PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Rahman (ranked 2178 p4p, 1575 weight class) and Samuel Hardaway (ranked 264 p4p, 213 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rahman
vs
Hardaway

182 cm
29
184
16 - 11 - 0

183 cm
33
170
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Carnage Clothing
The Dirty Needle Project

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 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abdul Rahman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samuel Hardaway!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rahman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hardaway counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rahman thinking.
Hardaway throws a jab but it's blocked by Rahman.
Rahman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hardaway counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rahman's knee momentarily.
Hardaway lands with a kick to the ribs.

Rahman moves into the clinch.
Hardaway effectively controlling the action here.
Rahman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Hardaway breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rahman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rahman takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Abdul Rahman has been cut.
Rahman moves in looking to clinch but Hardaway pushes him off.
Rahman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hardaway manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Hardaway on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Hardaway misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rahman wants to clinch.
A nice side step and Hardaway releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hardaway throws a jab when Rahman was well out of range.

Rahman moves into the clinch successfully.
Hardaway misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Rahman.
Hardaway struggles to land a body shot inside as Rahman controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardaway.
Rahman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Hardaway manages to break the clinch.
Hardaway throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Rahman closes the distance and clinches.
Hardaway can't find room to land a body shot as Rahman controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hardaway.
Hardaway avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardaway misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hardaway blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rahman blocks a body shot from Hardaway.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardaway.
Hardaway tries a body shot but Rahman blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hardaway.
Hardaway content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rahman throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rahman blocks an elbow strike from Hardaway.
Rahman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardaway swings wildly with an uppercut but Rahman uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Hardaway.
Rahman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rahman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardaway tries to work over Rahman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahman tries to clinch up.
Hardaway raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hardaway lands a right hook to the body.
Rahman tries to clinch up.
It seemed like Hardaway was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hardaway avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rahman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rahman misses with a lunging right hand
and Hardaway connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rahman moves in looking to clinch but Hardaway pushes him off.
Rahman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rahman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hardaway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rahman.
Despite the aggression on Hardaway's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hardaway tries to work over Rahman's front leg with a kick but Rahman checks it.
Rahman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hardaway counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardaway. Rahman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rahman closes the distance looking to clinch

and Hardaway counters with a head kick that drops Rahman to the mat! Rahman scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Rahman is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rahman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rahman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donk. Rahman catches Hardaway right on the button with a cross.
Hardaway throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rahman swings widly with a right hand
and Hardaway counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oh Rahman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rahman darts in trying to clinch
and Hardaway counters with a massive head kick! KABOOM! Rahman is out cold! A devastating KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Samuel Hardaway!
A very excited looking Samuel Hardaway made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.