PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tracy Minaj (ranked 1753 p4p, 229 weight class) and Adel Sadeq (ranked 2672 p4p, 305 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Minaj
vs
Sadeq

187 cm
27
181 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

185 cm
30
180 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tracy Minaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adel Sadeq!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sadeq throws out a loose jab but Minaj uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sadeq staying out of range there.
Adel Sadeq seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sadeq throws an overhand right that lands on Minaj's shoulder, as Minaj tries to avoid the shot.
A punch lands to the side of Sadeq 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sadeq throws a hook to the side of Minaj's head but Minaj sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sadeq has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Minaj throws out a loose jab but Sadeq uses good head movement to avoid it.
Minaj throws an overhand right that lands on Sadeq's shoulder, as Sadeq tries to avoid the shot.
Sadeq avoids the body shot from Minaj.
Sadeq throws the left hand but Minaj avoids the punch easily.
Minaj tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sadeq was well out of range. Poor timing from Minaj.
Sadeq throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Minaj sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Minaj's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sadeq under the eye.
Sadeq steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Minaj.
Minaj lands with a straight right. Sadeq didn't see that one coming.
Minaj slips a straight right by Sadeq.
Minaj staying out of range there.
Minaj tries to clinch there but Sadeq circles away.
A big right from Sadeq misses.
Minaj swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sadeq throws a jab when Minaj was well out of range.
Sadeq looks to land a right hand but Minaj moved out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Minaj keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sadeq.

Minaj rushes Sadeq and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Minaj throws a punch but it's blocked by Sadeq.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minaj misses with a short punch on the inside.
Minaj misses with a body punch.

Minaj breaks the clinch.
Sadeq throws a jab when Minaj was well out of range.
Sadeq displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Minaj throws out the jab.
Minaj thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sadeq bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Minaj misses with a wild body shot.
Minaj misses the shot to the body.
Sadeq avoids the body shot from Minaj.
A jab from Minaj misses.
A big left from Sadeq misses.
Minaj scores with the left hand. Sadeq knows he should have avoided that one.
Sadeq scores with a jab to the head.
Sadeq on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Sadeq is rocked!
Minaj drops Sadeq with a huge uppercut! Sadeq drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Minaj is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tracy Minaj!
Our winner, Tracy Minaj, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.