PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bomani El Hazad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilson Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bomani El Hazad looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

El Hazad
vs
Waters

171 cm
29
159 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
167 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bomani El Hazad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilson Waters!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters slaps away a takedown attempt from El Hazad, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Waters shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. El Hazad manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
El Hazad controlling Waters's posture.
El Hazad keeping moving, preventing Waters from controlling successfully.
Waters postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Waters missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Waters landing some decent shots from guard.
Waters lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Waters postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Waters engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
El Hazad is controlling Waters's posture.
Waters working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Hazad trying to control the position here.
Waters looking to pass the guard.
Waters throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as El Hazad works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Waters sitting in guard here, content to control.
El Hazad is trying to control the position but Waters postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bomani El Hazad wasn't doing enough on the ground.
El Hazad has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from El Hazad there as he acknowledges the shot.
Waters tries to bum rush El Hazad with a series of wild strikes but El Hazad uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
El Hazad walks into a straight right hand from Waters.
El Hazad looks to land a combination but Waters avoids it well.

Waters looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
El Hazad is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Waters is nestled in close to El Hazad, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waters works his foot free and advances to mount.
Waters controlling the pace for now.
Waters landing strikes, looking to finish!
El Hazad is trying desperately to improve position.
Waters with the ground and pound from mount.

El Hazad is rocked!
Waters has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Waters landing strikes from the mount and El Hazad is in trouble!
Oh El Hazad is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Waters loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have El Hazad scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Waters land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Waters stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wilson Waters!
Wilson Waters really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [EVO] Koffin Inc. *Laundry Available* logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.