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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamad Al Zahran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hamad Al Zahran will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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172 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Hughes! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hamad Al Zahran! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A good leg kick by Al Zahran. Hughes gets a double leg takedown into Al Zahran's guard. Hughes scoring with some ground and pound. Al Zahran is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Hughes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Hughes throws a big right hand that misses. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Hughes with a nice head shot there. Hughes scoring with punches to the head and body. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hughes passes easily into side control. Nice work. Hughes in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hughes in side control, throwing shots but Al Zahran defends. Hughes lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. Hughes works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Al Zahran is rocked! Al Zahran really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hughes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Hughes lands a strong strike to the head of Al Zahran. That's dazed him! Hughes looking to finish here. Al Zahran is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Hughes lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Hughes!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
63% |
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