PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dax Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and loui abby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hawkins
vs
abby

190 cm
18
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dax Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, loui abby!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawkins throws a combination. abby tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
abby throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
loui abby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
abby misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick misses from abby.
Hawkins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
abby throws a sloppy head kick and Hawkins moves out of range easily.
abby fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hawkins tests abby's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hawkins scores with a nice strike.
abby takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
abby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hawkins lunges at abby with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by abby's hand.
abby misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
abby falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hawkins counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like loui abby has been cut.
Hawkins bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
abby lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hawkins circles away quickly and effectively.
abby looks gassed!
abby throws a head kick but Hawkins moves out of range.
Hawkins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but abby circles away quickly and effectively.
abby takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hawkins stalks abby and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into abby's face. abby staggers backwards, shaken.
Hawkins connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
abby on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hawkins connects with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Hawkins.

Hawkins shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. abby manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins is working abby over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hawkins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hawkins passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hawkins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for abby on the ground.
abby taking punishment in the form of punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
abby is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
abby avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hawkins.
Hawkins misses with the ground and pound.
Hawkins scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at abby to see if he's OK.
Hawkins lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
abby is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Hawkins has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Hawkins working the ground and pound from side control.
Hawkins lands a nice forearm strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawkins lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear abby down.
abby is not content to let Hawkins control the position.
Hawkins sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but abby is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hawkins scores with punches from side control.
abby is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
abby avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hawkins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
abby regains half guard, as Hawkins was trying to land strikes.
Hawkins with the ground and pound but abby uses the opportunity to regain guard.
abby preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
abby will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Hawkins has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
abby wants to get back to his feet but Hawkins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hawkins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
abby throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hawkins connects with a crisp jab.
abby takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hawkins scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hawkins tests abby's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hawkins scores with a hook.
Hawkins cracks abby with an open hand slap.
Hawkins lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hawkins comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hawkins scores with a crisp jab that stopped abby in his tracks.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hawkins.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hawkins.

That has opened up loui abby's cut even more.

Hawkins looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for abby!
Hawkins working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
abby keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dax Hawkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on loui abby's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hawkins clobbers abby with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
abby throws a jab when Hawkins was well out of range.
Hawkins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hawkins, as that shot connected.
Dax Hawkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Hawkins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
abby misses with a combination
and Hawkins counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice body punch from Hawkins.
Donk. Hawkins catches abby right on the button with a cross.

The cut above loui abby's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hawkins dips to his left and cracks abby with an uppercut!

Hawkins scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawkins cracks abby with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hawkins is putting a hurting on abby here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hawkins landing strikes.

loui abby's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at loui abby's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dax Hawkins!