PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tariq Hassan Hussain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Mammoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mammoth is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tech N9ne-Demons feat.Three Six Mafia. The Mammoth has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Hassan Hussain
vs
Mammoth

170 cm
24
282 lbs
8 - 14 - 0

190 cm
34
186 lbs
28 - 16 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tariq Hassan Hussain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, The Mammoth!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mammoth scores with a head kick.
Hussain throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mammoth counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hussain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hussain throws the left hand but Mammoth avoids the punch easily.
Hussain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mammoth.
Hussain misses with a body punch
and Mammoth counters with a leg kick.
Hussain misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mammoth counters with a slapping leg kick.

Hussain tries to keep at a distance but Mammoth has taken the fight into the clinch.

Mammoth manages to break the clinch.
Hussain swings widly with a right hand
and Mammoth counters with a straight right hand.

Mammoth takes the fight into the clinch.
Mammoth with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Mammoth.
Hussain working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mammoth stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by The Mammoth.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mammoth. That's going to slow Hussain down.
Hussain throws a lazy uppercut
and Mammoth counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hussain's knee momentarily.
Hussain throws a lazy uppercut

and Mammoth moves into the clinch.
Mammoth lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mammoth landing knees to the head.
Hussain is trying to force a seperation but Mammoth has the dominant position.
Hussain takes a knee right on the jaw!

Mammoth breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Mammoth.
Nice body kick there by Mammoth.
Mammoth staying out of range there.
Mammoth lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hussain's sensitive parts.
Hussain misses with an uppercut
and Mammoth counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hussain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hussain rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mammoth counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hussain looks to score with a jab to the body but Mammoth is just out of range.
Hussain is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Mammoth's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Hussain has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hussain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mammoth lands a lovely overhand right.
Mammoth throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mammoth delivers a nice body kick.
Hussain throws a poor cross that misses
and Mammoth counters with a thumping low kick.
Mammoth throws a nice head kick!
Mammoth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hussain rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mammoth counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mammoth feints and then cracks Hussain's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hussain down.
Hussain is breathing heavily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mammoth.
Hussain misses with an uppercut
and Mammoth counters with a straight right hand.
Hussain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mammoth.
Hussain throws a looping overhand right but Mammoth ducks down to avoid it.
Mammoth is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mammoth throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mammoth throws a head kick that half lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth lands a head kick. Hussain smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hussain misses with a hook
and Mammoth counters with a head kick. That will keep Hussain thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mammoth chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mammoth scores with a head kick.
Hussain misses with a hook
and Mammoth counters with a nice body kick.
Hussain throws a right hand that misses
and Mammoth counters with a good low kick that Hussain was not able to check.
Hussain takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Mammoth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hussain throws a body punch but Mammoth moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mammoth.
Mammoth listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hussain throws a lazy uppercut
and Mammoth counters with a straight right hand.
Hussain is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mammoth lands a nice looking body kick.
Mammoth throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mammoth throws a good cross that connects.
Mammoth has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hussain throws a right hand that misses
and Mammoth counters with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth lands a head kick. Hussain smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mammoth feints and then cracks Hussain's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hussain down.
Mammoth lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hussain takes a step back to recover.
Mammoth goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mammoth moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hussain clobbers Mammoth with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mammoth is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hussain had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hussain throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mammoth counters with a low kick, right behind Hussain 's knee.

Mammoth closes the distance and clinches.

Mammoth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hussain on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Mammoth clinches up against the cage.
Mammoth stalling the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mammoth keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hussain's efforts to push away.
A short right from Mammoth.

Mammoth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Mammoth dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mammoth rushes Hussain and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mammoth scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Mammoth.

It looks like Tariq Hassan Hussain has been cut.
A knee to the head by Mammoth.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mammoth.
Mammoth with a knee to the head.
Mammoth controlling the action here for a moment.
Hussain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mammoth crunches a lovely knee into Hussain's ribcage.
Mammoth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mammoth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mammoth with a nice cross.
Hussain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mammoth. Mammoth obviously looking to wear him down.
Hussain will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mammoth lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hussain throws a right hand that misses
and Mammoth counters with a low kick, right behind Hussain 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussain takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mammoth throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hussain.
Mammoth fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mammoth catches Hussain with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A head kick from Mammoth lands but Hussain takes it in his stride.
Mammoth has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mammoth scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mammoth delivers a nice body kick.
Mammoth lands with a slapping head kick.
Hussain rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mammoth counters with a good, hard body kick but Hussain shrugs it off.
Mammoth looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Mammoth fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hussain, pushing him back against the cage.
Mammoth landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mammoth with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Mammoth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mammoth lands a head kick. Hussain smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hussain takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mammoth getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussain throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mammoth counters with a good, hard body kick but Hussain shrugs it off.
Hussain throws a right hand that misses
and Mammoth counters with an inside leg kick.
Hussain stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mammoth.
The Mammoth seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Mammoth forces Hussain back against the cage and clinches.
Mammoth's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Mammoth manages to break the clinch.
Mammoth lands a high kick!
Mammoth thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hussain if he has to take too many more of those.
Hussain tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mammoth jabs Hussain right on the nose. Hussain blinks but takes it well.
Hussain throws an overhand right that lands on Mammoth's shoulder, as Mammoth tries to avoid the shot.
Hussain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mammoth moves away.
Mammoth jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mammoth lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Mammoth has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mammoth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hussain misses with a hook
and Mammoth counters with a head kick. That will keep Hussain thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mammoth fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hussain takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mammoth throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mammoth lands a nice looking body kick.
Mammoth fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hussain has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mammoth moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hussain rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mammoth counters with a thumping low kick.
Hussain takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mammoth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hussain takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mammoth throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mammoth throws a nice head kick!
Mammoth thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hussain if he has to take too many more of those.
Hussain with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mammoth to score with a decent uppercut.
Mammoth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hussain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hussain misses with a left hand
and Mammoth counters with a body kick.
Mammoth throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hussain steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mammoth. That one must have hurt.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mammoth.
Mammoth lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Mammoth instigates a clinch.
Hussain takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mammoth connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hussain's face.
Mammoth pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mammoth with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Mammoth.

Mammoth breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Mammoth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tariq Hassan Hussain's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Mammoth lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A shot to the liver by Hussain. Beautiful body shot.
Hussain misses with a lunging right hand
and Mammoth makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hussain misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A jab from Hussain misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mammoth.
Mammoth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tariq Hassan Hussain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hussain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mammoth manages to avoid it.
Mammoth throws a head kick that Hussain semi-blocks.
Mammoth buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hussain misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mammoth cracks Hussain with an open hand slap.
A head kick from Mammoth lands but Hussain takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mammoth slips under a jab from Hussain.
Hussain throws an off balance right hand
and Mammoth counters with a head kick.
Hussain tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mammoth thuds a left hand into Hussain's body.

Mammoth has managed to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mammoth connects with a knee to the head.
Mammoth stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hussain looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Mammoth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mammoth avoids the body shot from Hussain.
Mammoth lands a jab-cross combination.

Mammoth fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hussain, pushing him back against the cage.
Mammoth working Hussain over with knees to the body.
Hussain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mammoth is pushing Hussain up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Mammoth is controlling him.

Mammoth manages to break the clinch.
Tariq Hassan Hussain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussain gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mammoth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Mammoth.
Mammoth throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hussain's head.
Hussain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mammoth moves away.
The Mammoth is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hussain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mammoth. Mammoth obviously looking to wear him down.
Mammoth throws a nice head kick!
Hussain swings for the body but Mammoth moves out of range.
Mammoth lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mammoth fakes the leg kick and cracks Hussain in the body.
Mammoth lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hussain misses with a body shot
and Mammoth makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hussain takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hussain tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mammoth pushes Hussain away with a front kick.
Hussain throws a lazy uppercut
and Mammoth counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mammoth.

Mammoth closes the distance and clinches.
Hussain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hussain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hussain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mammoth with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mammoth with a knee to the head.
Mammoth landing knees to the head.
Mammoth with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mammoth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hussain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mammoth landing knees to the head.
Hussain wants to break free but Mammoth has control.
A knee to the head by Mammoth.
Mammoth unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Come on Mammoth - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Mammoth breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hussain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mammoth.
Mammoth throws a head kick that half lands.
Mammoth lands with a slapping head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Mammoth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mammoth has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Mammoth!
Post fight, The Mammoth stared into the camera and said 'I'm off to get me a feed at maccas bro. Uzes keen? Mean bro churr'.