PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Warren (ranked 2012 p4p, 956 weight class) and Hassan Hamad (ranked 263 p4p, 133 weight class). Warren comes into the arena with It's Now Or Never blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Warren
vs
Hamad

186 cm
29
207
11 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
220
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeff Warren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hassan Hamad!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warren takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hamad gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Hassan Hamad has been cut.
Warren throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Warren throws a jab when Hamad was well out of range.
Hamad throws a jab when Warren was well out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Warren. Those never looked like landing.
Hamad looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Hamad closes the distance and clinches.
Hamad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Warren tries to break the clinch but Hamad is controlling the position.
Hamad misses with a punch to the body.
Hamad keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Warren's efforts to push away.
Hamad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hamad lands a left hand.
Warren has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Warren fails to land.
Warren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hamad makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hamad takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hamad keeps control of Warren as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hamad misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hamad lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Warren or not.
A short right from Hamad on the inside.
Hamad misses with a body punch.
Hamad tries to work over Warren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Warren wants to get back to striking at distance but Hamad won't allow it.

Warren escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Warren misses with a looping right.
Warren lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hamad circles away quickly and effectively.
Hamad lets loose with a powerful body kick. Warren will feel that in the morning.
Warren is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hamad.
Warren misses with a two punch combination.
Hamad scores with the left hand. Warren knows he should have avoided that one.
Hassan Hamad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Warren misses with an uppercut.
Warren drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Warren tries to bum rush Hamad with a series of wild strikes but Hamad uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hamad stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Warren ducks right into an uppercut from Hamad.
Warren misses with a looping left.
Warren misses with a hook. Hamad ducked under it nicely.
Warren throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hamad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamad works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Warren takes one to the side of the head.
Hamad scores with a punch to the head.
Warren misses with a lunging right hand
and Hamad counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Warren throws a right and a left that Hamad avoids nicely.
Hamad connects with a leg kick.
Warren throws a hook but Hamad blocks it.
Hamad slips under a jab.
Warren takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A punch lands to the side of Warren 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Warren on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Warren throws a right hand that misses
and Warren takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hamad ducks under a wild hook from Warren.
Hamad scores with a nice strike.
Nice cross by Hamad.

Warren is rocked!

Hamad has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hamad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Warren backwards.
Oh Warren is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Warren has had enough of the clinch but Hamad keeps him there for the moment.
A short right from Hamad.
Hamad dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Hamad.
Warren seems to have got his legs back now.
Warren is breathing heavily.
Hamad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hamad can't find room to land a body shot as Warren controls the action.
Hamad lands an uppercut.
Hamad throws an elbow but it misses.
Hamad lands a hook that snaps the head of Warren backwards.

Hamad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've been told by Warren's head coaches at Gateway To Greatness that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Warren walks straight into a right hand from Hamad - that's dropped him! Hamad jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Warren from any more punishment! Warren 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 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Hassan Hamad!