PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed Ahmed (ranked 4462 p4p, 4683 weight class) and Michael Smith (ranked 219 p4p, 221 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ahmed
vs
Smith

170 cm
18
135
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
18
135
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mohamed Ahmed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Smith!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Hemmingworth and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Smith misses with a hook
and Ahmed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith defending well as Ahmed loads up on a big left hand.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahmed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Smith was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Nice uppercut there from Ahmed.
Ahmed throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ahmed slips a straight right by Smith.
Ahmed swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ahmed swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ahmed throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mohamed Ahmed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ahmed has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 10:9
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 10:9
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohamed Ahmed!