PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Valdez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taj al Din (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Valdez
vs
al Din

179 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
201 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Valdez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taj al Din!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Din connects with a solid leg kick.
Valdez avoids the head kick by al Din.

al Din gets caught flat footed, as Valdez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
al Din is looking to stand back up but Valdez counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by al Din.

al Din manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Valdez fails with the takedown.
al Din tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
al Din scoring well with a low kick there.
al Din pulls out of a head kick attempt.
al Din throws a sloppy head kick and Valdez moves out of range easily.
al Din misses with a head kick.
Valdez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Valdez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Valdez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valdez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from al Din.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valdez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from al Din.
Valdez is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din connects with a high kick.
al Din with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
al Din thumps Valdez with a low kick.
Valdez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
al Din lands with a slapping head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping body kick lands there for al Din.
al Din goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Valdez is rocked!
al Din pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oh Valdez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
al Din throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Valdez seems to have got his legs back now.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from al Din! Valdez is out on his feet! al Din rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Valdez is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Valdez is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taj al Din!