PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between nafees abbas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mach Cheesmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

abbas
vs
Cheesmo

190 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
22
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

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 Los Angeles, nafees abbas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mach Cheesmo!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from abbas.
Cheesmo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
abbas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good exchange - abbas coming out on top.
A good leg kick by Cheesmo.
abbas cracks Cheesmo with a good jab.

abbas shoots in and bounces Cheesmo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cheesmo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cheesmo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cheesmo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. abbas defending well though.
Cheesmo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cheesmo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. abbas defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cheesmo wants to stand up but abbas has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Cheesmo prevents abbas from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
abbas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cheesmo.
Cheesmo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
abbas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cheesmo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
abbas is breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from abbas.
abbas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cheesmo tries to avoid it but abbas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cheesmo to the ground. Cheesmo escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nafees abbas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
abbas on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cheesmo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheesmo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Cheesmo closes the distance and clinches.
Cheesmo tries a knee to the head but abbas blocks it.
Cheesmo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cheesmo lands a nice knee to the body.
Cheesmo tries a knee to the head but abbas blocks it.
Cheesmo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cheesmo scores with a knee to the head.
Cheesmo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
abbas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cheesmo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cheesmo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cheesmo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cheesmo unloads a knee to the mid-section. abbas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Cheesmo.
abbas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cheesmo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cheesmo connects with a nasty looking knee right to abbas's face.
Cheesmo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite abbas's efforts to push away.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cheesmo.
Cheesmo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cheesmo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has abbas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cheesmo lands a good knee to the midsection. abbas won't want to take too many of those.
Cheesmo connects with a nasty looking knee right to abbas's face.
Cheesmo unloads a knee to the mid-section. abbas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheesmo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. abbas is defending well for now.

abbas has clasped his hands together around Cheesmo's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Cheesmo sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
abbas wants to pass to mount but Cheesmo is defending the position.
Cheesmo manages to get to full guard.
abbas wants to get up but he can't break Cheesmo's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
abbas trying to control the position from guard on top but Cheesmo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cheesmo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cheesmo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
abbas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cheesmo.
abbas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cheesmo.
abbas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cheesmo.
Cheesmo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cheesmo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. abbas defending well though.
Cheesmo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
abbas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cheesmo tries to clinch but abbas is having none of it.
Cheesmo defending well as abbas loads up on a big left hand.
Cheesmo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A telegraphed right hand from abbas misses the target.
Cheesmo tries to clinch up.
Cheesmo tries to clinch but abbas moves out of range.
Cheesmo tries to close the distance and clinch but abbas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mach Cheesmo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cheesmo wants to clinch up but abbas keeps it at a distance.
Cheesmo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but abbas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cheesmo slips a jab from abbas.
abbas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
abbas walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cheesmo.

Cheesmo clinches with his opponent.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cheesmo.
Cheesmo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cheesmo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cheesmo with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheesmo misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Cheesmo.
A knee to the head by Cheesmo.
Cheesmo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cheesmo scores with a knee to the head.
Cheesmo misses with a knee strike.
Cheesmo working abbas over with knees to the body.
abbas is trying to break the clinch but Cheesmo has him pressed against the cage.
Cheesmo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and abbas avoids it.
abbas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the head but abbas blocks with his arms.
abbas wants to break free but Cheesmo has control.
Cheesmo lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Cheesmo.
Cheesmo lands a nice knee to the body.
Cheesmo misses with a knee strike.
abbas avoiding damage as Cheesmo throws knees to the body.
Cheesmo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cheesmo tries a knee to the head but abbas blocks it.
Cheesmo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cheesmo tries to land knees in the clinch but abbas avoids the damage to the body.
abbas has had enough of the clinch but Cheesmo keeps him there for the moment.
abbas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cheesmo has him pressed against the cage.
abbas wants to get back to striking at distance but Cheesmo won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mach Cheesmo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cheesmo scores a nice knee to the body.
Cheesmo working abbas over with knees to the body.
Cheesmo misses with a knee to the head.
abbas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cheesmo tries a knee to the head but abbas blocks it.
Cheesmo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cheesmo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cheesmo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Cheesmo.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cheesmo landing knees to the head.
abbas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cheesmo scores a nice knee to the body.
Cheesmo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from abbas.
abbas takes a knee to the side of the body.
abbas is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheesmo misses with a knee strike.
abbas wants to get back to striking at distance but Cheesmo won't allow it.
abbas can't break the clinch.
Cheesmo landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cheesmo.
abbas wants to break the clinch but can't.
abbas takes a knee to the side of the body.
abbas tries to circle away but Cheesmo has him pinned against the cage.
Knees to the body from Cheesmo.
abbas misses with a punch on the inside.
Cheesmo misses with a knee strike.
abbas drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Cheesmo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Cheesmo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cheesmo unloads a knee to the mid-section. abbas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cheesmo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
abbas tries to pull guard but Cheesmo won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nafees abbas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
abbas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cheesmo lands a knee to the head.
abbas managing to block the knees to the body from Cheesmo.
Cheesmo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has abbas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cheesmo unloads a knee to the mid-section. abbas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cheesmo with a knee to the head.
Cheesmo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from abbas.
Cheesmo misses with a knee to the head.
Cheesmo crunches a lovely knee into abbas's ribcage.
abbas changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cheesmo fights it off and pushes away nicely.
abbas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cheesmo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from abbas.
abbas fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mach Cheesmo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A kick lands to the mid section there for Cheesmo.
A telegraphed right hand from abbas misses the target.
Cheesmo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Cheesmo misses.
nafees abbas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
abbas looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cheesmo tries to clinch up.
abbas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cheesmo.
abbas misses with a hook. Cheesmo ducked under it nicely.
Cheesmo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of abbas's head.
Cheesmo fails with an attempt to clinch.
abbas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

abbas tries to keep at a distance but Cheesmo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cheesmo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheesmo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cheesmo unloads a knee to the mid-section. abbas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
abbas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cheesmo lands a knee to the head.
Cheesmo lands a knee to the body.
Cheesmo tries a knee to the head but abbas blocks it.
Cheesmo keeps control of abbas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cheesmo connects with a nasty looking knee right to abbas's face.
Cheesmo misses with a knee strike.
Cheesmo connects with a nasty looking knee right to abbas's face.
Cheesmo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from abbas.
abbas managing to block the knees to the body from Cheesmo.
abbas avoiding damage as Cheesmo throws knees to the body.
abbas avoiding damage as Cheesmo throws knees to the body.
Cheesmo tries to land knees in the clinch but abbas avoids the damage to the body.
abbas drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cheesmo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mach Cheesmo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
abbas is looking to break free of the clinch but Cheesmo has double underhooks.
Cheesmo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cheesmo tries a knee to the head but abbas blocks it.
abbas is trying to break the clinch but Cheesmo has him pressed against the cage.
nafees abbas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheesmo lands a good knee to the midsection. abbas won't want to take too many of those.
Cheesmo prevents abbas from breaking the clinch.
Cheesmo keeps control of abbas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cheesmo scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
abbas can't break the clinch.
Cheesmo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cheesmo obliges.
abbas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cheesmo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite abbas's efforts to push away.
abbas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mach Cheesmo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cheesmo 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight for Mach Cheesmo!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Mach Cheesmo!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Mach Cheesmo!

Mach Cheesmo wins by unanimous decision!