PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sherif Fathy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abraham Safforn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fathy comes to the cage accompanied by Eat You Alive. This should be a great matchup!

Fathy
vs
Safforn

195 cm
26
270 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

205 cm
27
279 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

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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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sherif Fathy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Safforn!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fathy misses with a head kick.
Fathy throws the left hand but Safforn avoids the punch easily.
Safforn blocks a head kick by Fathy.
Good work by Safforn as he checks the leg kick.
Safforn slips a straight right by Fathy.

Safforn moves into the clinch.
Fathy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fathy misses with a punch to the body.
Safforn avoiding damage as Fathy throws knees to the body.
Fathy blocks a body shot from Safforn.
Safforn scores with a shoulder strike.
Safforn misses with some punches.
Safforn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fathy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fathy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Safforn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fathy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Safforn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Safforn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fathy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fathy swings wildly with an uppercut but Safforn uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fathy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Safforn misses with some punches.
Fathy misses with the head strike.
Fathy misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Safforn.
Safforn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fathy working aggressively here.
Our sources have told us that Fathy has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fathy.
Fathy tries to land knees in the clinch but Safforn avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Fathy.
Fathy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fathy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fathy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Safforn backwards.
Fathy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Safforn or not.
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!
Fathy misses with a knee to the head.
Fathy misses with a body punch.
Fathy working some nice short punches in the clinch.

It looks like Abraham Safforn has been cut.
Safforn misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Safforn avoiding damage as Fathy throws knees to the body.
Safforn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fathy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Safforn's elbow.
Fathy throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Safforn.
Fathy tries to land knees in the clinch but Safforn avoids the damage to the body.
Fathy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fathy misses with the head strike.
Fathy working aggressively here.
Fathy throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Fathy.
Safforn tries to throw a body punch but Fathy avoids it by throwing Safforn back against the cage.
Safforn misses with some punches.
Fathy misses with some punches.
Safforn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fathy misses with the head strike.
Fathy swings wildly with an uppercut but Safforn uses good head movement to avoid it.

Safforn breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Safforn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Safforn pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fathy is out of range and Safforn settles back down.
Safforn blocks a jab.
Safforn thows a body shot but no joy.
Fathy takes one to the chin there.
Safforn looks for the body kick but Fathy saw that one coming.
Fathy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Safforn.
Fathy takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Sherif Fathy has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Safforn misses with a kick to the body.
Safforn tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fathy is able to avoid easily.
Fathy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fathy shoots in but no luck this time.

Safforn moves into range and clinches up with Fathy.
Safforn misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fathy tries a body shot but Safforn blocks it.
Safforn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fathy tries a knee to the head but Safforn blocks it.
Safforn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fathy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Safforn avoids it.
Fathy throws a head punch that misses.
Safforn tries a body shot but Fathy blocks it.
Fathy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Fathy fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fathy.
Fathy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fathy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Safforn throws a head punch that misses.
Safforn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Safforn can't find room to land a body shot as Fathy controls the action.
Fathy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fathy blocking some punches.
Safforn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sherif Fathy will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Fathy looks to throw the jab but Safforn is out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Fathy. That snapped Safforn's head back.
Fathy misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Fathy.
Safforn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fathy blocks the body kick.
A jab from Fathy misses.
Safforn lands a jab.
Fathy moves out of range as Safforn throws a body kick.

Safforn has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fathy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fathy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fathy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Safforn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fathy looking to throw knees to the head but Safforn is blocking nicely.
Fathy is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Safforn's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Safforn working aggressively here.
Fathy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Safforn has a couple of punches blocked by Fathy.
Safforn working aggressively here.
Safforn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Safforn.
Fathy trying to land knees to the body.
Safforn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fathy looking to throw knees to the head but Safforn is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Safforn - that landed with a thud.
Fathy swings wildly with an uppercut but Safforn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fathy tries to land a knee to the head but Safforn blocks with his arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Safforn scores with a shot to the side of Fathy's head.

Safforn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fathy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Safforn is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Safforn.
Safforn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fathy fails with the takedown.
Fathy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Safforn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Safforn scores with a leg kick.
Fathy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Safforn's sensitive parts.
Safforn is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fathy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Safforn lands with a slapping head kick.
Fathy scores with a shot to the body.
Fathy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Safforn lands a jab to the head.
Safforn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fathy under the eye.
Decent striking displayed by Safforn there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Safforn checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fathy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Safforn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fathy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fathy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Safforn doesn't seem bothered though.
Fathy thows a body shot but no joy.
Fathy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fathy misses with a takedown

so Safforn counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fathy keeping moving, preventing Safforn from controlling successfully.
Safforn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fathy is trying to keep Safforn in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fathy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fathy trying to keep a closed guard but Safforn is proving a slippery customer.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Safforn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Safforn wants to control from the top but Fathy keeps moving.
Fathy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Safforn is one step ahead there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fathy is adopting a defensive guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abraham Safforn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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 crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Safforn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fathy moves away.
Fathy looks to land a left hand but Safforn moved out of range nicely.
Fathy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fathy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Safforn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fathy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fathy misses with a left hand

and Safforn counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Fathy!
Fathy can't do much from the bottom here.
Safforn in side control, throwing shots but Fathy defends.
Fathy is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Safforn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fathy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Safforn wants to free his trapped foot but Fathy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Safforn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fathy keeps working.
Safforn lands strikes from half guard.
Safforn wants to take a breather but Fathy is having none of it.
Safforn throws a strike but Fathy avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Fathy looking for a sweep. Not yet Fathy, not yet.
Fathy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Safforn.
Safforn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fathy wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Safforn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Safforn controlling from the top position.
Safforn trying to control the position from guard on top but Fathy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Safforn wants to pass the guard but Fathy is keeping the position.
Fathy wants to sweep but no luck.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Safforn wants to pass the guard but Fathy is keeping the position.
Fathy working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Good exchange - Fathy coming out on top.
Fathy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fathy misses with a takedown attempt - Safforn sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fathy is looking to score with low kicks.

Fathy takes the fight into the clinch.
Fathy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Safforn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Safforn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fathy backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Safforn breaks the clinch.
Fathy with a hook.
Safforn throws out a powerful jab.
Fathy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fathy connects with a looping right hand.
Fathy looks to land a right hand but Safforn moved out of range.
Safforn throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Safforn is looking to land body kicks.

Safforn closes the distance and clinches.
Safforn misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fathy struggles to land a body shot inside as Safforn controls his hands.
Fathy trying to land knees to the body.
Safforn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Safforn scores with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abraham Safforn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Safforn 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight for Abraham Safforn!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Abraham Safforn!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Abraham Safforn!

Abraham Safforn wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Abraham Safforn made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.