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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samir Mourani (ranked 3193 p4p, 350 weight class) and Bengan Claesson (ranked 5505 p4p, 491 weight class). Samir Mourani has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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193 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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187 cm
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195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samir Mourani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bengan Claesson!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mourani has managed to clinch.
Mourani escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Claesson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Claesson stalks Mourani and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mourani's face. Mourani staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Samir Mourani has been cut.
Claesson takes one on the button.
Claesson scores with a sloppy right hand. Mourani should have avoided that one.
Mourani throws a nice looking combination but Claesson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mourani closes the distance and clinches.
Mourani lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Claesson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Claesson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Claesson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Claesson takes a shot to the head.
Mourani stalling in the clinch.
Mourani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mourani lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mourani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Claesson.
Claesson is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mourani breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mourani displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Samir Mourani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mourani waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Claesson.
Mourani just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Mourani misses the target.
We've been hearing reports that Mourani has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mourani takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mourani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mourani pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Claesson back to the cage. Mourani follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Mourani misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mourani misses with a hook to the body
and Claesson counters with a stiff right hand.
Mourani lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mourani closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mourani content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Claesson can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mourani working the ground and pound.
Mourani has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Claesson tries to buck Mourani off but Mourani is having none of it.
Mourani works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Claesson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mourani happy to just control the position for now.
Claesson is trying to get back to half guard.
Claesson is letting Mourani control him for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Claesson is looking for a sweep.
Claesson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Claesson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Claesson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Claesson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mourani lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mourani landing a few strikes.
Mourani controls the position from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mourani lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mourani working away.
Mourani cracks Claesson with a big elbow.
Mourani creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Mourani cracks Claesson with a big elbow.
Mourani working the ground and pound.
Mourani connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Claesson some visible discomfort.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mourani trying to control the action but Claesson is working from the bottom.
Mourani is working Claesson over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samir Mourani dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Samir Mourani's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mourani dodges the punch combination from Claesson.
Mourani swings for the body but Claesson moves out of range.
Claesson connects with a solid leg kick.
Claesson works the jab nicely.
Claesson lands with a shot to the body.
Claesson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mourani.
Claesson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mourani.
Mourani is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Claesson can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mourani misses with a hook. Claesson ducked under it nicely.
Mourani misses with the combination.
Mourani misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mourani closes this distance looking for a takedown but Claesson circles away.
Mourani moves into the clinch.
Claesson tries a body shot but Mourani blocks it.
Mourani lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Claesson.
Mourani tries to stall but Claesson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mourani breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Claesson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mourani tries to clinch but Claesson is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Mourani. Those never looked like landing.
Mourani throws a combination that misses
letting Claesson counter with a right hand.
Mourani is rocked!
Claesson seems to be stalking Mourani here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastating head kick! Mourani drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bengan Claesson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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