PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shahzad Abdelrahman (ranked 4492 p4p, 4316 weight class) and Lazar Alves Da Silva (ranked 179 p4p, 170 weight class). Shahzad Abdelrahman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Abdelrahman
vs
Alves Da Silva

180 cm
18
175
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shahzad Abdelrahman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lazar Alves Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves Da Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Abdelrahman. That did some damage!
Alves Da Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And Abdelrahman counters with a quick kick to the body but Alves Da Silva blocks it.
Abdelrahman blocks a low kick nicely.
Abdelrahman half committed to a counter leg kick.
Alves Da Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Abdelrahman feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Abdelrahman blocks the leg kick.
Abdelrahman fires out a quick counter leg kick but Alves Da Silva just manages to avoid it.
Abdelrahman avoids a kick to the body.
Abdelrahman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Alves Da Silva.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Alves Da Silva. Abdelrahman shrugs it off though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdelrahman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Abdelrahman jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Alves Da Silva throws a body kick that misses
and Abdelrahman counters with a leg kick.
Alves Da Silva misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves Da Silva misses with a leg kick
and Abdelrahman finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A low kick from Alves Da Silva is predictable there
and Abdelrahman counters with a nice kick to the body.
Alves Da Silva lands with a nice body kick.
Alves Da Silva throws a leg kick
and Abdelrahman counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Alves Da Silva throws a leg kick
and Abdelrahman counters with a good low kick that Alves Da Silva was not able to check.
Alves Da Silva looks to land a body kick but Abdelrahman moved away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alves Da Silva.
Alves Da Silva misses with a leg kick
and Abdelrahman counters with an outside leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Alves Da Silva
and Abdelrahman counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves Da Silva misses with a kick to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Alves Da Silva tries to land a body kick
and Abdelrahman counters with a nice kick to the body.
Abdelrahman blocks the body kick.
Abdelrahman half committed to a counter leg kick.
Alves Da Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Abdelrahman quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A low kick from Alves Da Silva is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alves Da Silva throws a push kick but Abdelrahman slaps the foot to one side.
Abdelrahman is looking to counter with a body kick.
A low kick from Alves Da Silva is predictable there
and Abdelrahman counters with a low kick, right behind Alves Da Silva 's knee.
Alves Da Silva thows a body kick. Abdelrahman tries to catch it but that hurt him.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Shahzad Abdelrahman.
Well Abdelrahman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 10:9
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 10:9
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 10:10

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Shahzad Abdelrahman!
During a confident post fight interview, Shahzad Abdelrahman thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.