PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Al Mahyani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Mahyani's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 808 State and James Dean Bradfield - Lopez. Khalid Al Mahyani has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Al Mahyani
vs
Narushima

184 cm
21
218 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

177 cm
25
216 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Khalid Al Mahyani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryo Narushima!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Narushima.
Narushima throws a head kick that misses.
Narushima tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Al Mahyani instigates a clinch.
Narushima is trying to break the clinch but Al Mahyani has him pressed against the ropes.
Narushima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Narushima is trying to push Al Mahyani away but Al Mahyani has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

Narushima breaks the clinch.
Narushima takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Narushima misses with a low kick.
Narushima throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Narushima throws a front kick aimed at Al Mahyani's knee but Al Mahyani avoids it well.
Al Mahyani tries to clinch up but Narushima circles away and keeps his distance.
Narushima takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Al Mahyani connects with a high kick.

It looks like Ryo Narushima has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narushima sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Narushima looks winded!
A chopping leg kick lands by Al Mahyani.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Mahyani connects with a solid leg kick.
Al Mahyani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Al Mahyani moves into the clinch successfully.
Al Mahyani tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Al Mahyani controlling the action here for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A knee to the head by Al Mahyani.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Al Mahyani obliges.
Al Mahyani lands a good knee to the midsection. Narushima won't want to take too many of those.
Al Mahyani landing knees to the body.
Al Mahyani has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Narushima - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Al Mahyani, and another! Narushima is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Khalid Al Mahyani!
Our winner, Khalid Al Mahyani, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.