PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Albert Round (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kama Mustafa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Round comes to the cage accompanied by Candy Paint. Mustafa has chosen MaMa Africa as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Round
vs
Mustafa

185 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Albert Round!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kama Mustafa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Round bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Mustafa tries to buck Round off but Round is having none of it.
Round working the ground and pound.
Mustafa wants to control but Round postures up.
Mustafa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Round wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Round throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Round working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Mustafa manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Round tries to get to full guard but Mustafa has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mustafa is trying to control the action in half guard but Round is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Mustafa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Round!
Mustafa lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Round is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mustafa postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Round looks a forlorn figure.
Round is in all sorts of trouble here.
Round tries to lock up and control but Mustafa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Round is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mustafa looking to control and managing it successfully.
Round is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mustafa with a couple of short strikes.
Mustafa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mustafa landing strikes, looking to finish!

Mustafa is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Round can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mustafa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Round wants to hold on but Mustafa pushes him away.
Round is trying to escape the mount.
Round tries to hold on but Mustafa postures up.
Round is looking to improve his position but Mustafa isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mustafa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Round can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Round wants to control but Mustafa is having none of it.
Mustafa wants to control the pace but Round is squirming around nicely.
Mustafa controlling from the full mount.
Mustafa landing shots from mount.
Mustafa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mustafa working Round over with strikes here.
Mustafa cracks Round with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Round wants to hold on but Mustafa pushes him away.
Round is just holding on here. Mustafa manages to take his back.
Round trying to control but not successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mustafa controlling well, preventing Round from escaping the position.
Round has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Mustafa is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Mustafa lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Round hold on?!
Round tries to escape the position.
Round covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Mustafa tries to get the hooks in deep but Round pushed the leg off.
Mustafa looks gassed!
You can see the frustration on Round's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kama Mustafa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Round moves into the clinch.

Round breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mustafa gets caught flat footed, as Round shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mustafa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Round's guard.
Mustafa distracts Round with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Round is looking for a triangle but Mustafa pushes his legs off easily.
Round is trying to keep Mustafa in close.
Mustafa distracts Round with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Round throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Mustafa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mustafa tries to free his leg and advance position but Round is retaining full guard.
Round trying to control the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Round gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Round tries to pull guard but Mustafa holds him up against the cage and eventually Round drops back down to his feet.

Round pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mustafa looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Round is looking to sweep but instead, Mustafa has passed into half guard.
Round is refusing to be controlled, as Mustafa sits in half guard.
Round knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mustafa on the ground.
Round taking some punishment here, with Mustafa in his half guard.
Mustafa is looking to advance position but Round won't allow it.
Round tries to get to full guard but Mustafa has control of the leg.

Mustafa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Round sees it coming and defends easily.
Mustafa is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Round is looking for a sweep. Mustafa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Round flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Round has closed the distance and engaged Mustafa in a clinch.

Round gets control of Mustafa's arms and successfully pulls guard. Round will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Mustafa stopping the sweep attempt from Round.
Mustafa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mustafa trying to control the position from guard on top but Round is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Round controls Mustafa momentarily but Mustafa frees himself.
Mustafa controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustafa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Round works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mustafa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Round has Mustafa up against the cage in a clinch.
Round has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mustafa avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Round breaks the clinch.
Mustafa with a poor takedown
and Round finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Round moves into the clinch successfully.
Mustafa gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Round.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Albert Round. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Round escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Mustafa shoots in and bounces Round off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustafa works over Round with some ground and pound from guard.
Round lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mustafa!

Round working for a submission but Mustafa is keeping him at bay.

Round looking to secure an arm triangle but Mustafa defends it well.
Round punching from mount but Mustafa doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kama Mustafa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mustafa regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kama Mustafa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Mustafa wants to clinch
and Round counters with a series of strikes. Mustafa will be more careful next time no doubt.

Mustafa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Round regains half guard.
Mustafa working over Round with some ground and pound. Round looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Round wants to improve his position but Mustafa is controlling well.

Mustafa seems to be working for a kimura but Round defends the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from Mustafa.
Round regains full guard. Nicely done.
Mustafa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Round wriggles free and stands up.
Round shoots in but no luck this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustafa with a lazy takedown attempt

and Round counters by clinching up.

Round gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Mustafa regains guard.
Round has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mustafa wants to sweep here but Round controlling him for the moment.
Round landing with the ground and pound.

Mustafa had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Round is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Mustafa Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Round's back instead.
Mustafa doesn't have the hooks in and Round manages to turn into his guard.
Mustafa wants to sweep here but Round controlling him for the moment.
Mustafa trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustafa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mustafa keeping moving, preventing Round from controlling successfully.
Round is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Mustafa is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Round looks to land a combination. Mustafa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mustafa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Round counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mustafa won't be happy with that.
Mustafa gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Mustafa is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Round trying to control but Mustafa is having none of it.
Round prevents Mustafa from getting the reversal.
Round is landing with some decent strikes but Mustafa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Round throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Round looking to control and managing it successfully.
Mustafa is squirming around, avoiding Round's attempts to control the action.
Mustafa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mustafa wants to control but Round is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mustafa is bucking up trying to escape but Round cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Round controlling from the full mount.
Round avoids the attempt from Mustafa to control.
Albert Round has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Round has control of Mustafa's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Mustafa regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Mustafa is desperately trying to improve his position but Round has a good base and remains in mount.
Round lands a big elbow.
Kama Mustafa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Round punishing his opponent with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Albert Round showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mustafa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kama Mustafa!