PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Nealy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kareem AbdulJabbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Nealy
vs
AbdulJabbar

187 cm
25
270 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

225 cm
26
237 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Nealy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kareem AbdulJabbar!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
AbdulJabbar ducks under a wild hook from Nealy.
AbdulJabbar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
AbdulJabbar scores with a sloppy right hand. Nealy should have avoided that one.

It looks like Tom Nealy has been cut.
AbdulJabbar is looking to slow Nealy down with leg kicks.
AbdulJabbar scores with a nice strike.
Nealy fails to land with a series of punches.
AbdulJabbar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by AbdulJabbar. That's going to slow Nealy down.
AbdulJabbar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nealy.
AbdulJabbar throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nealy.
AbdulJabbar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
AbdulJabbar defending well as Nealy loads up on a big left hand.
Both fighters circling a little - AbdulJabbar finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Nealy misses the target.
Nealy just misses with a punch to the body.
AbdulJabbar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nealy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nealy is breathing heavily.
Nealy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from AbdulJabbar.
Nealy walks into a jab.

AbdulJabbar drops Nealy with a left and a right! Oh, Nealy is hurt - AbdulJabbar dives into side control looking to finish!

Nealy is rocked!

Tom Nealy's cut is getting worse.

AbdulJabbar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nealy has escaped the position, nice work there.
Oh Nealy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
AbdulJabbar looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Nealy is avoiding damage well.
Nealy seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
AbdulJabbar has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Nealy!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
AbdulJabbar looking to finish with strikes here!

Nealy defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from AbdulJabbar.

AbdulJabbar working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Nealy holds on, trying desperately to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nealy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

AbdulJabbar is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Nealy to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Nealy shrugs it off.

Nealy defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from AbdulJabbar.
Nealy tries to hold on but AbdulJabbar pushes him away.
Nealy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nealy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nealy looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
AbdulJabbar gets his hands free as Nealy looks to control.
Nealy is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Nealy looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Nealy breaks AbdulJabbar's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
AbdulJabbar controls Nealy momentarily but Nealy frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nealy thows a big elbow that misses.
Nealy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nealy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nealy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nealy throws and elbow that misses. AbdulJabbar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nealy's guard. Nice move by AbdulJabbar!
Nealy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nealy tries to get out of the position.

AbdulJabbar drops back looking for a leg! Nealy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Nealy manages to kick AbdulJabbar off! AbdulJabbar jumps back into Nealy's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nealy looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kareem AbdulJabbar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Nealy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice defenses there by AbdulJabbar.

Nealy drops AbdulJabbar with a beautiful combination! AbdulJabbar stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Nealy is looking for the KO!

AbdulJabbar is rocked!

It looks like Kareem AbdulJabbar has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
AbdulJabbar scores with a jab to the jaw.
AbdulJabbar is still on wobbly legs! Can Nealy finish him?

Tom Nealy's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
AbdulJabbar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nealy circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends AbdulJabbar tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Nealy wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tom Nealy!
Tom Nealy is the new heavyweight champion!