PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mamad Mouba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Beltshazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Beltshazar struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Mamad Mouba has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mouba
vs
Beltshazar

178 cm
17
158 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
161 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Vikai Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mamad Mouba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryan Beltshazar!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mouba clinches up with Beltshazar and pushes him back against the cage.
Mouba scores with a hook to the body.
Mouba digs a right hand into Beltshazar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Beltshazar's gas tank.
Mouba lands an elbow that stopped Beltshazar in his tracks for a moment.
Mouba lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beltshazar or not.
Mouba keeps control of Beltshazar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Beltshazar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mouba gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mouba lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mouba lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mouba lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Beltshazar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Beltshazar takes an elbow to the forehead.

Beltshazar is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mouba creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Beltshazar's defenses.
Beltshazar is still on wobbly legs! Can Mouba finish him?
Mouba creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Beltshazar! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Mouba.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mamad Mouba!
Mamad Mouba retains his featherweight title!
Mamad Mouba seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.