PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tank Abbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danush Towraghondi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Towraghondi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Coal Chamber - Amir of the Desert kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Abbott
vs
Towraghondi

175 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
220 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Olympic wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Adrenaline

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tank Abbott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Danush Towraghondi!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Towraghondi.
Abbott misses the jab.
Towraghondi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abbott.
Abbott swings for the body but Towraghondi moves out of range.
Towraghondi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Abbott throws a jab when Towraghondi was well out of range.
Abbott misses with a hook.
Abbott throws a jab but it's blocked by Towraghondi.
A telegraphed right hand from Abbott misses the target.
Towraghondi misses the shot to the body.
Abbott lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Abbott waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Towraghondi.
A big left from Abbott misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Towraghondi scores with a takedown into Abbott's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abbott is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Towraghondi is controlling him.
Towraghondi engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Towraghondi is in close to Abbott's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Towraghondi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Towraghondi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Towraghondi chips away with some ground and pound.
Towraghondi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Towraghondi controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Towraghondi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Towraghondi's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Towraghondi is controlling him.
Abbott wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Towraghondi manages to pass to side control.
Towraghondi trying to control the pace.
Abbott pushes Towraghondi off looking to stand but Towraghondi dives back in and keeps control.
Abbott on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Towraghondi working over Abbott with some ground and pound. Abbott looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Towraghondi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Towraghondi lands strikes from half guard.
Towraghondi prevents Abbott from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towraghondi passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Abbott!
Towraghondi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Abbott is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Towraghondi landing strikes from the mount.
Abbott on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Abbott tries to get out of the position.
Towraghondi raining down shots from the mount!
Towraghondi landing shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Towraghondi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Towraghondi working the ground and pound effectively.
Abbott really wants to buck Towraghondi off and get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Towraghondi.
Towraghondi with a couple of short strikes.
Towraghondi lands with some strikes.
Towraghondi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Towraghondi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Towraghondi controlling his opponent.
Towraghondi lands a big shot there that rocks Abbott but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danush Towraghondi dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Abbott rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Towraghondi counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Towraghondi.
Towraghondi keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Abbott's head.
Towraghondi is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Towraghondi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Towraghondi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Towraghondi lands a couple of elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Towraghondi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Towraghondi controls from within his opponent's guard.
Abbott knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Towraghondi on the ground.
Abbott can't keep his opponent in guard - Towraghondi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Towraghondi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Towraghondi connects with a nice short shot to Abbott's temple.
Towraghondi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Towraghondi prevents Abbott from standing back up.
Towraghondi lands with a punch from half guard.
Towraghondi lands with a punch from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Towraghondi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Towraghondi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Towraghondi frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Danush Towraghondi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Towraghondi lands with some strikes.
Towraghondi content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Towraghondi landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Towraghondi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Towraghondi content just to control the position here.
Towraghondi lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towraghondi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The referee warns Abbott that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Abbott is rocked!
Towraghondi cracks Abbott with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danush Towraghondi!