PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ted Granger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Youssef Hadji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hadji has chosen The National Anthem of Morocco as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Granger
vs
Hadji

181 cm
26
182 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

179 cm
22
184 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ted Granger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Youssef Hadji!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Granger drops Hadji with a beautiful combination! Hadji stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Granger is looking for the KO!

Hadji is rocked!

It looks like Youssef Hadji has been cut.
Granger digs a good hook to Hadji's body.
Hadji is still on wobbly legs! Can Granger finish him?

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Granger pulls guard effortlessly.
Granger bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hadji's guard.
Hadji seems to have recovered his senses.
Granger stands and throws Hadji's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Granger in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Granger is putting a hurting on Hadji here, landing some big shots from side control.
Granger cracks Hadji with a big elbow.
Hadji gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hadji slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hadji trying to control the position.

Hadji has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Granger can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hadji looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Granger sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hadji's guard.
Granger wants to pass to mount but Hadji is defending the position.
Granger is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hadji!
Hadji tries to hold on but Granger postures up.
Hadji in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Granger postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Hadji badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Granger around the waist but Granger pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Granger is the winner by TKO! Granger jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ted Granger!