PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pontus Templar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Mohammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mohammed comes into a darkened arena with his song building. M.I.A - Paper Planes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Abdul Mohammed is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Templar
vs
Mohammed

172 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pontus Templar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Abdul Mohammed!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Templar tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mohammed sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Templar somewhat.

Mohammed drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mohammed postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mohammed stays in close to Templar's body and controls the position.
Templar wants to sweep here but Mohammed controlling him for the moment.
Mohammed controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mohammed preventing the sweep.
Mohammed's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Templar wants to get back to his feet but Mohammed is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Abdul Mohammed wasn't active enough on the ground.
Templar has his takedown stuffed

and Mohammed counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Templar!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mohammed controlling the position easily from mount.
Templar tries to hold on but Mohammed postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Templar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mohammed scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Templar?
Templar wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mohammed connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mohammed controlling the position easily from mount.
Templar tries to hold on but Mohammed postures up.
Mohammed takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Let's hope that Mohammed has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mohammed with good strikes from the mount here!
Mohammed fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mohammed controlling from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mohammed working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mohammed landing punches.
Templar wants to get back to his feet.
Mohammed breaks from Templar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mohammed tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Mohammed putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Templar sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Templar wants to get back to full guard.
Mohammed content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Mohammed prevents Templar from standing back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Still in half guard, Mohammed seems content to control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
It looks like Mohammed might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Abdul Mohammed wasn't active enough on the ground.

Mohammed shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Templar napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Mohammed staying calm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed working the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mohammed lands an elbow.
Templar trying to remain calm as Mohammed controls from the top position.
Mohammed creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Templar is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mohammed working the head with strikes.
Templar takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Mohammed lands some shots froms side control.
Mohammed scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Templar to see if he's OK.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Templar is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Mohammed is controlling him well.
Templar tries to improve position but can't.
Mohammed lands a nice forearm strike.
Mohammed is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdul Mohammed dominated that round.
That's time! Templar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mohammed feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mohammed stops Templar from standing up.
Mohammed controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Abdul Mohammed.
Mohammed is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Templar shoots in and drives through. Mohammed sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Templar with a poor takedown

so Mohammed counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mohammed is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Mohammed is working Templar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mohammed engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Templar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mohammed controls from within his opponent's guard.

Abdul Mohammed has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Mohammed throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Templar tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Mohammed is in Templar's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mohammed throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Templar wants to get back to his feet but Mohammed is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Templar has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Mohammed off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Mohammed stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mohammed wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pontus Templar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mohammed closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Templar's guard.
Mohammed slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Mohammed postures up.
Mohammed controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Abdul Mohammed has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Templar shoots and misses

and Mohammed counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Templar's guard now.

Templar is rocked!
Mohammed works over Templar with some ground and pound from guard.
Oh Templar is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mohammed passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Check out the look on Mohammed's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Mohammed controls the position from side control.
Mohammed has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mohammed working the head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mohammed cracks Templar with a big right hand but Templar just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Templar is trying to get back to his feet.
Templar is letting Mohammed control him for a moment.
Templar taking a bit of punishment here - Mohammed scoring with strikes.
Templar taking a bit of punishment here - Mohammed scoring with strikes.
Templar seems a little lost for a moment, as Mohammed dominates the positioning.
Mohammed creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Mohammed is putting a hurting on Templar here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mohammed lands a nice forearm strike.
Mohammed lands a nice forearm strike.
You can see the frustration on Templar's face as Mohammed controls the position.
Mohammed in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Templar is looking to reverse the position.
Mohammed cracks Templar with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Mohammed lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mohammed connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Templar some visible discomfort.
Templar taking a bit of punishment here - Mohammed scoring with strikes.
Abdul Mohammed has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mohammed working the ground and pound.
Templar wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Mohammed is putting a hurting on Templar here, landing some big shots from side control.
Templar taking punishment in the form of punches.
Mohammed cracks Templar with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Mohammed immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Templar is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Mohammed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdul Mohammed!
Abdul Mohammed was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.