PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raheem Nazir (ranked 21196 p4p, 0 weight class) and Head Bussa (ranked 4652 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Nazir
vs
Bussa

185 cm
27
210 lbs
9 - 22 - 0

175 cm
27
215 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Raheem Nazir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Head Bussa!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Bussa.
Nazir misses with a takedown attempt
and Bussa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Raheem Nazir has been cut.
Nazir moves out of range of the strikes.
Nazir tries to clinch but Bussa moves away
and Bussa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bussa scores with a jab to the body.
Bussa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nazir misses with a takedown attempt - Bussa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bussa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Raheem Nazir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bussa cracks Nazir with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Nazir looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Bussa finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazir walks straight into a right hand from Bussa - that's dropped him! Bussa jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Nazir from any more punishment! Nazir complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Head Bussa!