PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zaid Al Balushi (ranked 6723 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hadley Chadwick (ranked 23649 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Al Balushi
vs
Chadwick

180 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
28
156 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zaid Al Balushi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hadley Chadwick!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chadwick shoots for a takedown but Al Balushi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Chadwick looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Al Balushi is fending him off so far but Chadwick persists. Nope, Al Balushi circles away and we're back to standing.
Al Balushi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice body kick there by Al Balushi.
Al Balushi thuds his right hand into Chadwick's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Chadwick dives in and grabs Al Balushi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Al Balushi pushes down on Chadwick's head and hops out.
Zaid Al Balushi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hadley Chadwick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Al Balushi. That's going to slow Chadwick down.
A good leg kick by Al Balushi.
Chadwick looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Al Balushi is fending him off so far but Chadwick persists. Nope, Al Balushi circles away and we're back to standing.
Al Balushi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Al Balushi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Al Balushi connects with a solid leg kick.
Al Balushi stuns Chadwick with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot by Al Balushi.
Al Balushi lands a big head kick that sends Chadwick to the canvas! Al Balushi follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zaid Al Balushi!
Zaid Al Balushi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.