PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aldon Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Raheem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Big Rich ,San Quinn & Boo Banger- San Francisco Anthem. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Smith
vs
Raheem

190 cm
20
268 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

193 cm
26
277 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

GREEN!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aldon Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abdul Raheem!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Raheem bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Raheem gets a clinch.
Raheem throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Smiths head.
Raheem keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smith is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Raheem pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raheem has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Raheem digs a right hand into Smith's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smith's gas tank.
Raheem prevents a body shot from Smith.
Raheem blocks an uppercut.
Raheem lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raheem scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Raheem gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aldon Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raheem working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith trying to stall but Raheem improves his position.
Raheem lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith is looking for a takedown.
Raheem fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Raheem.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith trying to stall but Raheem improves his position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Raheem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raheem lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raheem creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raheem.
Raheem scores with a shot to the side of Smith's head.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Raheem lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Raheem pushes Smith against the cage. Raheem is working some dirty boxing. Raheem pushes off with a quick right hook! Smith goes down! Smith tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Raheem moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdul Raheem!
Abdul Raheem is the new heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Abdul Raheem thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.