PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Saladin Hussain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Cunningham has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hussain
vs
Cunningham

168 cm
25
194 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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Kayos Klothing

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Saladin Hussain !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, William Cunningham!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hussain closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cunningham can do anything to dispel that myth.

Hussain gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Hussain drives through with a takedown into Cunningham's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hussain gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Hussain scores with a takedown into Cunningham's guard.

Hussain decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cunningham, up you get!

Hussain closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Cunningham's guard.

Hussain decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hussain changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cunningham looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hussain stands up and beckons Cunningham to his feet.

Hussain drives through with a takedown into Cunningham's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Cunningham is working an open guard so Hussain takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Hussain shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Hussain decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Hussain shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cunningham is trying to defend but Hussain finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Hussain postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Cunningham to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Hussain shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cunningham napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Hussain stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hussain .
Cunningham is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Hussain decides to stand back up. Hussain steps back and let's Cunningham get back to his feet.
Cunningham looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hussain closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Hussain decides to return to a standing position.

Hussain shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hussain was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Hussain decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Hussain shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hussain was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Hussain decides to stand back up.

Hussain closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hussain lands in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cunningham looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Hussain gets to his feet. Cunningham looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Hussain feints and as Cunningham raises his hands in defense, Hussain changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cunningham throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Hussain stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Hussain darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Hussain decides to stand and escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saladin Hussain dominated that round.
That's time! Hussain 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hussain shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cunningham's guard.

Hussain stands and steps away. Cunningham gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Hussain shoots in and bounces Cunningham off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Hussain gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hussain scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Hussain decides to stand back up.

Hussain darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hussain decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Cunningham is breathing heavily.

Hussain shoots in and bounces Cunningham off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Hussain stands up and waves to Cunningham to follow him.

Hussain throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Cunningham tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Hussain is in Cunningham's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Hussain decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Hussain fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cunningham to the ground. Hussain is now in Cunningham's guard.
Hussain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cunningham can do to turn this around?

Hussain stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Hussain throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Cunningham tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Hussain is in Cunningham's guard.

Hussain gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Hussain shoots in and gets a takedown into Cunningham's guard.
Cunningham really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hussain . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Hussain gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hussain feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Hussain stands up and waves to Cunningham to follow him.

Hussain drives through with a takedown into Cunningham's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Hussain gets to his feet - Cunningham follows without any prompting.

Hussain fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cunningham to the ground. Hussain is now in Cunningham's guard.

Hussain gets to his feet. Cunningham looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hussain shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Hussain decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Hussain gets the takedown into side control.

Hussain decides to stand back up.

Hussain scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Hussain has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Hussain closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cunningham did well to prevent Hussain getting side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saladin Hussain dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hussain fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cunningham to the ground. Hussain is now in Cunningham's guard.
Cunningham has a closed guard, preventing Hussain from standing up.

Hussain gets to his feet. Cunningham looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Hussain scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Hussain stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Hussain shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Hussain decides to return to a standing position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hussain scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hussain looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Hussain decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Hussain gets the takedown into side control.

Hussain stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Hussain scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Hussain stands up.

Hussain closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Hussain stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Hussain changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cunningham looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Cunningham tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Hussain has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hussain looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Hussain decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Hussain manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Cunningham on his heels. He'll look to pass Cunningham's guard now, I'm sure.

Hussain stands up from Cunningham's guard - Hussain perhaps looking for a knockout.

Hussain shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cunningham napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hussain stands up and beckons Cunningham to his feet.

Hussain dives in and scores a takedown into Cunningham's guard.

Hussain decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Hussain looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saladin Hussain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hussain 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:24
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:24
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saladin Hussain !