PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Abraham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and All Calza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abraham comes to the cage accompanied by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhp22ZNl_0k. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Abraham
vs
Calza

200 cm
21
260 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
21
240 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Abraham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, All Calza!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abraham looks for a takedown but Calza sprawls well.
A head kick misses from Abraham.

Calza gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Abraham trying to control but Calza is working from the bottom.
Abraham would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Abraham trying to control but Calza is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abraham wants to get up but he can't break Calza's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Abraham working some strikes from top position.

Calza is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Calza tries to land a knee to the head but Abraham blocks with his arms.
Abraham is trying to break free.
Calza drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Abraham gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Abraham looking for a takedown.
Calza tries for a takedown but Abraham manages to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abraham lands with a left to the head.
Calza scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Calza decides to pull guard.

Abraham decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Abraham tries to close the distance and clinch up but Calza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abraham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Abraham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abraham is breathing heavily.
Abraham fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Abraham. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calza lands a front kick.
Ryan Abraham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abraham looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Calza lands a front kick.
Calza keeps the fight on the outside.
Calza shoots in for a takedown but Abraham shows good takedown defense.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Calza shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Calza was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Abraham tries to lock up and control but Calza gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Abraham is in all sorts of trouble here.
Abraham tries to improve his position but instead Calza has taken his back!
Calza controlling well, preventing Abraham from escaping the position.
Abraham just looking to survive in the bad position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but All Calza will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Abraham tries to clinch up but Calza circles away and keeps his distance.
Abraham misses with a takedown attempt

and Calza counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Calza won't allow Abraham to get back to his feet.
Calza postures up.
Abraham looking for a sweep. Not yet Abraham, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Abraham is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Calza is breathing heavily.
Abraham wants to stand and escape but instead Calza has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Abraham is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Calza prevents Abraham from getting back to his feet.

That's two 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.
Abraham manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Abraham controlling from mount.
Abraham trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abraham controlling from the full mount.
Abraham with good strikes from the mount here!
Abraham takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Abraham trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Calza is trying to stand up.
Abraham throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abraham tries to control but Calza wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but All Calza will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Calza shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Calza wants to stand up but Abraham has a hold of him and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abraham trying to control here.
Abraham tries to get to full guard but Calza has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calza not doing much here.
Abraham desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Abraham trying to control but Calza postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ryan Abraham just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Abraham closes the distance looking to clinch

and Calza counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Abraham's guard now.
Calza postures up.

Calza gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abraham tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Calza counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Abraham looking to hit a scissor sweep but Calza is one step ahead there.
Calza trying to control but Abraham is working from the bottom.
Abraham trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abraham trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Abraham looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Abraham is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Calza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right handed body shot lands from Abraham.

Abraham gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Abraham wants to control but Calza is keeping him busy.
Abraham throws a strike but Calza avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
All Calza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Calza 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... All Calza!