PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Devlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kareem al Rashid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Rashid has chosen Highlight Reel as his entrance music. Jonathan Devlin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Devlin
vs
al Rashid

172 cm
27
160 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

178 cm
33
167 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonathan Devlin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Kareem al Rashid!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

al Rashid instigates a clinch.
al Rashid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
al Rashid lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Devlin backwards.
Devlin blocks a body shot from al Rashid.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Devlin.
al Rashid swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Devlin is looking to control al Rashid's arms but al Rashid gets an underhook and turns him. Now Devlin has his back to the cage.
al Rashid is leaning against Devlin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from al Rashid fails to land.
al Rashid can't find room to land a body shot as Devlin controls the action.
Devlin misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Devlin.

al Rashid manages to pull guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

al Rashid is looking for a triangle but Devlin pushes his legs off easily.

Devlin gets to his feet - al Rashid follows without any prompting.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Devlin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
al Rashid dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
al Rashid lands a two punch combo.
al Rashid closes this distance looking for a takedown but Devlin circles away.
Devlin tries to clinch up.
Devlin darts in trying to clinch
and al Rashid connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

al Rashid takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, al Rashid scores with a nice short uppercut.
al Rashid lands a shot to the body.
Devlin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Devlin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
al Rashid avoids a wild elbow strike from Devlin.
Devlin misses with a punch to the body.
Devlin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
al Rashid managing to block the knees to the body from Devlin.
al Rashid avoiding damage as Devlin throws knees to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that al Rashid has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
al Rashid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
al Rashid fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, al Rashid scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hand to the body from al Rashid.
al Rashid softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
al Rashid lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Devlin.
al Rashid lands with a short shot to the head.
Devlin throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by al Rashid.
A left hand lands to the body for al Rashid.
Devlin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Devlin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and al Rashid avoids it.
al Rashid lands a nice uppercut.
al Rashid lands with a short shot to the head.
Devlin lands a nice shot to the body.
al Rashid lands a body punch in the clinch.

al Rashid pulls Devlin into guard.
Devlin tries to stand but al Rashid is controlling from the bottom.
Devlin being controlled here momentarily.
Devlin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for al Rashid on the ground.

al Rashid working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Devlin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Devlin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
al Rashid tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Devlin trying to stand up but can't free himself from al Rashid's guard.
al Rashid working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Devlin trying to stand up but can't free himself from al Rashid's guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kareem al Rashid.
al Rashid fails with the takedown.

al Rashid clinches.
al Rashid on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Devlin blocks a body shot from al Rashid.
Our sources have told us that Devlin has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Devlin misses with a punch to the body.
Devlin misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid digs a right hand underneath Devlin's ribcage. Devlin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Devlin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Devlin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from al Rashid.
al Rashid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Devlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Devlin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. al Rashid is defending well for now.
Devlin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
al Rashid lands a left hand that snaps the head of Devlin backwards.
al Rashid lands with a left to the head.
al Rashid avoiding damage as Devlin throws knees to the body.
al Rashid blocks an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from al Rashid.
Devlin slowing the pace effectively.
A body shot lands from al Rashid.
al Rashid scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Rashid scores with a shoulder strike.
al Rashid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
al Rashid scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Devlin.
al Rashid scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kareem al Rashid dominated that round.
That's time! Devlin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

al Rashid punishes Devlin's body with a nice straight punch.
Jonathan Devlin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
al Rashid moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
al Rashid scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Devlin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
al Rashid scores with a crisp jab that stopped Devlin in his tracks.
Devlin gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! al Rashid gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Devlin is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kareem al Rashid!
After winning the bout, Kareem al Rashid thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.