PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Berserk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hossein
vs
Berserk

170 cm
33
152 lbs
24 - 14 - 4

170 cm
29
153 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 24 - 14 - 4, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor Berserk!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Chad Campbell and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein circles away from the clinch attempt.
Berserk has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Hossein is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Hossein lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hossein checks the leg kick nicely there.
Berserk throws a leg kick but Hossein sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hossein lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Berserk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Berserk looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Some wild striking there from Hossein.
Berserk misses with a body shot.
Hossein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Berserk fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hossein.
Hossein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Berserk throws a leg kick but Hossein moved away.
Hossein has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Sweat Lodge in the buildup to the fight.
A slapping leg kick lands for Berserk.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Berserk, right into the meat.
Hossein throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Berserk stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berserk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hossein throws a hook to the side of Berserk's head but Berserk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hossein connects with a high kick.
Hossein pivots, looking for a leg kick but Berserk is out of range and Hossein settles back down.
Berserk throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hossein connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hossein moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hossein bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Berserk's head backwards.
Hossein misses with a low kick.
Berserk wants to clinch up but Hossein keeps it at a distance.
Hossein blocks a low kick nicely.
Hossein tries a head kick but it misses.
Hossein stalks Berserk and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Berserk's face. Berserk staggers backwards, shaken.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hossein throws a leg kick but Berserk sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hossein connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berserk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hossein.
Hossein throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Berserk throws a leg kick which misses Hossein's front leg but catches the back leg as Hossein tries to avoid it.
Hossein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Berserk's sensitive parts.
Hossein ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Berserk throws a sloppy head kick and Hossein moves out of range easily.
Hossein takes a swing at Berserk's ribcage but misses.
Berserk misses with a kick to the body.
Berserk slips under a jab from Hossein.
Hossein throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hossein loads up on a big right hand but Berserk slips the punch.
Hossein sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Berserk misses with a low kick as Hossein jumps back.
Berserk throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hossein tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Berserk is able to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Berserk.
Hossein lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Berserk at a distance.
Hossein scores with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Berserk.
Berserk takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Berserk misses with a hook.
Hossein misses with a double jab
and Berserk counters with a low kick, right behind Hossein 's knee.
Hossein throws a nice looking combination but Berserk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Berserk connects with an inside leg kick.
Berserk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
Berserk wants to clinch.
A good leg kick by Berserk.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hossein scores with a body shot.
Hossein scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hossein loads up on a big right hand but Berserk slips the punch.
Berserk lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hossein misses with a wild combination.
A slapping body kick lands there for Berserk.
Berserk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hossein fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Berserk on the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berserk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hossein checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Berserk lands with a good body shot.
Berserk attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body kick there by Berserk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Thor Berserk will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hossein on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Berserk. Berserk obviously looking to wear him down.
Hossein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from Hossein.
Berserk looks to throw the jab but Hossein is out of range.
Hossein connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Berserk scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice defenses there by Hossein.
Berserk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hossein misses with a wild body shot.
Berserk lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hossein at a distance.
Thor Berserk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hossein misses with a straight right.
Berserk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Berserk. That's going to slow Hossein down.
Berserk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hossein lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein misses with a wild combination.
Hossein catches Berserk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hossein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Berserk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Berserk throws a lazy right hand but Hossein sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Berserk lands a slapping body shot.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hossein thuds a left hand into Berserk's body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Berserk.
Berserk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An inside leg kick lands from Berserk.
Hossein misses with a leg kick
and Berserk counters with a thumping low kick.
Berserk moves away from the strike by Hossein.
Berserk fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hossein has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hossein throws a nice inside leg kick.
Berserk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Berserk gets a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hossein blocks a body shot from Berserk.
Hossein is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Berserk throws a head punch that misses.
Hossein blocks an uppercut.
Hossein tries to break free but Berserk pushes him back against the cage.
Berserk looking to slow down the pace here.
Berserk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hossein backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Hossein's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Hossein breaks the clinch.
Hossein throws an overhand right that lands on Berserk's shoulder, as Berserk tries to avoid the shot.
No joy there for Berserk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hossein throws a right hand that Berserk ducks under and follows up with a left that Berserk also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berserk throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Berserk throws a leg kick that misses.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berserk moves away.
Hossein fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Berserk on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Berserk ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hossein blocks the body kick.
Hossein is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Berserk. That's going to slow Hossein down.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berserk was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
A slapping leg kick lands for Berserk.
Sloppy strikes from Hossein. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Berserk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hossein.
Hossein checks the leg kick.
Berserk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Berserk misses.
Hossein connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berserk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Berserk is looking to slow Hossein down with leg kicks.
Berserk swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hossein counters with a nice low kick that buckles Berserk's knee momentarily.
Berserk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Berserk misses with a low kick.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berserk moves away.
Berserk moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Berserk lands with a hook. Hossein tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
Berserk loads up on a big right hand but Hossein slips the punch.
Berserk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Berserk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Berserk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hossein takes a swing at Berserk's ribcage but misses.
Hossein misses with an uppercut.
Berserk misses with a leg kick
and Berserk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Berserk connects with a solid leg kick.
Berserk misses with a looping left.
Berserk cracks the inside of Hossein's front leg.
Hossein throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Berserk.
An inside leg kick lands from Berserk.
Berserk misses with a wild body shot.
Berserk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Berserk is looking to clinch.
Hossein throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hossein crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Berserk - the referee stops the clock and Hossein gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Berserk. Hossein manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hossein throws an overhand right that lands on Berserk's shoulder, as Berserk tries to avoid the shot.
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein throws a front kick aimed at Berserk's knee but Berserk avoids it well.
Hossein throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Berserk counters with a slapping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hossein avoids a kick to the body.
Hossein smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A solid leg kick lands there for Berserk.
Berserk is looking to slow Hossein down with leg kicks.
Berserk checks a low kick from Hossein.
Berserk attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Berserk connects with a solid leg kick.
Berserk looks to land a body kick but Hossein moved away.
Hossein throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hossein avoids a kick to the body.
Berserk wants to slow Hossein down by chopping away at his legs.
Hossein tries to score with a low kick but Berserk moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Hossein. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hossein.
Hossein will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Berserk lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hossein will feel that in the morning.
Berserk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berserk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hossein.
Hossein takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hossein takes one to the side of the head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Berserk - that will leave a mark!
A good leg kick by Berserk.
Berserk connects with a high kick.

It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
Berserk takes a swing at Hossein's ribcage but misses.
Berserk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hossein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hossein misses with a shot to the body
and Berserk counters with a leg kick.
Berserk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hossein.
Berserk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hossein scores with a nice strike.
Berserk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hossein jabs Berserk to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice uppercut there from Hossein.
Hossein misses the shot to the body.
Berserk ducks under a wild hook from Hossein.
Hossein misses with a lunging right hand
and Berserk counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hossein's knee momentarily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hossein.
Berserk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Berserk throws a leg kick which misses Hossein's front leg but catches the back leg as Hossein tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Hossein checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Berserk ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Berserk.
Hossein shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hossein takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hossein throws a leg kick
and Berserk counters with a big head kick but Hossein shrugs it off.
Thor Berserk is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hossein throws a sloppy head kick and Berserk moves out of range easily.
Nice defenses there by Berserk.
Berserk throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berserk tries to clinch but Hossein moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Berserk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sadiq Hossein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Berserk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thor Berserk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Berserk 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor Berserk!
Our winner, Thor Berserk, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.