PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sadeeq Bahadurzada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sadeeq Bahadurzada will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

West
vs
Bahadurzada

178 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyrone West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Sadeeq Bahadurzada!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bahadurzada will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

West shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bahadurzada manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
West is stalling in the full guard.
West sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bahadurzada's guard.
West performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from West there.
West moves into full mount! Bahadurzada won't be happy about that!
Bahadurzada really doesn't want to stay on the ground with West. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
West pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bahadurzada squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
West 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West landing punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bahadurzada is in a horrible position here. West smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bahadurzada has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
West cracks Bahadurzada with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Bahadurzada from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

West is persistently looking for the submission but Bahadurzada is defending it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bahadurzada is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.

West is working for a rear naked choke. Bahadurzada is not defending it well and West has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Bahadurzada refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Bahadurzada's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tyrone West!