PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Francis Beggers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustafa Zahnahatty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zahnahatty has chosen Till I Collapse as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Beggers
vs
Zahnahatty

175 cm
21
153 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
152 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Francis Beggers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mustafa Zahnahatty!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beggers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zahnahatty moves away.

Beggers shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Beggers was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Beggers thowing shots but they're missing.
Beggers unloads with some shots from mount but Zahnahatty bucks and avoids them well.
Zahnahatty is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Zahnahatty regains half guard.
Beggers is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Beggers has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Beggers throwing strikes from guard but Zahnahatty blocks nicely.
Beggers throws a big right hand that misses.
Beggers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Beggers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beggers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Beggers looking to pass the guard.

Zahnahatty looking for a guillotine here but Beggers defends easily.
Beggers trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Beggers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Beggers knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zahnahatty on the ground.
Beggers won't allow Zahnahatty to sweep him here.
Beggers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Beggers tries to free his leg and advance position but Zahnahatty is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Beggers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Beggers thows a big elbow that misses.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Zahnahatty shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Zahnahatty was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Zahnahatty get's back to his feet.
Beggers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zahnahatty sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beggers with a lazy takedown attempt
and Zahnahatty counters with a one-two to the body.
Francis Beggers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zahnahatty takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Beggers scores with a nice right hand.
Beggers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from Beggers.
Nice jab there from Beggers.
Zahnahatty stuffs the takedown attempt from Beggers. Beggers gets slowly back to his feet.
Zahnahatty takes one on the button.
Beggers throws a hook to the side of Zahnahatty's head but Zahnahatty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zahnahatty takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Zahnahatty closes this distance looking for a takedown but Beggers circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zahnahatty is trying hard to land a takedown here. Beggers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zahnahatty looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beggers throws a shot from downtown. Zahnahatty moves away and avoids it.
Zahnahatty tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beggers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beggers scores with a three punch combo!

Beggers feints and as Zahnahatty raises his hands in defense, Beggers changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Beggers is breathing heavily.
Beggers scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Zahnahatty working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Beggers.
Beggers throws and elbow that misses. Zahnahatty uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Beggers's guard. Nice move by Zahnahatty!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Zahnahatty drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Zahnahatty jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Beggers is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Zahnahatty drops back looking for a leg! Beggers is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Beggers manages to kick Zahnahatty off! Zahnahatty jumps back into Beggers's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beggers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zahnahatty in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zahnahatty stops Beggers from standing up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No luck for Beggers with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francis Beggers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beggers throws out a loose jab but Zahnahatty uses good head movement to avoid it.

Zahnahatty scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Beggers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Zahnahatty is looking to take a break and control but Beggers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Zahnahatty is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Beggers defends it well.
Beggers tries to roll over but Zahnahatty keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Francis Beggers will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Beggers displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zahnahatty.
Beggers with a nice cross.
Beggers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zahnahatty sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zahnahatty shoots in for a takedown but Beggers shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Beggers misses with a jab to the body

and Zahnahatty counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Beggers manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Beggers lands a heavy elbow.
Beggers raining down shots from the mount!
Beggers misses with a head shot.
Beggers landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zahnahatty avoids a series of strikes thrown by Beggers.
Beggers lands with some strikes.
Beggers looking to finish Zahnahatty with some ground and pound. This is bad for Zahnahatty!
Beggers is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zahnahatty can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zahnahatty tries to hold on but Beggers postures up.
Beggers thowing shots but they're missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Beggers.
Beggers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Zahnahatty is rocked!
Beggers looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Zahnahatty covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francis Beggers!