PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Abul Khayr Belabed (ranked 4239 p4p, 424 weight class) and Pal Hasani (ranked 2892 p4p, 315 weight class). Hasani has chosen Slipknot - Duality as his entrance music. Pal Hasani is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Khayr Belabed
vs
Hasani

180 cm
25
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

170 cm
22
143 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Freebok (85% Laundry)
Garra Nutri

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abul Khayr Belabed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pal Hasani!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hasani misses with a few strikes there.
Belabed tries to counter with a takedown but Hasani is quick to defend against it.
Hasani lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Belabed circles away quickly and effectively.
Hasani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Belabed closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hasani to the mat! Hasani manages to get full guard.
Hasani is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Belabed dives into side control.
Belabed taking a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasani is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Belabed asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Hasani is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Belabed taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Belabed tries to move into full mount but can't pass Hasani's legs.
Belabed is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hasani will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Belabed prevents Hasani from escaping the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hasani throws a right and a left that Belabed avoids nicely.
Belabed tries to counter with a takedown but Hasani is quick to defend against it.
Hasani scores with a nice head shot.
Belabed ducks under a wild hook from Hasani.
Belabed changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Belabed looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Belabed manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hasani on his heels. He'll look to pass Hasani's guard now, I'm sure.

Hasani is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Belabed has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Hasani regains guard immediately.
Hasani wants to get back to his feet but Belabed is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Belabed seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Hasani manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Hasani is trying to break free.
Hasani is trying to break free.
Belabed keeps control of Hasani as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hasani is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Hasani escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasani swinging wildly here.
Belabed takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hasani misses with a few strikes there.
Belabed drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hasani sprawls and moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hasani fakes the leg kick and cracks Belabed in the body.
Hasani connects with a right that clearly hurt Belabed. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Hasani proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Belabed collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pal Hasani!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Pal Hasani made sure he mentioned Freebok (85% Laundry), along with how happy he was to win his fight.