PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Badr Al Din (ranked 1250 p4p, 193 weight class) and Kazuma Kuwabara (ranked 398 p4p, 65 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Al Din might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to RUNNING BACK. Kuwabara has chosen Kazuma Kuwabara Theme as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Al Din
vs
Kuwabara

187 cm
24
209 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Badr Al Din!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kazuma Kuwabara!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Watson and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuwabara swings widly with a right hand
and Al Din connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Al Din throws a leg kick but Kuwabara sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kuwabara stuns Al Din with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kuwabara is trying hard to land a takedown here. Al Din sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Al Din throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kuwabara counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Al Din gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kuwabara.
Al Din misses with a low kick.
Al Din throws a body punch but Kuwabara moves out of range.
A lazy body kick from Al Din

and Kuwabara counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Kuwabara drops back looking for a leg! Al Din is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Al Din manages to kick Kuwabara off! Kuwabara jumps back into Al Din's guard.

Kuwabara is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Al Din escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kuwabara gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kuwabara avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Al Din is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Al Din throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Kuwabara drops back looking for a leg! Al Din is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Al Din manages to kick Kuwabara off! Kuwabara jumps back into Al Din's guard.

Kuwabara is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Al Din is pulling down on Kuwabara's head. It's preventing any offense from Kuwabara, at least for the moment.

Kuwabara drops back looking for a leg! Al Din is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Al Din manages to kick Kuwabara off! Kuwabara jumps back into Al Din's guard.

Kuwabara got a little sloppy there for a moment and Al Din has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kuwabara has managed to get both his arms back between Al Din's legs - danger averted.

Kuwabara has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Al Din to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Kuwabara is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Al Din pulls down on the head and he's put Kuwabara to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Badr Al Din!
Badr Al Din thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Kazuma Kuwabara was interviewed post fight and said 'We all have to die when our time comes, but if we do our duty we don't got regrets'.