PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fakhri El Hashem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Young One (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think El Hashem might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kassaman. Fakhri El Hashem has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

El Hashem
vs
One

179 cm
35
154 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

168 cm
25
159 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

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 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fakhri El Hashem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Young One!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Hashem throws a right and a left that both miss.
El Hashem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
One lands a head shot.
El Hashem swings and misses with a hook to the body.
El Hashem throws a jab when One was well out of range.
El Hashem looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
El Hashem misses with a body shot.
One looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
El Hashem lands a jab to the head.
El Hashem looks to land a combination but One avoids it well.
El Hashem throws a shot from downtown. One moves away and avoids it.
One looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
El Hashem will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
El Hashem misses with the combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Hashem misses with a straight left.
One tries a quick counter leg kick but El Hashem is wise to it.
El Hashem connects with a body shot that sends One's belly button to the back.
El Hashem takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
El Hashem gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fakhri El Hashem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
One misses with a head kick.
One takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
One's coach down at Canadian Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on One's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
El Hashem misses the shot to the body.
One avoids the body shot from El Hashem.
El Hashem shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. One eats them both and turns towards El Hashem to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Young One has been cut.
El Hashem stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
El Hashem lands a jab to the head.
El Hashem's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and El Hashem duly obliges.
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!
One moves out of range of the strikes.
El Hashem thuds a left hand into One's body.
One bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
One defending well as El Hashem loads up on a big left hand.
One fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab from One.
One works the jab nicely.
One lands a lovely overhand right.
One throws a body punch but El Hashem moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Hashem lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but One circles away quickly and effectively.
El Hashem swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
El Hashem misses with a two punch combination.
El Hashem sets himself, and One steps forward looking for the clinch! El Hashem avoids it this time.
One misses the shot to the body.
One doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
El Hashem misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
El Hashem ducks down and throws a hook to the body but One moves away.
One tries to counter with a clinch but El Hashem shakes him off and moves away.
One lands an overhand right.
One ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
One takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
El Hashem throws a series of punches but One moves out of range.
One takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
El Hashem just misses with a punch to the body.
El Hashem falls off balance throwing a combination
and One counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
El Hashem lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but One circles away quickly and effectively.
El Hashem takes a head kick and keeps coming.
El Hashem misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from One.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
One looks to land a combination. El Hashem sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

El Hashem is rocked!

It looks like Fakhri El Hashem has been cut.
El Hashem misses with a jab to the body
and One counters with a huge left! El Hashem is in big trouble! He's backing up but One isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save El Hashem from any more damage. A dominating finish by One!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Young One!
A very excited looking Young One 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.