PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dont Tasemebro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naseem Hamed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tasemebro
vs
Hamed

200 cm
25
186 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
194 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dont Tasemebro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Naseem Hamed!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Tasemebro.

Hamed clinches up against the cage.
Hamed throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tasemebros head.
Hamed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hamed is working Tasemebro over against the cage.
Tasemebro trying to land knees to the body.
Hamed lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tasemebro backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Hamed.
Hamed working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hamed lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tasemebro backwards.
Tasemebro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hamed taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tasemebro tries to land knees in the clinch but Hamed avoids the damage to the body.
Hamed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tasemebro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tasemebro trying to control the position but instead, Hamed has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tasemebro into the cage.
Hamed will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tasemebro up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Hamed.
Hamed has Tasemebro pressed against the cage.
Tasemebro is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nice body punch from Hamed.
Hamed lands with a right to the head.
Hamed lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hamed.
Nice body punch from Hamed - that landed with a thud.
Hamed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tasemebro backwards.
Hamed lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tasemebro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hamed avoids it.
Hamed scores with a shot to the side of Tasemebro's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamed controlling the action here for a moment.
Hamed gets through Tasemebro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hamed stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hamed digs a right hand underneath Tasemebro's ribcage. Tasemebro let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hamed gets through Tasemebro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Hamed.
Tasemebro looking to slow down the pace here.
Hamed stalling in the clinch.
Hamed scores with a shot to the side of Tasemebro's head.

Hamed pulls Tasemebro into guard.
Hamed pulls Tasemebro in close to prevent any damage.
Tasemebro tries to free his leg and advance position but Hamed is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hamed kicks Tasemebro off and gets to his feet.
Tasemebro throws a push kick but Hamed slaps the foot to one side.

Hamed moves into the clinch.
Hamed scores with a hook to the body.
Hamed stalling.
Hamed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hamed lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hamed digs a right hand into Tasemebro's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tasemebro's gas tank.
Tasemebro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hamed is defending well for now.
Hamed displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tasemebro up against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Hamed's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamed lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Hamed scores with a nice short uppercut.

Tasemebro is rocked!
Tasemebro is looking to control Hamed's arms but Hamed gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tasemebro has his back to the cage.
Oh Tasemebro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hamed lands with a right to the head.
Hamed unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Tasemebro! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Hamed is unloading with more strikes now! Tasemebro drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Naseem Hamed!
Naseem Hamed is the new middleweight champion!
After the big win, Naseem Hamed made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q160 Recovery and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.