PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boy Dahlia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohsen Mosaddegh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dahlia's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pussy by Iggy Azalea. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dahlia
vs
Mosaddegh

179 cm
25
165 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

175 cm
26
164 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boy Dahlia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mohsen Mosaddegh!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dahlia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mosaddegh throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mosaddegh trying to stall but Dahlia improves his position.
Mosaddegh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mosaddegh leaning against his opponent.
Dahlia struggles to land a body shot inside as Mosaddegh controls his hands.
Dahlia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Mosaddegh on the inside.
Mosaddegh is looking to control Dahlia's arms but Dahlia gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mosaddegh has his back to the cage.
Mosaddegh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mosaddegh misses with the head strike.
Dahlia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mosaddegh.
Mosaddegh misses with a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mosaddegh - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dahlia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mosaddegh working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mosaddegh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dahlia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mosaddegh avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahlia scores with a hook to the body.
Mosaddegh lands with a right to the head.
Mosaddegh lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Mosaddegh has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Dahlia regains guard immediately.

Mosaddegh got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dahlia has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mosaddegh has managed to get both his arms back between Dahlia's legs - danger averted.
Mosaddegh throwing strikes but missing.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Mosaddegh working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mosaddegh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dahlia looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mosaddegh puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mosaddegh is taking a breather. Dahlia says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Dahlia looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mosaddegh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mosaddegh is trying to control. Dahlia wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mosaddegh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Dahlia looking for a kimura from the bottom but Mosaddegh passes into side control!
Mosaddegh lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dahlia is looking for a sweep.
Dahlia is not content to let Mosaddegh control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dahlia is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mosaddegh off and has taken his back!
Dahlia lands punches and elbows.
Mosaddegh trying to control the action but Dahlia just sinks the hooks in.

Dahlia working for the choke.
Mosaddegh tries to roll but Dahlia sticks to his back.

Dahlia looking for the RNC.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mosaddegh defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
I really don't envy Mosaddegh right now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mosaddegh manages to reverse the position and now he's in Dahlia's guard. Nice work there by Mosaddegh.

Mosaddegh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Dahlia is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mosaddegh defends well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mosaddegh works over Dahlia with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mohsen Mosaddegh 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.

The fight stays on the outside here - Dahlia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boy Dahlia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mosaddegh throws a big shot that misses.
Mosaddegh displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Dahlia clinches up with Mosaddegh and pushes him back against the cage.
Mosaddegh can't find room to land a body shot as Dahlia controls the action.
Mosaddegh avoids the elbow strike from Dahlia, against the cage.
Mosaddegh lands with a light punch inside.
Dahlia is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mosaddegh's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mosaddegh is working for takedown but Dahlia is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mosaddegh tries to stall but Dahlia uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dahlia misses with a knee strike.
Dahlia misses with a knee strike.
Dahlia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mosaddegh blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahlia lands a nice elbow.
Mosaddegh managing to block the knees to the body from Dahlia.
Mosaddegh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dahlia lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Mohsen Mosaddegh has been cut.
A bit of stalling here from Mosaddegh.
A nice left hand lands by Mosaddegh.
Dahlia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mosaddegh is defending well for now.
Dahlia tries a knee to the head but Mosaddegh blocks it.
Mosaddegh scores with a shoulder strike.
Mosaddegh avoiding damage as Dahlia throws knees to the body.
Dahlia missing with knees to the body.
Mosaddegh avoiding damage as Dahlia throws knees to the body.
Mosaddegh stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mosaddegh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dahlia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mosaddegh looking for a takedown.
Mosaddegh lands a left hand.
Dahlia pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dahlia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mosaddegh avoids it.
Mosaddegh scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dahlia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dahlia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dahlia missing with knees to the body.
I was talking to Dahlia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mosaddegh dodges an elbow strike from Dahlia.
Mosaddegh can't find room to land a body shot as Dahlia controls the action.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dahlia throws a head punch that misses.
Dahlia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mosaddegh avoids it.
Dahlia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dahlia throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mosaddegh is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dahlia gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Boy Dahlia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mohsen Mosaddegh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dahlia lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mosaddegh stalling in the clinch but Dahlia improves position.
Dahlia lands with a light punch inside.
Mosaddegh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mosaddegh misses with some punches.
Mosaddegh managing to block the knees to the body from Dahlia.
Dahlia scores with a shot to the side of Mosaddegh's head.
Dahlia takes a shot to the head.
Dahlia tries to land a knee to the head but Mosaddegh blocks with his arms.
Dahlia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dahlia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mosaddegh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dahlia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mosaddegh avoids it.
Mosaddegh managing to block the knees to the body from Dahlia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dahlia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mosaddegh blocks it with crossed arms.
Dahlia landing knees to the head.
Dahlia tries a knee to the head but Mosaddegh blocks it.
Good body shot from Mosaddegh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mosaddegh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dahlia throws an elbow that misses.
Mosaddegh tries to stall but Dahlia uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mosaddegh swings wildly with an uppercut but Dahlia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dahlia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dahlia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dahlia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Dahlia.
Mosaddegh goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dahlia prevents it.
Dahlia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mosaddegh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boy Dahlia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mohsen Mosaddegh's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Mosaddegh misses with a looping left.
Mosaddegh throws a jab but it's blocked by Dahlia.
Mosaddegh keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mosaddegh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mosaddegh throws a hook but Dahlia avoids it easily.
Mosaddegh scores with a jab. Dahlia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dahlia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dahlia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mosaddegh's head.
Mosaddegh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dahlia sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Dahlia scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dahlia working away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mosaddegh sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Dahlia wants to control but Mosaddegh is keeping him busy.
Mosaddegh tries to roll over but Dahlia keeps him under control.
Dahlia is nestled in close to Mosaddegh, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mosaddegh is trying to maintain the position but Dahlia is very close to passing his half guard.
Mosaddegh is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mosaddegh gets back to full guard.
Dahlia trying to control but Mosaddegh is working from the bottom.
Dahlia postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mosaddegh is trying to control the position but Dahlia postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mosaddegh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dahlia trying to control the position from guard on top but Mosaddegh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mosaddegh keeping full guard, as Dahlia tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mosaddegh is on top in guard.
Dahlia keeping moving, preventing Mosaddegh from controlling successfully.

Mosaddegh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mosaddegh scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mosaddegh sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Dahlia working for a triangle but Mosaddegh defends it easily.

Dahlia escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mosaddegh gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Mosaddegh wants to control from the top but Dahlia keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mosaddegh content to stall in guard here.

Mosaddegh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Dahlia has his foot on Mosaddegh's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mosaddegh works his way back into a safe position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mosaddegh wants to control from the top but Dahlia keeps moving.
Mosaddegh is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Boy Dahlia.
I think Dahlia has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!