PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fakka Ur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustafa Al Kurd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Kurd has chosen Kiss - Love Gun as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Ur
vs
Al Kurd

220 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Firebird Designs
Elite Nutrition Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fakka Ur!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mustafa Al Kurd!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Al Kurd does no damage.
Al Kurd looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
No joy there for Al Kurd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ur throws a body kick that misses.
Ur shoots for a double leg takedown but Al Kurd sprawls well. He's pushed Ur's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Al Kurd looks to land a combination but Ur avoids it well.
Al Kurd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Ur scores a takedown into full mount!
Ur really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Ur gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Al Kurd throws a series of punches but Ur moves out of range.
Al Kurd misses with the combination.
Ur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Al Kurd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Al Kurd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ur has a takedown stuffed.
A combination from Al Kurd does no damage.
Al Kurd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Kurd throws a series of punches but Ur avoids them all with ease.

Ur shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ur showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Al Kurd is in trouble now - Ur has advanced to mount!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ur fails to take his opponent's back.

Ur is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Al Kurd throws a series of punches but Ur avoids them all with ease.
Al Kurd misses with the combination.
Mustafa Al Kurd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Al Kurd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Ur gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Al Kurd manages to break the clinch.
Al Kurd misses with a wild combination.
Al Kurd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ur moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Kurd misses with a double jab.

Ur drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ur passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Ur tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ur has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ur works to advance to full mount. Al Kurd defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

Ur looking for a guillotine from mount but Al Kurd is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Al Kurd wants to try and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ur has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Al Kurd is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fakka Ur!
Fakka Ur is the new light heavyweight champion!