PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Bothian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustafah Worandi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mustafah Worandi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bothian
vs
Worandi

189 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenny Bothian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mustafah Worandi!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Worandi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bothian not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Worandi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Worandi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bothian controlling the position.
Worandi with a nice head shot there.
Bothian trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Bothian working a defensive guard here.
Worandi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Worandi is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Worandi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bothian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Worandi on the ground.
Bothian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Worandi is one step ahead there.
Worandi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bothian's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bothian wants to sweep but no luck.
Bothian is trying to keep Worandi in close.
Worandi with a nice head shot there.
Bothian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Worandi is one step ahead there.
Bothian is trying to keep Worandi in close.
Worandi stands up over Bothian, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Worandi won't allow Bothian to sweep him here.
Worandi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Worandi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Worandi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bothian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Worandi connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worandi trying to control but Bothian is working from the bottom.
Worandi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Worandi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bothian on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bothian tries to get out of the position.
Worandi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Worandi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Worandi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bothian's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Worandi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bothian wants to sweep but no luck.
Worandi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bothian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Worandi lands a couple of digs.
Worandi advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Worandi has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Bothian is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Worandi yanks on the arm and Bothian is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Worandi.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mustafah Worandi!