PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abed Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamood Hallak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nadir comes to the cage accompanied by M.A.S.H Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nadir
vs
Hallak

188 cm
27
217 lbs
10 - 7 - 1

184 cm
26
223 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

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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 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abed Nadir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hamood Hallak!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nadir gets tackled into the cage by Hallak. Hallak maintains the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nadir.
Hallak is looking to break free of the clinch but Nadir has double underhooks.
Nadir misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hallak.
Hallak prevents a body shot from Nadir.
Nadir scores with a shoulder strike.
Nadir tries to land a knee to the head but Hallak blocks with his arms.
Nadir pushes Hallak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nadir is working for takedown but Hallak is calmly controlling the position for now.
I was talking to Nadir's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nadir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hallak's elbow.
Hallak looking to stall.
A short uppercut from Nadir.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hallak can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hallak as Nadir tries to tie him up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nadir.
Nadir tries to stall but Hallak uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nadir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hallak's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hallak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nadir attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nadir swings for the body but Hallak moves out of range.
Nadir misses the jab.
Nadir throws a body punch but Hallak moves out of range.

Nadir closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hallak to the mat! Hallak manages to get full guard.
Nadir loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nadir with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hallak is trying to keep Nadir in close.
Nadir is looking to work some ground and pound but Hallak has wrist control.
Nadir working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nadir being controlled here momentarily.
Nadir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hallak is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallak keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.
Nadir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nadir throwing strikes but missing.
Nadir throwing strikes but missing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nadir scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nadir throwing strikes from guard but Hallak blocks nicely.
Nadir throwing strikes from guard but Hallak blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hallak keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.
Nadir 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.
Nadir lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nadir working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hallak looking to control.
Hallak keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nadir's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallak being controlled here, momentarily.
Nadir postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nadir throws a strike but Hallak rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Nadir wants to sweep here but Hallak controlling him for the moment.
Nadir trying to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nadir wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abed Nadir dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hallak misses with an uppercut. Nadir saw that one coming.
Nadir fails with a takedown attempt.
Nadir scores with a push kick.
Nadir lands a jab to the head.
Nadir takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nadir scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Nadir pushes Hallak up against the cage in a clinch.
Nadir digs a right hand into Hallak's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hallak's gas tank.

Hallak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hallak lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nadir slips a straight right by Hallak.
Hallak misses with a two punch combination.
Nadir looks to land a right hand but Hallak moved out of range.
Nadir throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nadir tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hallak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hallak is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Hallak misses.
A big left from Hallak misses.
Nadir fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hallak misses with a combination

and Nadir decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hallak's guard.
Nadir working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nadir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nadir loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nadir is looking to work some ground and pound but Hallak has wrist control.
Nadir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hallak works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nadir stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hallak swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hallak avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nadir throws a big elbow that misses.
Nadir postures up and lands a big shot to Hallak's brow.
Nadir wants to control from the top but Hallak keeps moving.
Nadir throwing strikes but missing.
Abed Nadir overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nadir loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nadir scoring with some ground and pound.
Nadir throws a strike but Hallak rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Nadir looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hallak is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir looking to control.
Hallak must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Nadir has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Hallak has passed into side control.
Nadir regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir is looking to improve his position.
Nadir moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hallak won't allow Nadir to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hallak decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Nadir, up you get!
Hallak stuns Nadir with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nadir.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abed Nadir dominated that second round.
That's time! Nadir's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hallak throws a series of punches but Nadir avoids them all with ease.
A big right from Nadir misses.
Nadir is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hallak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nadir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Some wild striking there from Hallak.
Nadir throws a good cross that connects.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nadir lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Hamood Hallak has been cut.
Nadir pushes Hallak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nadir keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hallak's efforts to push away.
Nadir keeps control of Hallak as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallak can't break the clinch.

Hallak's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
An inside leg kick lands from Nadir.
Hallak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Abed Nadir is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Nadir finds it's way through Hallak's defenses.
Hallak tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nadir is able to avoid easily.
Nadir showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hallak.
Hallak loads up on a big right hand but Nadir slips the punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Hallak checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hallak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hamood Hallak is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nadir thumps Hallak with a low kick.
Hallak misses with a double jab.
Nadir connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadir lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nadir shoots for a double leg takedown but Hallak sprawls well. He's pushed Nadir's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nadir fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good work by Hallak as he checks the leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hallak takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hallak just misses with a punch to the body.
Nadir slips under a jab from Hallak.
Nadir lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hallak displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nadir.
Hallak lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nadir moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Nadir manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hallak on his heels. He'll look to pass Hallak's guard now, I'm sure.
Nadir loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nadir is looking to work some ground and pound but Hallak has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nadir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nadir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hallak works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nadir lands a couple of elbows.
Nadir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nadir throwing strikes from guard but Hallak blocks nicely.
Hallak working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nadir.
Hallak utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Nadir drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Hallak manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Nadir has Hallak in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir is trying to control the position but Hallak postures up.
Nadir is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hallak can do to turn this around?
Hallak trying to control the position from guard on top but Nadir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nadir is trying to control the position but Hallak postures up.
Abed Nadir is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Hallak decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Nadir, up you get!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nadir throws a hook to the side of Hallak's head but Hallak sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nadir will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hamood Hallak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hallak misses with a wild combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abed Nadir showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nadir 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abed Nadir!
A victorious Abed Nadir thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.