PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shazaam McDaniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicholas Saoud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDaniels comes to the cage accompanied by Tubthumping by Chumbawamba. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McDaniels
vs
Saoud

176 cm
23
144 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

211 cm
22
149 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shazaam McDaniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nicholas Saoud!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saoud tries to clinch up.
McDaniels fails to land with a series of punches.
Saoud tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McDaniels manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Saoud doesn't manage to clinch there - McDaniels circles away.
McDaniels misses with a wild combination.

Saoud drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
McDaniels has a closed guard, preventing Saoud from standing up.

McDaniels wriggles free and stands up.
Shazaam McDaniels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

McDaniels lands a left and a right that send Saoud crashing to the mat, dazed. McDaniels thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Saoud is rocked!

It looks like Nicholas Saoud has been cut.
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!
Saoud fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saoud is still on wobbly legs! Can McDaniels finish him?

McDaniels cracks Saoud with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. McDaniels has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Saoud to stand back up!
McDaniels measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Saoud! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Shazaam McDaniels!
Shazaam McDaniels really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Outkast Clothing Line logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.