PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zica Brava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saad Ghanem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brava
vs
Ghanem

168 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
20
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

WIN Nutritional
WIN Nutritional

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zica Brava!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Saad Ghanem!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghanem closes this distance looking for a takedown but Brava circles away.
Brava looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ghanem on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ghanem swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Brava.
Ghanem will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ghanem lands a two punch combo.
Ghanem fails to land with a series of punches.
Brava thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brava connects with a solid leg kick.
Ghanem displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brava throws out the jab.
Brava lands a glancing blow to the side of Ghanem's head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brava.
Brava dodges the punch combination from Ghanem.
Brava lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ghanem backs up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brava slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Horrible takedown by Ghanem or perhaps it was just good defense by Brava which made him look bad.
Zica Brava has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saad Ghanem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brava lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ghanem wants to clinch.
Ghanem just misses with a punch to the body.
Zica Brava is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brava digs a good body shot into Ghanem's ribs.
Brava slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brava comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ghanem looks gassed!
Brava scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ghanem walks straight into a right hand from Brava - that's dropped him! Brava jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Ghanem from any more punishment! Ghanem complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Zica Brava!