PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marc Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Rashid Naji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Andre
vs
Rashid Naji

199 cm
25
240 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
277 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
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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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marc Andre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abdul Rashid Naji!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Naji as he checks the leg kick.
Andre lands with a thumping leg kick.
Andre misses with an uppercut. Naji saw that one coming.
Naji looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Naji throws a jab when Andre was well out of range.
Naji fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Andre. That's going to slow Naji down.
Naji avoids the head kick by Andre.
Andre takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Naji gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Andre breaks the clinch.
Good work by Naji as he checks the leg kick.
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!
Naji swings widly with a right hand
and Andre counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andre staying out of range there.
Naji looks to throw the jab but Andre is out of range.
Naji shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Andre as he jumps to the side.
Marc Andre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abdul Rashid Naji.
Andre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Naji throws a lazy right hand but Andre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Naji misses with an uppercut. Andre saw that one coming.
Andre misses with a low kick.
Andre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Naji scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Naji comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Naji takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naji takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Naji misses.
Horrible takedown by Naji or perhaps it was just good defense by Andre which made him look bad.
Naji takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Naji steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Andre.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Andre. Naji shrugs it off though.

Naji fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Andre to the ground. Naji is now in Andre's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Andre looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Andre has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andre has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Andre is trying to keep Naji in close.
Naji throwing strikes from guard but Andre blocks nicely.
Naji sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Andre's guard.
Andre is trying to get back to full guard.
Naji sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Andre defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naji passes the guard and advances to mount!
Andre is in all sorts of trouble here.
Naji lands a nice shot to the head.
Naji is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Naji postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Andre badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Naji around the waist but Naji pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Naji is the winner by TKO! Naji jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdul Rashid Naji!
A victorious Abdul Rashid Naji thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.