PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Suleyman Ibrahim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Babandiishe Chimutengwende (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ibrahim comes to the cage accompanied by Drugs, Thugs and Machetes. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Ibrahim
vs
Chimutengwende

205 cm
19
260 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
27
230 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Suleyman Ibrahim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Babandiishe Chimutengwende!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chimutengwende throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chimutengwende moves out of range of the body kick.
Ibrahim stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ibrahim wants it to stay on the feet.
Suleyman Ibrahim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ibrahim throws a shot to the body.
Ibrahim lands with a nice body punch.
Ibrahim lands with a nice body kick.
Chimutengwende throws the left hand but Ibrahim avoids the punch easily.
Chimutengwende has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ibrahim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chimutengwende moves away.
Chimutengwende misses with a leg kick
and Ibrahim counters with a nice body kick.
Chimutengwende has his takedown stuffed
and Ibrahim counters with a nice kick to the body.
Chimutengwende looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibrahim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chimutengwende. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibrahim misses with a series of wild punches.
Chimutengwende fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Suleyman Ibrahim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Babandiishe Chimutengwende.
Ibrahim connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chimutengwende's hands.
Chimutengwende on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ibrahim scores with a jab to the body.
Ibrahim lands with an uppercut that bounces Chimutengwende off the cage and back into range.
Chimutengwende swings widly with a right hand
and Ibrahim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ibrahim avoids the body shot from Chimutengwende.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chimutengwende on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ibrahim buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chimutengwende with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ibrahim to score with a decent uppercut.
Ibrahim is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ibrahim scores with the left hand. Chimutengwende knows he should have avoided that one.
Ibrahim delivers a nice body kick.
Chimutengwende stuns Ibrahim with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ibrahim bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chimutengwende's head.
Chimutengwende takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Chimutengwende throws a jab but it's blocked by Ibrahim.
Chimutengwende wants to slow Ibrahim down by chopping away at his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahim works the jab nicely.

Chimutengwende is rocked!
Ibrahim comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ibrahim throws a monster overhand right that drops Chimutengwende! Ibrahim follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Suleyman Ibrahim!
Our winner, Suleyman Ibrahim, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.