PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taj al Din (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Din comes to the cage accompanied by قنب هندي. William has chosen Outlaw's Reward as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

al Din
vs
William

187 cm
28
216 lbs
27 - 5 - 0

188 cm
27
214 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Brute
Legion of Pain Nutrition

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 27 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taj al Din!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James William!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Din lands a nice shot to the body.
al Din slips a straight right by William.
William misses with a takedown attempt - al Din sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
al Din scores with a spinning back kick!
William takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
al Din throws a low kick but William avoids it.
William checks the leg kick nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from William. al Din does a little dance to reset his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by al Din.
William cracks al Din with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
al Din slips a jab from William.
al Din bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of William's head.

It looks like James William has been cut.
William swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
al Din checks the leg kick.
al Din pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
al Din lands a body shot.
William avoids the body shot from al Din.
William thows a leg kick but al Din checks it
and al Din connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
al Din slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Din moves out of range of the strikes.
al Din misses with a wild body shot.
al Din throws an overhand right that lands on William's shoulder, as William tries to avoid the shot.

William has al Din up against the cage in a clinch.
William can't find room to land a body shot as al Din controls the action.
William tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from al Din fails to land.
William is looking for a takedown up against the cage. al Din gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Din is struggling to control the position.
al Din is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

al Din breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
al Din looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
William changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
al Din takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A low kick from William misses
and al Din cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
al Din uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from William.
al Din swings for the body but William moves out of range.
That kick from al Din tenderised William's leg. William is trying to keep his angry face on.
William misses with a hook. al Din ducked under it nicely.
William misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from William.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
al Din connects with a jab.

That has opened up James William's cut even more.
al Din throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
al Din throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
James William seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
William swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from William misses.
al Din takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
William bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of al Din's head.
William getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A swing and a miss from William.
al Din misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slow jab from William misses its intended target.
al Din delivers a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
William avoids a kick to the body.
William throws a lazy right hand but al Din sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
William avoids a kick to the body.
William missing with a left hand there. al Din was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
al Din misses with the combination.
al Din takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
al Din looks to throw the jab but William is out of range.
William uses good head movement to avoid the hook from al Din.
William throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from William. al Din does a little dance to reset his feet.
William misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from al Din.
Taj al Din is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
William misses the body punch
and al Din counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taj al Din dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James William's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

William rushes al Din and presses him up against the cage.
al Din has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
William tries to work over al Din's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
al Din swings wildly with an uppercut but William uses good head movement to avoid it.
al Din misses with a shot to the kidneys.
al Din working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from al Din.
al Din tries a body shot but William blocks it.
al Din blocks a body shot from William.
William swings wildly with an uppercut but al Din uses good head movement to avoid it.
al Din working hard to break the clinch.
al Din trying to land knees to the body.
William lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
al Din blocks a body shot from William.
al Din misses with some punches.
William changes levels and goes for a takedown here. al Din fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Taj al Din is winning the standup battle so far.
al Din lands a nice shot to the body.
al Din misses with a body kick.
William throws an off balance right hand
and al Din counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
William throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
William throws out a powerful jab.
William connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
William connects with a good right hand that stumbles al Din. al Din circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
William blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Din misses the shot to the body.
William throws a leg kick that misses.
William moves out of range of the body kick from al Din.
Nice uppercut lands for al Din. That snapped William's head back.
William with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
al Din throws a body kick that misses.
William fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good shot there by William.
William fails with an attempt to clinch.
William throws a leg kick
and al Din counters with a body kick.
William moves in looking to clinch but al Din pushes him off.
A jab from William does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William throws the left hand but al Din avoids the punch easily.
William takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice shot by al Din.
al Din connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
William is breathing heavily.
William throws a quick inside leg kick.
al Din connects with a crisp jab.
William gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
William throws a combination that misses
and al Din counters with a straight right hand.

William is rocked!
al Din avoids the body shot from William.
William is still on wobbly legs! Can al Din finish him?
William throws a hook but al Din avoids it easily.
William seems to have recovered his senses.
al Din circles away from the clinch attempt.
William drops his hands momentarily and al Din needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips William just on the top of the head. William drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in William - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Taj al Din!
Taj al Din retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Taj al Din thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.