PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koya Molar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khasbulaev's entrance music is Fetty Wap - Trap Queen. A fine choice. Koya Molar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Magomedrasul Khasbulaev's chin.

Khasbulaev
vs
Molar

173 cm
21
144 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

163 cm
27
140 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Sun-Tzu
Mohito Fightwear

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 7 - 6 - 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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Koya Molar!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev throws a leg kick which misses Molar's front leg but catches the back leg as Molar tries to avoid it.
Khasbulaev throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Molar misses its intended target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khasbulaev darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Koya Molar has been cut.
Molar misses with a body shot.
Molar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khasbulaev moves away.
Khasbulaev throws a series of punches but Molar moves out of range.
Molar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Molar. Khasbulaev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khasbulaev is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Molar misses with a straight right.
Khasbulaev seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Molar cracks Khasbulaev with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Khasbulaev lands a high kick to the side of Molar's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Khasbulaev dives into guard, looking to finish.

Molar is rocked!
Khasbulaev has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Molar holds on and takes a little breather.
Molar is still in real trouble! Can Khasbulaev finish him?
Khasbulaev stops Molar from standing up.
Molar seems to have recovered his senses.
Molar is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Khasbulaev dives into side control.
Molar is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Khasbulaev asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Molar struggling a bit here.

Khasbulaev stands up.
Molar takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Molar misses the body punch
and Khasbulaev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khasbulaev displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Molar.
Molar misses with a body shot.
Molar avoids the head kick by Khasbulaev.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Khasbulaev moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Molar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khasbulaev can pounce on him.
Molar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Molar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Khasbulaev tenderised Molar's leg. Molar is trying to keep his angry face on.
A combination from Molar does no damage.

Khasbulaev moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khasbulaev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Khasbulaev scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khasbulaev lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev lands a shoulder strike.
Molar tries to break free but Khasbulaev pushes him back against the cage.

Khasbulaev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khasbulaev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Molar misses the shot to the body.
A quick step to the side and Khasbulaev tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Molar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khasbulaev drops Molar with a right and a left! Khasbulaev comes rushing in but Molar regains his composure and manages to keep Khasbulaev in guard.

That has opened up Koya Molar's cut even more.

Molar pushes Khasbulaev off and gets back to his feet.
Molar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Molar walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Khasbulaev! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Magomedrasul Khasbulaev waved his t-shirt featuring Mohito Fightwear's logo in front of the cameras.