PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abaka Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Rabago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Khan
vs
Rabago

172 cm
25
182 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

175 cm
24
184 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Damnfield clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Abaka Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adam Rabago!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabago lands with a nice combination. Khan backs away looking to recover.
Khan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rabago at a distance.
Rabago throws a hook but Khan blocks it.

Khan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rabago blocks an elbow strike.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Rabago, against the cage.
Rabago fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rabago lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khan or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rabago takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rabago landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rabago lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Adam Rabago has been cut.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rabago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan is looking to control Rabago's arms but Rabago gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the cage.
Rabago tries to pull guard but Khan holds him up against the cage and eventually Rabago drops back down to his feet.
Rabago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rabago blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rabago goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rabago obliges.
Rabago misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rabago lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Rabago misses with some punches.
Rabago jumps guard but Khan stands there with Rabago around his waist. Rabago gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rabago lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Rabago misses with the head strike.
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan lands an elbow just above Rabago 's eye.
Rabago avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Rabago takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rabago on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rabago looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Rabago managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Rabago misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rabago can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Rabago is trying to pull guard but Khan turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Abaka Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Rabago.
Rabago misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Rabago.
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rabago avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan.
Khan blocks a body shot from Rabago.
Rabago throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Rabago takes an elbow to the temple.
Rabago missing with knees to the body.
Rabago has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Rabago scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
Khan scores a nice knee to the body.
Rabago can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Rabago misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rabago misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rabago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Rabago blocks an elbow strike.
Rabago pushes Khan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Rabago is blocking nicely.
Rabago tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rabago lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
Rabago creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rabago is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Khan to keep the fight standing.
Rabago lands a nice uppercut.
Rabago avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
A knee to the head by Khan.
Rabago lands a knee to the head.
Khan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rabago avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan lands a knee to the body.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Rabago leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Rabago scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabago lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Khan lands a shot to the body.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rabago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rabago's face.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khan.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Rabago is blocking nicely.
Khan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rabago as Khan tries to tie him up.
Rabago looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rabago can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Rabago takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rabago throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Abaka Khan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Adam Rabago'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.

Khan wants to clinch up but Rabago keeps it at a distance.
Khan throws a wild body kick that Rabago sees coming a mile off.
Rabago blocks a head kick by Khan.
Rabago does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Khan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Rabago pushes him off.
Rabago looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Rabago throws a right hand that Khan ducks under and follows up with a left that Khan also avoids with ease.
Rabago scores with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Rabago throws a solid leg kick but Khan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rabago.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rabago moves away.
Khan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rabago throws a push kick but Khan slaps the foot to one side.
Khan throws a nice looking combination but Rabago bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Khan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabago lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rabago misses with a few strikes there.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rabago.
Khan tries to clinch there but Rabago circles away.
Rabago walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Rabago is blocking nicely.
Rabago missing with knees to the body.
Khan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rabago in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rabago working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees to the body from Khan.
Khan crunches a lovely knee into Rabago's ribcage.
Rabago is breathing heavily.
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!
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rabago takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Khan throws an elbow but misses.
Khan crunches a lovely knee into Rabago's ribcage.
Abaka Khan has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Khan looking to stall.
Rabago takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rabago struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan crunches a lovely knee into Rabago's ribcage.
Khan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rabagos head.
Khan scores with a knee to the head.
Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rabago takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khan.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Rabago misses with a punch to the body.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rabago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Rabago avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rabago blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Adam Rabago's cut even more.
Rabago misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
Rabago throws a head punch that misses.
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Rabago shrugs off.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Rabago misses with a punch to the body.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan avoiding damage as Rabago throws knees to the body.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Rabago is blocking nicely.
Rabago takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rabago scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
Rabago lands with a light punch inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rabago lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rabago tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Rabago blocks it.
Nice body punch from Rabago - that landed with a thud.
Rabago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Rabago lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rabago tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rabago tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rabago scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rabago dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
Rabago tries to pull guard but Khan holds him up against the cage and eventually Rabago drops back down to his feet.
Rabago trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rabago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rabago.
Khan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abaka Khan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Adam Rabago's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Khan checks a leg kick nicely.
Rabago throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Abaka Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan tries to clinch up.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rabago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rabago looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rabago.
Khan swinging wildly here.
Khan doesn't manage to clinch there - Rabago circles away.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Rabago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rabago scores with a head kick. Khan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rabago slips a jab and a cross from Khan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabago misses with the combination.
Rabago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Khan forces Rabago back against the cage and clinches.
Rabago lands with a light punch inside.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Rabago scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khan lands an elbow inside.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Rabago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rabago connects with a leg kick. Khan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rabago looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Rabago scores with a one two! Khan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Khan has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabago has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Rabago tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Rabago back against the cage.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Khan.
Rabago goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan lands a good knee to the midsection. Rabago won't want to take too many of those.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rabago lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rabago's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rabago's brow.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan crunches a lovely knee into Rabago's ribcage.
Khan lands an elbow that stopped Rabago in his tracks for a moment.
Khan blocking some punches.
Rabago blocks the elbow strike.
Khan blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Rabago fails to land.
Khan misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a knee to the head.
Rabago tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Rabago lands with a short shot to the head.
Rabago struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Rabago avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Rabago.
Rabago tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Rabago back against the cage.
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Rabago throws an elbow that misses.
Rabago takes an elbow to the temple.
Rabago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rabago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
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!
Khan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rabago in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabago takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adam Rabago has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rabago misses with the head strike.
Khan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rabago in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Khan lands an elbow inside.

The cut above Adam Rabago's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rabago is defending well for now.
Rabago struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rabago misses with the head strike.
Abaka Khan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rabago misses with a punch on the inside.
Rabago throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rabago blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rabago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Rabago.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abaka Khan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abaka Khan!
Our winner, Abaka Khan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.