PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Muhammad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artur Aleksanyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Muhammad
vs
Aleksanyan

195 cm
26
210 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
220 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Urban Fighter
Versus

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Muhammad!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Artur Aleksanyan!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muhammad keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A shot to the liver by Muhammad. Beautiful body shot.
Artur Aleksanyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aleksanyan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muhammad paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muhammad works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Muhammad cracks Aleksanyan with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Aleksanyan looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Muhammad finish him?

Aleksanyan is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muhammad punishes Aleksanyan's body with a nice straight punch.
Aleksanyan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Muhammad counters with a nice right hand that sends Aleksanyan toppling to the canvas! Aleksanyan scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Muhammad finish him?!
Aleksanyan is still on wobbly legs! Can Muhammad finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhammad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Aleksanyan seems to have recovered his senses.
Muhammad closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Aleksanyan! Muhammad dives in looking to finish! Aleksanyan is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abraham Muhammad!
Abraham Muhammad retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Abraham Muhammad thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.