PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed al Zawahiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and big boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mohammed al Zawahiri has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

al Zawahiri
vs
boy

225 cm
20
300 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

195 cm
23
308 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mohammed al Zawahiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, big boy!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Zawahiri lands a high kick!
boy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
al Zawahiri lands a high kick!

It looks like big boy has been cut.
al Zawahiri throws a nice outside leg kick.
boy looks gassed!
al Zawahiri keeps the fight on the outside.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

al Zawahiri lands a big head kick that sends boy tumbling to the mat! al Zawahiri takes a step backwards and waves boy back to his feet - he wants the finish!
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri scores with a spinning back kick!
boy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
boy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
al Zawahiri scoring well with a low kick there.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
al Zawahiri lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
boy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
al Zawahiri lands a nice looking kick to the body. boy takes a step back to recover.
boy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from al Zawahiri.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from al Zawahiri, right into the meat.
al Zawahiri goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
al Zawahiri scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Zawahiri scores with a head kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by al Zawahiri!
al Zawahiri lands a nice leg kick that just misses boy's sensitive parts.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by al Zawahiri.
Mohammed al Zawahiri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
boy shoots in but no luck this time.
boy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice takedown defense from al Zawahiri. No joy for boy on that attempt.
boy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for al Zawahiri.
A good leg kick by al Zawahiri.
boy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
big boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri scores with a leg kick.
al Zawahiri lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Zawahiri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
al Zawahiri connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
boy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that boy semi-blocks.
al Zawahiri scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt boy.
al Zawahiri throws a quick inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt boy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by al Zawahiri.
A good leg kick by al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
al Zawahiri throws a leg kick which misses boy's front leg but catches the back leg as boy tries to avoid it.
al Zawahiri throws a nice inside leg kick.
boy is looking to clinch but al Zawahiri is avoiding it.
A thudding body kick lands there by al Zawahiri!
boy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
al Zawahiri lands a nice looking body kick.
boy shoots in for a double leg but al Zawahiri sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mohammed al Zawahiri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of big boy.
Crunch! al Zawahiri slams his shin into boy's torso.
Nice body kick there by al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri lands a front kick.
boy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
boy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A good leg kick by al Zawahiri.
boy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from al Zawahiri. That one must have hurt.
boy is trying desperately to land a takedown but al Zawahiri is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for boy.
al Zawahiri throws a leg kick which misses boy's front leg but catches the back leg as boy tries to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from al Zawahiri - that will leave a mark!
al Zawahiri throws a quick head kick that skims the top of boy's head.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that half lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
boy shoots in looking for a takedown. al Zawahiri tries to sprawl out of it but boy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. al Zawahiri manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
boy takes a kick to the side of the head.
al Zawahiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt boy.
al Zawahiri scores with a spinning back kick!
boy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
al Zawahiri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
al Zawahiri throws a leg kick which misses boy's front leg but catches the back leg as boy tries to avoid it.
boy walks forward, straight into a front kick from al Zawahiri.
boy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A nice leg kick lands there from al Zawahiri.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Zawahiri throws a quick inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri lands a nice looking kick to the body. boy takes a step back to recover.
al Zawahiri connects with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammed al Zawahiri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on big boy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

boy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
al Zawahiri swats away the attempt to clinch by boy.
al Zawahiri throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mohammed al Zawahiri is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
boy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
al Zawahiri with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by boy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
boy closes this distance looking for a takedown but al Zawahiri circles away.
boy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
al Zawahiri connects with a high kick.
boy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
al Zawahiri throws a front kick that sends boy stumbling back into the cage.
al Zawahiri explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
al Zawahiri thumps boy with a low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
al Zawahiri cracks the inside of boy's front leg.
al Zawahiri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that boy can do to turn this around?
al Zawahiri buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that boy semi-blocks.
An inside leg kick lands from al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri throws a nice inside leg kick.
boy walks forward, straight into a front kick from al Zawahiri.
boy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but boy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, al Zawahiri has got the better of the exchanges.
al Zawahiri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
al Zawahiri scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
al Zawahiri lands a high kick!
Good leg kick by al Zawahiri there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
al Zawahiri lands a high kick!
al Zawahiri throws a nice inside leg kick.
boy is trying hard to land a takedown here. al Zawahiri sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
al Zawahiri thows a body kick. boy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mohammed al Zawahiri is winning the standup battle so far.
al Zawahiri connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping body kick lands there for al Zawahiri.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Zawahiri feints and then cracks boy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow boy down.
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt boy.
al Zawahiri lands with a kick to the temple. boy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
al Zawahiri lands with a nice body kick.
al Zawahiri chopping away at his opponent's legs.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that half lands.
al Zawahiri lands with a thumping leg kick.
boy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from boy is defended easily by al Zawahiri.
Mohammed al Zawahiri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of big boy.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that half lands.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A head kick misses from al Zawahiri.
boy moves out of range as al Zawahiri throws a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

boy looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
al Zawahiri looks like he's trying to stand up.
boy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed al Zawahiri's head.
al Zawahiri is trying to defend against the ground and pound but boy scores with a couple of nice shots.
boy is just content to waste time from the top position. al Zawahiri takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
al Zawahiri wants to stand and escape but boy is having none of it.
boy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
boy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
boy postures up in al Zawahiri's guard and throws a big left but al Zawahiri blocks it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
al Zawahiri lands a nice leg kick that just misses boy's sensitive parts.
boy blocks a head kick by al Zawahiri.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

boy fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. al Zawahiri sprawls well initially but boy persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
boy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
boy stops al Zawahiri from getting back to his feet.
boy working the head and body with strikes.
boy trying to control the action but al Zawahiri is working from the bottom.
boy has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
al Zawahiri wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammed al Zawahiri dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on big boy's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

boy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
al Zawahiri throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A solid leg kick lands there for al Zawahiri.
boy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
al Zawahiri cracks the inside of boy's front leg.
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri throws a nice outside leg kick.
al Zawahiri thuds his shin into the meat of boy's side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
al Zawahiri thuds his shin into the meat of boy's side.
boy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
al Zawahiri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
al Zawahiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt boy.
al Zawahiri throws a front kick that sends boy stumbling back into the cage.
boy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
al Zawahiri feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to boy's calf.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from al Zawahiri, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that boy semi-blocks.
al Zawahiri thows a body kick. boy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
al Zawahiri throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
al Zawahiri buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
boy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A good leg kick by al Zawahiri.
boy walks forward, straight into a front kick from al Zawahiri.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
al Zawahiri lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice body kick there by al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri lands a head kick!
al Zawahiri scores with a head kick.
al Zawahiri feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to boy's calf.
al Zawahiri scores with a spinning back kick!
al Zawahiri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by al Zawahiri there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
boy takes a kick to the side of the head.
al Zawahiri cracks the inside of boy's front leg.
Crunch! al Zawahiri slams his shin into boy's torso.
al Zawahiri scoring well with a low kick there.
al Zawahiri scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri feints and then cracks boy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow boy down.
al Zawahiri lands a head kick. boy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
al Zawahiri lands a front kick.
al Zawahiri plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Horrible takedown by boy or perhaps it was just good defense by al Zawahiri which made him look bad.
Mohammed al Zawahiri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of big boy.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that boy semi-blocks.
al Zawahiri delivers a nice body kick.
al Zawahiri lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
al Zawahiri throws a nice inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - al Zawahiri finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
al Zawahiri throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A decent looking body kick lands there for al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri lands a nice looking body kick.
al Zawahiri lands with a slapping head kick.

boy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
boy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
al Zawahiri wants to get back to his feet.
al Zawahiri taking some punishment here, with boy in his half guard.
al Zawahiri is trying to stand.

boy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Zawahiri pushes boy off looking to stand but boy dives back in and keeps control.
boy passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for al Zawahiri!
al Zawahiri is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

boy working for a guillotine from mount but al Zawahiri is in no mood to give up.
al Zawahiri knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for boy on the ground.
boy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mohammed al Zawahiri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Zawahiri trying desperately to get to his feet.
big boy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

boy swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). big boy!