PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Beau Lewis (ranked 748 p4p, 971 weight class) and Mounir Ayari (ranked 99 p4p, 133 weight class). Ayari has chosen Samira Said - Yallah Rouh as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lewis
vs
Ayari

175 cm
27
180
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
27
170
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Furnace Performance 🔥
Silverguard Outfitters 🛡

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Beau Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Mounir Ayari!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lewis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ayari.

Ayari darts in and clinches Lewis up against the cage.
Ayari struggles to land a body shot inside as Lewis controls his hands.
Lewis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lewis lands with a light punch inside.
Lewis can't find room to land a body shot as Ayari controls the action.
Lewis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lewis throws a punch but it's blocked by Ayari.
Lewis definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lewis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lewis can't find room to land a body shot as Ayari controls the action.
Ayari goes for a takedown attempt but Lewis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lewis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ayari throws a sloppy head kick
and Lewis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ayari throws a big shot that misses.
Ayari jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ayari tries to keep at a distance but Lewis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lewis misses with a punch on the inside.
Lewis misses with some punches.

Ayari has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Lewis is trying to keep an underhook but Ayari manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Lewis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lewis tries to get out of the position.
Ayari missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ayari looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Lewis looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Ayari pushes past his half guard into mount!
Lewis taking shots to the head.
Ayari working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ayari pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
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!
Ayari lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ayari is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lewis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ayari lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayari with shots to the head and body - Lewis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ayari in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ayari controlling the position easily from mount.
Ayari raining down shots from the mount!

Ayari is working for a guillotine from mount but Lewis frees his head quite easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lewis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lewis is squirming around, avoiding Ayari's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ayari looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ayari controlling the pace for now.
Ayari has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ayari raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ayari lands a heavy elbow.
Ayari wants to control the pace but Lewis is squirming around nicely.
Ayari punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ayari pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ayari punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ayari is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Lewis is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Lewis flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Ayari anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Lewis and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Ayari slips an arm under Lewis chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Ayari has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Ayari is squeezing on Lewis like an anaconda would it's prey. Lewis fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mounir Ayari!
A very excited looking Mounir Ayari 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.