PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed al Hadj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Hadj comes to the cage accompanied by Like a G6. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

al Hadj
vs
Patterson

191 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Fight Club Clothing™
Fight Club Clothing™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mohamed al Hadj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fred Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Hadj scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Patterson doesn't seem bothered though.
al Hadj attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

al Hadj moves into the clinch.
Patterson throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Patterson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Mohamed al Hadj has been cut.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Patterson 's eye.
Patterson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
al Hadj misses with an elbow strike.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
Patterson lands an elbow just above al Hadj 's eye.
Patterson avoids the elbow strike from al Hadj, against the cage.
al Hadj blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patterson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
al Hadj scores with a shot to the side of Patterson's head.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.

It looks like Fred Patterson has been cut.
Patterson pushes off an throws an elbow but al Hadj leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
al Hadj trying to land knees to the body.
Patterson blocks an elbow strike from al Hadj.
Patterson dodges an elbow strike from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Patterson.

Mohamed al Hadj's cut is getting worse.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, al Hadj just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patterson's brow.
al Hadj blocks an elbow strike.
al Hadj scores a nice knee to the body.
Patterson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Patterson looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Hadj blocks the elbow strike.
al Hadj pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Patterson avoids the elbow strike from al Hadj, against the cage.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patterson's defenses.
al Hadj with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
al Hadj blocks an elbow strike from Patterson.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Patterson is keeping busy.
Patterson missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards al Hadj's brow.
Patterson avoids a wild elbow strike from al Hadj.
al Hadj looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Patterson landing knees to the body.
al Hadj looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Patterson lands an elbow inside that al Hadj shrugs off.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj tries a knee to the head but Patterson blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards al Hadj's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards al Hadj's brow.
al Hadj throws an elbow that misses.
al Hadj blocks an elbow strike.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Patterson shrugs off.
al Hadj using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Patterson.
Patterson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
al Hadj misses with an elbow over the top.
Patterson lands an elbow that stopped al Hadj in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj lands with a left to the head.
al Hadj avoids the elbow strike from Patterson, against the cage.
al Hadj avoids a wild elbow strike from Patterson.
Patterson blocks the elbow strike.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patterson throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Patterson in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj takes an elbow to the temple.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but al Hadj blocks it.
al Hadj is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Patterson shrugs off.
al Hadj misses with an elbow over the top.
al Hadj misses with a knee strike.
al Hadj lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Patterson shrugs off.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Patterson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Patterson shrugs off.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Patterson 's eye.
al Hadj with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Patterson.
al Hadj throws an elbow but it misses.
Patterson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards al Hadj's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
al Hadj lands with a light punch inside.
al Hadj throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Patterson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
al Hadj is trying to maintain a safe position but Patterson gets an underhook and turns al Hadj into the cage.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
Patterson wants a takedown.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patterson's defenses.
Patterson blocks the elbow strike.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patterson throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj misses with a knee strike.
Patterson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from al Hadj.
Patterson avoids the elbow strike from al Hadj, against the cage.
al Hadj trying to land knees to the body.
al Hadj lands a knee to the head.
Patterson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Patterson in his tracks for a moment.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards al Hadj's brow.
Patterson takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj throws an elbow but it's blocked.
al Hadj looking to slow down the pace here.
Patterson dodges an elbow strike from al Hadj.
al Hadj tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson takes an elbow to the temple.
Patterson throws an elbow that misses.
Patterson lands an elbow inside that al Hadj shrugs off.
al Hadj avoids the elbow strike from Patterson, against the cage.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj misses with a knee to the head.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and al Hadj avoids it.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Patterson 's eye.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj dodges an elbow strike from Patterson.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patterson's defenses.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patterson's defenses.
al Hadj lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Patterson blocks an elbow strike.
Patterson is working for takedown but al Hadj is calmly controlling the position for now.
al Hadj pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, al Hadj just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patterson's brow.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, al Hadj just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patterson's brow.
Patterson misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Patterson throws an elbow but misses.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards al Hadj's brow.
Patterson throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Patterson 's eye.
al Hadj misses with an elbow over the top.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed al Hadj dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

al Hadj goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Patterson clinches but al Hadj breaks the clinch
and al Hadj counters with a slapping leg kick.
Patterson wants to clinch
and al Hadj counters with a low kick, right behind Patterson 's knee.
Patterson tries to clinch
and al Hadj counters with a nice low kick that buckles Patterson's knee momentarily.
al Hadj scoring well with a low kick there.
al Hadj lands a leg kick that knocks Patterson off balance momentarily.
al Hadj fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Patterson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Patterson looks to clinch

and al Hadj moves into the clinch.
Patterson takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
al Hadj crunches a lovely knee into Patterson's ribcage.
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!
al Hadj lands a hook that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from al Hadj.
al Hadj throws an elbow but it misses.
Patterson avoids the elbow strike from al Hadj, against the cage.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
al Hadj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patterson managing to block the knees to the body from al Hadj.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
al Hadj misses with a knee to the head.
al Hadj lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Hadj tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
al Hadj tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
al Hadj pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
al Hadj pushes off an throws an elbow but Patterson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
al Hadj misses with an elbow strike.
Patterson throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patterson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Patterson trying to land knees to the body.
al Hadj blocks an elbow strike from Patterson.
al Hadj throws a knee to the head but misses.
al Hadj avoiding damage as Patterson throws knees to the body.
Patterson blocks an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by al Hadj.
Knees to the body from al Hadj.
Patterson blocks the elbow strike.
Patterson jumps guard but al Hadj stands there with Patterson around his waist. Patterson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Patterson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
Patterson avoids a wild elbow strike from al Hadj.
al Hadj throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
al Hadj blocks an elbow strike.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Patterson tries to circle away but al Hadj has him pinned against the cage.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
al Hadj tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
al Hadj creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
al Hadj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patterson blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Patterson.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patterson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Patterson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj looking to throw knees to the head but Patterson is blocking nicely.
al Hadj pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Patterson throws an elbow but misses.
Patterson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Mohamed al Hadj has scored more points in the clinch so far.
al Hadj pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
al Hadj is looking to control Patterson's arms but Patterson gets an underhook and turns him. Now al Hadj has his back to the cage.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Patterson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. al Hadj is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
al Hadj lands a left hand.
al Hadj dodges an elbow strike from Patterson.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
A short left from al Hadj.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
al Hadj avoiding damage as Patterson throws knees to the body.
al Hadj stalling in the clinch but Patterson improves position.
al Hadj blocks the elbow strike.
al Hadj blocks the elbow strike.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Patterson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
al Hadj blocks the elbow strike.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Patterson in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Patterson lands a nice elbow.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Patterson lands an elbow inside that al Hadj shrugs off.
Patterson blocks an elbow strike from al Hadj.
Patterson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Patterson misses with an elbow over the top.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A shot in the inside from al Hadj.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj is trying to stall.
Patterson throws an elbow that misses.
al Hadj looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj throws an elbow but it misses.
Patterson managing to block the knees to the body from al Hadj.
Patterson blocks an elbow strike.
al Hadj looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Patterson throws an elbow but it misses.
Patterson tries to land knees in the clinch but al Hadj avoids the damage to the body.
al Hadj throws a head punch that misses.
Patterson avoids a wild elbow strike from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a left hand.
al Hadj throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj throws an elbow but it misses.
Patterson throws an elbow but it misses.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Patterson.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
al Hadj blocks an elbow strike from Patterson.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and al Hadj avoids it.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Patterson in his tracks for a moment.
Patterson dodges an elbow strike from al Hadj.
Patterson looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj misses with a knee strike.
al Hadj managing to block the knees to the body from Patterson.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Patterson 's eye.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed al Hadj dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Patterson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Patterson closes the distance looking to clinch
and al Hadj counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
al Hadj pulls out of a head kick attempt.
al Hadj misses with a head kick.
al Hadj fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Patterson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fred Patterson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Patterson darts in trying to clinch
and al Hadj counters with a leg kick.
al Hadj lands a glancing blow to the side of Patterson's head.
al Hadj scores with a push kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from al Hadj, right into the meat.
al Hadj scores with a kick to the body.
Patterson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from al Hadj.
Patterson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by al Hadj. al Hadj obviously looking to wear him down.
Patterson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
al Hadj lands a leg kick that knocks Patterson off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Hadj throws a head kick that misses.
al Hadj tries a head kick but it misses.
Patterson wants to clinch
and al Hadj counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
al Hadj fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Patterson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
al Hadj lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Both fighters circling a little - al Hadj finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A head kick from al Hadj lands but Patterson takes it in his stride.
al Hadj throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from al Hadj, right into the meat.
A kick lands to the mid section there for al Hadj.
A slapping leg kick lands for al Hadj.
al Hadj plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
al Hadj connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
al Hadj throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - al Hadj finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
al Hadj scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A thudding body kick lands there by al Hadj!
Patterson closes the distance but al Hadj moves to the side
and al Hadj counters with a nice kick to the body.
al Hadj is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patterson can do to turn this around?

al Hadj drives through and clinches with Patterson against the cage.
al Hadj missing with knees to the body.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Patterson throws an elbow but it misses.
Patterson unloads a knee to the mid-section. al Hadj lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patterson's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj scores a nice knee to the body.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patterson's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Patterson 's eye.
al Hadj misses with an elbow strike.
al Hadj blocks an elbow strike.
Come on al Hadj - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patterson's defenses.
al Hadj looking to slow down the pace here.
Patterson pushes off an throws an elbow but al Hadj leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
al Hadj tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj with a knee to the head.
Patterson takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Patterson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Patterson blocks the elbow strike.
Patterson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
al Hadj blocks the elbow strike.

Patterson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crunch! al Hadj slams his shin into Patterson's torso.
al Hadj with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
al Hadj lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
al Hadj scores with a spinning back kick!
al Hadj misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
al Hadj throws a body punch but Patterson moves out of range.
al Hadj throws a push kick but Patterson slaps the foot to one side.
Patterson looks to clinch
and al Hadj counters with a leg kick.
Mohamed al Hadj is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
al Hadj turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

al Hadj clinches.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
Nice body punch from al Hadj.
Fred Patterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
al Hadj landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj misses with a short punch on the inside.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patterson's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj unloads a knee to the mid-section. Patterson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Patterson 's eye.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patterson's face.
al Hadj working Patterson over with knees to the body.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Patterson in his tracks for a moment.
Patterson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patterson's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Patterson shrugs off.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Patterson lands an elbow inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
al Hadj takes an elbow to the forehead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
al Hadj stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
al Hadj misses with an elbow over the top.
Patterson blocks an elbow strike from al Hadj.
Patterson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. al Hadj is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, al Hadj just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patterson's brow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mohamed al Hadj showed his dominance in that final round.
Well al Hadj 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:26

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