PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed al Hadj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Titov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Titov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Just a little bit. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

al Hadj
vs
Titov

191 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
23
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing™
Fight Club Clothing™

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mohamed al Hadj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roman Titov!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Hadj lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A good leg kick by al Hadj.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from al Hadj - that will leave a mark!
Titov looks gassed!
Titov missing with a left hand there. al Hadj was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
al Hadj is looking to slow Titov down with leg kicks.
al Hadj lands with a thumping leg kick.
Titov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by al Hadj.
Titov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by al Hadj. al Hadj obviously looking to wear him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by al Hadj.
al Hadj throws a head kick that Titov semi-blocks.
al Hadj lands a high kick!

It looks like Roman Titov has been cut.
al Hadj throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A slapping leg kick lands for al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a head kick!

al Hadj closes the distance and pushes Titov back into the cage.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Titov.
Titov throws a punch but it's blocked by al Hadj.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj lands a good knee to the midsection. Titov won't want to take too many of those.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj landing knees to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Titov fails to land.
A knee to the head by al Hadj.
al Hadj landing knees to the head.
al Hadj connects with a knee to the head.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from al Hadj.
al Hadj with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by al Hadj.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj wants to stall.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj landing knees to the body.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj is looking to control Titov's arms but Titov gets an underhook and turns him. Now al Hadj has his back to the cage.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
Titov misses with some punches.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as al Hadj takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Titov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. al Hadj obliges.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj slows down the pace here.
Titov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj wants to stall.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
Titov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
al Hadj landing some nice looking knees to the body.
al Hadj lands a knee to the head.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Titov throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
al Hadj trying to stall but Titov improves his position.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
Titov working aggressively here.
al Hadj lands a nice knee to the body.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj landing knees to the head.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
Titov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed al Hadj dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roman Titov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A head kick from al Hadj lands but Titov takes it in his stride.
al Hadj looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Titov throws a hook but al Hadj avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from al Hadj.
Titov takes a kick to the side of the head.
al Hadj scores with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from al Hadj, right into the meat.
Titov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
al Hadj lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

al Hadj closes the distance and pushes Titov back into the cage.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj is trying to stall.
Titov swings wildly with an uppercut but al Hadj uses good head movement to avoid it.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands a knee to the head.
Titov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titov throws a head punch that misses.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
A head punch on the inside from Titov fails to land.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from al Hadj.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj effectively controlling the action here.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj landing knees to the head.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj stalling the fight.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj connects with a nasty looking knee right to Titov's face.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
Titov throws a punch but it's blocked by al Hadj.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj scores with a knee to the head.
al Hadj stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands a good knee to the midsection. Titov won't want to take too many of those.
al Hadj is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Titov can do to turn this around?
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
Titov has a couple of punches blocked by al Hadj.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Titov as al Hadj tries to tie him up.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj blocks a punch to the side of the head.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for al Hadj.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj wants to stall.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj with a knee to the head.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
al Hadj connects with a knee to the head.
al Hadj looking to stall.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj blocks an uppercut.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj landing some nice looking knees to the body.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Titov fails to land.
al Hadj with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by al Hadj.
A knee to the head by al Hadj.
Mohamed al Hadj has scored more points in the clinch so far.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
Titov throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed al Hadj dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roman Titov's cut.
That's time! al Hadj's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Titov takes a kick to the side of the head.
al Hadj moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Roman Titov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
al Hadj buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

al Hadj moves into the clinch.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
Titov swings wildly with an uppercut but al Hadj uses good head movement to avoid it.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj stalling in the clinch.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj is looking to control Titov's arms but Titov gets an underhook and turns him. Now al Hadj has his back to the cage.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj scores with a knee to the head.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. al Hadj obliges.
al Hadj landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by al Hadj.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Titov misses with a punch on the inside.
al Hadj stalling in the clinch but Titov improves position.
Titov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj leaning his opponent against the cage.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj connects with a nasty looking knee right to Titov's face.
A head punch blocked on the inside by al Hadj.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. al Hadj obliges.
The referee calls for al Hadj to work.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
Titov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Titov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by al Hadj.
Titov misses with a punch on the inside.
al Hadj landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
al Hadj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titov's defenses.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj blocks a punch to the side of the head.
al Hadj is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Titov is keeping busy.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj blocks a punch to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj lands an elbow that stopped Titov in his tracks for a moment.
al Hadj unloads a knee to the mid-section. Titov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
al Hadj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow.
al Hadj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Hadj lands a knee to the body.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
al Hadj is pushing Titov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Titov fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside that Titov shrugs off.
al Hadj lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj is trying to stall.
al Hadj blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
Titov misses with a punch on the inside.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
al Hadj lands a nice knee to the body.
al Hadj with a knee to the head.
al Hadj looking to stall.
al Hadj effectively controlling the action here.
Titov takes an elbow to the temple.
Titov misses with a hook from the clinch.
al Hadj lands an elbow inside.
al Hadj tries to stall but Titov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Titov is keeping busy.
Titov takes a knee right on the jaw!
al Hadj lands a damaging elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Titov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
al Hadj lands a good knee to the midsection. Titov won't want to take too many of those.
Titov avoids the elbow strike from al Hadj, against the cage.
Nice elbow from al Hadj.
Titov misses with some punches.
Titov throws a head punch that misses.
Titov takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Hadj is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Titov is keeping busy.
Titov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Titov misses with the head strike.
al Hadj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Hadj putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Titov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Titov misses with a punch on the inside.
Titov misses with a short punch on the inside.
al Hadj lands a knee to the head.
Titov misses with the head strike.
al Hadj connects with a nasty looking knee right to Titov's face.
Roman Titov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
al Hadj scores with a knee to the head.
al Hadj lands an elbow just above Titov 's eye.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mohamed al Hadj showed his dominance in that final round.
Well al Hadj 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohamed al Hadj!