PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Abbles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Luutch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luutch comes into a darkened arena with his song building. job2 do - doo doo doo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Abbles
vs
Luutch

170 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
150 lbs
11 - 21 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Abbles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Larry Luutch!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luutch tries to clinch but Abbles is having none of it.
Luutch tries to clinch but Abbles moves out of range.

Abbles pushes Luutch up against the cage in a clinch.

Luutch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luutch tries to clinch up.

Abbles pushes Luutch up against the cage in a clinch.
Abbles takes a knee to the side of the body.

Luutch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

A head kick lands from Luutch that sends Abbles to the canvas. Abbles tries to scramble back to his feet but Luutch brings him back down into side control.

It looks like Joe Abbles has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Luutch tries for a kimura but Abbles is defending well.

Luutch decides to stand back up. Luutch steps back and let's Abbles get back to his feet.
Luutch tries to clinch there but Abbles circles away.
Luutch is looking to clinch.
Luutch tries to close the distance and clinch but Abbles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luutch looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Abbles moves into range and clinches up with Luutch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luutch lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbles won't want to take too many of those.
Luutch scores with a knee to the head.

Luutch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luutch looks to clinch
and Abbles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Abbles jabs at Luutch's body.
Luutch falls off balance throwing a combination
and Abbles counters with a nice body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Abbles. That snapped Luutch's head back.
Luutch fails in his attempt to clinch.

Abbles pushes Luutch up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Abbles fails to land.
Luutch utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Luutch with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Luutch.
Abbles tries to circle away but Luutch has him pinned against the cage.
Luutch goes for a takedown attempt but Abbles pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Luutch wants to clinch up but Abbles keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luutch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Abbles shoots in for a takedown but Luutch shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Abbles avoids the head kick by Luutch.
A shot to the body from Luutch misses
and Luutch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Abbles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Luutch closes the distance looking to clinch
and Abbles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luutch fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luutch tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Abbles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luutch.

Abbles tries to keep at a distance but Luutch has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luutch breaks from the clinch.
Luutch tries to clinch up.
Luutch wants to clinch but Abbles slips to the side
and Abbles counters with a left to the body.
Luutch misses with a left hand

and Abbles counters by moving into the clinch.

Luutch breaks the clinch.
Luutch moves in looking to clinch but Abbles pushes him off.
Luutch tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abbles paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Abbles has closed the distance and engaged Luutch in a clinch.
Luutch is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Abbles trying to control the position but instead, Luutch has worked for underhooks and has pushed Abbles into the cage.
Luutch landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Luutch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luutch doesn't manage to clinch there - Abbles circles away.

Luutch closes the distance and pushes Abbles back into the cage.
A knee to the head by Luutch.
Luutch scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Luutch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luutch closes the distance looking to clinch
and Abbles counters with a left to the body.
Luutch looks gassed!
Luutch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luutch tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abbles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luutch tries to clinch up.
Luutch wants to clinch
and Abbles counters with a straight right hand.
Abbles fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Abbles swats away the attempt to clinch by Luutch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luutch closes the distance but Abbles moves to the side
and Abbles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Abbles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Abbles gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Luutch dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Abbles's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Luutch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abbles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Luutch tries to clinch
and Abbles makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Abbles is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Abbles swings for the body but Luutch moves out of range.
Abbles uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Luutch has time to react.
Luutch throws a poor cross that misses
and Abbles counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Abbles keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luutch looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Larry Luutch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luutch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Luutch darts in trying to clinch
and Abbles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luutch is looking to clinch but Abbles is avoiding it.
Luutch tries to clinch there but Abbles circles away.
Luutch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abbles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luutch tries to clinch up
and Abbles counters with a right hand to the body.
Larry Luutch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Luutch moves into the clinch.

Luutch manages to break the clinch.
Larry Luutch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luutch closes the distance but Abbles moves to the side
and Abbles counters with a nice body shot.
Luutch is looking to clinch.
Abbles thows a body shot but no joy.
Luutch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luutch fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luutch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Abbles takes a swing at Luutch's ribcage but misses.
Luutch tries to clinch but Abbles is having none of it.
Luutch tries to clinch
and Abbles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Abbles thuds a left hand into Luutch's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Abbles moves into the clinch.

Luutch breaks from the clinch.
Luutch closes the distance looking to clinch
and Abbles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Luutch tries to clinch
and Abbles counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Abbles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Abbles counters with a left to the body.
Luutch tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Abbles counters with a nice body shot.
Abbles throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Abbles blocks a head kick by Luutch.
Luutch tries to grapple but his opponent circles
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Abbles counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luutch throws a left and a right that both miss
and Abbles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luutch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Luutch closes the distance looking to clinch

and Abbles counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Luutch wants to control but Abbles is keeping busy.
Abbles perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Luutch tries to kick Abbles off but Abbles keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Abbles knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Luutch on the ground.
Abbles is thwarting Luutch's attempts to control the position.
Luutch wants to get back to full guard but Abbles has passed into side control.
Luutch is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luutch is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Luutch is looking to regain half guard here but Abbles keeps moving and retains side control.
Abbles wants to stand but Luutch is controlling his arm.
Luutch struggling a bit here.
Abbles wants to lay and pray for a moment but Luutch keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Abbles dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Abbles's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Abbles forces Luutch back against the cage and clinches.
Luutch misses with a knee strike.

Luutch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Abbles lands with a nice body punch.
Abbles is looking to wear down Luutch with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Luutch tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abbles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luutch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luutch doesn't manage to clinch there - Abbles circles away.
Luutch moves in looking to clinch but Abbles pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luutch looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Luutch has managed to clinch.
Luutch scores with a knee to the head.
Luutch lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbles won't want to take too many of those.

Luutch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luutch is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luutch wants to clinch up but Abbles keeps it at a distance.
Luutch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luutch tries to clinch but Abbles moves away
and Abbles makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Abbles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Abbles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Abbles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luutch was well out of range. Poor timing from Abbles.
Abbles blocks a head kick by Luutch.
Luutch takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Luutch tries to close the distance and clinch but Abbles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luutch tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Abbles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Abbles tests Luutch's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Luutch gets tackled into the cage by Abbles. Abbles maintains the clinch.

Luutch manages to break the clinch.
Abbles lands with a nice body punch.
Abbles stalks Luutch and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Luutch's face. Luutch staggers backwards, shaken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luutch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abbles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Luutch tries to clinch up.
Luutch is looking to clinch but Abbles is avoiding it.
Luutch is looking to clinch.
Luutch darts in trying to clinch
and Abbles counters with a left to the body.
Luutch moves to clinch but Abbles breaks away
and Abbles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luutch is looking to clinch but Abbles is avoiding it.

Luutch moves into the clinch.

Luutch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abbles looks to score with a jab to the body but Luutch is just out of range.
Luutch tries to clinch up
and Abbles counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abbles punishes Luutch's body with a nice straight punch.
Luutch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abbles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Luutch with a jab.
Abbles misses the shot to the body.
Luutch wants to clinch up but Abbles keeps it at a distance.
Luutch throws a head kick that half lands.
Abbles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luutch tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Abbles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Abbles shoots in for a double leg but Luutch sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Abbles misses with a body shot.

Abbles closes the distance and pushes Luutch back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Luutch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luutch looks to clinch
and Abbles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Abbles keeps the fight on the outside.
Luutch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luutch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luutch tries to clinch
and Abbles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Abbles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Abbles misses the shot to the body.
Abbles scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Abbles smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Luutch moves to clinch but Abbles breaks away
and Abbles counters with a right hand to the body.
Abbles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luutch was well out of range. Poor timing from Abbles.
Luutch moves in looking to clinch but Abbles pushes him off.
Luutch wants to clinch up but Abbles keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Larry Luutch.
I think Luutch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Larry Luutch!