PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ahmed Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bee Easy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Ali
vs
Easy

165 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ahmed Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bee Easy!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Easy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Ali gets a takedown into half guard.
Ali prevents Easy from improving his position.
Ali tries to stand but can't do so whilst Easy controls his leg.
Ali is looking to advance position but Easy won't allow it.
Easy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ali.
Easy trying to control but Ali postures up.
Ali is keen to just control but Easy is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ali stands up and beckons Easy to join him on the feet.
Ali shoots in and drives through. Easy sprawls well.
Easy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ali paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Easy misses with the combination.
Ali shoots for a double leg takedown but Easy sprawls well. He's pushed Ali's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ali is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Easy.
Ali avoids the head kick by Easy.

Ali drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ali missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Easy is trying to keep Ali in close.
Easy wants to sweep here but Ali controlling him for the moment.
Easy looks gassed!
Ali has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Easy is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Easy keeping full guard, as Ali tries to pass.
Easy looking for a sweep. Not yet Easy, not yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Ali closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Easy looking to slow down the pace here.
Ali trying to land knees to the body.
Easy can't break the clinch.

Ali breaks the clinch.

Ali closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ali tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ali has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Ali stands up and beckons Easy to his feet.
Easy tries for a takedown but Ali circles away easily
and Ali makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ali swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Easy misses with a combination

and Ali counters with a nice double leg into side control. Easy won't be happy with that.

Ali looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Ali tries for a kimura but Easy is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easy wants to control but Ali postures up.
Easy wants to get back to his feet.
Easy on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Easy is trying to control Ali's posture but Ali avoids it.
Easy tries to bench press Ali off him but Ali keeps the position.

Ali stands up and we're back to a striking position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Easy throws a combination that misses

and Ali counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Easy!
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!
Ali prevents Easy from getting the reversal.
Easy wants to hold on but Ali pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ahmed Ali dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Easy keeps the fight on the outside.
Easy misses with the combination.

Ali drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ali tries to free his leg and advance position but Easy is retaining full guard.
Easy keeping moving, preventing Ali from controlling successfully.
Ali is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Easy is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Easy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ali advances position into side control!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ali taking a break here but Easy is having none of it and regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali is just content to waste time from the top position. Easy takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Ali trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Easy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Easy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Easy is trying to keep Ali in close.
Easy keeping moving, preventing Ali from controlling successfully.
Ali is pushing down on Easy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Easy is fighting to maintain full guard but Ali has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ali is just content to waste time from the top position. Easy takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Easy lands a decent punch to the body there.
Easy wants to stand up but Ali is controlling him.
Ali pushes down on Easy's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Ali is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Easy is positioning himself well to prevent Ali advancing to mount.
Easy is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ali is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Easy doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ali.
Ali throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ali frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ali is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ali fails to take his opponent's back.

Ali goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Easy turns into him and now he's in Ali's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ali looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ali is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Easy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Easy forces his way into half guard.

Easy decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Easy has taken the fight to the clinch.

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

Easy shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Easy showed some decent athleticism there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bee Easy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Ali showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Easy.

Ali drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Easy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ali trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ali would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ahmed Ali overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Easy is looking for a triangle but Ali pushes his legs off easily.
Ali seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ali is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ali thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ali might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Easy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Easy wants to stand and escape but Ali is having none of it.
Ali wants to control from the top but Easy keeps moving.
Ali is standing up over Easy. Easy looks to escape but Ali dives into side control.

Ali thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Easy manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ali's best efforts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ali is tying to control. Easy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Easy is looking to improve his position.
Easy gets back to full guard.
Ali is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Easy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ali tries to free his leg and advance position but Easy is retaining full guard.
Ali looking to sit in guard and control but Easy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Easy drops back looking for a leg! Ali is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ali manages to kick Easy off! Easy jumps back into Ali's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ali has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Easy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Ali has his foot on Easy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Easy works his way back into a safe position though.
Ali will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Easy postures up and lands a big shot to Ali's brow.
Easy has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ali is proving hard to escape from.
Ali looking for a sweep. Not yet Ali, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easy tries to free his leg and advance position but Ali is retaining full guard.

Easy stands and steps away. Ali gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Easy throws a right hand that misses
and Ali counters with a series of strikes. Easy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Easy shoots and misses

and Ali counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ali slips a nice elbow through Easy's hands, connecting with Easy's forehead.
Easy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ali trying to control the pace.
Easy tries to get to full guard but Ali has control of the leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ahmed Ali showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ali has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28

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