PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamid Poorian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Poorian Hamid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Poorian
vs
Hamid

185 cm
19
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hamid Poorian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Poorian Hamid!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamid works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hamid dives in and grabs Poorian's left leg, looking for a takedown. Poorian pushes down on Hamid's head and hops out.
Poorian shoots in for a takedown but Hamid shows good takedown defense.
Hamid swinging wildly here.
Poorian changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hamid tries to avoid it but Poorian manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hamid to the ground. Hamid escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hamid tries to clinch there but Poorian circles away.
Hamid keeps the fight on the outside.
Poorian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Poorian moves into the clinch.
Poorian tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hamid just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hamid Poorian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hamid tries to break the clinch but Poorian is controlling the position.
Hamid is trying to break the clinch but Poorian is controlling him.
Poorian tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hamid just stands there and leans against the cage.

Hamid breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poorian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Poorian shoots for a takedown but Hamid saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Poorian misses with a body kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hamid keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Poorian's efforts to push away.

Poorian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hamid drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Poorian keeping moving, preventing Hamid from controlling successfully.
Poorian trying to keep a closed guard but Hamid is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamid trying to control but Poorian is working from the bottom.
Hamid is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Poorian really is a fat lump.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Poorian Hamid was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Poorian shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hamid but Hamid pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Poorian blocks a head kick by Hamid.
Poorian on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Poorian.
Hamid misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hamid gets caught napping as Poorian dives in and scores a takedown. Hamid manages to retain guard.
Poorian is breathing heavily.
Poorian trying to control the position from guard on top but Hamid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hamid working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Poorian has passed into half guard!
Poorian is trying to control. Hamid wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Hamid actively working from the bottom here.
Poorian wants to stand up but Hamid has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamid is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Poorian jumps into side control!
Hamid tries to improve position but can't.
Hamid wants to control but Poorian postures up.
Hamid on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hamid wants to get back to his feet.
Poorian tries to stand but Hamid is controlling his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hamid tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Poorian Hamid dominated that round.
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.

Poorian throws a body punch but Hamid moves out of range.
Hamid misses with a takedown

and Poorian counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Poorian thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Poorian controlling the action here.
Poorian is trying to control the action in half guard but Hamid is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hamid controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Poorian wants to take a breather but Hamid is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Hamid Poorian has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Poorian tries to clinch up
and Hamid counters with a left and a right that stings Poorian.

Poorian moves into range and clinches up with Hamid.

Poorian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hamid shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Poorian pinned against the cage. Poorian gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hamid fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hamid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poorian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Poorian misses with a takedown attempt - Hamid sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamid tries to clinch up but Poorian circles away and keeps his distance.

Hamid gets a clinch.
Poorian tries a body shot but Hamid blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hamid.
Poorian wants a takedown but no success here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poorian is trying to force a seperation but Hamid has the dominant position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Poorian breaks the clinch.
Hamid shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Poorian but Poorian pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hamid Poorian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Poorian Hamid.
Hamid tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamid throws a head kick that misses.
Hamid Poorian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hamid keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hamid keeps the fight on the outside.
Hamid tries to clinch but Poorian is having none of it.
Horrible takedown by Hamid or perhaps it was just good defense by Poorian which made him look bad.
Hamid wants to clinch up but Poorian keeps it at a distance.
Poorian misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hamid counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Poorian pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hamid looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hamid.
Poorian trying to control the position but instead, Hamid has worked for underhooks and has pushed Poorian into the cage.
Hamid tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Poorian smiles and moves away.
Hamid shoots in and drives through. Poorian sprawls well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamid tries to bum rush Poorian with a series of wild strikes but Poorian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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 Hamid Poorian will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Poorian tries to clinch but Hamid is having none of it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Poorian.

Poorian looking to score a takedown here. Hamid is defending well but Poorian drives through and ends up in Hamid's guard.
Hamid is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Poorian trying to control the position from guard on top but Hamid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hamid lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Poorian!
Poorian is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamid trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Poorian holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hamid tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hamid avoids the attempt from Poorian to control.
Poorian is looking to improve his position but Hamid isn't that keen on the idea.
Hamid Poorian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Poorian tries to hold on but Hamid pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamid trying to control but Poorian is having none of it.
Hamid avoids the attempt from Poorian to control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poorian gets back to half guard.
Hamid thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poorian is looking to improve his position.
Hamid perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hamid throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Poorian misses with a two punch combination.
Poorian shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hamid defends it nicely.
Poorian stuffs the takedown attempt from Hamid. Hamid gets slowly back to his feet.
A right-left combo lands from Hamid.
Hamid looks to land a combination. Poorian sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poorian moves in looking to clinch but Hamid pushes him off.
Poorian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hamid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hamid stuffs the takedown attempt from Poorian. Poorian gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hamid Poorian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hamid works Poorian's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hamid pushes Poorian up against the cage in a clinch.

Hamid has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Poorian uses from the top position.
Hamid really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Poorian. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Poorian trying to control but Hamid is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamid controls Poorian momentarily but Poorian frees himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Poorian Hamid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hamid has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Poorian Hamid!
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Poorian Hamid!
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Poorian Hamid!

Poorian Hamid wins by unanimous decision!