QFC Tournament 389 Round 3 PBP Commentary

Co-main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Abdullah Al Abulbul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geno Giovanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Al Abulbul
vs
Giovanni

165 cm
25
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

167 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very quick

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Abdullah Al Abulbul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Geno Giovanni!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Abulbul jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Al Abulbul uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Giovanni.
Giovanni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Abulbul throws a hook to the side of Giovanni's head but Giovanni sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Al Abulbul looks to score with a jab to the body but Giovanni is just out of range.
Al Abulbul shoots for a takedown but Giovanni saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Giovanni stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Giovanni wants it to stay on the feet.
No luck for Al Abulbul with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abdullah Al Abulbul. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Giovanni connects with a nice looking jab.
Al Abulbul misses with a hook.

Al Abulbul drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Giovanni wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Abulbul working away.

Al Abulbul is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Giovanni is trying to escape and Al Abulbul transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Giovanni is forced to tap! Nice work there by Al Abulbul! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Abdullah Al Abulbul!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
28%

Main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between TW Two (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tournament Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Two
vs
Winner

170 cm
25
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

167 cm
25
144 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, TW Two!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tournament Winner!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winner jabs at Two's body.
Winner throws a right hand that Two ducks under and follows up with a left that Two also avoids with ease.
Two swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Winner counters with a series of strikes. Two will be more careful next time no doubt.
Two swings for the body but Winner moves out of range.
Winner fails to land with a series of punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Winner.
Two swings away with a body shot that misses
and Winner counters with a nice body shot.
Winner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Winner moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Two on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Winner lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Two is rocked!
Winner lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Two falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tournament Winner!
Tournament Winner decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.