PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Harley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammed al Zawahiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harley comes to the cage accompanied by Phantom Of The Opera by Iron Maiden. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Harley
vs
al Zawahiri

195 cm
27
270 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

225 cm
23
277 lbs
8 - 1 - 1

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

GMMA Supplements 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Harley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mohammed al Zawahiri!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Zawahiri connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
al Zawahiri tries to clinch but Harley is having none of it.
Harley avoids the head kick by al Zawahiri.
A nice leg kick lands there from al Zawahiri.
A slow jab from Harley misses its intended target.

al Zawahiri has Harley up against the cage in a clinch.
al Zawahiri creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harley's defenses.

It looks like Jack Harley has been cut.
Harley avoiding damage as al Zawahiri throws knees to the body.
al Zawahiri comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Zawahiri is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harley is defending well for now.
al Zawahiri throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harley blocks it with crossed arms.
al Zawahiri missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Zawahiri.
A knee to the head by al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri tries to land a knee to the head but Harley blocks with his arms.
Harley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
al Zawahiri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Jack Harley's cut is getting worse.

al Zawahiri breaks from the clinch.
al Zawahiri lands a head kick. Harley smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Zawahiri scores with a head kick. Harley tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
al Zawahiri is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Harley misses with a right hand

and al Zawahiri counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri blocking some punches.
al Zawahiri misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harley.
Harley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Zawahiri pushes off an throws an elbow but Harley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
al Zawahiri misses with an elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Harley.
al Zawahiri looks gassed!
Harley managing to block the knees to the body from al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri misses with an elbow strike.
Harley avoiding damage as al Zawahiri throws knees to the body.
Harley tries to stall but al Zawahiri uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
al Zawahiri tries a knee to the head but Harley blocks it.
Harley managing to block the knees to the body from al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri wants to break free but Harley has control.
al Zawahiri throws an elbow but it misses.

Harley breaks the clinch.
Harley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harley getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Harley closes the distance and clinches.
Harley lands a left hand.
al Zawahiri lands an elbow that stopped Harley in his tracks for a moment.

Jack Harley's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Harley lands a shoulder strike.
Harley lands a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Harley.
Harley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
al Zawahiri takes a shot to the head.
Harley wants to break free but al Zawahiri has control.
al Zawahiri is looking to break free of the clinch but Harley has double underhooks.

Harley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harley misses with a body punch
and al Zawahiri counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harley misses with a left hand
and al Zawahiri counters with a head kick. That will keep Harley thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jack Harley's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mohammed al Zawahiri!