PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valentin Skovgaard (ranked 394 p4p, 61 weight class) and Solomon Kahn (ranked 947 p4p, 145 weight class). Skovgaard kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Second Reality. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Skovgaard
vs
Kahn

187 cm
29
210 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

188 cm
31
213 lbs
16 - 8 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Valentin Skovgaard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Solomon Kahn!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skovgaard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kahn.
Skovgaard throws a poor cross that misses
and Kahn counters with a straight right hand.
Valentin Skovgaard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Skovgaard misses.
Kahn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kahn lands a body shot.
Kahn misses with a hook.
Kahn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Skovgaard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kahn doesn't seem bothered though.
Kahn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skovgaard throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kahn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skovgaard.
Kahn takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A decent looking cross lands there for Kahn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kahn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Skovgaard is looking to counter with head kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Skovgaard, right into the meat.
Skovgaard gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kahn counters with a straight right hand.

Skovgaard is rocked!
Kahn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Skovgaard. Skovgaard obviously looking to wear him down.
A big right from Kahn misses.
Skovgaard looks to score with a jab to the body but Kahn is just out of range.
Skovgaard misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Skovgaard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Skovgaard throws a body punch but Kahn moves out of range.
Kahn lands with a shot to the body.
Kahn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skovgaard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Skovgaard dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kahn. That did some damage!
Skovgaard throws a jab when Kahn was well out of range.
Skovgaard throws a low kick, looking for Kahn's leg but Kahn calmly moves out of range.
Kahn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Skovgaard under the eye.
Kahn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Skovgaard. That did some damage!
Skovgaard turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kahn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Oh Skovgaard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Skovgaard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Skovgaard seems to have got his legs back now.
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!
Skovgaard scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kahn misses with a wild body shot.
Skovgaard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Skovgaard is looking to wear down Kahn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kahn throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skovgaard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kahn throws a low kick but it's checked well by Skovgaard.
Skovgaard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kahn has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Skovgaard is looking to land body kicks.
Kahn jabs Skovgaard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Skovgaard takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kahn drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Skovgaard motions for Kahn to come forward. Skovgaard throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kahn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kahn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kahn throws out a counter right but Skovgaard avoids it with no problem.
Kahn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Skovgaard can pounce on him.
Skovgaard swinging wildly here.
Skovgaard turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Skovgaard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Skovgaard throws a sloppy head kick and Kahn moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kahn misses the jab.
Skovgaard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kahn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Skovgaard throws a hook to the side of Kahn's head but Kahn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kahn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skovgaard manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Kahn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kahn looks to land a left hand but Skovgaard moved out of range nicely.
Skovgaard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kahn is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Skovgaard had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Skovgaard connects with a jab.
Skovgaard misses with a wild body shot.
Skovgaard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Skovgaard lands with a straight right. Kahn didn't see that one coming.
Kahn takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Skovgaard gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kahn counters with a straight right hand.
Kahn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kahn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Skovgaard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
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!
Skovgaard looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kahn misses with a hook.
Skovgaard throws the kick towards the body but Kahn avoids it.
Skovgaard is looking to chop away at Kahn's legs.
Kahn wants to clinch up but Skovgaard keeps it at a distance.
Donk. Skovgaard catches Kahn right on the button with a cross.
Kahn looks to score with a jab to the body but Skovgaard is just out of range.
Kahn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Skovgaard counters with a straight right hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kahn crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Skovgaard - the referee stops the clock and Kahn gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Skovgaard. Kahn manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Skovgaard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kahn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Skovgaard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Skovgaard fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kahn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kahn looks to land a left hand but Skovgaard moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skovgaard throws a leg kick but Kahn moved away.
A punch combination from Skovgaard misses.
Skovgaard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kahn.
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 Valentin Skovgaard will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Skovgaard attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kahn wants to counter with a clinch but Skovgaard pushes him away.
Kahn throws out a loose jab but Skovgaard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kahn throws a body punch but Skovgaard moves out of range.
Skovgaard throws a looping overhand right but Kahn ducks down to avoid it.
Kahn jabs at Skovgaard's body.
That kick from Kahn tenderised Skovgaard's leg. Skovgaard is trying to keep his angry face on.
Skovgaard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kahn misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Skovgaard. Kahn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Skovgaard looks to throw the jab but Kahn is out of range.
Skovgaard lands a nice shot that snaps Kahn's head back.
Skovgaard misses with an uppercut. Kahn saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skovgaard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A jab from Skovgaard misses.
Kahn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Skovgaard lands with a nice body punch.
Skovgaard dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kahn. That did some damage!
Kahn throws a big shot that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skovgaard ducks under a wild hook from Kahn.
Skovgaard feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Skovgaard misses the shot to the body.
Skovgaard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Skovgaard swings for the body but Kahn moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Skovgaard.
Skovgaard ducks right into an uppercut from Kahn.
Skovgaard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Skovgaard throws the left hand but Kahn avoids the punch easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kahn crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Skovgaard - the referee stops the clock and Kahn gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Skovgaard. Kahn manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A big right from Skovgaard misses.
Kahn moves out of range of the body kick from Skovgaard.
Kahn throws out a counter right but Skovgaard avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kahn. Skovgaard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Skovgaard swings for the body but Kahn moves out of range.
Skovgaard tried to score with a low kick but Kahn checks it.
A low kick from Skovgaard is predictable there
and Kahn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kahn lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahn scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skovgaard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kahn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Skovgaard.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kahn! But no joy.
Nice uppercut there from Skovgaard.
Valentin Skovgaard is winning the standup battle so far.

Kahn drops Skovgaard with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Skovgaard looks back up at him and smiles so Kahn waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Skovgaard ducks under a wild hook from Kahn.
Kahn swings for the body but Skovgaard moves out of range.
Skovgaard ducks under a wild hook from Kahn.
An attempted straight right counter from Skovgaard misses the target.
Kahn throws out a loose jab but Skovgaard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kahn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
As Kahn backs away, Skovgaard returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Skovgaard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Skovgaard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Skovgaard throws a sloppy body shot
and Kahn counters with a stiff right hand.

Kahn drops Skovgaard with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Skovgaard looks back up at him and smiles so Kahn waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Skovgaard tries to land a front kick but Kahn steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kahn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Skovgaard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Skovgaard lands a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kahn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Skovgaard.
Good shot there by Kahn.
Skovgaard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kahn.
Kahn throws a hook to the side of Skovgaard's head but Skovgaard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Skovgaard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kahn throws the left hand but Skovgaard avoids the punch easily.
A punch lands to the side of Kahn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Skovgaard with a jab.
Kahn moves out of range of the body kick.
Skovgaard thows a leg kick but Kahn checks it
and Kahn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Skovgaard throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kahn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Skovgaard misses the shot to the body.
Skovgaard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kahn just misses with a punch to the body.
Kahn lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kahn looks to land a right hand but Skovgaard moved out of range.
Skovgaard just misses with a punch to the body.
Kahn was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Some bone on bone action there as Kahn checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kahn misses with an uppercut
and Skovgaard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Skovgaard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kahn connects with a solid leg kick.
Kahn swings away with a body shot that misses
and Skovgaard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Skovgaard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kahn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Skovgaard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kahn's hands.
Skovgaard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kahn counters with a stiff right hand.
Skovgaard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skovgaard misses with a low kick.
Kahn takes a jab right on the kisser.
Skovgaard throws a body punch but Kahn moves out of range.
Kahn takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Kahn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Skovgaard digs a good hook to Kahn's body.
Skovgaard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kahn.
Kahn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Skovgaard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kahn manages to avoid it.
Kahn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Skovgaard misses its intended target.
A jab from Kahn does it's job there.
Skovgaard throws a nice looking combination but Kahn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Skovgaard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kahn missing with a left hand there. Skovgaard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Skovgaard misses with a wild body shot.
Kahn wants to counter the offense by Skovgaard and move into the clinch position.
Skovgaard moves forwards but Kahn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Skovgaard misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kahn jabs Skovgaard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kahn misses with an uppercut.
Skovgaard ducks under a wild hook from Kahn.
Kahn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Skovgaard looks for the body kick but Kahn saw that one coming.
Kahn avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skovgaard throws a head kick but Kahn moves out of range.
Skovgaard throws a hook to the side of Kahn's head but Kahn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Skovgaard avoids the body shot from Kahn.
Skovgaard thinks about countering with a body kick.
Kahn slips a jab from Skovgaard.
Skovgaard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kahn counters with a left right combination that sends Skovgaard crashing to the mat - Kahn wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Skovgaard out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Solomon Kahn!
Solomon Kahn decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.