PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yef Yew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sameh Mahmoud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Yew
vs
Mahmoud

187 cm
23
194 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

180 cm
27
193 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yef Yew!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sameh Mahmoud!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahmoud lands a really nice looking cross but Yew seems unphased.
Mahmoud comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mahmoud looks to land a left hand but Yew moved out of range nicely.
Yew throws a hook but Mahmoud avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Mahmoud.
Yew has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Yew works Mahmoud's body with a nice hook.
Sameh Mahmoud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yew misses with a lunging right hand
and Mahmoud cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mahmoud avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mahmoud digs a good body shot into Yew's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahmoud throws a right hand that misses
and Yew cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mahmoud slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Mahmoud on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mahmoud throws a right hand that misses
and Yew counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mahmoud lands with a hook. Yew tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mahmoud misses with a body shot.
Mahmoud swings for the body but Yew moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yew looks to score with a jab to the body but Mahmoud is just out of range.
Mahmoud moves out of range of the strikes.

Mahmoud pushes Yew up against the cage in a clinch.
Mahmoud trying to land knees to the body.
Mahmoud misses with a punch on the inside.
Yew misses with some punches.
Yew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yew swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahmoud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahmoud stalling in the clinch.
Yew misses with the head strike.
Yew has a couple of punches blocked by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Mahmoud.

It looks like Yef Yew has been cut.
Mahmoud struggles to land a body shot inside as Yew controls his hands.
Mahmoud looking to throw knees to the head but Yew is blocking nicely.
Yew lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mahmoud lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahmoud lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yew backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Yew.
Yew swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yew tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yew pushes Mahmoud back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mahmoud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mahmoud pushes Yew back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yew.
Mahmoud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahmoud throws a head punch that misses.
Mahmoud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mahmoud lands a good knee to the midsection. Yew won't want to take too many of those.
Mahmoud misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yew.
Mahmoud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yew avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yew.
Mahmoud misses with a punch on the inside.
Yew blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mahmoud comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mahmoud lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mahmoud lands a body shot.
Mahmoud lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yew backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Yew seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mahmoud can turn it around.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yew lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mahmoud backwards.
Yew misses with a punch on the inside.
Mahmoud lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yew.
Mahmoud lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yew backwards.
Yew takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Mahmoud.
Mahmoud lands a hook that snaps the head of Yew backwards.
Yew avoiding damage as Mahmoud throws knees to the body.
Yew struggles to land a body shot inside as Mahmoud controls his hands.
Yew lands a body shot.
Mahmoud working aggressively here.
Yew pushes Mahmoud back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yew goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yew working aggressively here.
Mahmoud swings wildly with an uppercut but Yew uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahmoud blocks a body shot from Yew.
Yew lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hand to the body from Mahmoud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mahmoud working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yew lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mahmoud lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yew prevents a body shot from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud blocks an uppercut.
Mahmoud scores with a shoulder strike.
Yew swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mahmoud lands a hook that snaps the head of Yew backwards.
Mahmoud lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mahmoud's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yew working aggressively here.
Yew throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahmoud.
Yew lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Yew fails to land.
Mahmoud scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yew tries to work over Mahmoud's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yew avoiding damage as Mahmoud throws knees to the body.
Mahmoud tries a knee to the head but Yew blocks it.
Yew tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahmoud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yew doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sameh Mahmoud dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yef Yew's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Yew misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mahmoud.
Yew ducks under a wild hook from Mahmoud.
Yew thows a left - swing and a miss!
A left and a right from Mahmoud both land. Nice combination.

Mahmoud clinches up against the cage.
Mahmoud has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mahmoud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yew lands a hook that snaps the head of Mahmoud backwards.
Mahmoud lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahmoud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahmoud.
Yew lands a shot to the body.
Mahmoud's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yew misses with a punch on the inside.
Yew struggles to land a body shot inside as Mahmoud controls his hands.
Yew lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yew.
Mahmoud scores a nice knee to the body.
Mahmoud lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mahmoud is working Yew over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud leaning against his opponent.
Mahmoud cracks Yew with a nice body shot.
Mahmoud throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mahmoud lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mahmoud lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Mahmoud.
Still in the clinch, Mahmoud scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mahmoud working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mahmoud misses with a punch to the body.
Mahmoud pushes Yew back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mahmoud throws a head punch that misses.
Yew misses with a punch on the inside.
Mahmoud is pushing Yew up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Yew swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahmoud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahmoud throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yews head.
Sameh Mahmoud seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahmoud misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yew managing to block the knees to the body from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yew throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahmoud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yew.
Mahmoud lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yew backwards.
Mahmoud lands a hook that snaps the head of Yew backwards.
Mahmoud lands with a short shot to the head.
Mahmoud lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mahmoud working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mahmoud tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahmoud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mahmoud is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahmoud.
Yew struggles to land a body shot inside as Mahmoud controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yew.
Mahmoud scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yew lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yew.

It looks like Sameh Mahmoud has been cut.
Mahmoud struggles to land a body shot inside as Yew controls his hands.
Mahmoud connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yew's face.
Yew swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahmoud uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yew lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mahmoud backwards.
Yew working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yew tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mahmoud cracks Yew with a nice body shot.
Yew cracks Mahmoud with a nice body shot.
Yew blocks an uppercut.
Mahmoud misses with some punches.
Yew softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mahmoud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahmoud scores with a shoulder strike.
Mahmoud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahmoud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Mahmoud fails to land.
Mahmoud lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yew backwards.
Mahmoud fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yew misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yew can't find room to land a body shot as Mahmoud controls the action.
Mahmoud lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahmoud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yew avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yew.
Yew tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahmoud gets through Yew's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mahmoud - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Yew misses with the head strike.
Mahmoud blocks a body shot from Yew.
Yew misses with a punch on the inside.
Mahmoud blocks a body shot from Yew.
Yew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahmoud misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Yew.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mahmoud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yew throws a head punch that misses.
Mahmoud misses with some punches.
Yew tries to work over Mahmoud's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahmoud scores with a shot to the side of Yew's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sameh Mahmoud showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Yew gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yew takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mahmoud scores with a nice head shot.
Yew just misses with a punch to the body.
Mahmoud misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yew.
Yew blocks a head kick by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mahmoud's corner calls for a 1-2. Mahmoud obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mahmoud jabs Yew to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yew swings for the body but Mahmoud moves out of range.
Mahmoud rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yew counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mahmoud doesn't manage to clinch there - Yew circles away.
Yew takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud misses with a shot to the body
and Mahmoud takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sameh Mahmoud seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yew steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mahmoud.
Yew stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mahmoud.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mahmoud looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yew digs a good body shot into Mahmoud's ribs.
Yew uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mahmoud lands a nice looking body shot.
Mahmoud staying out of range there.
A nice side step and Mahmoud releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A jab from Yew misses.
Yew tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mahmoud was well out of range. Poor timing from Yew.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mahmoud moves out of range as Yew strikes.
Yew gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mahmoud.
Yew misses with a shot to the body
and Mahmoud counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Yew misses the target.
Mahmoud looks to throw a body kick
and Yew counters with a nice uppercut.
Mahmoud scores with a jab to the head.
Mahmoud scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yew's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mahmoud connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yew scrambles back to his feet.
Yew takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mahmoud swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Yew misses the target.
Mahmoud is looking to land body kicks.
Mahmoud digs a good hook to Yew's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mahmoud instigates a clinch.
Mahmoud struggles to land a body shot inside as Yew controls his hands.
Mahmoud misses with some punches.
Yew misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yew is leaning against Mahmoud and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mahmoud takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yew.
Yew lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahmoud.
Yew lands a right hand.
Mahmoud takes a shot to the head.
Mahmoud misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yew.
Yew throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mahmoud blocks an uppercut.
Mahmoud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mahmoud's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yew lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yew misses with a body punch.
Yew lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahmoud has a couple of punches blocked by Yew.
Yew tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahmoud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud lands a nice uppercut.
Mahmoud lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yew backwards.
Yew misses with a punch to the body.
Yew tries to throw a body punch but Mahmoud avoids it by throwing Yew back against the cage.
Mahmoud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yew throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mahmouds head.
Yew lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mahmoud lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mahmoud misses with a body punch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mahmoud obliges.
Mahmoud tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yew's elbow.
Mahmoud lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mahmoud blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mahmoud has a couple of punches blocked by Yew.
Yew working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Sameh Mahmoud just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Yew takes one on the button.
Mahmoud ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mahmoud throws a shot from downtown. Yew moves away and avoids it.
Mahmoud fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mahmoud scores with the left hand. Yew knows he should have avoided that one.
Mahmoud stuns Yew with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mahmoud. That's going to slow Yew down.
Mahmoud works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yew throws a lazy right hand but Mahmoud sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahmoud tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yew was well out of range. Poor timing from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yew to score with a decent uppercut.
Yew ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mahmoud moves away.
Mahmoud ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Yew.
Mahmoud scores with a decent looking hook.
Mahmoud is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yew throws an off balance right hand
and Mahmoud counters with a nice uppercut.
Mahmoud displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yew throws out the jab.
Mahmoud uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yew.
Yew paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yew uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mahmoud.
Yew connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mahmoud swings widly with a right hand
and Yew counters with a stiff right hand.
Mahmoud swings away with a body shot that misses
and Yew counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud moves out of range as Yew strikes.
Mahmoud staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yew shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jab, jab by Yew - just one landing.
Mahmoud fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yew.
Mahmoud wants to clinch up but Yew keeps it at a distance.
Yew thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mahmoud swings for the body but Yew moves out of range.
Yew throws a looping overhand right but Mahmoud ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mahmoud! But no joy.
Yew missing with a left hand there. Mahmoud was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yew ducks under a wild hook from Mahmoud.
Yew throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mahmoud swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yew was well out of range. Poor timing from Mahmoud.
Yew misses with a hook

and Mahmoud counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mahmoud tries to work over Yew's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahmoud throws a punch but it's blocked by Yew.
Mahmoud misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yew.
Mahmoud lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Mahmoud fails to land.
Mahmoud misses with a punch on the inside.
Mahmoud blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahmoud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yew.
Yew blocks an uppercut.
Mahmoud working Yew over with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Yew.
Yew swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahmoud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yew cracks Mahmoud with a nice body shot.
Yew softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mahmoud blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yew swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahmoud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahmoud lands with a light punch inside.
Yew throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud tries to throw a body punch but Yew avoids it by throwing Mahmoud back against the cage.
Mahmoud connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yew's face.
Mahmoud lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yew backwards.
Mahmoud looking to throw knees to the head but Yew is blocking nicely.
Mahmoud tries a body shot but Yew blocks it.
Mahmoud blocking some punches.
Mahmoud lands a shot to the body.
Mahmoud tries a body shot but Yew blocks it.
Mahmoud throws a head punch that misses.
Yew lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mahmoud trying to land knees to the body.
Mahmoud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahmoud working aggressively here.
Mahmoud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sameh Mahmoud dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Yew on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mahmoud. Mahmoud obviously looking to wear him down.
A big right from Yew misses.
Mahmoud takes one to the chin there.
Yew throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mahmoud throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yew was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mahmoud takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mahmoud swings away with a body shot that misses
and Yew counters with a stiff right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud misses with a left hand
and Yew connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahmoud displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yew throws out the jab.
Yew swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yew throws a right hand that misses
and Mahmoud counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mahmoud throws a low kick but Yew avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yew needs to keep his hands up - Mahmoud had a free shot at his head there.
Mahmoud uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yew.
Yew takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yew missing with a left hand there. Mahmoud was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mahmoud tries to clinch up.
Yew swings widly with a right hand
and Mahmoud counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Yew dodges the punch combination from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud scores with a decent looking hook.
Mahmoud wants to clinch up but Yew keeps it at a distance.
Yew uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mahmoud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud staying out of range there.
Yew misses with an uppercut

and Mahmoud moves into the clinch.
Mahmoud misses with a punch on the inside.
Mahmoud throws a punch but it's blocked by Yew.
Mahmoud lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yew.
Yew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahmoud blocking some punches.
Mahmoud blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahmoud lands with a left to the head.
Mahmoud scores with a shot to the side of Yew's head.
Yew prevents a body shot from Mahmoud.
Yew fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mahmoud lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yew misses with a punch to the body.
Mahmoud working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Yew is rocked!
Yew misses with some punches.
Oh Yew is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mahmoud misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sameh Mahmoud is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yew seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yew throws a head punch that misses.
Mahmoud missing with knees to the body.
Mahmoud misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yew.
Mahmoud prevents a body shot from Yew.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mahmoud blocks an uppercut.
Yew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahmoud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Yew.
Yew looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yew tries a body shot but Mahmoud blocks it.
Yew misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahmoud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mahmoud's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yew tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yew.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yew tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahmoud's elbow.
Yew pushes Mahmoud back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yew.
Yew blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mahmoud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mahmoud misses with some punches.
Mahmoud blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yef Yew has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mahmoud lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mahmoud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yew has a couple of punches blocked by Mahmoud.
Yew misses with some punches.
Yew tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahmoud's elbow.
Mahmoud misses with a body punch.
Mahmoud unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mahmoud lands with a right to the head.
Mahmoud swings wildly with an uppercut but Yew uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahmoud misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sameh Mahmoud.
Well Mahmoud has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 46:50
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sameh Mahmoud!
Sameh Mahmoud is the new middleweight champion!
As Sameh Mahmoud got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I want my title back'.