PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michal Ma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ma
vs
Mousasi

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michal Ma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Mousasi!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ma falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mousasi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mousasi throws a series of punches but Ma moves out of range.

Ma pushes Mousasi up against the cage in a clinch.
Ma wants to take the fight to the mat but Mousasi manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ma has Mousasi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mousasi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mousasi is pressed up against the cage. Ma has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mousasi down to the mat. Mousasi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michal Ma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mousasi lands an overhand right.

Mousasi drops his shoulder and cracks Ma with a huge uppercut! Ma goes down! Can Mousasi finish him?

Ma is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mousasi wants to stand but Ma has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Oh Ma is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ma controlling the position.
Mousasi wants to stand and escape but instead Ma has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Ma wants to control from the top but Mousasi keeps moving.
Ma won't allow Mousasi to get back to his feet.
Mousasi is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Ma stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mousasi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mousasi is looking to stand up but Ma isn't so interested in that idea.
Ma seems to have got his legs back now.
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.

Mousasi is working an open guard so Ma takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ma throws a wild hook but Mousasi just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Ma gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Mousasi raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Mousasi!