PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed al Hadj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cold Cat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Hadj comes into the arena with Lebanon blaring out of the sound system. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

al Hadj
vs
Cat

191 cm
28
200 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

197 cm
29
203 lbs
12 - 6 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155

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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohamed al Hadj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 2, fighting out of London, Cold Cat!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cat blocks a head kick by al Hadj.
Cat thows a leg kick but al Hadj checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cat throws a head kick but al Hadj moves out of range.
al Hadj rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cat cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
al Hadj tries to land a leg kick but Cat saw it coming and moves away.
Cat blocks a low kick nicely.
al Hadj pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from al Hadj.
al Hadj is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cat connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed al Hadj momentarily.
Cat defending well as al Hadj loads up on a big left hand.
al Hadj misses with a body kick.
al Hadj misses with a body kick.
Cat blocks a head kick by al Hadj.

al Hadj moves into range and clinches up with Cat.
Cat lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cat lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cat works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, al Hadj just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cat's brow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from al Hadj.
Cat tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
al Hadj throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
A head punch blocked on the inside by al Hadj.
Cat tries to throw a body punch but al Hadj avoids it by throwing Cat back against the cage.
al Hadj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cat lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cat throws an elbow but misses.
al Hadj creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cat is trying to break the clinch but al Hadj is controlling him.
al Hadj tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cat avoids it.
al Hadj unloads a knee to the mid-section.
al Hadj throws an elbow but it misses.
Cat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
al Hadj managing to block the knees to the body from Cat.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, al Hadj just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cat's brow.
al Hadj misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cat is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by al Hadj.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
al Hadj with a knee to the head.
al Hadj tries to land knees in the clinch but Cat avoids the damage to the body.
al Hadj pushes off an throws an elbow but Cat leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cat lands a left hand that snaps the head of al Hadj backwards.
Cat avoids the elbow strike from al Hadj, against the cage.
Cat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cat swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Cat manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

al Hadj avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
al Hadj throws a big elbow that misses.
al Hadj throwing strikes from guard but Cat blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
al Hadj throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cat wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Cat working a defensive guard here.

Cat looking for submissions from the bottom but instead al Hadj passes into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cat gets back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
al Hadj missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Hadj makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Cat is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but al Hadj frees his head nicely. Oh but Cat has switched to an armbar! al Hadj is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Cold Cat!
Cold Cat very nearly forgot to thank GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.