PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bud Macintosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salim Al Muri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Muri has chosen Survivor - Burning Heart as his entrance music. Bud Macintosh could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Salim Al Muri's chin.

Macintosh
vs
Al Muri

192 cm
45
212 lbs
34 - 29 - 4

188 cm
32
219 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 29 - 4, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bud Macintosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Salim Al Muri!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Al Muri does no damage.
Macintosh appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Al Muri throws a leg kick
and Macintosh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Macintosh fails with a takedown attempt.
And Al Muri tries to counter it with a takedown but Macintosh pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Al Muri scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Macintosh manages to get to full guard.

Macintosh working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Al Muri doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Al Muri manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Muri slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Al Muri throwing strikes but missing.

Macintosh working for submissions but it's allowed Al Muri to get to half guard.
Macintosh wants to get back to full guard.
Macintosh wants to control but Al Muri is keeping busy.
Al Muri slips a nice elbow through Macintosh's hands, connecting with Macintosh's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Al Muri moves into full mount! Macintosh won't be happy about that!
Al Muri looking to control but Macintosh is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Macintosh is looking to improve his position but Al Muri isn't that keen on the idea.
Macintosh is squirming around, avoiding Al Muri's attempts to control the action.
Al Muri lands a nice shot to the head.
Al Muri lands a nice shot to the head.
Macintosh is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Muri lands a nice shot to the head.
Macintosh is wriggling around trying to escape.
Al Muri postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Macintosh looks a forlorn figure.
Macintosh is in a horrible position here. Al Muri smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Al Muri connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Al Muri postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Macintosh in real trouble here! The ref calls for Macintosh to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Salim Al Muri!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Salim Al Muri made sure he mentioned Spartan Nutrition , along with how happy he was to win his fight.