PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Abdullah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Zing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Abdullah
vs
Zing

180 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

182 cm
20
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Khalid Abdullah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabriel Zing!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Zing.
Zing dodges the punch combination from Abdullah.
Zing shoots for a takedown but Abdullah saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Abdullah displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zing.
Khalid Abdullah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Zing.

Zing closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Abdullah did well to prevent Zing getting side control.
Zing thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Abdullah's head.
Zing lands with a punch from half guard.
Zing thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Abdullah's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zing lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Zing throwing shots but Abdullah is blocking nicely.
Zing thows a huge punch but Abdullah dodges it nicely.
Zing has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullah keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zing missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Abdullah avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zing.
Zing passes to full mount!
Abdullah wants to get back to his feet.
Zing putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zing dominating with strikes here.
Abdullah is breathing heavily.
Zing unloading with bombs!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zing working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Zing scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Abdullah?
Abdullah takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Zing has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Abdullah's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zing working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Zing raining down shots from the mount!
Zing in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Zing lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zing in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Zing scoring with strikes but Abdullah is staying in there.
Zing cracks Abdullah with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Zing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Zing with shots to the head and body - Abdullah looks very uncomfortable down there.
Zing scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Abdullah?
Zing postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Abdullah looks a forlorn figure.
Zing connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Zing working Abdullah over with strikes here.
Zing scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Abdullah?
Zing is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zing lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Abdullah is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zing lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Abdullah hang on?
Oh Abdullah is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big strike lands for Zing! That's really hurt Abdullah and he's turned his back - Zing keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Zing jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Zing!