PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kareem Said (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suge Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kareem Said could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Suge Knight's chin.

Said
vs
Knight

190 cm
24
220 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

200 cm
30
274 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kareem Said!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Suge Knight!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight tries to clinch but Said moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Said does a little dance to reset his feet.

Said gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Said lands a body shot in the clinch.
Said lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Said.

It looks like Suge Knight has been cut.

Knight gets control of Said's arms and successfully pulls guard. Knight will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Said thows a big elbow that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Said's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Said trying to control the position from guard on top but Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Said with a flurry of punches that miss.
Said postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Said is looking to work some ground and pound but Knight has wrist control.
Said tries to free his leg and advance position but Knight is retaining full guard.
Said wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Said seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Said postures up and lands a big shot to Knight's brow.
Said pushing down on Knight's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ground and pound from Said.
Said slows the pace down in half guard.
Said lands with a punch from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Said connects with a nice short shot to Knight's temple.
Said landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Knight is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Said scores with a couple of nice shots.
Said controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Said has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Said is trying to control the action in half guard but Knight is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Said scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knight has hold of Said's hands but Said slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Said working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Said lands a nice short elbow.
Knight looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Said looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Knight with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Said lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Said not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Said drops an elbow to the side of Knight's head.
Said slips a nice elbow through Knight's hands, connecting with Knight's forehead.
Said looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Said landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Said.
Knight is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Said scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Said lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Well, if Said is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Knight on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Said has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Said takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Said is taking a breather. Knight says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Said landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Said controlling the pace.
Ground and pound from Said.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Said lands a nice short elbow.
Knight is in trouble now - Said has advanced to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kareem Said dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Suge Knight's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Said shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Said chips away with some ground and pound.
Said working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Knight's head.
Said landing some decent shots from guard.
Said is working Knight over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Said showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Knight preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Said not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Said connects with a couple of short punches.
Knight is breathing heavily.
Said lands a couple of elbows.
Said postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Said connects with a couple of short punches.
Said cracks Knight with a solid left hand.
Said lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Said passes Knight's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Said scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Said drops an elbow to the side of Knight's head.
Knight taking some punishment here, with Said in his half guard.
Said scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knight is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Said scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Said uses his free foot to push down on Knight's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Knight.
Knight is in a horrible position here. Said smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Knight is rocked!
Said scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Said raining down shots from the mount!
Said scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Knight?
Said controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Said.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Said content just to control the position here.
Said working Knight over with strikes here.
Said postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Knight looks a forlorn figure.
Said postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Knight bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Said and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kareem Said!
Kareem Said retains his heavyweight title!