PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khalifa Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan has chosen Prodigal Son as his entrance music. The key to victory for John Paul has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Paul
vs
Khan

205 cm
18
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

196 cm
18
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Khalifa Khan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab by Khan.
Paul looks for the body kick but Khan saw that one coming.
Khan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Paul tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paul throws out a powerful jab.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan misses with a hook.
Paul tries to clinch up.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paul misses with a low kick as Khan jumps back.
Paul throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Paul misses with a low kick.
Khan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Paul is able to avoid easily.

Khan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan is looking to take a break and control but Paul is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Khan stalls from top position.
Khan sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Paul is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Khan throws a strike aimed at the side of Paul's head but Paul avoids it well.
Khan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The strikes coming from Khan are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Khan throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Paul knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Khan on the ground.
Khan misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Khan misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Khan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan just content to control the position.
Khan working the body and head with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paul parries the strikes from Khan easily there. Khan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Paul to escape.
You can see the frustration on Paul's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Paul is breathing heavily.
Khan working the ground and pound but Paul is defending the strikes.
Paul managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Khan.
Khan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Khan throws an elbow but Paul slips to the side and avoids it well.
Khan fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws an elbow but Paul slips to the side and avoids it well.
Paul parries the strikes from Khan easily there. Khan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Paul to escape.
Khan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
An elbow from Khan crashes against the mat.
Khan scoring with punches from side control.
Khan looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Paul is avoiding damage well.
Khan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Khan controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khan trying to control the action but Paul is working from the bottom.

Khan has hold of Paul's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Paul seems comfortable defending it but Khan has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Paul is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Paul is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Khan couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Khalifa Khan!