PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad El Sayed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Markus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). El Sayed comes into the arena with Young Buck feat. The Game & Ludacris - Stomp blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Markus's choice of entrance music: Faith No More - Be Aggressive. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

El Sayed
vs
Markus

178 cm
23
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
178 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

NATURAL BEAST

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mohammad El Sayed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Markus!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markus dives in and grabs El Sayed's left leg, looking for a takedown. El Sayed pushes down on Markus's head and hops out.
El Sayed misses with a series of wild punches.
Markus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A big right from El Sayed misses.
Markus defending well as El Sayed loads up on a big left hand.
El Sayed lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Markus circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice takedown defense from El Sayed. No joy for Markus on that attempt.
El Sayed misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
El Sayed misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
El Sayed throws a hook to the side of Markus's head but Markus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Markus shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with El Sayed but El Sayed pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mohammad El Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Markus.
A swing and a miss from El Sayed.
Markus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
El Sayed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Markus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Sayed stuffs the takedown attempt from Markus. Markus gets slowly back to his feet.
El Sayed throws a jab when Markus was well out of range.
El Sayed lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Markus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
El Sayed looking to land some kicks to the body here.
El Sayed lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
El Sayed with a body punch. A glancing blow.
El Sayed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Markus ducks under a wild hook from El Sayed.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Markus.
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!

Markus is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but El Sayed is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
El Sayed is looking to regain half guard here but Markus keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markus misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Markus wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by El Sayed, who protects the arm well.
Markus looks gassed!
El Sayed is pushing Markus's head away, looking to escape. Markus manages to hold on to the position though.

Markus thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
El Sayed pushes Markus away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Markus gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Markus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from El Sayed.
Mohammad El Sayed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
El Sayed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Markus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Sayed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Markus moves out of range of the strikes.
El Sayed throws a hook but Markus avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from El Sayed.
A combination from El Sayed does no damage.
El Sayed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A telegraphed right hand from El Sayed misses the target.
A telegraphed right hand from El Sayed misses the target.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Markus.
Markus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around El Sayed's waist but El Sayed gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Markus off to one side.
A head kick misses from El Sayed.
Markus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Markus feints and as El Sayed raises his hands in defense, Markus changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Markusis looking to pass into half guard but El Sayed pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now El Sayed is in guard.
El Sayed trying to control but Markus is working from the bottom.

Markus looking for subs off his back but El Sayed has passed one foot through into half guard.
Markus throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
El Sayed is keen to just control but Markus is a slippery customer.
El Sayed tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Markus.

Markus looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Markus is not content to let El Sayed control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammad El Sayed dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

El Sayed misses with a two punch combination.
El Sayed throws a head kick that misses.
El Sayed throws a leg kick but Markus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Markus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mohammad El Sayed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good exchange - El Sayed coming out on top.
El Sayed defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Markus.
Markus fails with the takedown.
Mohammad El Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Markus.
El Sayed throws a hook but Markus avoids it easily.
Markus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
El Sayed throws a head kick but Markus moves out of range.
El Sayed swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Sayed throws a nice looking combination but Markus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
El Sayed is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
El Sayed throws an overhand right that lands on Markus's shoulder, as Markus tries to avoid the shot.
El Sayed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Markus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Markus moves out of range as El Sayed throws a body kick.
El Sayed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mohammad El Sayed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
El Sayed throws a series of punches but Markus avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
El Sayed listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Markus closes this distance looking for a takedown but El Sayed circles away.
El Sayed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Markus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
El Sayed throws out a loose jab but Markus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Markus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Sayed throws out the jab.
El Sayed turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Markus throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. El Sayed was covering up waiting for the punch and Markus finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Markus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
El Sayed working a defensive guard here.
El Sayed wants to stand and escape but Markus is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Markus advances position into side control!

Markus is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. El Sayed knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Markus working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Sayed taking a bit of punishment here - Markus scoring with strikes.
Markus creates some space and throws a big elbow, but El Sayed sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Markus throws an elbow but El Sayed slips to the side and avoids it well.
Markus with the ground and pound but El Sayed regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Markus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
El Sayed moves into full guard.
Markus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. El Sayed swivels though and keeps the full guard.
El Sayed wants to stand and escape but Markus is having none of it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Markus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Markus is fighting to break El Sayed's control of his arms but El Sayed is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Markus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
El Sayed wants to stand and escape but Markus is having none of it.

Markus postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! El Sayed is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Markus, into his guard.
El Sayed preventing the sweep.
El Sayed trying to control the position from guard on top but Markus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Markus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Markus is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammad El Sayed dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

El Sayed lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Markus at a distance.
El Sayed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Markus was well out of range. Poor timing from El Sayed.
Markus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Sayed.
El Sayed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
El Sayed is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Markus.
Markus shoots for a takedown but El Sayed saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
El Sayed lands a head kick. Markus smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Mark Markus has been cut.
El Sayed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
El Sayed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Markus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mohammad El Sayed is winning the standup battle so far.

Markus scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Markus tries to pass the half guard into mount. El Sayed knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
El Sayed looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Sayed moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Markus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Markus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as El Sayed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
El Sayed not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
El Sayed knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Markus on the ground.

Markus drops back looking for a leg! El Sayed is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and El Sayed manages to kick Markus off! Markus jumps back into El Sayed's guard.

El Sayed kicks Markus off and gets to his feet.
Markus closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Sayed throws a hook to the side of Markus's head but Markus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Markus fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
El Sayed moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
El Sayed lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
El Sayed lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
El Sayed slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A slow jab from El Sayed misses its intended target.
El Sayed misses with an uppercut.
El Sayed scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A punch combination from El Sayed misses.
Markus slips a jab from El Sayed.
El Sayed swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Markus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Sayed throws a sloppy body shot
and Markus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Markus drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Markus thows a big elbow that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now El Sayed is on top in guard.
El Sayed controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Markus is looking to sinch up a triangle. El Sayed throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Markus's body to avoid the submission. Markus has instead reached around El Sayed's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Markus arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mark Markus!