PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brett Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saad Hishaam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Blair
vs
Hishaam

182 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

183 cm
24
218 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brett Blair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Saad Hishaam!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hishaam closes the distance and clinches.
Blair misses with a punch on the inside.
Hishaam blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hishaam scores with a shoulder strike.
Blair misses with a short punch on the inside.

Hishaam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blair throws a body shot but no joy.
Blair misses with a straight left.
Hishaam connects with a crisp jab.
Blair throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hishaam counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hishaam closes the distance and clinches.
Blair stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hishaam as Blair tries to tie him up.
Come on Blair - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair working aggressively here.

Hishaam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blair could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hishaam moves away from the strike by Blair.
Hishaam slips a straight right by Blair.
A countering left hand to the body from Hishaam misses.
Hishaam fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hishaam thuds a left hand into Blair's body.
Blair is breathing heavily.

Oooooh!!! Hishaam has knocked Blair down with a huge combo! Hishaam steps away and waves a wobbly Blair back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Blair is rocked!

It looks like Brett Blair has been cut.

Hishaam closes the distance and clinches.
Oh Blair is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've been hearing reports that Blair has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
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!
Hishaam creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Blair's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Blair drops to his knees and Hishaam pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Saad Hishaam!