PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elijah Booker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Muhammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Booker
vs
Muhammed

194 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
26
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Elijah Booker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ali Muhammed!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muhammed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Muhammed misses with a wild combination.
Muhammed lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Booker circles away quickly and effectively.
As Muhammed looks to move away, Booker throws a big counter combo but Muhammed just gets out of the way.
Muhammed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Muhammed drops Booker with a beautiful combination! Booker stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Muhammed is looking for the KO!

It looks like Elijah Booker has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Booker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Booker went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Muhammed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Booker throws a big counter combination but Muhammed scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Muhammed throws an off balance right hand
and Booker counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Muhammed swinging wildly here.
Muhammed swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhammed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Booker is looking to counter with head kicks.

Booker gets tackled into the cage by Muhammed. Muhammed maintains the clinch.
Booker looking for a takedown.
Muhammed wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Muhammed struggles to land a body shot inside as Booker controls his hands.
Muhammed is trying to break the clinch but Booker is controlling him.
Muhammed has had enough of the clinch but Booker keeps him there for the moment.
Booker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Muhammed walks away with a smile on his face. Booker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Muhammed tries to clinch up but Booker circles away and keeps his distance.
Muhammed throws a right hand that Booker ducks under and follows up with a left that Booker also avoids with ease.

Muhammed darts in and clinches Booker up against the cage.
Booker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muhammed's efforts to push away.
Booker is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Muhammed to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elijah Booker. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhammed tries to break the clinch but Booker is controlling the position.
Booker goes for a takedown attempt but Muhammed pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Muhammed looks to land a combination but Booker avoids it well.
Muhammed scores with a one two! Booker had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Muhammed feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bookers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Booker is rocked!
Booker loses concentration momentarily and Muhammed pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Booker crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Muhammed finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ali Muhammed!
Ali Muhammed tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.