PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ahmed El Shaarawy (ranked 3637 p4p, 6374 weight class) and Bao Cheung (ranked 453 p4p, 646 weight class). Cheung is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fei Long. Bao Cheung acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

El Shaarawy
vs
Cheung

208 cm
21
266
0 - 0 - 0

218 cm
18
245
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ahmed El Shaarawy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bao Cheung!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheung is looking to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from El Shaarawy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cheung is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cheung misses with a wild combination.

El Shaarawy has taken the fight to the clinch.

El Shaarawy ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. El Shaarawy no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now El Shaarawy is on top in guard.

El Shaarawy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Shaarawy passes Cheung's left leg - he's now in half guard.
El Shaarawy scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Shaarawy is controlling the pace.
Cheung looks like he's trying to stand up.
El Shaarawy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
El Shaarawy works his foot free and advances to mount.
El Shaarawy content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheung wants to get back to his feet.
El Shaarawy takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Cheung wants to get back to his feet but in bucking up he's left an arm hanging out! El Shaarawy has locked onto it and has pulled off a slick armbar! Cheung taps furiously! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ahmed El Shaarawy!