PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jahir Shabani (ranked 4606 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iain Waddell (ranked 4746 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Shabani
vs
Waddell

180 cm
25
173 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jahir Shabani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Iain Waddell!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Topper Green and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shabani fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Shabani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Waddell throws a counter combo.

Waddell 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.

Waddell drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Waddell jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Shabani keeping moving, preventing Waddell from controlling successfully.
Waddell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waddell trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Waddell is standing up over Shabani. Shabani looks to escape but Waddell dives into side control.

Waddell looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shabani is trying to buck Waddell off.

Waddell has hold of Shabani's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Shabani seems comfortable defending it but Waddell has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Shabani is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Shabani is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Waddell couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Iain Waddell!
A very excited looking Iain Waddell made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.