PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Neves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohamed Jafar Bin Al Aziz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Neves
vs
Jafar Bin Al Aziz

170 cm
18
137 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

168 cm
18
138 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thiago Neves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mohamed Jafar Bin Al Aziz !
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bin Al Aziz misses the jab.
We've been told by Neves's head coaches at Holding Cell that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bin Al Aziz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Neves.

Bin Al Aziz clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Neves tries to break free but Bin Al Aziz pushes him back against the cage.
Bin Al Aziz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
Bin Al Aziz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a right to the head.
Neves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Neves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Bin Al Aziz has Neves up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Bin Al Aziz .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bin Al Aziz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bin Al Aziz misses with some punches.
Neves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bin Al Aziz 's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Bin Al Aziz fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin Al Aziz lands a right hand.
Bin Al Aziz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
Neves blocks an uppercut.
Neves takes a shot to the head.
Neves is trying to break free.
Bin Al Aziz misses with the head strike.
A hook to the body from Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Neves wants to get back to striking at distance but Bin Al Aziz won't allow it.
Neves lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bin Al Aziz scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
A shot in the inside from Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bin Al Aziz working aggressively here.
Bin Al Aziz digs a right hand underneath Neves's ribcage. Neves let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bin Al Aziz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
Bin Al Aziz scores with a shot to the side of Neves's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bin Al Aziz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nevess head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bin Al Aziz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Bin Al Aziz fails to land.
A short uppercut from Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Neves is rocked!
Bin Al Aziz lands a left hand.
Oh Neves is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Neves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Neves seems to have got his legs back now.
Bin Al Aziz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
Neves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz throws a punch but it's blocked by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Neves can't break the clinch.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bin Al Aziz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bin Al Aziz working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz lands with a short shot to the head.
Bin Al Aziz throws a punch but it's blocked by Neves.
Neves tries to circle away but Bin Al Aziz has him pinned against the cage.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a left to the head.
Bin Al Aziz digs a right hand into Neves's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Neves's gas tank.
Bin Al Aziz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bin Al Aziz has a couple of punches blocked by Neves.
Neves tries to break the clinch but Bin Al Aziz is controlling the position.
Bin Al Aziz presses Neves against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Neves blocking some punches.
Bin Al Aziz misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bin Al Aziz lands a hook that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Neves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Neves is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Bin Al Aziz fails to land.
A short left from Bin Al Aziz .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bin Al Aziz .
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bin Al Aziz .
A short right from Bin Al Aziz on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bin Al Aziz fails to land.
Bin Al Aziz misses with the head strike.
Neves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bin Al Aziz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Neves is trying to push Bin Al Aziz away but Bin Al Aziz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a body punch.
Bin Al Aziz scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed Jafar Bin Al Aziz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Neves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bin Al Aziz was well out of range. Poor timing from Neves.
Bin Al Aziz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bin Al Aziz ducks under a wild hook from Neves.
Bin Al Aziz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bin Al Aziz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Bin Al Aziz darts in and clinches Neves up against the cage.
Bin Al Aziz working aggressively here.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz gets through Neves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Neves has a couple of punches blocked by Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Neves seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bin Al Aziz can turn it around.
Bin Al Aziz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz working aggressively here.
Bin Al Aziz lands a left hand.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin Al Aziz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bin Al Aziz scores with a shot to the side of Neves's head.
Neves tries a body shot but Bin Al Aziz blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bin Al Aziz .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz scores with a shot to the side of Neves's head.
Bin Al Aziz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Neves misses with a punch on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a punch on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz swings wildly with an uppercut but Neves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Neves throws a head punch that misses.
Neves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Neves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bin Al Aziz tries to work over Neves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bin Al Aziz pushes Neves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bin Al Aziz scores with a shoulder strike.
Neves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bin Al Aziz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Neves blocks an uppercut.
Bin Al Aziz has Neves pressed against the cage, preventing Neves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bin Al Aziz scores with a shot to the side of Neves's head.
Nice body punch from Bin Al Aziz .
Neves blocking some punches.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a left to the head.
Bin Al Aziz throws a head punch that misses.
Neves tries to circle away but Bin Al Aziz has him pinned against the cage.
Bin Al Aziz has Neves pressed against the cage, preventing Neves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Neves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bin Al Aziz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Neves backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Neves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Bin Al Aziz .
A nice right hand lands inside from Bin Al Aziz .
Neves blocks an uppercut.
Bin Al Aziz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Neves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Neves takes a shot to the head.
Neves is looking to break free of the clinch but Bin Al Aziz has double underhooks.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Bin Al Aziz as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
Mohamed Jafar Bin Al Aziz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Neves tries to circle away but Bin Al Aziz has him pinned against the cage.
Bin Al Aziz misses with some punches.
Neves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bin Al Aziz swings wildly with an uppercut but Neves uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bin Al Aziz has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz lands a shoulder strike.
Neves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Neves blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Bin Al Aziz fails to land.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a punch on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
Neves wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bin Al Aziz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nevess head.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Neves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a left to the head.
Bin Al Aziz lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed Jafar Bin Al Aziz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Neves moves away from the strike by Bin Al Aziz .
The fighters circling - Bin Al Aziz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice jab there from Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz throws a poor cross that misses
letting Neves counter with a right hand.
Neves lands a nice shot that snaps Bin Al Aziz 's head back.
Neves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bin Al Aziz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bin Al Aziz throws a big shot that misses.
Bin Al Aziz looks to land a combination but Neves avoids it well.
Bin Al Aziz looks to land a right hand but Neves moved out of range.
Bin Al Aziz moves out of range of the strikes.
Bin Al Aziz fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz staying out of range there.
Mohamed Jafar Bin Al Aziz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bin Al Aziz looks to throw the jab but Neves is out of range.
Neves scores with a sloppy right hand. Bin Al Aziz should have avoided that one.
Neves slips under a jab from Bin Al Aziz .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Bin Al Aziz misses
and Neves counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin Al Aziz throws a jab but it's blocked by Neves.
Neves misses with a hook. Bin Al Aziz ducked under it nicely.
Neves scores with a shot to the body.
Bin Al Aziz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Neves takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Bin Al Aziz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bin Al Aziz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Bin Al Aziz on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bin Al Aziz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Neves is trying to break free.
A short body shot lands from Bin Al Aziz as the two fighters clinch.
Bin Al Aziz throws a punch but it's blocked by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
Bin Al Aziz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thiago Neves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz scores with a shot to the side of Neves's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a light punch inside.
Bin Al Aziz throws a punch but it's blocked by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Bin Al Aziz .
Bin Al Aziz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Neves's efforts to push away.
Neves looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bin Al Aziz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bin Al Aziz lands a body shot.
Bin Al Aziz lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bin Al Aziz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Neves blocking some punches.
Neves has had enough of the clinch but Bin Al Aziz keeps him there for the moment.
Neves misses with a punch to the body.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neves is trying to force a seperation but Bin Al Aziz has the dominant position.
Bin Al Aziz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bin Al Aziz swings wildly with an uppercut but Neves uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bin Al Aziz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a punch on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz misses with some punches.
Bin Al Aziz misses with the head strike.
Bin Al Aziz has a couple of punches blocked by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bin Al Aziz lands a right hand.
Bin Al Aziz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bin Al Aziz lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bin Al Aziz misses with some punches.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a punch on the inside.
Neves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bin Al Aziz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bin Al Aziz lands a nice uppercut.
Neves blocking some punches.
Bin Al Aziz lands with a right to the head.
Neves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bin Al Aziz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Neves swings wildly with an uppercut but Bin Al Aziz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bin Al Aziz misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
Bin Al Aziz throws a punch but it's blocked by Neves.
Neves tries to break free but Bin Al Aziz pushes him back against the cage.
Neves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Neves swings wildly with an uppercut but Bin Al Aziz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bin Al Aziz prevents a body shot from Neves.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mohamed Jafar Bin Al Aziz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bin Al Aziz 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohamed Jafar Bin Al Aziz !
In his post fight interview, Mohamed Jafar Bin Al Aziz started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.