PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Khalifman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roid Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khalifman's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ringo Mogire Beam! (ZSZS OVA2 Ver.). Mayweather has chosen A.U. 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.

Khalifman
vs
Mayweather

185 cm
22
175 lbs
14 - 0 - 1

182 cm
26
171 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Khalifman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roid Mayweather!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayweather uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khalifman.
Khalifman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khalifman scores with a punch to the head.
Nice shot by Mayweather.
Mayweather loads up on a big right hand but Khalifman slips the punch.
Mayweather keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Khalifman walks into a stiff left hand from Mayweather.
Mayweather lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khalifman at a distance.
Mayweather ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khalifman moves away.
Mayweather swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khalifman scores with a nice right hand.
Mayweather scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
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!
Mayweather scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khalifman doesn't seem bothered though.
Mayweather throws a jab but it's blocked by Khalifman.
Khalifman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mayweather ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khalifman moves away.
Mayweather throws a jab but it's blocked by Khalifman.
Khalifman's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Khalifman duly obliges.
Roid Mayweather seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mayweather lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Alexander Khalifman has been cut.
Mayweather misses the shot to the body.
Mayweather throws a body punch but Khalifman moves out of range.
Mayweather with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Mayweather misses the target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khalifman.
Mayweather pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khalifman thumps Mayweather with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khalifman.
Mayweather takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Khalifman looks to land a left hand but Mayweather moved out of range nicely.
Khalifman ducks under a wild hook from Mayweather.
A jab from Mayweather misses.
Khalifman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mayweather.
Khalifman avoids the body shot from Mayweather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather just misses with a punch to the body.
Khalifman looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayweather is just out of range.
Khalifman throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
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!
Nice body punch from Khalifman.
Roid Mayweather is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khalifman throws a lazy right hand but Mayweather sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khalifman throws a looping overhand right but Mayweather ducks down to avoid it.
Mayweather misses with a looping left.
Mayweather misses with a double jab
and Khalifman counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mayweather's knee momentarily.
Mayweather looks to score with a jab to the body but Khalifman is just out of range.
Khalifman moves away from the strike by Mayweather.
Khalifman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mayweather throws out a loose jab but Khalifman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mayweather takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mayweather looks gassed!
Mayweather drops his hands momentarily and Khalifman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Khalifman 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman throws a lazy right hand but Mayweather sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A cross from Khalifman lands.
Khalifman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mayweather manages to avoid it.
Mayweather walks into a stiff left hand from Khalifman.
Khalifman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mayweather.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khalifman, right into the meat.
Mayweather misses with a straight left.
Khalifman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mayweather's calf.
Khalifman looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayweather is just out of range.
Mayweather looks to throw the jab but Khalifman is out of range.
Mayweather swings for the body but Khalifman moves out of range.
Khalifman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Khalifman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khalifman fails with the takedown.
Khalifman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Mayweather if he has to take too many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khalifman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khalifman avoids the body shot from Mayweather.
Khalifman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayweather.

Khalifman closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Khalifman trying to control from half guard but Mayweather is working away.
Khalifman slows the pace down in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Khalifman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Khalifman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mayweather cracks Khalifman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khalifman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mayweather manages to avoid it.
Khalifman ducks under a wild hook from Mayweather.
Mayweather looks to throw the jab but Khalifman is out of range.
Mayweather throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khalifman moves out of range of the strikes.
Mayweather scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mayweather looks to land a right hand but Khalifman moved out of range.
Khalifman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khalifman connects with a solid leg kick.
Khalifman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mayweather cracks Khalifman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mayweather throws a shot from downtown. Khalifman moves away and avoids it.
Mayweather swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Mayweather is breathing heavily.
Khalifman shoots in but Mayweather avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Khalifman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alexander Khalifman is winning the standup battle so far.
Mayweather lands a nice shot to the body.
Mayweather looks to land a right hand but Khalifman moved out of range.
Khalifman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mayweather throws out the jab.
Khalifman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mayweather in his tracks.
Mayweather fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khalifman is looking to slow Mayweather down with leg kicks.
Mayweather takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mayweather throws a body punch but Khalifman moves out of range.
Khalifman ducks under a wild hook from Mayweather.
Mayweather is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman throws a hook to the side of Mayweather's head but Mayweather sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mayweather is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Khalifman slips under a jab.
Mayweather misses with a jab to the body

and Khalifman counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khalifman slows the pace down.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mayweather is trying to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather defending against the ground and pound.
Mayweather pushes Khalifman away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Khalifman gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Khalifman controls the position from side control.
Mayweather is not content to let Khalifman control the position.

That's four 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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A punch combination from Mayweather misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khalifman.
Mayweather throws a combination that misses

and Khalifman decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mayweather's guard.
Khalifman trying to control the position from guard on top but Mayweather is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Khalifman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Khalifman's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mayweather thuds a left hand into Khalifman's body.
Mayweather throws a hook but Khalifman avoids it easily.
Khalifman missing with a left hand there. Mayweather was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khalifman. Mayweather does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mayweather throws a body punch but Khalifman moves out of range.
Mayweather walks forward, straight into a front kick from Khalifman.
Khalifman defending well as Mayweather loads up on a big left hand.
Mayweather chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalifman can pounce on him.

Khalifman looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khalifman trying to control the position from guard on top but Mayweather is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mayweather wants to get back to his feet but Khalifman is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mayweather takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman throwing strikes but missing.
Khalifman showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mayweather wants to stand up but Khalifman is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mayweather utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Khalifman seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Khalifman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Khalifman wants to land a leg kick but Mayweather is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Khalifman's hands.
Khalifman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice shot lands for Khalifman.
Khalifman shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mayweather but Mayweather pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Khalifman cracks Mayweather with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mayweather swings for the body but Khalifman moves out of range.
Mayweather's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Khalifman drops his hands momentarily and Mayweather takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mayweather lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mayweather throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khalifman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khalifman connects with a looping right hand.
Khalifman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayweather.
Khalifman connects with a solid leg kick.
Khalifman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khalifman uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman slips a straight right by Mayweather.
Mayweather throws a hook to the side of Khalifman's head but Khalifman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khalifman scoring well with a low kick there.
Khalifman takes a swing at Mayweather's ribcage but misses.
Khalifman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khalifman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Khalifman feints and then cracks Mayweather's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mayweather down.
Mayweather lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khalifman at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Khalifman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mayweather displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Khalifman.
Khalifman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mayweather lands a jab to the head.
Mayweather connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Alexander Khalifman did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Alexander Khalifman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Khalifman throws a nice inside leg kick.

Khalifman shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Khalifman showed some decent athleticism there.
Khalifman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mayweather keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Khalifman not doing much here.
Mayweather wants to control but Khalifman is keeping busy.
Khalifman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mayweather's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mayweather pushes Khalifman off looking to stand but Khalifman dives back in and keeps control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khalifman. Mayweather does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khalifman scores with a jab.
Mayweather takes a swing at Khalifman's ribcage but misses.
Mayweather misses with a looping left.
Khalifman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mayweather throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khalifman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
No luck for Khalifman with that takedown attempt.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Mayweather throws a series of strikes that have Khalifman backpedaling.
Mayweather fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khalifman manages to avoid it.
Mayweather slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mayweather looks to throw the jab but Khalifman is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather throws a looping overhand right but Khalifman ducks down to avoid it.
Mayweather is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khalifman.
Mayweather throws out a loose jab but Khalifman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khalifman missing with a left hand there. Mayweather was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khalifman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khalifman.
Mayweather connects with a good right hand that stumbles Khalifman. Khalifman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Khalifman lands with an overhand left.
Mayweather waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khalifman.

Khalifman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Khalifman thows a huge punch but Mayweather dodges it nicely.
Alexander Khalifman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mayweather is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Khalifman.
Khalifman throwing shots but Mayweather is blocking nicely.
Khalifman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mayweather pushes Khalifman off looking to stand but Khalifman dives back in and keeps control.
Well, if Khalifman is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Mayweather is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Alexander Khalifman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Khalifman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Khalifman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khalifman takes a swing at Mayweather's ribcage but misses.
Mayweather will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khalifman dodges the punch combination from Mayweather.
Khalifman misses with an uppercut. Mayweather saw that one coming.
Mayweather throws a series of punches but Khalifman moves out of range.
Khalifman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mayweather counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayweather chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalifman can pounce on him.
Khalifman scores with a kick to the midsection.
Mayweather stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mayweather wants it to stay on the feet.
Mayweather is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Mayweather tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khalifman was well out of range. Poor timing from Mayweather.
A telegraphed right hand from Khalifman misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather connects with a jab.
Khalifman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mayweather tries to move into range but Khalifman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mayweather throws a hook to the side of Khalifman's head but Khalifman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khalifman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mayweather throws out the jab.
Khalifman tries for a takedown but Mayweather sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mayweather throws a right and a left that Khalifman avoids nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khalifman.
Khalifman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khalifman lands a right hook to the body.
Khalifman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mayweather moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khalifman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Khalifman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khalifman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mayweather.
Mayweather scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mayweather throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mayweather dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mayweather crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Khalifman - the referee stops the clock and Mayweather gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Khalifman. Mayweather manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Khalifman is looking to slow Mayweather down with leg kicks.
Khalifman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Khalifman.
Mayweather has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Khalifman.
Mayweather misses with a looping left.
Mayweather misses with a body punch
and Khalifman counters with a slapping leg kick.
Khalifman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mayweather throws out a loose jab but Khalifman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khalifman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mayweather lands with a nice body punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khalifman.
Alexander Khalifman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman misses with a double jab.
Khalifman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mayweather in his tracks.
Mayweather misses with a straight right.
Mayweather misses with an uppercut. Khalifman saw that one coming.

Khalifman shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Khalifman content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Mayweather pushes Khalifman off looking to stand but Khalifman dives back in and keeps control.
Roid Mayweather has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khalifman looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Still in half guard, Khalifman seems content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Khalifman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Khalifman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 49:46
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 49:47
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Khalifman!
Alexander Khalifman retains his welterweight title!