PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Callaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Rashid Naji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Callaway comes to the cage accompanied by Scraped . The key to victory for Randy Callaway has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Callaway
vs
Rashid Naji

193 cm
29
265 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

195 cm
22
277 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Callaway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abdul Rashid Naji!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Callaway throws a leg kick but Naji moved away.
Naji throws a jab when Callaway was well out of range.
Naji waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Callaway.
Callaway fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Naji is out of range.
Good shot there by Callaway.
The fight stays on the outside here - Callaway looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Naji throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Callaway lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Callaway lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Naji gets a takedown into half guard.
Callaway is looking to improve his position.
Callaway on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Callaway tries to get out of the position.
Callaway is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Naji seems content to control.
Naji throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Naji is trying to control. Callaway wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Naji has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Callaway knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Naji on the ground.
Naji stalling.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Abdul Rashid Naji hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Callaway tries to land a leg kick but Naji saw it coming and moves away.
Callaway bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Callaway throws a jab when Naji was well out of range.
Naji takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Naji ducks under a wild hook from Callaway.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaway scores with a leg kick.
Callaway slips a straight right by Naji.
Callaway moves out of range as Naji strikes.
Naji shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Callaway throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Naji throws a jab when Callaway was well out of range.
Naji swings away with a body shot that misses
and Callaway cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fighters circling - Callaway throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Callaway dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Naji throws a jab when Callaway was well out of range.
Naji on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Callaway gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Naji.
Callaway lands a right hand that snaps the head of Naji backwards.
Callaway misses with a punch on the inside.
Naji wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naji is trying to force a seperation but Callaway has the dominant position.
Callaway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Naji is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Naji blocks an uppercut.
Naji is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Callaway to keep the fight standing.
Callaway lands a left hand.
Callaway swings wildly with an uppercut but Naji uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naji swings wildly with an uppercut but Callaway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naji blocking some punches.
Naji wants to break the clinch but can't.
Naji blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Callaway keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Naji's efforts to push away.
Callaway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Callaway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Naji is trying to push Callaway away but Callaway has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naji tries to pull guard but Callaway holds him up against the cage and eventually Naji drops back down to his feet.
Randy Callaway has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abdul Rashid Naji.
A short right from Callaway on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Callaway creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Naji tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Callaway smiles and moves away.
Naji throws the left hand but Callaway avoids the punch easily.
Callaway lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Callaway clinches up against the cage.
Callaway swings wildly with an uppercut but Naji uses good head movement to avoid it.
Callaway prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Naji taking a breather.
Naji lands with a light punch inside.
Callaway throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Callaway dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Naji uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Callaway.
Randy Callaway is winning the standup battle so far.
Naji takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Callaway.
Callaway displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Naji throws out the jab.
Callaway connects with a leg kick. Naji looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Callaway dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Naji. That did some damage!

Naji manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Callaway on his heels. He'll look to pass Callaway's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Naji postures up in Callaway's guard and throws a big left but Callaway blocks it.
Naji trying to control the position from guard on top but Callaway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Naji stands and throws Callaway's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Naji wants to lay and pray for a moment but Callaway keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Naji tries for a kimura but Callaway is defending well.

Naji looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Callaway stops Naji from passing to mount.
Naji advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naji is in the full mount, landing strikes.

It looks like Randy Callaway has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Naji thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Naji putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Randy Callaway's cut is getting worse.
Naji punishing his opponent with strikes.

Jeez, Randy Callaway's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Abdul Rashid Naji!
During a confident post fight interview, Abdul Rashid Naji thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.