PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Igor Wietrzny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iqbal Al Mamood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wietrzny comes to the cage accompanied by Hunter-Fallen. Al Mamood has chosen Mamute Pequenino as his entrance music. Iqbal Al Mamood has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Igor Wietrzny's chin.

Wietrzny
vs
Al Mamood

174 cm
32
178 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

173 cm
33
171 lbs
18 - 16 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

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 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Wietrzny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Iqbal Al Mamood!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Mamood needs to keep his hands up - Wietrzny had a free shot at his head there.
Al Mamood shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Al Mamood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Al Mamood moves forwards but Wietrzny connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Al Mamood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Iqbal Al Mamood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wietrzny misses with a looping right.
Al Mamood throws a big shot that misses.
Al Mamood lands a nice looking body shot.

Al Mamood rushes Wietrzny and presses him up against the cage.
Wietrzny tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Al Mamood just stands there and leans against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wietrzny looking for a takedown.
Wietrzny is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Igor Wietrzny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Al Mamood can't find room to land a body shot as Wietrzny controls the action.
Wietrzny misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Al Mamood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wietrzny tries a body shot but Al Mamood blocks it.
Al Mamood working aggressively here.
Wietrzny is looking to take this one to the mat.
Al Mamood presses Wietrzny against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wietrzny tries to pull guard but Al Mamood holds him up against the cage and eventually Wietrzny drops back down to his feet.
Wietrzny misses with a body punch.
Al Mamood gets underhooks to prevent Wietrzny's takedown attempt.
Wietrzny blocks a body shot from Al Mamood.
Wietrzny wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Al Mamood has him pressed against the cage.
Wietrzny goes for a takedown in the clinch but Al Mamood prevents it.

Al Mamood successfully pulls guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Al Mamood managing to control the position.
Al Mamood controls Wietrzny momentarily but Wietrzny frees himself.

Al Mamood working for a triangle but Wietrzny defends it easily.
Wietrzny controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Al Mamood holds on and takes a little breather.

Al Mamood is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wietrzny is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Mamood not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wietrzny controls from within his opponent's guard.
Al Mamood manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Al Mamood landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Mamood misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Al Mamood lands a heavy elbow.
Wietrzny holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Al Mamood tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Al Mamood lands a big shot there that rocks Wietrzny but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Al Mamood working Wietrzny over with strikes here.

Wietrzny is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Al Mamood! Wietrzny is hurt baaadly! Al Mamood is firing away with more strikes - Wietrzny is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iqbal Al Mamood!
Iqbal Al Mamood bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.