PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Mohammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mohammed comes to the cage accompanied by M.I.A - Paper Planes. Abdul Mohammed has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mohammed
vs
West

172 cm
28
155 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

180 cm
24
166 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Abdul Mohammed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy West!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West misses with a hook. Mohammed ducked under it nicely.
Mohammed thows a body shot but no joy.
West misses with a body shot.
West jabbing away but nothing is landing.
West tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mohammed is able to avoid easily.
A jab from West misses.
Mohammed blocks a leg kick.
Mohammed tests West's chin there with a solid looking shot.
West tries to land a leg kick but Mohammed saw it coming and moves away.
Mohammed staying out of range there.

Mohammed shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. West is trying to defend but Mohammed finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
West trying to control from the bottom.
Mohammed looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mohammed lands a nice short elbow.
Mohammed is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for West!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mohammed tries to control but West wriggling away.
West taking shots to the head.
West bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Mohammed pulls West in close to prevent any damage.
Mohammed has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
West trying to control the position from guard on top but Mohammed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
West looking to sit in guard and control but Mohammed gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mohammed throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as West works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mohammed trying to control but West is working from the bottom.
West working a defensive guard here.
West looking for a sweep. Not yet West, not yet.

West looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mohammed stopping the sweep attempt from West.
Mohammed stays in close to West's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

West is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mohammed is aware though and is defending well.
Mohammed is looking to work some ground and pound but West has wrist control.

West is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mohammed lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

West is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mohammed stopping the sweep attempt from West.
Mohammed trying to control the position from guard on top but West is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mohammed is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mohammed pushes down on West's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
West is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mohammed lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mohammed lands a nice short elbow.
Mohammed working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mohammed is trying to control. West wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West trying to hold on to Mohammed's head to control him but Mohammed postures up.
West taking some punishment here, with Mohammed in his half guard.
Mohammed has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdul Mohammed 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.

Mohammed slips a jab from West.
West throws a looping overhand right but Mohammed ducks down to avoid it.
Randy West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West tries to score with a low kick but Mohammed moves his leg out of the way.
West misses with an uppercut. Mohammed saw that one coming.
Mohammed tries to land a leg kick but West saw it coming and moves away.
Mohammed misses with a hook to the body
and West counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
West pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mohammed ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mohammed just misses with a punch to the body.
Mohammed ducks under a wild hook from West.
Mohammed slips a straight right by West.
West swings widly with a right hand
letting Mohammed counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mohammed.
Mohammed pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces West back to the cage. Mohammed follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Mohammed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but West moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mohammed staying out of range there.
West throws a jab when Mohammed was well out of range.
Mohammed misses with an uppercut. West saw that one coming.
West clobbers Mohammed with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mohammed moves out of range of the leg kick from West.
Mohammed walks into a jab.
A swing and a miss from West.
Mohammed misses the shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for West.
Nice defenses there by Mohammed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed lands a jab to the nose.
Randy West is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mohammed.
Mohammed is looking to land body kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
West throws a poor cross that misses
and Mohammed counters with a straight right hand.
West connects with an inside leg kick.
West fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
West jabbing away but nothing is landing.
West throws out a loose jab but Mohammed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mohammed lands with a nice body punch.

West gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mohammed to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Mohammed postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

West working for a triangle but Mohammed defends it easily.
West has momentary wrist control but Mohammed slips an elbow through the middle.
Mohammed slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Mohammed with a nice head shot there.
West looking to control.
Mohammed is stalling in the full guard.
West wants to sweep here but Mohammed controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West controls Mohammed momentarily but Mohammed frees himself.
Abdul Mohammed overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

West has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mohammed can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mohammed cracks West with a solid left hand.
Mohammed's corner is telling him to maintain position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mohammed accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
This has been an exciting period of action!
West wants to control but Mohammed has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Abdul Mohammed will probably get the nod.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

West takes a swing at Mohammed's ribcage but misses.
Mohammed looks to score with a jab to the body but West is just out of range.
West moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Mohammed checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
West throws a hook but Mohammed blocks it.
Mohammed blocks a jab.
Nice shot lands for West.
Mohammed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by West.
West jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mohammed fails to land the takedown.
West uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mohammed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
West missing with a left hand there. Mohammed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
West scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mohammed doesn't seem bothered though.
Mohammed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
West throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mohammed on the side of the head.
Mohammed rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and West counters with a straight right hand.
Mohammed checks the leg kick.

Mohammed drives through with a takedown into West's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

West looking for a guillotine here but Mohammed defends easily.
Mohammed postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Randy West has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed connects with a couple of short punches.

Mohammed avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
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!
Mohammed lands a couple of digs.

West looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
West tries to land a sweep but no joy.
West is trying to control the position but Mohammed postures up.
West takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mohammed slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
West is trying to hold Mohammed in close to prevent damage but Mohammed has managed to pass into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West is looking for a sweep. Mohammed is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
West is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
West is staying active underneath Mohammed, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
West is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mohammed passes to side control.
You can see the frustration on West's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
West is trying to get back to half guard.
Abdul Mohammed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed controlling the position.
Mohammed cracks West with a big elbow.
You can see the frustration on West's face as Mohammed controls the position.
Mohammed lands a nice forearm strike.
West is being controlled here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mohammed wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mohammed cracks West with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Mohammed landing a few strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West is looking to reverse the position.
Mohammed controls the position.
West taking punishment in the form of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abdul Mohammed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mohammed, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abdul Mohammed!
Abdul Mohammed bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.