PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dixie Pablo Khakhold (ranked 612 p4p, 70 weight class) and Sala Barbo (ranked 476 p4p, 54 weight class). Khakhold comes to the cage accompanied by Penis song. Barbo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Nissim. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pablo Khakhold
vs
Barbo

168 cm
34
145 lbs
18 - 12 - 1

172 cm
32
147 lbs
19 - 10 - 1

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dixie Pablo Khakhold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Sala Barbo!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khakhold takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Barbo misses with a low kick.
Khakhold throws a quick inside leg kick.
Barbo throws a leg kick but Khakhold sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khakhold avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barbo staying out of range there.
Khakhold uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbo.
Khakhold moves out of range of the body kick from Barbo.
Khakhold throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Barbo's head.
Barbo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khakhold 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.
Khakhold misses with a low kick.
Khakhold misses with a leg kick
and Barbo counters with a leg kick.
Barbo dodges the punch combination from Khakhold.
Barbo misses with a two punch combination.
Barbo misses with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbo misses the jab.
Khakhold is looking to counter punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbo lands a body shot.
Barbo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barbo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Khakhold will feel that in the morning.
Khakhold throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sala Barbo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khakhold checks a low kick from Barbo.
Barbo tries to score with a low kick but Khakhold moves his leg out of the way.
Khakhold moves out of range of the body kick.
Khakhold tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barbo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barbo lands a nice shot to the body.
Barbo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Khakhold.
Khakhold is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Barbo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Khakhold moves into the clinch.
Barbo misses with a body punch.
Barbo misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold is looking to break free of the clinch but Barbo has double underhooks.
Barbo throws a punch but it's blocked by Khakhold.
Barbo lands a body punch in 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!
Barbo misses with a punch to the body.
Barbo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barbo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbo digs a right hand underneath Khakhold's ribcage. Khakhold let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbo.
Khakhold lands an uppercut.
Khakhold working aggressively here.
Khakhold doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbo lands a body punch.
Khakhold tries to work over Barbo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khakhold misses with a punch to the body.
Barbo misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Barbo fails to land.
Khakhold pushes Barbo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barbo slows down the pace here.
Khakhold tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khakhold swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbo uses good head movement to avoid it.

Khakhold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut lands for Khakhold. That snapped Barbo's head back.
Barbo lands a slapping body shot.
Barbo throws a front kick that sends Khakhold stumbling back into the cage.
Khakhold getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Barbo misses with a wild body shot.
Barbo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbo connects with a right hand. Khakhold shakes it off.
Khakhold throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jab from Barbo.
Khakhold is looking to land body kicks.
Barbo is looking for the big counter here.
Barbo checks the leg kick.
Khakhold moves out of range of the body kick from Barbo.
Barbo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbo misses with a wild combination.
Jab from Barbo.
Khakhold swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barbo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khakhold misses with a body shot.
Khakhold slips under a jab.
Khakhold attempts a counter takedown but Barbo avoids it well and moves away.
Barbo misses with a looping right.
Barbo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khakhold ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khakhold scores with a nice right hand.
Barbo scores with a nice strike.
Khakhold walks into a left hand.
Barbo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khakhold.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Khakhold lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barbo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barbo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sala Barbo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Khakhold takes a swing at Barbo's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the liver by Khakhold. Beautiful body shot.
Khakhold steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Barbo. That one must have hurt.
Khakhold connects with a leg kick. Barbo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barbo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barbo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khakhold throws a leg kick which misses Barbo's front leg but catches the back leg as Barbo tries to avoid it.
Khakhold throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbo swinging wildly here.
Barbo ducks under a wild hook from Khakhold.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbo! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khakhold throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khakhold uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbo.
Barbo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Khakhold is able to avoid easily.
Barbo looks to land a left hand but Khakhold moved out of range nicely.
Khakhold is looking to counter with head kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khakhold takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khakhold pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khakhold avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khakhold pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barbo tries to clinch but Khakhold is having none of it.
Barbo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barbo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khakhold is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khakhold.
Barbo takes a swing at Khakhold's ribcage but misses.
Barbo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khakhold.
Khakhold lands a nice hook to Barbo's body. Barbo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice body punch from Barbo.
Sala Barbo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A shot to the liver by Khakhold. Beautiful body shot.
Khakhold throws the left hand but Barbo avoids the punch easily.
Barbo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Barbo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Khakhold's hands.
Khakhold throws a chopping leg kick but Barbo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barbo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbo misses with a low kick.
Khakhold slips under a jab from Barbo.
Khakhold jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Barbo throws a leg kick but Khakhold moved away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barbo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Khakhold throws a jab but it's blocked by Barbo.
Barbo slips a jab and a cross from Khakhold.
Horrible takedown attempt by Khakhold or perhaps it was just good defense by Barbo, which made it look bad.
Khakhold cracks Barbo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khakhold looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbo is just out of range.
Khakhold will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Barbo moves into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Barbo.
I was talking to Khakhold's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barbo misses with the head strike.
Barbo lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khakhold.
Barbo prevents a body shot from Khakhold.
Sala Barbo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khakhold lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbo backwards.
Khakhold working aggressively here.
Khakhold misses with a body punch.
Barbo swings wildly with an uppercut but Khakhold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khakhold prevents a body shot from Barbo.
A shot in the inside from Barbo.
Barbo struggles to land a body shot inside as Khakhold controls his hands.
Khakhold lands with a short shot to the head.
Barbo blocks an uppercut.
Barbo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbo tries a body shot but Khakhold blocks it.
Barbo tries to throw a body punch but Khakhold avoids it by throwing Barbo back against the cage.
Barbo blocks an uppercut.
Barbo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbo throws a head punch that misses.
Khakhold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khakhold wants to take the fight to the mat but Barbo manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Khakhold blocks the elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khakhold can't break the clinch.
Khakhold blocks an uppercut.
Barbo struggles to land a body shot inside as Khakhold controls his hands.
Khakhold lands a body punch in the clinch.
Khakhold lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khakhold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khakhold blocks a body shot from Barbo.
Khakhold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbos head.
Khakhold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barbo digs a right hand into Khakhold's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khakhold's gas tank.

Khakhold's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khakhold misses with a wild body shot.
Good shot there by Barbo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sala Barbo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Khakhold misses with a body shot.
Barbo takes a swing at Khakhold's ribcage but misses.
Khakhold changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barbo. That's going to slow Khakhold down.
A jab from Khakhold misses.
Barbo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barbo moves away from the strike by Khakhold.
Barbo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Barbo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body kick there by Barbo.
Khakhold throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barbo.
Barbo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Khakhold smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khakhold fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Barbo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barbo is looking to land body kicks.
Khakhold throws out a loose jab but Barbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Khakhold under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khakhold throws a low kick but Barbo avoids it.
Barbo misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbo. Khakhold does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khakhold lunges at Barbo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barbo's hand.
Barbo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khakhold. That did some damage!
Khakhold checks the leg kick nicely there.
Khakhold keeps Barbo at a distance using the push kick.
Khakhold throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barbo missing with a left hand there. Khakhold was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khakhold staying out of range there.
Khakhold keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A lazy left from Barbo finds it's target.
Barbo cracks the inside of Khakhold's front leg.
Khakhold throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold shoots in but Barbo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Khakhold is looking to land body kicks.
Khakhold misses with a hook. Barbo ducked under it nicely.
Barbo throws out a counter right but Khakhold avoids it with no problem.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barbo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Khakhold on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Khakhold misses with a low kick.
Barbo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khakhold.
Barbo only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Khakhold walks into a stiff left hand from Barbo.
Barbo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barbo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khakhold looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khakhold dives in and grabs Barbo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Barbo pushes down on Khakhold's head and hops out.
Khakhold thows a leg kick but Barbo checks it
and Barbo counters with a good low kick that Khakhold was not able to check.
Barbo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khakhold.
Dixie Pablo Khakhold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Khakhold has taken the fight to the clinch.
Khakhold throws a head punch that misses.

Khakhold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barbo works the jab nicely.
Khakhold has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Barbo.
Barbo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Barbo throws a leg kick but Khakhold sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khakhold ducks under a wild hook from Barbo.
Khakhold on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khakhold misses with an uppercut.
Khakhold walks into a jab.
Barbo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Khakhold gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
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!
Khakhold misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barbo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Barbo has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Barbo misses with a wild body shot.
Barbo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khakhold.
Barbo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khakhold.
Barbo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khakhold's sensitive parts.
Khakhold works the jab nicely.

Khakhold has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbo.
Barbo blocking some punches.
Barbo can't find room to land a body shot as Khakhold controls the action.
Khakhold looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dixie Pablo Khakhold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barbo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Khakholds head.
Barbo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barbo misses with a punch to the body.
Khakhold tries to work over Barbo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sala Barbo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barbo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sala Barbo!
Sala Barbo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Dixie Pablo Khakhold was interviewed post fight and said 'My wife's gonna cuck me with my opponent all week'.