PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Og Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Altaïr Ibn La Ahad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Altaïr Ibn La Ahad has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kush
vs
Ibn La Ahad

192 cm
28
215 lbs
25 - 12 - 0

188 cm
25
205 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing
Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Og Kush!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Altaïr Ibn La Ahad!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibn La Ahad tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kush paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kush wants to clinch but Ibn La Ahad slips to the side
and Ibn La Ahad counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kush lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kush tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kush lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kush avoids the body shot from Ibn La Ahad.

Kush rushes Ibn La Ahad and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ibn La Ahad.
Kush taking a breather.
Ibn La Ahad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kush lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ibn La Ahad prevents a body shot from Kush.
Ibn La Ahad lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ibn La Ahad.
Kush lands with a left to the head.
Ibn La Ahad tries to throw a body punch but Kush avoids it by throwing Ibn La Ahad back against the cage.
Ibn La Ahad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ibn La Ahad stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ibn La Ahad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush tries a body shot but Ibn La Ahad blocks it.
Ibn La Ahad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kush backwards.
Kush swings wildly with an uppercut but Ibn La Ahad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kush lands a nice uppercut.
Ibn La Ahad lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ibn La Ahad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kush blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Ibn La Ahad on the inside.
Kush scores with a shoulder strike.
Kush misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kush.
Kush doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ibn La Ahad working aggressively here.
Kush blocks a body shot from Ibn La Ahad.
Kush misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ibn La Ahad connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Kush's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kush.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibn La Ahad scores with the left hand. Kush knows he should have avoided that one.
Kush tries to clinch up but Ibn La Ahad circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ibn La Ahad. Kush does a little dance to reset his feet.

Ibn La Ahad fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kush, pushing him back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Ibn La Ahad.
Nice body punch from Kush.
Kush makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kush.
Kush prevents a body shot from Ibn La Ahad.
Kush lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kush lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ibn La Ahad unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ibn La Ahad tries to work over Kush's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ibn La Ahad blocking some punches.
Kush throws a head punch that misses.
Kush fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ibn La Ahad working aggressively here.
Kush blocking some punches.
Kush managing to block the knees to the body from Ibn La Ahad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kush tries a body shot but Ibn La Ahad blocks it.
Ibn La Ahad throws a punch but it's blocked by Kush.
Ibn La Ahad lands with a right to the head.
Ibn La Ahad is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kush is defending well for now.
Ibn La Ahad missing with knees to the body.
Kush is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kush fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ibn La Ahad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kush backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Ibn La Ahad.
Ibn La Ahad lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ibn La Ahad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kush.
Kush works on Ibn La Ahad's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kush creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kush swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ibn La Ahad tries to work over Kush's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ibn La Ahad looking to throw knees to the head but Kush is blocking nicely.
Ibn La Ahad tries a body shot but Kush blocks it.
Kush looking to stall.
Ibn La Ahad misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibn La Ahad is leaning against Kush and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kush.
Kush throws a head punch that misses.
Ibn La Ahad lands a right hand.
Ibn La Ahad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ibn La Ahad softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ibn La Ahad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ibn La Ahad scores with a shot to the side of Kush's head.
Kush throws a head punch that misses.
Ibn La Ahad tries to throw a body punch but Kush avoids it by throwing Ibn La Ahad back against the cage.
Ibn La Ahad missing with knees to the body.
Kush avoiding damage as Ibn La Ahad throws knees to the body.
Kush on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ibn La Ahad blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ibn La Ahad throws a punch but it's blocked by Kush.
Kush fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ibn La Ahad misses with a body punch.
Kush tries to break the clinch but Ibn La Ahad is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Altaïr Ibn La Ahad dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kush tries to clinch up but Ibn La Ahad circles away and keeps his distance.
Kush doesn't manage to clinch there - Ibn La Ahad circles away.

Kush has Ibn La Ahad up against the cage in a clinch.
Ibn La Ahad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kush digs a right hand underneath Ibn La Ahad's ribcage. Ibn La Ahad let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ibn La Ahad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kush misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ibn La Ahad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kush throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ibn La Ahads head.
Kush misses with a body punch.
Ibn La Ahad lands with a light punch inside.
Ibn La Ahad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kush throws a punch but it's blocked by Ibn La Ahad.
Ibn La Ahad misses with a punch on the inside.
Kush blocks an uppercut.
Kush tries a body shot but Ibn La Ahad blocks it.
Kush throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ibn La Ahads head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kush working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush wants to get back to striking at distance but Ibn La Ahad won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ibn La Ahad.
Kush lands a nice uppercut.
Kush misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ibn La Ahad lands a nice uppercut.
Kush tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ibn La Ahad lands a nice uppercut.
Kush being controlled against the cage.
Ibn La Ahad can't find room to land a body shot as Kush controls the action.
Kush lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kush swings wildly with an uppercut but Ibn La Ahad uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Ibn La Ahad.
Ibn La Ahad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kushs head.
Ibn La Ahad lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kush or not.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ibn La Ahad connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kush's face.
Kush takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ibn La Ahad lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibn La Ahad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kush's elbow.
Kush tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ibn La Ahad misses with a punch to the body.
Ibn La Ahad blocks a body shot from Kush.
Kush managing to block the knees to the body from Ibn La Ahad.
Kush misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ibn La Ahad.
A body shot lands from Ibn La Ahad.
Ibn La Ahad is pushing Kush up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ibn La Ahad scores with a shot to the side of Kush's head.
Ibn La Ahad stalls.
Ibn La Ahad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kush is trying to push Ibn La Ahad away but Ibn La Ahad has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Ibn La Ahad.
Ibn La Ahad holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kush misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ibn La Ahad trying to land knees to the body.
Kush blocking some punches.
Kush wants to get back to striking at distance but Ibn La Ahad won't allow it.
Ibn La Ahad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Ibn La Ahad.
Good body shot from Ibn La Ahad.
A body shot lands from Ibn La Ahad.
Ibn La Ahad is working Kush over against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Ibn La Ahad.
A body shot lands from Ibn La Ahad.
A short left from Ibn La Ahad.
Ibn La Ahad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ibn La Ahad stalling in the clinch but Kush improves position.
Kush wants to break free but Ibn La Ahad has control.
A right handed body shot lands from Ibn La Ahad.
Ibn La Ahad looking to throw knees to the head but Kush is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibn La Ahad lands a body punch.
Ibn La Ahad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kush has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ibn La Ahad lands a body punch in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Ibn La Ahad.

Kush is rocked!
Ibn La Ahad lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Kush to his knees! Ibn La Ahad keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Altaïr Ibn La Ahad!
Altaïr Ibn La Ahad is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Altaïr Ibn La Ahad thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.