PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hassan i Sabbah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Wright
vs
i Sabbah

182 cm
24
185 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

193 cm
19
187 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cedric Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hassan i Sabbah!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Sabbah misses.
Sabbah scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sabbah scores with a hook.
Sabbah smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wright fails to land the takedown.
Sabbah cracks Wright with a good jab.
Sabbah misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sabbah moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sabbah throws a right hand that Wright ducks under and follows up with a left that Wright also avoids with ease.
Hassan i Sabbah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sabbah scores with a jab.
Sabbah lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wright backs up against the cage.

Wright is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabbah lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Oh Wright is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sabbah throws a leg kick but Wright moved away.
Nice takedown defense from Sabbah. No joy for Wright on that attempt.
Wright seems to have got his legs back now.
Sabbah is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wright fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cedric Wright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Sabbah.
Sabbah uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sabbah throws a leg kick but Wright sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wright blocks a leg kick.
Sabbah digs a good hook to Wright's body.
Wright is breathing heavily.

Sabbah forces Wright back against the cage and clinches.
Sabbah gets through Wright's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wright blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sabbah lands an uppercut.

Sabbah breaks the clinch.
Hassan i Sabbah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Decent striking displayed by Sabbah there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright looks up at the clock. Bad move! Sabbah lands a right hand from hell, dropping Wright. Sabbah pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hassan i Sabbah!