PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Safdar Al Razi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adriano Cassimiro Andrade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Al Razi
vs
Cassimiro Andrade

191 cm
21
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

169 cm
20
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Determined

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Safdar Al Razi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adriano Cassimiro Andrade!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Razi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Andrade.
Al Razi tries to clinch but Andrade is having none of it.
Al Razi staying out of range there.
Andrade misses with a series of wild punches.
Andrade loads up on a big right hand but Al Razi slips the punch.
Andrade throws a good cross that connects.

Al Razi gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Andrade to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Al Razi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Andrade can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Andrade cracks Al Razi with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Al Razi is looking for a triangle but Andrade pushes his legs off easily.
Andrade pushes down on Al Razi's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Al Razi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Andrade pulls his head out easily.
Andrade is controlling the pace.

Al Razi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Andrade pulls his head out easily.
Andrade scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Andrade works his foot free and advances to mount.

Andrade is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Al Razi can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Al Razi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Andrade cracks Al Razi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Razi is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrade trying to control but Al Razi is having none of it.
Andrade raining down shots from the mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al Razi taking shots to the head.
Andrade wants to control the pace but Al Razi is squirming around nicely.
You get the feeling that Al Razi really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andrade putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Al Razi is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Andrade dominating with strikes here.
Andrade lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrade lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Al Razi is bucking up trying to escape but Andrade cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Andrade lands a nice shot to the head.
Al Razi is desperately trying to improve his position but Andrade has a good base and remains in mount.
Andrade in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Al Razi trying desperately to get to his feet.
Al Razi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Andrade has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Razi working to try and regain half guard.
Andrade landing strikes from the mount.

Al Razi is rocked!
Al Razi is squirming around, avoiding Andrade's attempts to control the action.
Al Razi really wants to buck Andrade off and get back to his feet.
Al Razi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Andrade tries to control but Al Razi wriggling away.
Andrade lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Razi manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Andrade lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Andrade scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Andrade seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Al Razi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Al Razi wants to get back to full guard but Andrade has passed into side control.
Andrade lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Al Razi down.
Al Razi wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Andrade is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Al Razi has escaped the position, nice work there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Al Razi pushes Andrade away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Andrade gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adriano Cassimiro Andrade dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Al Razi tries a head kick but it misses.
Al Razi shoots in but no luck this time.
An inside leg kick lands from Al Razi.
Sloppy strikes from Andrade. Those never looked like landing.
Andrade fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Andrade misses with a double jab
and Al Razi counters with an inside leg kick.
Al Razi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Andrade is defended easily by Al Razi.
Al Razi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Andrade paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrade doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Al Razi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Andrade's knee momentarily.
Safdar Al Razi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adriano Cassimiro Andrade.

Andrade looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Andrade moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Al Razi.
Al Razi gets back to half guard.
Andrade is trying to control the action in half guard but Al Razi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Razi tries to kick Andrade off but Andrade keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Al Razi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Al Razi looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Andrade is trying to control. Al Razi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Andrade might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Al Razi kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Andrade working the head and body with strikes.

Al Razi looking for submissions off his back.

Al Razi looking for submissions off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Andrade looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Andrade moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Al Razi.

Andrade tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Andrade has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Al Razi is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Andrade is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Al Razi tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Andrade is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Al Razi to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Al Razi shrugs it off.
Andrade breaks from Al Razi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Al Razi is in a horrible position here. Andrade smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Andrade tries to control but Al Razi wriggling away.
Andrade pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Razi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Andrade with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Andrade prevents Al Razi from getting the reversal.

Andrade is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Andrade extends the arm and Al Razi is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Adriano Cassimiro Andrade!
Adriano Cassimiro Andrade really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that TFP Graphics - Pit Inc logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.