PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed Houssam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Marx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Houssam comes to the cage accompanied by Meek Mill feat Rick Ross - I'm A Boss. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Houssam
vs
Marx

195 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

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 New York, Mohamed Houssam!
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, Michael Marx!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Marx is defended easily by Houssam.
Marx is trying hard to land a takedown here. Houssam sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Marx stuffs the takedown attempt from Houssam. Houssam gets slowly back to his feet.

Houssam drives through with a takedown into guard.
Houssam controlling from the top position.
Houssam sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Marx's guard.

Houssam is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Marx sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marx is in trouble now - Houssam has advanced to mount!
Houssam controlling the pace for now.
Marx should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houssam won't let Marx get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Houssam landing shots from mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Houssam there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Houssam looking to ground and pound but Marx is blocking nicely.
Marx really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Houssam. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Houssam controlling from mount.
Houssam unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houssam lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Marx is in a horrible position here. Houssam smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

It looks like Michael Marx has been cut.
Houssam cracks Marx with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That has opened up Michael Marx's cut even more.
Houssam is in the full mount, landing strikes.
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!
Houssam scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Marx?

Marx is rocked!

The cut above Michael Marx's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mohamed Houssam!
During a confident post fight interview, Mohamed Houssam thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.