PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Uche Mohammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Madnezz (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.

Mohammed
vs
Madnezz

184 cm
25
286 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Uche Mohammed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Madnezz!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mohammed has managed to clinch.

Mohammed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mohammed tries to clinch but Madnezz moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Madnezz.
Mohammed throws a hook but Madnezz avoids it easily.
Mohammed blocks a head kick by Madnezz.
Madnezz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice body kick there by Madnezz.
Madnezz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Mohammed bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mohammed lands a decent elbow from side control.
Madnezz struggling a bit here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mohammed controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Mohammed decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Madnezz throws a series of punches but Mohammed moves out of range.
Mohammed works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed blocks the body kick.
Madnezz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Madnezz ducks under a wild hook from Mohammed.
Madnezz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Mohammed drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mohammed tries to score with some ground and pound. Madnezz controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Mohammed in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Mohammed sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Madnezz is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Madnezz is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Madnezz is trying to escape the position but Mohammed is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Madnezz down.
Mohammed controls the position.
Mohammed throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madnezz is looking to regain half guard here but Mohammed keeps moving and retains side control.
Madnezz taking a bit of punishment here - Mohammed scoring with strikes.
Madnezz is trying to buck Mohammed off.
Mohammed is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Madnezz will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Mohammed has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed in side control lands a decent elbow.
The referee asks Mohammed politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Mohammed prefers to stall for the moment though.
Mohammed lands a nice forearm strike.
Mohammed is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Mohammed has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Madnezz looks gassed!
Mohammed controlling the position easily from mount.
Madnezz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mohammed's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mohammed pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mohammed looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uche Mohammed dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Madnezz shoots in looking for a takedown but Mohammed manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Madnezz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nice sprawl there from Mohammed as Madnezz shoots in.

Madnezz tries to keep at a distance but Mohammed has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mohammed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mohammed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Madnezz backwards.
Madnezz wants to stall.

Mohammed breaks the clinch.
Madnezz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mohammed.
Mohammed scores with a nice strike.
Mohammed throws a jab but it's blocked by Madnezz.
Mohammed tries to clinch but Madnezz is having none of it.
Madnezz moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Mohammed on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madnezz defending well as Mohammed loads up on a big left hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Madnezz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mohammed is defending well for now.

Mohammed is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Madnezz can't fight it off and eventually Mohammed manages to take the fight to the floor. Madnezz looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Madnezz is trying to keep Mohammed in close.
Madnezz is breathing heavily.
Madnezz wants to control the position but Mohammed says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Mohammed controlling the action here.
Mohammed seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Madnezz for as long as he can get away with.
Mohammed lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed slows the pace down in half guard.
Mohammed winds up and cracks Madnezz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mohammed perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mohammed drops an elbow to the side of Madnezz's head.
Mohammed takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Mohammed looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Madnezz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mohammed not doing much here.
Uche Mohammed overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Uche Mohammed wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Mohammed checks a leg kick.
Anthony Madnezz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Mohammed pushes Madnezz up against the cage in a clinch.

Mohammed turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Mohammed connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Madnezz some visible discomfort.
Mohammed taking a breather here.
Madnezz struggling a bit here.
Madnezz is looking to reverse the position.
Mohammed staying calm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Mohammed working the head with strikes.
Mohammed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Madnezz can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mohammed lands a few punches from side control.
Mohammed taking a breather here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uche Mohammed dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Mohammed has Madnezz up against the cage in a clinch.

Mohammed manages to break the clinch.
Mohammed avoids the head kick by Madnezz.
Madnezz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Mohammed clinches up with Madnezz and pushes him back against the cage.

Mohammed breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mohammed has Madnezz up against the cage in a clinch.
Madnezz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Mohammed turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Mohammed grinds an elbow into Madnezz's temple.
Madnezz is looking for a sweep.
Madnezz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mohammed lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madnezz is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Mohammed controlling from side mount.
Mohammed working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Mohammed controlling from side mount.
Mohammed scoring with punches and elbows.
Mohammed landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Mohammed scoring with punches and elbows.
Uche Mohammed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Uche Mohammed just wasn't active enough.
Mohammed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Madnezz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Madnezz tries a head kick but it misses.
Madnezz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Mohammed moves into the clinch.
Madnezz misses with a knee to the head.
Madnezz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Madnezz tries to circle away but Mohammed has him pinned against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mohammed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mohammed manages to break the clinch.

Madnezz gets tackled into the cage by Mohammed. Mohammed maintains the clinch.

Mohammed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Mohammed drives through with a takedown into Madnezz's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Mohammed sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Uche Mohammed.
Mohammed avoids a kick to the body.
Anthony Madnezz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Mohammed moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Uche Mohammed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mohammed 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uche Mohammed!
Uche Mohammed took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Sorry mister, I am a poor African and I just wooped your arse for some cash. Thats the way it goes, nothing personal really.'.