PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kris Jakua (ranked 1501 p4p, 1022 weight class) and Khuchtei Bokhchuud (ranked 84 p4p, 59 weight class). Bokhchuud has chosen ErgeSholee Biste Turda as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kris Jakua has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Jakua
vs
Bokhchuud

180 cm
24
145
18 - 5 - 0

168 cm
29
150
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kris Jakua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Khuchtei Bokhchuud!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jakua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bokhchuud.

Bokhchuud clinches.
Bokhchuud struggles to land a body shot inside as Jakua controls his hands.
Jakua blocks the elbow strike.
Jakua wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bokhchuud has him pressed against the cage.
Jakua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bokhchuud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jakua blocks it with crossed arms.
Bokhchuud lands a nice elbow.
Bokhchuud throws an elbow that misses.
Bokhchuud lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of stalling here from Jakua.
Jakua avoids the elbow strike from Bokhchuud, against the cage.
Jakua really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bokhchuud working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bokhchuud misses with an elbow over the top.
Bokhchuud lands a nice uppercut.
Jakua looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jakua managing to block the knees to the body from Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bokhchuud prevents Jakua from breaking the clinch.
Bokhchuud tries to land knees in the clinch but Jakua avoids the damage to the body.
Bokhchuud unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bokhchuud looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jakua avoids it.
Bokhchuud lands an elbow just above Jakua 's eye.
Bokhchuud tries a body shot but Jakua blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bokhchuud throws a punch but it's blocked by Jakua.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jakua has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bokhchuud pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
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!
Bokhchuud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bokhchuud creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jakua tries to break free but Bokhchuud pushes him back against the cage.
Bokhchuud misses with a punch on the inside.
Bokhchuud lands a damaging elbow.
Jakua blocks a body shot from Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bokhchuud lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jakua backwards.
Bokhchuud working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bokhchuud misses with a knee strike.
Bokhchuud misses with an elbow strike.
Bokhchuud lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud swings wildly with an uppercut but Jakua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bokhchuud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bokhchuud lands a nice uppercut.
Bokhchuud throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jakuas head.
A frustrated look appears on Jakua's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jakua tries to circle away but Bokhchuud has him pinned against the cage.
Jakua looking to slow down the pace here.
Bokhchuud landing knees to the head.
Bokhchuud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jakua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jakua is trying to push Bokhchuud away but Bokhchuud has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jakua has Bokhchuud pushed against the cage.
Bokhchuud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jakua is trying to force a seperation but Bokhchuud has the dominant position.
Jakua is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jakua.
Bokhchuud working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Jakua manages to break the clinch.
Bokhchuud doesn't manage to clinch there - Jakua circles away.
Jakua cracks Bokhchuud with an open hand slap.

Bokhchuud clinches.
Bokhchuud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jakua looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jakua tries to break free but Bokhchuud pushes him back against the cage.
Bokhchuud tries a knee to the head but Jakua blocks it.
Jakua stalling in the clinch.
Jakua lands an uppercut.

Jakua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bokhchuud fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jakua, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jakua.
Jakua has had enough of the clinch but Bokhchuud keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khuchtei Bokhchuud dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jakua dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jakua misses the shot to the body.
Bokhchuud tries a head kick but it misses.
Jakua swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Bokhchuud counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bokhchuud.
Jakua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bokhchuud's elbow.
Bokhchuud scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Bokhchuud on the inside.
Bokhchuud misses with a knee to the head.
Jakua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bokhchuud lands an elbow inside.
Bokhchuud missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jakua avoids a wild elbow strike from Bokhchuud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jakua.
Bokhchuud lands a right hand.
Bokhchuud scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bokhchuud misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakua stalling the fight.
Bokhchuud lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bokhchuud misses with an elbow strike.
Jakua is trying to break free.
Bokhchuud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jakua tries to circle away but Bokhchuud has him pinned against the cage.

Jakua breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bokhchuud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jakua blocks it with crossed arms.
Bokhchuud lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bokhchuud scores with a hook to the body.
Bokhchuud trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bokhchuud creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jakua is trying to force a seperation but Bokhchuud has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jakua is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bokhchuud throws a head punch that misses.
Jakua wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jakua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Jakua breaks from the clinch.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jakua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bokhchuud manages to avoid it.
Jakua throws a right and a left that both miss.

Bokhchuud closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bokhchuud unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jakua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bokhchuud lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jakua wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Bokhchuud.

Jakua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khuchtei Bokhchuud is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Bokhchuud rushes Jakua and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jakua is looking to break free of the clinch but Bokhchuud has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jakua takes an elbow to the temple.
Bokhchuud lands a nice knee to the body.
Bokhchuud misses with an elbow over the top.
Jakua is trying to force a seperation but Bokhchuud has the dominant position.
Bokhchuud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jakua avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Jakua's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bokhchuud tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jakua's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud lands a nice shot to the body.
Jakua has had enough of the clinch but Bokhchuud keeps him there for the moment.
Jakua tries to break free but Bokhchuud pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bokhchuud throws an elbow but misses.
Bokhchuud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jakua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jakua blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bokhchuud misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jakua trying to control the position but instead, Bokhchuud has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jakua into the cage.
Bokhchuud misses with a knee strike.
Bokhchuud throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Jakua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jakua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bokhchuud takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bokhchuud walks into a straight right hand from Jakua.
Jakua throws a body punch but Bokhchuud moves out of range.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch there but Jakua circles away.

Bokhchuud gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bokhchuud misses with a punch to the body.
Bokhchuud is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jakua is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khuchtei Bokhchuud showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bokhchuud clinches up against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bokhchuud in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Jakua wants to get back to striking at distance but Bokhchuud won't allow it.
Bokhchuud trying to land knees to the body.
Jakua wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bokhchuud missing with knees to the body.
Jakua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bokhchuud has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bokhchuud pushes off an throws an elbow but Jakua leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jakua stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bokhchuud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jakua takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jakua working hard to break the clinch.
Bokhchuud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bokhchuud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jakua is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from Bokhchuud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bokhchuud trying to land knees to the body.
Bokhchuud lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bokhchuud throws a head punch that misses.
Jakua is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khuchtei Bokhchuud seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bokhchuud missing with knees to the body.
Bokhchuud landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bokhchuud lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jakua or not.
Bokhchuud connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jakua's face.
Jakua looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jakua is looking to control Bokhchuud's arms but Bokhchuud gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jakua has his back to the cage.
Jakua can't find room to land a body shot as Bokhchuud controls the action.
Bokhchuud with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bokhchuud creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jakua wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice body punch from Bokhchuud - that landed with a thud.
Jakua takes an elbow to the temple.
Khuchtei Bokhchuud is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud prevents Jakua from breaking the clinch.
A short right from Bokhchuud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jakua tries to circle away but Bokhchuud has him pinned against the cage.
Bokhchuud throws a knee to the head but misses.

Jakua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jakua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jakua is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sloppy strikes from Jakua. Those never looked like landing.
Jakua scores with a nice strike.
Jakua takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bokhchuud is looking to clinch but Jakua is avoiding it.

Bokhchuud drives through and clinches with Jakua against the cage.
Jakua is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jakua is looking to break free of the clinch but Bokhchuud has double underhooks.
Jakua is looking to break free of the clinch but Bokhchuud has double underhooks.
Bokhchuud looking to throw knees to the head but Jakua is blocking nicely.
Jakua looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jakua looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jakua is trying to push Bokhchuud away but Bokhchuud has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bokhchuud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jakua avoids it.
Jakua wants to break free but Bokhchuud has control.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bokhchuud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jakua working hard to break the clinch.
Jakua wants to break free but Bokhchuud has control.
Jakua wants to break free but Bokhchuud has control.
Jakua tries to break the clinch but Bokhchuud is controlling the position.
Bokhchuud prevents a body shot from Jakua.
A frustrated look appears on Jakua's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bokhchuud has Jakua pressed against the cage, preventing Jakua from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kris Jakua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jakua wants to break free but Bokhchuud has control.
Jakua wants to get back to striking at distance but Bokhchuud won't allow it.
A nice left hand lands by Jakua.

And that's the end of the fight!
Khuchtei Bokhchuud comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bokhchuud 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khuchtei Bokhchuud!
Khuchtei Bokhchuud really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that WARHORSE Fightwear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.