PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olympia Unchained (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hossein
vs
Unchained

170 cm
41
148 lbs
40 - 29 - 6

177 cm
32
155 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London

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 40 - 29 - 6, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Olympia Unchained!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Unchained.
Unchained darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Unchained avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hossein has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Sweat in the buildup to the fight.
Unchained moves out of range of the strikes.
Unchained scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hossein in his tracks.

It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
Hossein throws a body punch but Unchained moves out of range.
Unchained throws a lazy right hand but Hossein sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Unchained throws a hook but Hossein blocks it.
Unchained takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Unchained takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hossein lands a slapping body shot.
Unchained avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Hossein thuds a left hand into Unchained's body.
Unchained avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Unchained misses.
Hossein lands with a nice combination. Unchained backs away looking to recover.
Hossein is looking to wear down Unchained with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Unchained throws a body shot but no joy.
Hossein was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Unchained throws a hook but Hossein avoids it easily.
Good work by Unchained as he checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unchained looks to land a right hand but Hossein moved out of range.
Hossein takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Unchained avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Hossein scores with a hook to the body. Unchained takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Unchained swings for the body but Hossein moves out of range.
Hossein appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hossein punishes Unchained's body with a nice straight punch.
Hossein throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hossein misses with a hook to the body
and Unchained cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Unchained lands the left hand.
Hossein misses with the combination.
Unchained avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hossein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Unchained's sensitive parts.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Unchained.
Unchained looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Unchained is just out of range.
Unchained might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hossein misses with a body punch
and Unchained counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein throws a body punch but Unchained moves out of range.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Unchained is just out of range.
Hossein with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Unchained to score with a decent uppercut.
Unchained feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hosseins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Unchained avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Unchained ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Hossein.
Hossein throws a big shot that misses.
Unchained scores with a hook.
Unchained keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Unchained looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hossein ducks under a wild hook from Unchained.
A big right from Unchained misses.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hossein jabs at Unchained's body.
Hossein fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hossein moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hossein throws a body punch but Unchained moves out of range.
Hossein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Unchained uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hossein.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein swings for the body but Unchained moves out of range.
Hossein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Hossein misses.
Unchained pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Unchained darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Unchained looks to land a right hand but Hossein moved out of range.
Unchained takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big left from Unchained misses.
Unchained uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hossein.
A big left from Unchained misses.
Unchained throws an overhand right that lands on Hossein's shoulder, as Hossein tries to avoid the shot.
Hossein lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Unchained throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Unchained jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hossein throws a looping overhand right but Unchained ducks down to avoid it.

Unchained rushes Hossein and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hossein tries to throw a body punch but Unchained avoids it by throwing Hossein back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Unchained.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unchained misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hossein tries to throw a body punch but Unchained avoids it by throwing Hossein back against the cage.
Hossein leaning against his opponent.
Good body shot from Hossein.
Hossein prevents a body shot from Unchained.
Hossein tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hossein can't find room to land a body shot as Unchained controls the action.
Hossein misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Unchained.
Unchained scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hossein lands a nice uppercut.
Hossein goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hossein creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Unchained lands a hook that snaps the head of Hossein backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Hossein fails to land.
Hossein struggles to land a body shot inside as Unchained controls his hands.
Hossein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hossein is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sadiq Hossein will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Unchained scores with a sloppy right hand. Hossein should have avoided that one.
Nice uppercut there from Unchained.
Hossein scores with a sloppy right hand. Unchained should have avoided that one.
Sadiq Hossein is winning the standup battle so far.
Hossein takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Unchained throws a hook but Hossein blocks it.
Hossein takes a swing at Unchained's ribcage but misses.
Hossein on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Unchained lands.
Hossein throws a predictable looking body shot
and Unchained connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Unchained takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Unchained throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hossein fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab from Unchained.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Unchained throws a body punch but Hossein moves out of range.
Hossein comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein scores with a shot to the body.
Unchained comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hossein throws a leg kick

and Unchained holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Unchained tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hossein's elbow.
Unchained lands with a left to the head.
Hossein misses with the head strike.
Hossein working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Unchained lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hossein.
Hossein misses with a punch on the inside.
Unchained has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hossein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Unchained lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hossein backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Hossein fails to land.
Olympia Unchained seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hossein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Unchained can't find room to land a body shot as Hossein controls the action.
Hossein works on Unchained's body with a couple of short punches.
Hossein is looking to control Unchained's arms but Unchained gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hossein has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein tries to throw a body punch but Unchained avoids it by throwing Hossein back against the cage.
Unchained blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hossein blocking some punches.
Unchained lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hossein blocks an uppercut.
Hossein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hossein misses with a punch to the body.
Hossein struggles to land a body shot inside as Unchained controls his hands.

Hossein manages to break the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hossein, as that shot connected.
Unchained scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hossein doesn't seem bothered though.
Unchained scores with a hook.
Hossein comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Unchained was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Unchained has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hossein.
Unchained lands a nice shot that snaps Hossein's head back.
Unchained uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hossein.
Hossein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Unchained. Hossein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Unchained throws a looping overhand right but Hossein ducks down to avoid it.
Unchained takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Unchained keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Unchained misses the target.
Unchained throws a shot from downtown. Hossein moves away and avoids it.
Unchained lands a lovely overhand right.
Hossein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Unchained does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hossein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hossein ducks right into an uppercut from Unchained.
Hossein connects with a body shot.
Unchained jabs at Hossein's body.
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!
Hossein lands a nice shot to the body.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Unchained moves away.
Hossein throws a series of punches but Unchained avoids them all with ease.
Unchained with a nice cross.
Hossein slips a straight right by Unchained.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unchained jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hossein misses with a looping right.
Unchained takes a swing at Hossein's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Unchained misses.
Hossein uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Unchained.
Unchained avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Nice cross by Unchained.
Hossein uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Unchained.
Unchained takes a swing at Hossein's ribcage but misses.
Unchained slips a jab and a cross from Hossein.
Hossein looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Unchained looks to land a right hand but Hossein moved out of range.
Hossein throws a combination that misses
and Unchained counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Unchained lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hossein at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hossein misses the shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hossein misses with a body shot
and Unchained counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Unchained does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Unchained as he connects with a hook.

Hossein is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olympia Unchained showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Unchained looks to score with a jab to the body but Hossein is just out of range.
Unchained lunges at Hossein with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hossein's hand.
Oh Hossein is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Unchained on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fighters circling - Unchained throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Unchained keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hossein seems to have got his legs back now.
Hossein uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Unchained.
Hossein moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Unchained moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hossein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hossein is looking to chop away at Unchained's legs.
Hossein throws a body shot but no joy.
Unchained throws an overhand right that lands on Hossein's shoulder, as Hossein tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hossein swings away with a body shot that misses
and Unchained counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hossein thinking.
Unchained uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hossein.
Unchained misses with an uppercut.
Hossein cracks a nice hook into Unchained's ribs.
Unchained looks to score with a jab to the body but Hossein is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Unchained does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hossein dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Unchained. That did some damage!
Unchained swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hossein.
Hossein swats away the attempt to clinch by Unchained.
Unchained on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hossein with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Unchained lands a right hook to the body.
Unchained tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hossein lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hossein takes one to the side of the head.
Unchained throws a lazy right hand but Hossein sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hossein slips a jab from Unchained.
Unchained avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot by Unchained.
Unchained keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hossein misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Unchained forces Hossein back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Hossein fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Unchained scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hossein working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Unchained.
Hossein has had enough of the clinch but Unchained keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hossein creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Unchained.
Hossein misses with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Hossein - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Unchained has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hossein seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Unchained can turn it around.
Hossein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Unchained tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hossein tries to throw a body punch but Unchained avoids it by throwing Hossein back against the cage.
Unchained misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Unchained.
Unchained can't find room to land a body shot as Hossein controls the action.
Hossein struggles to land a body shot inside as Unchained controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Unchained.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hossein.
Unchained gets through Hossein's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Unchained throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hossein misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Unchained.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Unchained.
Unchained presses Hossein against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Unchained.
Unchained misses with a body punch.
Unchained tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Unchained swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hossein misses with a punch on the inside.
Unchained blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unchained working aggressively here.
Hossein lands a left hand that snaps the head of Unchained backwards.
Unchained tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Unchained tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Unchained misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hossein blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hossein manages to break the clinch.
Hossein takes one to the chin there.
Hossein throws a body shot but no joy.
Unchained looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hossein ducks under a wild hook from Unchained.
Hossein swings for the body but Unchained moves out of range.
Hossein has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Unchained finds it's way round the side to connect with Hossein's head.
Unchained uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Unchained keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hossein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Unchained manages to avoid it.
Unchained feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hosseins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hossein swings for the body but Unchained moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Olympia Unchained comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Unchained 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olympia Unchained!
Olympia Unchained spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.