PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Smith (ranked 4137 p4p, 5629 weight class) and Cayden Abner (ranked 470 p4p, 553 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Metronomy - Salted Caramel Ice Cream. Abner comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bulls On Parade kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! John Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Smith
vs
Abner

182 cm
22
190
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
186
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cayden Abner!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Abner. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith walks into a jab.
Smith staying out of range there.
Abner misses with a head kick.
Cayden Abner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith lands with a good body shot.
Abner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Abner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice cross by Smith.
Abner throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Abner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Abner pushes him off.
Abner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Abner throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith tries to clinch there but Abner circles away.
Smith throws an off balance right hand

and Abner counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Abner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abner's elbow.
Abner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Abner is trying to break free.
Abner misses with a punch on the inside.
Abner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Abner lands a body shot in the clinch.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Smith breaks the clinch.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Abner pushes him off.
Abner has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Smith has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smith there as he acknowledges the shot.
Abner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Smith was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Abner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.

Abner closes the distance and clinches.
Abner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abner blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Abner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abner working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Abner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Smith clinches.
Abner misses with a hook to the ribs.

Abner manages to break the clinch.
Abner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Abner to score with a decent uppercut.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abner misses with a body shot.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
A head kick from Abner lands but Smith takes it in his stride.
Abner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Abner lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Abner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Abner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith moves to clinch but Abner breaks away
and Abner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Abner keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch there but Abner circles away.

Smith gets a clinch.
Abner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abner backwards.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
Abner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Abner controls the action.
Abner struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abner.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.

Abner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to clinch up but Abner keeps it at a distance.
Smith tries to clinch but Abner moves out of range.
Abner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Smith clinches.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Abner.
Smith leaning against his opponent.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abner's elbow.
Abner working aggressively here.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Abner.
Abner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith slowing the pace effectively.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Smith seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abner digs a right hand underneath Smith's ribcage. Smith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Abner lands a body punch in the clinch.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Abner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Abner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abner tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Abner lands a really nice looking cross but Smith seems unphased.
A slapping leg kick lands for Abner.
Smith takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slow jab from Abner misses its intended target.
Abner dips to his left and cracks Smith with an uppercut!
Smith tries to clinch up but Abner circles away and keeps his distance.
Abner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Smith is out of range and Abner settles back down.
Abner keeps the fight on the outside.
Abner thumps Smith with a low kick.
Abner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith tries to clinch but Abner is having none of it.
Abner blocks a jab.
Abner throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A low kick lands for Abner.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abner throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Abner misses with a straight right.
Abner goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Abner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abner's jab looks to have found its range, popping Smith under the eye.
Abner with the inside leg kick.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abner.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Smith tries to clinch there but Abner circles away.
Smith lands a body shot.
Abner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Smith tries to clinch but Abner is having none of it.
Smith avoids the body shot from Abner.
Abner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Abner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Abner with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abner loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Smith is looking to wear down Abner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Abner throws out a leg kick but Smith moves out of range and Abner only half commits.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Abner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith tries to clinch up but Abner circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Abner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Abner on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith looks to clinch
and Abner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Abner throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abner manages to avoid it.
Abner throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.

Abner tries to keep at a distance but Smith has taken the fight into the clinch.
Abner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Abner.
Abner misses with a body punch.
Abner digs a right hand into Smith's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smith's gas tank.
Abner throws a head punch that misses.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Abner misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abner working aggressively here.
John Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith prevents a body shot from Abner.
Abner lands a body shot.
Abner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Abner breaks the clinch.
Abner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Abner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Abner misses with a kick to the body
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
Smith tries to clinch but Abner moves out of range.
Abner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Abner swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.

Smith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Abner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Abner lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abner blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith misses with some punches.
Abner lands a body punch.
Abner lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abner throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Abner gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Abner lands with a right to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Abner.
Smith trying to stall but Abner improves his position.
Still in the clinch, Abner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abner tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Smith throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cayden Abner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Abner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smiths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Abner throws a body shot but no joy.
Abner throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Smith misses with a jab to the body
letting Abner counter with a right hand.
Abner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Abner with a nice calf kick.
Decent striking displayed by Abner there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Abner.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Abner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abner. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith is looking to clinch but Abner is avoiding it.
A slow jab from Abner misses its intended target.
Abner lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abner misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abner. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abner circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abner lands a nice looking body shot.
Smith blocks a head kick by Abner.
Abner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Abner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Abner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith is looking to clinch.

Abner instigates a clinch.

Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Abner keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand
and Abner counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abner.
Smith slips under a jab from Abner.
Smith was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Abner swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Abner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Abner scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Abner.
Abner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith tries to clinch but Abner is having none of it.
Abner scores with a body shot.
Smith tries to clinch but Abner is having none of it.
Smith tries to clinch but Abner moves out of range.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Abner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Abner.
Smith is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Abner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Abner pushes him off.
Smith thuds his right hand into Abner's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abner misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Abner looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Abner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
A quick step to the side and Smith tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abner lands a nice shot that snaps Smith's head back.
Abner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Abner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Smith moves to clinch but Abner breaks away
and Abner counters with a thumping low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith tries to clinch but Abner moves out of range.
Smith looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Abner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
John Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cayden Abner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Cayden Abner is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Abner wants to slow Smith down by chopping away at his legs.
Abner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith slips under a jab from Abner.
Abner lands the left hand.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Abner pushes him off.
Abner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Abner throws a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Abner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cayden Abner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Abner 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cayden Abner!
Cayden Abner made sure to mention his sponsor, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing in his post fight interview.