PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mehdi Kanaani (ranked 2948 p4p, 21464 weight class) and Diego Hageman (ranked 279 p4p, 424 weight class). Kanaani comes to the cage accompanied by Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg - Nuthin' But A G Thang. Mehdi Kanaani had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kanaani
vs
Hageman

170 cm
36
170
27 - 26 - 0

172 cm
52
156
31 - 31 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 26 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mehdi Kanaani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 31 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Hageman!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hageman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Diego Hageman has been cut.
Kanaani looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

A jab-cross combination lands for Kanaani and sends Hageman crashing to the mat! Kanaani follows him down to the mat - Hageman regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Hageman is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kanaani sitting in half guard here. He lands a big elbow that has hurt Hageman! Oh, Hageman is in big trouble! Kanaani lands more strikes and the ref dives in to save him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mehdi Kanaani!
After winning the bout, Mehdi Kanaani thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.