PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dorian Soldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Abad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Soldo
vs
Abad

186 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Vicious Nutrition (159 Recovery With Proof)

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dorian Soldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Abad!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Soldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Soldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abad tries to close the distance and clinch but Soldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Soldo clinches but Abad breaks the clinch
and Abad counters with a head kick. That will keep Soldo thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Soldo darts in trying to clinch
and Abad counters with a left and a right that stings Soldo.
Abad circles away from the clinch attempt
and Abad counters with a left and a right that stings Soldo.

Abad gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Soldo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Abad avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Abad breaks from the clinch.
Abad throws a low kick but it's checked well by Soldo.
Soldo throws a sloppy head kick and Abad moves out of range easily.
Soldo shoots in but no luck this time.
Soldo throws the left hand but Abad avoids the punch easily.
Abad goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Abad gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Soldo turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Soldo working the ground and pound.
Soldo tries to score with some ground and pound. Abad controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Abad is trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
You can see the frustration on Abad's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Abad really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Soldo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Soldo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Abad down.
Soldo landing strikes.

Soldo has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Soldo is breathing heavily.

Soldo moves into the clinch.
Abad is trying to break the clinch but Soldo is controlling him.
Abad avoiding damage.
Soldo looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dorian Soldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abad prevents a takedown attempt there.

Abad breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Abad gets a clinch.
Soldo tries for a takedown but Abad manages to get underhooks.
Abad is trying to break the clinch but Soldo is controlling him.

Abad escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Abad lands with a nice combination. Soldo backs away looking to recover.

Abad clinches with his opponent.

Abad escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Abad doesn't manage to clinch there - Soldo circles away.

Abad closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soldo tries a knee to the head but Abad blocks it.
Abad can't break the clinch.

Abad breaks from the clinch.
Abad lands a nice leg kick that just misses Soldo's sensitive parts.
Soldo wants to clinch but Abad slips to the side
and Abad counters with a slapping leg kick.

Abad has closed the distance and engaged Soldo in a clinch.

Abad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abad lands a high kick!
Abad stalks Soldo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Soldo's face. Soldo staggers backwards, shaken.
Soldo wants to clinch but Abad slips to the side
and Abad counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abad bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Soldo keeps the fight on the outside.
Abad tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Abad drives through and clinches with Soldo against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Abad's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Abad pushes Soldo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Soldo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Abad prevents it.

Abad breaks the clinch.
Soldo wants to clinch but Abad slips to the side

and Abad counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Soldo keeps control of Abad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Abad.
Soldo tries to land a knee to the head but Abad blocks with his arms.
Abad stalling in the clinch but Soldo improves position.
Abad is trying to break free.

Abad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Abad lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Soldo wants to clinch
and Abad counters with a head kick. That will keep Soldo thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldo closes the distance but Abad moves to the side

and Abad moves into the clinch.
Abad is trying to maintain a safe position but Soldo gets an underhook and turns Abad into the cage.

Soldo breaks from the clinch.
Soldo looks to clinch
and Abad counters with a one-two to the body.
Jose Abad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Soldo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Abad was covering up waiting for the punch and Soldo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Soldo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Abad controls Soldo momentarily but Soldo frees himself.
Soldo connects with a couple of short punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soldo scoring with some ground and pound.
Abad wants to control the position but Soldo says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Abad dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Soldo wants to clinch
and Abad counters with a two punch combo.
Dorian Soldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left and a right from Soldo both land. Nice combination.

Abad closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Abad tries to break the clinch but Soldo is controlling the position.
Soldo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Abad prevents it.
Abad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Soldo misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Abad.
Soldo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Abad gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Soldo tries to land a knee to the head but Abad blocks with his arms.
Abad's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Abad wants to get back to striking at distance but Soldo won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Abad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abad tries to clinch there but Soldo circles away.
Abad looks to land a combination but Soldo avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Abad counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dorian Soldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abad displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Soldo.
Abad tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abad wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Abad scores with a three punch combo!

Abad moves into the clinch.
Soldo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Abad prevents it.
Abad wants to break the clinch but can't.

Soldo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Soldo instigates a clinch.
Soldo tries for a takedown but Abad manages to get underhooks.
Soldo fails to pull guard.
Soldo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Abad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Abad prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Abad escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soldo looks to clinch

and Abad counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Abad.
Abad tries to circle away but Soldo has him pinned against the cage.
Abad is looking to break free of the clinch but Soldo has double underhooks.
Soldo takes a knee right on the jaw!

Soldo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abad is working the combinations to good effect here.
Abad swinging wildly here.
Abad wants to clinch.
Soldo looks to clinch
and Abad counters with a thumping low kick.
Abad is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Soldo is looking to clinch.
Abad is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Soldo shoots in looking for a takedown. Abad tries to sprawl out of it but Soldo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Abad manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Soldo fails with the takedown
and Abad counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldo wants to clinch but Abad slips to the side
and Abad makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Soldo really felt that one!
Abad circles away from the clinch attempt

and Abad counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Abad manages to break the clinch.
Soldo tries to clinch but Abad moves away
and Abad counters with a head kick.
Soldo fakes the leg kick and cracks Abad in the body.
Soldo fails with the takedown.
Soldo looks to clinch

and Abad counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Soldo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Abad pulls his leg out and moves away.
Soldo tries for a takedown but Abad circles away easily

and Abad holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Soldo tries a knee to the head but Abad blocks it.
Abad tries a knee to the head but Soldo blocks it.
Soldo lands a knee to the head.
Soldo tries to pull guard but Abad holds him up against the cage and eventually Soldo drops back down to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Soldo gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Soldo working Abad over with strikes.
Abad trying to control from the bottom.

Soldo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Abad on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Abad wants to control but Soldo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Abad tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Soldo manages to move to mount!
Soldo landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Abad 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!

Soldo darts in trying to clinch

and Abad counters by clinching up.
Soldo misses with a knee strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Abad tries to circle away but Soldo has him pinned against the cage.
Abad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Soldo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Abad walks away with a smile on his face. Soldo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Soldo wants to clinch
and Abad counters with a two punch combo.
Soldo wants to clinch but Abad slips to the side
and Abad counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abad wants to clinch up but Soldo keeps it at a distance.
Soldo tries to clinch but Abad moves away
and Abad counters with a big head kick but Soldo shrugs it off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Soldo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Soldo misses with a knee to the head.
Abad is trying to force a seperation but Soldo has the dominant position.
Soldo tries a knee to the head but Abad blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Abad smiles and moves away.
Abad tries to clinch up but Soldo circles away and keeps his distance.
Abad wants to clinch up but Soldo keeps it at a distance.
Soldo shoots in for a double leg but Abad sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dorian Soldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Abad moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Abad.
Abad lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Abad looking to slow down the pace here.
A frustrated look appears on Abad's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Soldo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Abad gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Abad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Soldo tries to clinch
and Abad counters with a three punch combo that has Soldo backing up. Soldo nods at Abad to acknowledge the strikes.

Soldo drives through and clinches with Abad against the cage.
Abad gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Soldo.
Abad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abad prevents a takedown attempt there.
Abad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Abad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soldo.
Soldo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Soldo wants a takedown.
Soldo tries to land a knee to the head but Abad blocks with his arms.
A bit of stalling here from Soldo.
Soldo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Abad gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Soldo pulls guard successfully.
Abad looking to pass the guard.

Soldo is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Soldo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abad lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Soldo.
Soldo wants a takedown but no success here.
Abad manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Soldo tightens his grip and picks Abad up, before dumping him to the ground. Abad manages to land in guard.
Soldo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Abad is looking to stand up but Soldo isn't so interested in that idea.
Soldo trying to control but Abad is working from the bottom.
Soldo is really struggling to control Abad but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Dorian Soldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Soldo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Soldo is working Abad over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Soldo landing some decent shots from guard.
Soldo lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldo lands a couple of decent looking shots.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Soldo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Abad swivels and escapes.
A lazy body kick from Soldo
and Abad counters with a nice low kick that buckles Soldo's knee momentarily.
Abad misses with a head kick.
Soldo tries to clinch

and Abad holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Soldo tries to pull guard but Abad holds him up against the cage and eventually Soldo drops back down to his feet.
Abad has had enough of the clinch but Soldo keeps him there for the moment.
Soldo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Soldo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Abad is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Soldo wants a takedown but no success here.

Abad breaks from the clinch.
Abad fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abad connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Soldo looks for the body kick but Abad saw that one coming.
Jose Abad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Abad pushes Soldo up against the cage in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Abad comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Abad 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Abad!