PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randolf Brox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iqbal Al Mamood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Mamood comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mamute Pequenino kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brox
vs
Al Mamood

178 cm
26
168 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

173 cm
29
168 lbs
15 - 12 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Randolf Brox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Iqbal Al Mamood!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brox fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Al Mamood, pushing him back against the cage.
Al Mamood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al Mamood drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brox gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Brox stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Al Mamood is trying to drag Brox to the mat but Brox just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Brox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brox throws a head punch that misses.
Brox misses with some punches.
Al Mamood drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brox gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Randolf Brox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Iqbal Al Mamood.
Brox swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brox misses with a punch to the body.
Brox lands a body shot.
Brox tries to throw a body punch but Al Mamood avoids it by throwing Brox back against the cage.
Brox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brox throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Mamood.
Brox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Brox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brox is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brox fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brox rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Al Mamood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brox swings for the body but Al Mamood moves out of range.
Al Mamood misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Al Mamood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Al Mamood keeps the fight on the outside.
Brox tries to clinch up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brox. Al Mamood does a little dance to reset his feet.

Al Mamood changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Brox looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brox sneaks back into half guard.
Al Mamood not doing much here.
Brox trying to hold on to Al Mamood's head to control him but Al Mamood postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Mamood is taking a breather. Brox says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Brox looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Al Mamood pushes past his half guard into mount!
Brox slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Brox wants to get back to full guard.
Al Mamood content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Brox is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Mamood stalling away here and it's allowed Brox to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Brox looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Brox wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Brox throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randolf Brox dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brox scores with a three punch combo!

Al Mamood fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Brox to the ground. Al Mamood is now in Brox's guard.
Brox looking to control but Al Mamood passes into half guard.
Brox wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brox tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Al Mamood has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Brox is desperately trying to improve his position but Al Mamood has a good base and remains in mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brox is working hard here to advance position.
Al Mamood looking to control and managing it successfully.
Brox tries to hold on but Al Mamood pushes him away.
Al Mamood tries to control but Brox wriggling away.
Brox tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Mamood avoids the attempt from Brox to control.
Brox keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Al Mamood sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brox is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brox swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Brox is looking to improve his position but Al Mamood isn't that keen on the idea.
Al Mamood trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Al Mamood content just to control the position here.
You get the feeling that Brox really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brox tries to hold on but Al Mamood postures up.
Al Mamood prevents Brox from getting the reversal.
Randolf Brox overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al Mamood avoids the attempt from Brox to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randolf Brox dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Brox doesn't manage to clinch there - Al Mamood circles away.
Brox is looking to clinch.
Brox just misses with a punch to the body.
Brox misses with a hook.
Al Mamood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brox.
Al Mamood misses with a straight left.
Brox tries to close the distance and clinch up but Al Mamood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Al Mamood misses with a wild body shot.
Brox stuffs the takedown.
Al Mamood throws a hook but Brox blocks it.
Al Mamood throws a body punch but Brox moves out of range.
Brox thows a body shot but no joy.
Brox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Al Mamood avoids a punch combination nicely.
Al Mamood shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brox but Brox pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Al Mamood shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Brox manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Al Mamood preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Al Mamood controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Brox working for submissions but it's allowed Al Mamood to get to half guard.
Al Mamood content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Mamood is looking to take a break and control but Brox is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Iqbal Al Mamood has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Brox feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Al Mamood's calf.
Brox is looking to wear down Al Mamood with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The fighters circling - Brox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Al Mamood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Broxs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brox misses with a head kick.
Al Mamood fails with a takedown attempt.
Randolf Brox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Iqbal Al Mamood.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brox slips under a jab from Al Mamood.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brox thows a body shot but no joy.

Brox has closed the distance and engaged Al Mamood in a clinch.
Brox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al Mamood has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brox is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Al Mamood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Al Mamood.
Al Mamood drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brox gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Al Mamood blocking some punches.
Brox misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Al Mamood backwards.
Brox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Al Mamood keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brox's efforts to push away.
Brox misses with the head strike.
Al Mamood blocking some punches.
Al Mamood is looking to take this one to the mat.
Brox pressing his opponent against the cage.
Randolf Brox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brox gets through Al Mamood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randolf Brox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brox, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randolf Brox!
Randolf Brox tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.