PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sameh Mahmoud (ranked 903 p4p, 128 weight class) and Russell Northrop (ranked 1373 p4p, 185 weight class). Northrop comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alive And Kicking kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mahmoud
vs
Northrop

180 cm
38
170 lbs
37 - 13 - 0

180 cm
37
175 lbs
24 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter

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 37 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sameh Mahmoud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Northrop!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Northrop scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Sameh Mahmoud has been cut.
Northrop is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Northrop wants to clinch.
Northrop fails to land the takedown.
Northrop throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mahmoud counters with a nice low kick that buckles Northrop's knee momentarily.
Mahmoud has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Essence of Epicity in the buildup to the fight.

Mahmoud has taken the fight to the clinch.
Northrop can't break the clinch.
Mahmoud prevents Northrop from breaking the clinch.
Mahmoud blocks an uppercut.
Mahmoud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Northrop tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mahmoud smiles and moves away.
Mahmoud feints and then cracks Northrop's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Northrop down.
Northrop feints a jab promting Mahmoud to slip. Northrop then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mahmoud slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Northrop moves in looking to clinch but Mahmoud pushes him off.
Northrop misses with a two punch combination.
Mahmoud avoids a punch combination nicely.
Northrop misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud missing with a left hand there. Northrop was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mahmoud scores with a leg kick.
Mahmoud scores with a jab.
Mahmoud misses with a looping left.
Northrop tries to close the distance and clinch but Mahmoud swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Northrop looks to land a left hand but Mahmoud moved out of range nicely.
Northrop throws out a powerful jab.
Northrop with a lazy takedown attempt
and Northrop takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sameh Mahmoud has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Russell Northrop.
Mahmoud lands a two punch combo.
Northrop wants to clinch up but Mahmoud keeps it at a distance.
Northrop tries to work over Mahmoud's front leg with a kick but Mahmoud checks it.
Northrop gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Mahmoud closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahmoud throws a punch but it's blocked by Northrop.
Mahmoud lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mahmoud misses with a punch to the body.
Northrop misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Northrop tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Mahmoud's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mahmoud scores with a jab. Northrop acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Northrop on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Northrop wants to clinch up but Mahmoud keeps it at a distance.
Northrop fails with an attempt to clinch.
Northrop tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mahmoud manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mahmoud circles away from the clinch attempt.
Northrop misses with a kick to the body.
Mahmoud scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Northrop doesn't seem bothered though.
Northrop misses with the combination.
Mahmoud bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mahmoud throws a jab but it's blocked by Northrop.
Mahmoud lands with a good body shot.
Mahmoud cracks Northrop with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mahmoud dodges the punch combination from Northrop.
Northrop fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Mahmoud misses its intended target.
Mahmoud tries to clinch but Northrop is having none of it.
Northrop on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Northrop misses with a leg kick
and Mahmoud counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Northrop throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mahmoud's waist but Mahmoud gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Northrop off to one side.
A counter left hand to the body from Mahmoud misses its target.
Northrop throws a jab but it's blocked by Mahmoud.

Northrop closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mahmoud to the mat! Mahmoud manages to get full guard.
Northrop throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Northrop throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mahmoud managing to control the position.
Mahmoud has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Northrop is stalling in the full guard.
Mahmoud is pulling down on Northrop's head. It's preventing any offense from Northrop, at least for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud looking to hit a scissor sweep but Northrop is one step ahead there.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Northrop pushes down on Mahmoud's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Mahmoud is controlling Northrop's trapped leg to prevent Northrop from advancing to side control.

Northrop seems to be working for a kimura but Mahmoud defends the submission attempt.

Northrop seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sameh Mahmoud dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sameh Mahmoud's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mahmoud lands a nice looking body shot.
Mahmoud scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mahmoud scores with a crisp jab that stopped Northrop in his tracks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mahmoud.
Russell Northrop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Northrop dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mahmoud. That did some damage!
Sameh Mahmoud is winning the standup battle so far.
Northrop takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Northrop swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mahmoud went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Northrop on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Northrop wants to land a leg kick but Mahmoud is out of range.
It looked like Mahmoud wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Northrop throws a nice looking combination but Mahmoud bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mahmoud checks a leg kick nicely.
Mahmoud tried to counter with a leg kick but Northrop avoided it.
Northrop gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mahmoud throws a good cross that connects.
Mahmoud scores with a jab to the jaw.
Russell Northrop is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Northrop throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mahmoud.
Northrop misses with a left hand
and Mahmoud counters with a nice body kick.
Northrop on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Northrop throws an off balance right hand
and Mahmoud counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Northrop swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Northrop at a distance.
Mahmoud throws an overhand right that lands on Northrop's shoulder, as Northrop tries to avoid the shot.
Good shot there by Mahmoud.
Northrop throws a jab when Mahmoud was well out of range.
Mahmoud connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Northrop with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Northrop is breathing heavily.
Mahmoud bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Northrop's head backwards.
Northrop takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Northrop is rocked!
Northrop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Northrop tries for a takedown but Mahmoud circles away easily
and Mahmoud counters with a stiff right hand.
Northrop is still on wobbly legs! Can Mahmoud finish him?
Mahmoud fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Northrop has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahmoud lands with a cross.
Mahmoud lands a brutal head kick. Northrop looks out on his feet and Mahmoud throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Sameh Mahmoud!
Sameh Mahmoud thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Russell Northrop had this to say: 'No fair. He tried to kiss me.'.