PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Muqtadir Hariri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Thane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hariri comes to the cage accompanied by Feruza Jumaniyozova - Yalla Habibi . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Muqtadir Hariri
vs
Thane

180 cm
27
183 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

175 cm
30
183 lbs
9 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abdul Muqtadir Hariri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Thane!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thane lands a jab to Hariri's midsection.
Thane avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hariri darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hariri walks into a stiff left hand from Thane.
Hariri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Thane on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thane throws a hook but Hariri avoids it easily.
Michael Thane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thane dips to his left and cracks Hariri with an uppercut!
Thane misses with a looping right.

Hariri gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thane is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Hariri - that landed with a thud.
Hariri misses with a punch to the body.
Thane blocks an elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri misses with an elbow over the top.
Hariri pushes off an throws an elbow but Thane leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thane can't break the clinch.
Thane lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hariri misses with an elbow over the top.
Hariri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hariri tries a body shot but Thane blocks it.
Thane misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hariri tries a body shot but Thane blocks it.
Hariri misses with an elbow strike.
Hariri tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hariri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Thane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hariri moves away.
Thane scores with a hook to the body. Hariri takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thane throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hariri takes a swing at Thane's ribcage but misses.

Thane clinches up with Hariri and pushes him back against the cage.
Hariri keeps control of Thane as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thane's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch on the inside from Hariri fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thane blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hariri throws an elbow but misses.
Thane looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hariri lands an elbow that stopped Thane in his tracks for a moment.
Hariri digs a right hand into Thane's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thane's gas tank.
Hariri tries to throw a body punch but Thane avoids it by throwing Hariri back against the cage.

Thane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hariri looks to score with a jab to the body but Thane is just out of range.
Thane thinks about the counter body kick.
Thane will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hariri sizes up Thane with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thane misses with a looping left.
Hariri wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Hariri throws a body shot but no joy.
Thane throws a counter combo.
Hariri's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thane connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hariri scrambles back to his feet.
Thane misses with a body shot.
Hariri scores with a shot to the body.
Thane has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Thane slips a jab from Hariri.
Hariri shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thane loads up on a big right hand but Hariri slips the punch.
Thane throws an overhand right that lands on Hariri's shoulder, as Hariri tries to avoid the shot.
Hariri takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hariri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Hariri rushes Thane and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thane blocks the elbow strike.
Hariri scores with a shoulder strike.
Thane taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Thane manages to break the clinch.

Hariri darts in and clinches Thane up against the cage.
Thane tries to work over Hariri's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hariri lands an elbow inside.
Thane looking to throw knees to the head but Hariri is blocking nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Thane takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hariri struggles to land a body shot inside as Thane controls his hands.
Hariri throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thane displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hariri up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Hariri.
Hariri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thane trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thane blocks an elbow strike from Hariri.

Thane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Thane. Those never looked like landing.
Thane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thane goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hariri ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hariri looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Thane throws a good cross that connects.
Thane throws a hook to the side of Hariri's head but Hariri sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thane takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thane thuds his shin into the meat of Hariri's side.
Thane will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Michael Thane will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Thane connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hariri changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Thane scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Thane has managed to clinch.
Hariri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hariri lands a damaging elbow.
Hariri digs a right hand into Thane's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thane's gas tank.
Thane dodges an elbow strike from Hariri.
Thane wants to break free but Hariri has control.
Thane dodges an elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hariri misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hariri throws an elbow but misses.
Thane working hard to break the clinch.
Hariri lands a nice shot to the body.
Thane misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thane is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Thane takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Thane lands an uppercut.
Thane blocks an elbow strike from Hariri.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thane.
Hariri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hariri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thane's brow.
Hariri misses with an elbow over the top.
Hariri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hariri lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hariri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thane scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hariri blocking some punches.
Thane prevents a body shot from Hariri.
Abdul Muqtadir Hariri has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hariri is looking to wear down Thane with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Thane misses with the combination.
As Thane tries to get set, Hariri tries to push him back and clinch up but Thane manages to avoid the attempt.
Hariri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thane.
Hariri tries to clinch up.
Hariri fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Thane has closed the distance and engaged Hariri in a clinch.
Thane misses with a knee to the head.
Hariri lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hariri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thane is trying to stall.
Thane misses with some punches.
Hariri looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hariri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hariri tries to work over Thane's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hariri blocks an elbow strike.
Thane tries a body shot but Hariri blocks it.
Thane prevents a body shot from Hariri.
Hariri throws an elbow that misses.
Hariri keeps control of Thane as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hariri lands an elbow inside.
Hariri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hariri lands a damaging elbow.
Thane lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hariri backwards.
Hariri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hariri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hariri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Hariri.
Thane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thane blocks an elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hariri comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hariri gets through Thane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thane blocks an elbow strike.
Thane takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Thane.
Hariri pushes off an throws an elbow but Thane leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Hariri - that landed with a thud.
Hariri blocks an elbow strike from Thane.
Hariri misses with an elbow over the top.
Hariri can't find room to land a body shot as Thane controls the action.
Thane slows down the pace here.
Hariri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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 Abdul Muqtadir Hariri will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Hariri drives through and clinches with Thane against the cage.
Hariri gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hariri throws an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Thane - that landed with a thud.
Hariri struggles to land a body shot inside as Thane controls his hands.
Hariri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hariri blocks it with crossed arms.
Thane blocks the elbow strike.
Thane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thane pushes off an throws an elbow but Hariri leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Hariri.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thane throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thane takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thane stalls.
Thane looking to stall.
Thane dodges an elbow strike from Hariri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thane avoids the elbow strike from Hariri, against the cage.
Hariri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thane tries to break the clinch but Hariri is controlling the position.
Hariri lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hariri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hariri pushes off an throws an elbow but Thane leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hariri misses with an elbow over the top.
Hariri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thane's elbow.
Hariri lands an elbow inside that Thane shrugs off.
Hariri lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Thane.
Hariri tries to throw a body punch but Thane avoids it by throwing Hariri back against the cage.
Hariri lands an elbow just above Thane 's eye.
Hariri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hariri misses with a body punch.
Thane avoids the elbow strike from Hariri, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hariri pushes off an throws an elbow but Thane leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thane misses with the head strike.
Thane is trying to maintain a safe position but Hariri gets an underhook and turns Thane into the cage.
Thane lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hariri comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hariri misses with an elbow over the top.
Thane dodges an elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hariri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thane's brow.
Hariri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Thane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thane slips a jab and a cross from Hariri.
Hariri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thane.
Hariri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thane.
Hariri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thane throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hariri wants to clinch up but Thane keeps it at a distance.
Hariri moves in looking to clinch but Thane pushes him off.
Thane misses with a straight left.
Hariri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thane paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hariri is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hariri doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hariri drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hariri avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hariri throws a hook but Thane avoids it easily.
Thane swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thane misses with a hook. Hariri ducked under it nicely.

Thane clinches up against the cage.
Hariri creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thane's defenses.
Hariri lands a damaging elbow.
Thane stalling in the clinch.
Hariri tries a body shot but Thane blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hariri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hariri misses with an elbow strike.
Thane blocks the elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hariri.
Hariri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice elbow from Hariri.
Thane avoids the elbow strike from Hariri, against the cage.
Thane blocks an elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri takes an elbow to the temple.
Hariri tries to work over Thane's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thane avoids a wild elbow strike from Hariri.
Thane dodges an elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri lands a body punch.
Hariri lands a damaging elbow.
Hariri blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hariri throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abdul Muqtadir Hariri showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hariri 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Abdul Muqtadir Hariri!
Abdul Muqtadir Hariri seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.