PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Gonzaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ahmed Hussein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thiago Gonzaga is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Gonzaga
vs
Hussein

182 cm
23
204 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

176 cm
19
217 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Gonzaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ahmed Hussein!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hussein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gonzaga will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gonzaga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hussein.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hussein looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hussein tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzaga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hussein wants to clinch.
Hussein doesn't manage to clinch there - Gonzaga circles away.
Hussein punishes Gonzaga's body with a nice straight punch.
Hussein lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hussein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hussein scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hussein connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hussein looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzaga shoots in but no luck this time.
A good leg kick by Hussein.

Hussein closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hussein lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzaga jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hussein walks away with a smile on his face. Gonzaga gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Gonzaga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzaga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gonzaga misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gonzaga keeps the fight on the outside.

Hussein shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Gonzaga throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hussein trying to control but Gonzaga is working from the bottom.
Hussein trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hussein works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Hussein is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gonzaga doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hussein.
Hussein tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gonzaga knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzaga tries to roll over but Hussein keeps him under control.
Gonzaga is working hard here to advance position.
Hussein has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gonzaga is working to get back to half guard.

Hussein working for a guillotine from mount but Gonzaga is in no mood to give up.

Hussein looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hussein looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Hussein looks gassed!
Gonzaga bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussein bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gonzaga's guard.

Gonzaga had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Hussein is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Gonzaga Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Hussein's back instead.

Gonzaga is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Hussein is defending well though. Gonzaga let's go of the attempt for now.
Hussein tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Hussein is looking to get to half guard.
Hussein is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hussein tries to hold on but Gonzaga pushes him away.

Gonzaga is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Hussein is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Hussein flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Gonzaga anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Hussein and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Gonzaga slips an arm under Hussein chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Gonzaga has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Gonzaga is squeezing on Hussein like an anaconda would it's prey. Hussein fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Thiago Gonzaga!