PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sherif Fathy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnetic Symphony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fathy comes to the cage accompanied by Eat You Alive. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Fathy
vs
Symphony

195 cm
23
270 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

197 cm
24
211 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Steel Penn's All 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sherif Fathy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Magnetic Symphony!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Symphony misses with a wild body shot.
Fathy shoots in but no luck this time.
Fathy connects with a jab.
Symphony takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Fathy moves into the clinch.
Fathy stalling in the clinch.
Symphony misses with a punch on the inside.
Fathy keeps control of Symphony as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Symphony blocking some punches.
Symphony misses with a punch to the body.
Fathy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Symphony up against the cage.
Fathy lands with a right to the head.
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!
Symphony misses with a hook from the clinch.

Symphony breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Symphony punishes Fathy's body with a nice straight punch.
Symphony misses with a wild body shot.
Fathy shoots in for a takedown but Symphony shows good takedown defense.
Fathy blocks a head kick by Symphony.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Symphony avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fathy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Symphony moves away.
A big left from Fathy misses.
Symphony tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Symphony misses with a lunging right hand
and Fathy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Symphony looks winded!
A big right from Fathy misses.
Fathy throws a leg kick but Symphony sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fathy shoots for a takedown but Symphony saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sherif Fathy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Fathy does it's job there.
Fathy with a nice cross.
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!
Fathy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fathy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Symphony throws a leg kick but Fathy moved away.
Symphony lands with a kick to the temple. Fathy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Symphony ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Symphony gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Symphony takes a swing at Fathy's ribcage but misses.
Symphony misses with a body shot.
Fathy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Symphony is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fathy rather than just go for the knockout.
Symphony tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fathy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Symphony chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fathy can pounce on him.
Symphony blocks a low kick nicely.
Fathy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fathy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Symphony manages to avoid it.
Symphony swats away the attempt to clinch by Fathy.
Fathy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Symphony has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Symphony drops his hands momentarily and Fathy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Symphony throws a head kick that misses.
Fathy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fathy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fathy tries a head kick but it misses.
Symphony avoids a kick to the body.
Magnetic Symphony is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fathy lands a leg kick that knocks Symphony off balance momentarily.

Fathy sends Symphony crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Fathy is motioning to the referee to let Symphony up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Symphony is rocked!
Fathy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fathy throws an uppercut from hell that sends Symphony clean off his feet! He's out cold! Fathy stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sherif Fathy!
Sherif Fathy really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Conquer logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.