PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Jihad (ranked 1336 p4p, 186 weight class) and Luciano Bizarria (ranked 990 p4p, 141 weight class). Jihad comes into the arena with America! Fuck Yeah! blaring out of the sound system. Bizarria comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Arnaldo Antunes - Alta Noite kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Jihad
vs
Bizarria

183 cm
39
203 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

183 cm
31
211 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
FORCEE

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 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mohammed Jihad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luciano Bizarria!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jihad tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bizarria counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jihad won't be happy with that.
Bizarria in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jihad is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bizarria working the ground and pound from side control.
Jihad has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jihad throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Jihad is trying to get back to half guard.
Bizarria lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jihad strikes from the bottom but Bizarria takes advantage and advances to full mount!
Bizarria lands a heavy elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bizarria cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bizarria working the ground and pound effectively.
Bizarria pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bizarria lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bizarria scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Jihad is rocked!
Jihad is trying desperately to improve position.
Jihad is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Bizarria lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jihad hang on?
Bizarria cracks Jihad with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Jihad is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bizarria lands a big shot to the head and Jihad winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Luciano Bizarria!
In defeat, Mohammed Jihad stepped up to the mic, saying 'Well...shit!'.