PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mountain Mann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Badir Housasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Housasi has chosen Eminem - Berzerk as his entrance music. Badir Housasi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Mann
vs
Housasi

180 cm
25
280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
280 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mountain Mann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Badir Housasi!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Housasi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Housasi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A shot to the body from Housasi misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Housasi lands a body shot.
Housasi cracks Mann with a good jab.
Mann seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nice uppercut lands for Mann. That snapped Housasi's head back.
Housasi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mann ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Housasi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mann.
Housasi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mann circles away quickly and effectively.
Housasi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mann moves away.
Mann throws a body shot but no joy.
Badir Housasi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Housasi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mann lands with an overhand left.
Housasi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Housasi looks winded!
Housasi misses with a body shot

and Mann counters by clinching up.
A short uppercut from Mann.
Housasi wants to break free but Mann has control.
Mann lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mann lands a body shot.
Housasi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mann lands an uppercut.
Mann working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mann is working Housasi over against the cage.

Mann drops Housasi onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Housasi is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Mann lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Housasi to his knees! Mann keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mountain Mann!
Mountain Mann decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.