PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Beanin Jiet (ranked 5889 p4p, 5257 weight class) and Mohammed Abul (ranked 601 p4p, 564 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Jiet
vs
Abul

175 cm
18
175
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
18
183
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Mile High

Mile High
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Beanin Jiet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohammed Abul!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jiet fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jiet looks to clinch
and Jiet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jiet slips under a jab.
Abul misses with a looping left.
Abul misses the shot to the body.
Abul tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jiet uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abul.

Jiet instigates a clinch.
Abul scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abul blocks it with crossed arms.
Jiet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Abul avoids it.
Jiet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abul tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jiet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abul has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jiet definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Abul lands a nice shot to the body.

Abul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abul throws a lazy right hand but Jiet sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jiet looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Jiet closes the distance and clinches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Abul scores with a shot to the side of Jiet's head.
Jiet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiet tries a knee to the head but Abul blocks it.
Abul goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abul lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jiet backwards.
Abul on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Abul lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jiet throws a knee to the head but misses.

Abul manages to break the clinch.

Abul tries to keep at a distance but Jiet has taken the fight into the clinch.
Abul blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Abul manages to break the clinch.
Abul scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jiet darts in trying to clinch
and Abul counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Abul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jiet manages to avoid it.
Abul looks to land a right hand but Jiet moved out of range.
Jiet looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Abul tries to keep at a distance but Jiet has taken the fight into the clinch.
Abul misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Abul.
Abul misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Abul.
Abul lands with a short shot to the head.
Jiet connects with a knee to the head.
Abul gets through Jiet's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Abul breaks the clinch.
Jiet tries to clinch up.

Jiet clinches.

Abul manages to break the clinch.
Abul throws a hook to the side of Jiet's head but Jiet sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Abul lands a glancing blow to the side of Jiet's head.
Jiet tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Abul manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abul throws out a counter right but Jiet avoids it with no problem.
Jiet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abul.
Jiet slips a jab from Abul.
A slow jab from Abul misses its intended target.
Beanin Jiet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jiet takes the fight into the clinch.
Jiet tries to land knees in the clinch but Abul avoids the damage to the body.
Jiet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abul has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jiet tries to land a knee to the head but Abul blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Abul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abul connects with the punch.
Jiet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A lazy left from Abul finds it's target.
Jiet wants to clinch up but Abul keeps it at a distance.
Abul scores with a jab to the jaw.
Abul lands with a cross.
Jiet moves in looking to clinch but Abul pushes him off.
Jiet is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jiet closes the distance but Abul moves to the side
and Abul connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jiet wants to clinch up but Abul keeps it at a distance.
Abul looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Abul swats away the attempt to clinch by Jiet.

Jiet has Abul up against the cage in a clinch.
Abul lands with a right to the head.
Abul lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abul blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiet takes a shot to the head.
Abul is trying to push Jiet away but Jiet has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jiet misses with a knee strike.

Abul escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good standup being displayed there by Abul as he connects with a hook.
Abul throws a jab but it's blocked by Jiet.
Jiet throws a big counter combination but Abul scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Jiet doesn't manage to clinch there - Abul circles away.
Abul lands with a cross.
Jiet staying out of range there.
Jiet tries to clinch there but Abul circles away.
Jiet tries to clinch
and Abul counters with a nice uppercut.
Jiet wants to clinch up but Abul keeps it at a distance.
Jiet tries to clinch but Abul is having none of it.
Jiet tries to clinch up but Abul circles away and keeps his distance.
Jiet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abul.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abul loads up on a big right hand but Jiet slips the punch.
Abul might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jiet moves away from the strike by Abul.
Nice defenses there by Jiet.
Abul missing with a left hand there. Jiet was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jiet tries to counter with a takedown but Abul is quick to defend against it.
Jiet doesn't manage to clinch there - Abul circles away.
Jiet tries to clinch but Abul is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammed Abul dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Abul keeps the fight on the outside.
Abul misses with a hook.
Jiet tries to clinch but Abul moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jiet wants to clinch up but Abul keeps it at a distance.
Abul has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Abul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jiet manages to avoid it.
Beanin Jiet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jiet slips under a jab from Abul.
Mohammed Abul seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Abul looks to land a right hand but Jiet moved out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jiet is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jiet ducks under a wild hook from Abul.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Abul in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Jiet wants to clinch.
Jiet tries to clinch there but Abul circles away.

Jiet fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Abul, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abul softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Abul wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short uppercut from Abul.
Abul has a couple of punches blocked by Jiet.
Abul stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Abul breaks from the clinch.
Jiet walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiet tries to clinch up.
Abul misses with an uppercut.
Jiet doesn't manage to clinch there - Abul circles away.
Jiet tries to clinch but Abul is having none of it.
Jiet walks into a left hand.
Abul lands a lovely overhand right.
Jiet wants to clinch.
Jiet tries to close the distance and clinch but Abul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Abul thuds his right hand into Jiet's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jiet moves in looking to clinch but Abul pushes him off.
Jiet tries to clinch up but Abul circles away and keeps his distance.
Abul is looking to slow Jiet down with leg kicks.
Jiet tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Abul manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abul lands a glancing blow to the side of Jiet's head.
Abul thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abul has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Jiet tries to clinch
and Jiet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jiet tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Abul manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abul tries to work over Jiet's front leg with a kick but Jiet checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abul 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abul.
Jiet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jiet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abul paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jiet tries to clinch up
and Abul counters with a left to the body.
Abul circles away from the clinch attempt.
Abul lands with a cross.
Nice defenses there by Jiet.

Jiet clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abul creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Abul tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jiet's elbow.
Jiet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abul's face.

It looks like Mohammed Abul has been cut.
Abul is breathing heavily.
Jiet tries a knee to the head but Abul blocks it.
Abul tries to break the clinch but Jiet is controlling the position.
Jiet has Abul pressed against the cage, preventing Abul from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jiet with a knee to the head.

Abul is rocked!
Jiet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Abul is still on wobbly legs! Can Jiet finish him?
Jiet lands a good knee to the midsection. Abul won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abul throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jiets head.
Abul seems to have recovered his senses.
Jiet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abul is trying to force a seperation but Jiet has the dominant position.
Jiet tries a knee to the head but Abul blocks it.
Jiet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abul's efforts to push away.

Abul breaks from the clinch.
Abul throws a hook but Jiet avoids it easily.
Jiet moves out of range of the strikes.
Jiet tries to clinch but Abul moves out of range.
Jiet tries to clinch but Abul is having none of it.
Jiet moves in looking to clinch but Abul pushes him off.
Jiet slips a jab from Abul.
Jiet tries to clinch but Abul moves out of range.
Jiet tries to close the distance and clinch but Abul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jiet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Abul misses with a looping left.
Jiet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abul swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jiet takes the fight into the clinch.
Abul working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Abul scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jiet lands a nice knee to the body.
Beanin Jiet has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abul throws a head punch that misses.
Jiet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jiet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abul has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abul misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Abul scores with a nice short uppercut.
A knee to the head by Jiet.
Jiet blocking some punches.
Jiet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Abul is defending well for now.

Jiet drops Abul with a big knee straight up the middle! Abul is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abul loads up on a big right hand but Jiet slips the punch.
Jiet tries to clinch up.
Nice shot by Abul.
Jiet fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jiet slips a straight right by Abul.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammed Abul showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mohammed Abul's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jiet is looking to clinch but Abul is avoiding it.
Jiet looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jiet moves in looking to clinch but Abul pushes him off.

Jiet moves into range and clinches up with Abul.

Abul breaks the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Abul.

Abul tries to keep at a distance but Jiet has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jiet looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abul blocks it with crossed arms.
Abul lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jiet.
Abul goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Abul.

Abul breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jiet displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abul throws out the jab.
Abul lands a glancing blow to the side of Jiet's head.

Jiet drives through and clinches with Abul against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abul misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jiet working Abul over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jiet obliges.
Abul takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jiet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abul has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Abul is defending well for now.
Jiet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Abul avoids it.
Abul throws a head punch that misses.
Jiet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Abul lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jiet backwards.
Jiet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jiet blocks an uppercut.
Jiet tries to land knees in the clinch but Abul avoids the damage to the body.
Jiet blocking some punches.
Abul is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jiet tries to land knees in the clinch but Abul avoids the damage to the body.
Jiet misses with a knee strike.
Jiet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Abul is defending well for now.
Jiet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Abul presses Jiet against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Abul lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Abul lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jiet or not.
Abul lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Abul is trying to push Jiet away but Jiet has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Beanin Jiet has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Abul pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abul scores with a punch to the head.
Jiet is looking to clinch but Abul is avoiding it.
Abul misses with a wild body shot.
Jiet tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Abul counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Abul scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jiet walks into a jab.
Abul keeps the fight on the outside.
Jiet fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jiet doesn't manage to clinch there - Abul circles away.
Jiet slips a straight right by Abul.
Jiet tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Abul manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jiet tries to clinch up but Abul circles away and keeps his distance.
Abul looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Abul loads up on a big right hand but Jiet slips the punch.
Jiet takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abul looks to throw the jab but Jiet is out of range.
Jiet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jiet wants to clinch up but Abul keeps it at a distance.
Abul keeps the fight on the outside.
Jiet slips a jab from Abul.
Jiet slips under a jab from Abul.
Jiet tries to close the distance and clinch but Abul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Abul throws out a counter right but Jiet avoids it with no problem.
Jiet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abul paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abul throws a leg kick but Jiet checks it.
Jiet tries to clinch but Abul moves out of range.
Jiet is looking to clinch but Abul is avoiding it.
Abul throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abul throws out a loose jab but Jiet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jiet tries to clinch
and Abul counters with a straight right hand.
Jiet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little jabbing left from Abul on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Jiet closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Abul lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Abul.
Abul lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jiet backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abul tries to break the clinch but Jiet is controlling the position.
Abul has a couple of punches blocked by Jiet.
Abul has had enough of the clinch but Jiet keeps him there for the moment.
Abul lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abul blocks it with crossed arms.
Abul doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Abul is trying to break free.
Abul swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jiet trying to land knees to the body.
Jiet misses with a knee strike.
Abul softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Abul breaks the clinch.
Jiet tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Abul manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jiet tries to clinch there but Abul circles away.
Jiet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Abul slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Abul circles away from the clinch attempt.
Abul throws a looping overhand right but Jiet ducks down to avoid it.

Jiet instigates a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mohammed Abul comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Abul winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohammed Abul!
An out of breath Mohammed Abul thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.