PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hassan i Sabbah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sabbah comes into the arena with War Dogs blaring out of the sound system. Jimmy Blair has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

i Sabbah
vs
Blair

193 cm
25
187 lbs
20 - 1 - 0

197 cm
30
192 lbs
20 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hassan i Sabbah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Blair!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Blair finds it's target.
Blair jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sabbah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sabbah tries to score with a low kick but Blair moves his leg out of the way.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blair. Sabbah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blair connects with a crisp jab.
Sabbah throws a body punch but Blair moves out of range.
Sabbah thuds his right hand into Blair's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sabbah showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blair.
Blair takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Blair lands a glancing blow to the side of Sabbah's head.
Blair throws a poor cross that misses

and Sabbah counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Blair throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blair with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Sabbah.
Blair looking to throw knees to the head but Sabbah is blocking nicely.
Blair missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sabbah avoids it.
Blair looking to throw knees to the head but Sabbah is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Sabbah.
Sabbah lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blair or not.
Sabbah is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Blair misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sabbah.
Sabbah is working Blair over against the cage.
Good body shot from Sabbah.
Blair tries a knee to the head but Sabbah blocks it.
Nice body punch from Sabbah - that landed with a thud.
Blair misses with a knee to the head.
Blair tries to land a knee to the head but Sabbah blocks with his arms.
Blair looking to throw knees to the head but Sabbah is blocking nicely.
Blair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sabbah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blair with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blair misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sabbah.
Blair trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blair misses with a knee to the head.
Blair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sabbah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blair looks gassed!
Sabbah pressing his opponent against the cage.
Blair with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right from Sabbah.
Sabbah works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blair letting Sabbah take a breather here.
Blair missing with knees to the body.
Blair tries a knee to the head but Sabbah blocks it.
Blair misses with a knee strike.
Sabbah makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sabbah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sabbah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sabbah digs a right hand underneath Blair's ribcage. Blair let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Sabbah.
Sabbah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabbah avoiding damage.
Sabbah works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blair misses with a knee strike.
Blair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hand to the body from Sabbah.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sabbah.
Sabbah dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Blair throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sabbah blocks it with crossed arms.
Sabbah taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Blair misses with a knee strike.
Sabbah lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blair tries to land knees in the clinch but Sabbah avoids the damage to the body.
Sabbah lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blair backwards.
Blair letting Sabbah take a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sabbah throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Sabbah.
Blair misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sabbah.
Blair misses with a knee strike.

Sabbah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sabbah feints and then cracks Blair's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blair down.

Sabbah closes the distance and pushes Blair back into the cage.
Sabbah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blair backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Sabbah.
Sabbah managing to block the knees to the body from Blair.
Blair with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sabbah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sabbah lands an uppercut.
Blair misses with a knee strike.
Sabbah managing to block the knees to the body from Blair.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hassan i Sabbah dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sabbah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blair was well out of range. Poor timing from Sabbah.
Sabbah delivers a nice body kick.
Blair misses with an uppercut
letting Sabbah counter with a right hand.
Sabbah feints and then cracks Blair's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blair down.
Blair throws a body punch but Sabbah moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sabbah.
Sabbah lands a high kick!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sabbah, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabbah fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blair on the side of the head.
Sabbah looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sabbah throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blair stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Blair tries to keep at a distance but Sabbah has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blair is breathing heavily.
Sabbah lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blair or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sabbah - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sabbah pushes Blair back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blair letting Sabbah take a breather here.
Sabbah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sabbah scores with a shot to the side of Blair's head.
Sabbah lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sabbah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sabbah effectively controlling the action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sabbah.
Sabbah managing to block the knees to the body from Blair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blair with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A shot in the inside from Sabbah.
A bit of stalling here from Sabbah.
Sabbah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blair throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Sabbah.
Sabbah leaning against his opponent.
Sabbah pushes Blair back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sabbah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Sabbah.
Sabbah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blair backwards.
Sabbah is working Blair over against the cage.
Sabbah leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sabbah pushes Blair back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Sabbah as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sabbah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sabbah explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sabbah connects with a looping right hand.
Blair blocks a head kick by Sabbah.
Sabbah chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sabbah. That's going to slow Blair down.
Sabbah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sabbah fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Blair is out of range.
Blair throws a right hand that misses

and Sabbah counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sabbah.
Blair misses with a knee strike.
Sabbah lands a shot to the body.
Sabbah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blair backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabbah is working Blair over against the cage.
Sabbah dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sabbah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sabbah.
Sabbah stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sabbah.
Stalling in the clinch from Sabbah.
Blair tries a knee to the head but Sabbah blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Sabbah.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sabbah takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sabbah cracks Blair with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Sabbah - that landed with a thud.
Sabbah lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hassan i Sabbah dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A nice leg kick lands there from Sabbah.
Sabbah lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blair backs up against the cage.
Sabbah's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sabbah duly obliges.
Sabbah buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sabbah pushes Blair back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sabbah is pushing Blair up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sabbah lands with a light punch inside.
Sabbah content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Blair tries a knee to the head but Sabbah blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabbah lands an uppercut.
Blair takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blair throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sabbah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sabbah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sabbah pushes Blair back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blair letting Sabbah take a breather here.
Sabbah lands with a left to the head.
Blair tries a knee to the head but Sabbah blocks it.
Nice body punch from Sabbah.
Blair tries to land a knee to the head but Sabbah blocks with his arms.
Sabbah managing to block the knees to the body from Blair.
Sabbah lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sabbah lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blair or not.
Sabbah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blair can do to turn this around?
Sabbah stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A shot in the inside from Sabbah.
Come on Sabbah - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Blair throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sabbah blocks it with crossed arms.
Blair's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sabbah lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sabbah is working Blair over against the cage.
Nice body punch from Sabbah - that landed with a thud.
A nice left hand lands by Sabbah.
Blair trying to land knees to the body.
Sabbah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blairs head.
Hassan i Sabbah has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sabbah lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blair or not.
Blair throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sabbah lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sabbah.
Sabbah taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sabbah.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabbah gets through Blair's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sabbah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blair backwards.
Sabbah avoiding damage as Blair throws knees to the body.
Sabbah scores with a shoulder strike.

Sabbah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hassan i Sabbah is winning the standup battle so far.
Sabbah feints a jab promting Blair to slip. Sabbah then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Blair slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sabbah!
Sabbah connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sabbah lands a head kick. Blair smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sabbah scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Sabbah has managed to clinch.
Blair takes a shot to the head.
Blair throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabbah works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sabbah.
Sabbah just leaning against Blair, taking a breather.
Sabbah presses Blair against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sabbah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sabbah pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blair throws a poor cross that misses
and Sabbah counters with an outside leg kick.
Sabbah lands a jab to Blair's midsection.
Blair takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sabbah lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A head kick misses from Sabbah.
Sabbah throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hassan i Sabbah clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Blair takes one to the chin there.
Blair looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Blair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blair swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sabbah counters with a nice body kick.
Blair throws an off balance right hand
and Sabbah counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blair's knee momentarily.
Sabbah swings widly with a right hand
and Blair counters with a left to the body.
Sabbah scores with a shot to the body.
Sabbah clobbers Blair with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Blair throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sabbah counters with an inside leg kick.
Blair checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sabbah, right into the meat.

Sabbah clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabbah taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Sabbah for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Blair is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Sabbah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blair tries to land knees in the clinch but Sabbah avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sabbah.
A body shot lands from Sabbah.
Sabbah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blair tries a knee to the head but Sabbah blocks it.
Sabbah scores with a hook to the body.
Sabbah lands a body punch.
Sabbah lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Sabbah scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blair missing with knees to the body.
Sabbah lands a hook that snaps the head of Blair backwards.
Sabbah stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabbah scores with a hook to the body.
Sabbah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sabbah displaying some good clinch control by pressing Blair up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Sabbah.
Come on Sabbah - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sabbah is working Blair over against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sabbah.
Sabbah lands with a light punch inside.
Sabbah lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blair backwards.
Sabbah is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sabbah.
Blair with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair looking to throw knees to the head but Sabbah is blocking nicely.
Blair with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sabbah effectively controlling the action here.
Sabbah lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blair.
Blair tries a knee to the head but Sabbah blocks it.
Sabbah scores with a shot to the side of Blair's head.
Sabbah lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sabbah lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sabbah lands with a light punch inside.
Blair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sabbah lands a nice uppercut.
Sabbah lands a body shot.
A short right from Sabbah.
Sabbah lands a right hand.
Sabbah lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sabbah stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Sabbah.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sabbah - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sabbah lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sabbah lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sabbah is pushing Blair up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Blair's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stalling in the clinch from Sabbah.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hassan i Sabbah.
Sabbah pivots, looking for a leg kick but Blair is out of range and Sabbah settles back down.
Blair avoids the head kick by Sabbah.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hassan i Sabbah had his way with Jimmy Blair in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Blair lunges at Sabbah with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sabbah's hand.
Sabbah scores with a jab to the jaw.
Blair on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sabbah walks into a straight right hand from Blair.
Sabbah tries to land a leg kick but Blair saw it coming and moves away.
Sabbah throws a hook but Blair blocks it.
Blair swings widly with a right hand
and Sabbah counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Blair is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Blair misses with a straight right.
Blair misses with a lunging right hand
and Sabbah counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blair ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sabbah moves away.
Sabbah throws a front kick aimed at Blair's knee but Blair avoids it well.
Blair swings widly with a right hand
and Sabbah counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabbah misses with a low kick.
Blair misses with a jab to the body
and Sabbah counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice jab there from Sabbah.
Blair throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sabbah counters with an inside leg kick.
Blair misses with an uppercut.
Sabbah tries to work over Blair's front leg with a kick but Blair checks it.
Blair throws a right hand that misses
and Sabbah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sabbah misses with a hook. Blair ducked under it nicely.
Blair throws a shot to the body.
Sabbah throws a leg kick which misses Blair's front leg but catches the back leg as Blair tries to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Blair throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blair chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sabbah can pounce on him.
Blair is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabbah avoids the body shot from Blair.
Sabbah throws a quick inside leg kick.
Blair throws a hook but Sabbah blocks it.
Sabbah fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sabbah.
Sabbah scoring well with a low kick there.
Blair lands with a cross.
Blair stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sabbah.
Sabbah throws a right and a left that Blair avoids nicely.
Blair misses with a right hand
and Sabbah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sabbah throws a chopping leg kick but Blair manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sabbah has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sabbah there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabbah fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A jab from Blair misses.
Sabbah delivers a nice body kick.
Sabbah feints and then cracks Blair's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blair down.
Sabbah connects with an inside leg kick.
Blair needs to keep his hands up - Sabbah had a free shot at his head there.
Sabbah misses with a wild body shot.
Sabbah lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blair's sensitive parts.
Blair throws an off balance right hand
and Sabbah makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sabbah is looking to slow Blair down with leg kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sabbah.

Sabbah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sabbah.
Jimmy Blair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabbah lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sabbah scores with a shoulder strike.
Sabbah lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blair or not.

Sabbah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blair swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sabbah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sabbah throws a head kick that Blair semi-blocks.
Blair has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sabbah.
Sabbah scores with a spinning back kick!
Sabbah throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sabbah catches Blair with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hassan i Sabbah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sabbah.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sabbah throws a quick inside leg kick.

Sabbah gets a clinch.
Sabbah lands a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hassan i Sabbah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sabbah has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 50:43
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 50:42
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 50:42

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hassan i Sabbah!
Hassan i Sabbah retains his middleweight title!