PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mehdi Kanaani (ranked 2745 p4p, 23812 weight class) and Krzysztof Zakrzewski (ranked 244 p4p, 419 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 156.6lbs, 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. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Krzysztof Zakrzewski was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Kanaani
vs
Zakrzewski

170 cm
37
170
28 - 27 - 0

175 cm
24
155
7 - 32 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

BANZAI NUTRITION

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 28 - 27 - 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 7 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Krzysztof Zakrzewski!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanaani scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Krzysztof Zakrzewski has been cut.
Zakrzewski wants to clinch

and Kanaani counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Kanaani stalling.
Kanaani seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kanaani lands strikes from half guard.
Kanaani landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kanaani seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kanaani lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kanaani slips a nice elbow through Zakrzewski's hands, connecting with Zakrzewski's forehead.
Kanaani slows the pace down in half guard.

Kanaani decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zakrzewski with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kanaani counters with a stiff right hand.
Kanaani drops Zakrzewski with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Zakrzewski! Kanaani dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mehdi Kanaani!
A very excited looking Mehdi Kanaani 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.