasbulaev is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Khasbulaev with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Khasbulaev throws a sloppy head kick and Day moves out of range easily.
Jab by Day.
Khasbulaev moves into range and connects with a jab.
Khasbulaev slips a jab from Day.
Khasbulaev throws a big counter combination but Day scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Day digs a good body shot into Khasbulaev's ribs.
Khasbulaev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Day moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khasbulaev delivers a nice body kick.
Day just misses with a punch to the body.
Day shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Khasbulaev eats them both and turns towards Day to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Khasbulaev is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khasbulaev throws a sloppy head kick and Day moves out of range easily.
Day swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Oh Khasbulaev is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Khasbulaev drives through and clinches with Day against the cage.
Day tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khasbulaev seems to have got his legs back now.
Khasbulaev working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Day blocking some punches.
Khasbulaev lands with a left to the head.
Khasbulaev keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Day's efforts to push away.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khasbulaev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Day working aggressively here.
Khasbulaev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Day lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khasbulaev backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Khasbulaev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khasbulaev.
Day blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Khasbulaev fails to land.
Khasbulaev working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Day lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khasbulaev backwards.
Khasbulaev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khasbulaev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khasbulaev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Day can do to turn this around?
Day wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khasbulaev has him pressed against the cage.
Khasbulaev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Day misses with the head strike.
Day blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khasbulaev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khasbulaev swings wildly with an uppercut but Day uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khasbulaev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Day softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khasbulaev misses with a short punch on the inside.

Day breaks the clinch.
Khasbulaev missing with a left hand there. Day was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice shot lands for Day.
Day will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khasbulaev throws a leg kick
and Day counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A combination from Day does no damage.
Lucky Day is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Day lands with a cross.
Khasbulaev walks into a stiff left hand from Day.
Khasbulaev goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Khasbulaev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Day.
Day ducks under a wild hook from Khasbulaev.
Day looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Khasbulaev tries to clinch but Day moves out of range.
Day looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day lands with an overhand left.
Khasbulaev looks to land a combination but Day avoids it well.
Day waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khasbulaev.
Day misses with an uppercut.
Khasbulaev takes a swing at Day's ribcage but misses.
Khasbulaev throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Day.
Day on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Khasbulaev swings for the body but Day moves out of range.
Day looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Day lunges at Khasbulaev with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khasbulaev's hand.
Day throws a looping overhand right but Khasbulaev ducks down to avoid it.
Khasbulaev scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khasbulaev moves out of range of the strikes.
Khasbulaev wants to clinch up but Day keeps it at a distance.
Day looks to land a left hand but Khasbulaev moved out of range nicely.
Day moves out of range as Khasbulaev strikes.
Khasbulaev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Day.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Day avoids a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khasbulaev fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Day is out of range.
Khasbulaev is looking to clinch.
Day ducks under a wild hook from Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev lands a right hook to the body.
Day misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khasbulaev.
Day misses with a jab, cross combination.
Day jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Day throws a nice looking combination but Khasbulaev bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Khasbulaev throws a low kick but it's checked well by Day.
Khasbulaev throws a body punch but Day moves out of range.
Day looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Khasbulaev throws a front kick that sends Day stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Day misses with a wild combination.
Khasbulaev lands with an uppercut that bounces Day off the cage and back into range.
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 Magomedrasul Khasbulaev will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Day throws a right and a left that Khasbulaev avoids nicely.
Khasbulaev delivers a nice body kick.
Day just misses with a punch to the body.
Khasbulaev dodges the punch combination from Day.
Day takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lucky Day seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Day throws a poor cross that misses
and Khasbulaev counters with a nice uppercut.
Khasbulaev drops Day with a naaaaasty hook - Day is in real trouble here! Khasbulaev dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
A relieved looking Magomedrasul Khasbulaev thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.