PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Gale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hassan has chosen Akon - Mama Africa (Remix) as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Gale
vs
Abdisheik Hassan

173 cm
19
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
20
178 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Gale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gale is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hassan avoids the head kick by Gale.
Gale scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gale shoots in for a double leg but Hassan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hassan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gale takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gale wants to clinch.
Gale stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hassan.
Gale tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hassan swats away the attempt to clinch by Gale.
Gale throws a head kick but Hassan moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Hassan there.
Gale shoots in but no luck this time.
Hassan keeps the fight on the outside.
Gale shoots for a takedown but Hassan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Gale. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gale clinches.
A knee to the head by Gale.
Hassan tries to land knees in the clinch but Gale avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hassan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hassan connects with a knee to the head.

Hassan breaks the clinch.
Hassan connects with a crisp jab.
Henry Gale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hassan has Gale up against the cage in a clinch.
Gale with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hassan just leaning against Gale, taking a breather.
Gale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gale tries a knee to the head but Hassan blocks it.
Gale is breathing heavily.
Hassan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gale blocks it with crossed arms.
Hassan lands an elbow inside that Gale shrugs off.
Hassan trying to land knees to the body.
Gale tries to land a knee to the head but Hassan blocks with his arms.
Gale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hassan blocks it with crossed arms.
Gale throws a knee to the head but misses.

Hassan lands a takedown into guard.
Hassan trying to control but Gale is working from the bottom.
Hassan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gale keeping moving, preventing Hassan from controlling successfully.

Hassan decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Gale looks to clinch
and Hassan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gale has his takedown stuffed
and Hassan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gale is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gale clinches but Hassan breaks the clinch
and Hassan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hassan scores with a nice strike.
Gale tries to clinch up

and Hassan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hassan.

Hassan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hassan clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hassan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gale gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gale avoiding damage as Hassan throws knees to the body.
Gale looking to throw knees to the head but Hassan is blocking nicely.

Hassan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gale darts in trying to clinch
letting Hassan counter with a right hand.
Gale wants to clinch but Hassan slips to the side
and Hassan counters with a nice uppercut.

Hassan moves into the clinch successfully.
Gale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hassan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hassan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hassan managing to block the knees to the body from Gale.
Hassan landing knees to the body.

Hassan has Gale pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Hassan pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Gale tumbling to the mat - Hassan dives into Gale's guard.
Hassan trying to control but Gale is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gale wants to sweep but no luck.
Hassan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gale working a defensive guard but Hassan passes into half guard.
Gale trying to get back to full guard but Hassan takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gale is looking to improve his position but Hassan isn't that keen on the idea.
The referee warns Gale that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gale is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gale throws a lazy body kick

and Hassan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gale!
Hassan prevents Gale from getting the reversal.
The referee warns Gale that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hassan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gale hang on?
Hassan unloading with bombs!
Gale tries to hold on but Hassan pushes him away.
Gale slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hassan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nice strikes from Hassan there.
Hassan trying to control from half guard but Gale is working away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gale is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gale manages to get to full guard.

Gale has his foot on Hassan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hassan works his way back into a safe position though.
Hassan wants to control from the top but Gale keeps moving.

Gale escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hassan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Gale looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hassan sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Gale looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gale bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hassan's guard.
Gale stands and throws Hassan's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hassan sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Gale seems to be looking for submissions.
Gale is looking to take a break and control but Hassan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hassan is trying to get back to full guard.

Gale is looking for a kimura here.
Gale tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gale is trying to control the action in half guard but Hassan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hassan tries to kick Gale off but Gale keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gale wants to take a breather but Hassan is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hassan can do anything to dispel that myth.

Gale is looking for a kimura but Hassan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gale to get the leverage.

Gale is working for a submission of some sort.
Hassan tries to roll over but Gale keeps him under control.
Gale moves nicely into side control.

That's four 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.
Hassan prevents Gale from improving position.
Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hassan wants to control but Gale postures up.

Gale is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hassan has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hassan sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Gale tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hassan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hassan moves into full guard.

Gale drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Hassan dives on top into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Hassan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gale misses with a takedown
and Hassan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gale throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gale closes the distance but Hassan moves to the side
and Hassan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gale tries to clinch up
and Hassan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gale darts in trying to clinch
and Hassan counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hassan tries to keep at a distance but Gale has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gale avoiding damage as Hassan throws knees to the body.
Gale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hassan looking for a takedown.
Gale throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassan connects with a knee to the head.
Gale tries to score a body lock takedown but Hassan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hassan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gale landing knees to the head.
Gale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hassan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hassan pushes off an throws an elbow but Gale leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hassan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hassan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gale tries to land a knee to the head but Hassan blocks with his arms.
Gale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hassan blocks it with crossed arms.
Hassan tries for a takedown but Gale manages to get underhooks.
Gale looking to throw knees to the head but Hassan is blocking nicely.
Gale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hassan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hassan blocks it with crossed arms.
Hassan trying to land knees to the body.
Gale lands a knee to the head.
Gale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hassan tries to land knees in the clinch but Gale avoids the damage to the body.
Gale tries to land a knee to the head but Hassan blocks with his arms.
Gale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gale looking to throw knees to the head but Hassan is blocking nicely.

Hassan tightens his grip and picks Gale up, before dumping him to the ground. Gale manages to land in guard.

Gale working for a triangle but Hassan defends it easily.
Hassan stays in close to Gale's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hassan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gale has a closed guard, preventing Hassan from standing up.
Hassan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Gale has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Hassan doesn't defend quickly enough and Gale has managed to lock this one up! Can Hassan escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Gale on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Henry Gale!