PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paula Abdul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crazy Horse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Abdul
vs
Horse

177 cm
30
183 lbs
17 - 15 - 1

187 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 17 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Paula Abdul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Crazy Horse!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horse cracks the inside of Abdul's front leg.
Abdul's jab looks to have found its range, popping Horse under the eye.
Abdul just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdul. Horse does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abdul looks to throw the jab but Horse is out of range.
Horse steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abdul.
Horse slips a straight right by Abdul.
Horse moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Horse swings widly with a right hand
and Abdul counters with a two punch combo.
Horse cracks Abdul with a good jab.
Horse lands with a right hand.
Horse swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Abdul throws a right hand that Horse ducks under and follows up with a left that Horse also avoids with ease.
Horse takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abdul cracks a nice hook into Horse's ribs.
Abdul keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Abdul keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horse tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abdul manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Horse fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Abdul checks it well.
Horse throws a leg kick but Abdul checks it.
A nice combination there by Abdul.
Horse throws a solid leg kick but Abdul takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Horse.
Abdul takes a swing at Horse's ribcage but misses.
Horse misses with a low kick as Abdul jumps back.
Horse is looking to land body kicks.
No joy there for Horse, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Horse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abdul tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Horse was well out of range. Poor timing from Abdul.
Abdul moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Horse misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abdul.
Horse moves in looking to clinch but Abdul pushes him off.

Horse fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Abdul, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horse keeps control of Abdul as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Horse scores with a hook to the body.
Abdul looking to stall.
Horse effectively controlling the action here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abdul misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Horse letting Abdul take a breather here.
Horse stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Abdul looking to stall.
Abdul effectively controlling the action here.

Abdul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horse moves to clinch but Abdul breaks away
and Abdul connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Horse swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Horse misses with a kick to the body.
Abdul slips under a jab from Horse.
Jab by Abdul.
Horse throws a leg kick but Abdul sees it coming and moves out of range.
Horse throws a leg kick but Abdul sees it coming and moves out of range.
Abdul stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Horse.
Horse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abdul paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horse tries to work over Abdul's front leg with a kick but Abdul checks it.
Crazy Horse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horse tries a low kick but Abdul avoids it.
Abdul is looking to wear down Horse with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Abdul jabs Horse to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Horse gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Horse pushes Abdul back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdul working hard to break the clinch.
Horse lands with a left to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Abdul takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Horse goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horse wants a takedown.
Abdul blocks an uppercut.

Abdul breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Horse walks into a jab.
Abdul avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Abdul swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abdul staying out of range there.
Abdul takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Crazy Horse will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Abdul jabs at Horse's body.
Abdul throws a nice looking combination but Horse bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Abdul misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Abdul misses.
Abdul throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Abdul looks to land a combination. Horse sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Abdul connects with a jab.
Horse fails with an attempt to clinch.
Abdul thows a body shot but no joy.
Abdul connects with a body shot.
Abdul tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Horse was well out of range. Poor timing from Abdul.
Horse shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Abdul checks a low kick from Horse.
Abdul takes one to the chin there.
Abdul blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horse connects with an inside leg kick.
Horse on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Horse gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Abdul prevents a body shot from Horse.
Horse taking a breather.
Abdul can't find room to land a body shot as Horse controls the action.
Horse swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abdul avoiding damage.
Horse tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abdul's elbow.
Abdul swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Horse lands a right hand.
Horse taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Horse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horse working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Horse softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Abdul.
Abdul throws a punch but it's blocked by Horse.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Abdul.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Abdul blocking some punches.
Abdul will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Horse up against the cage.
Horse misses with a hook from the clinch.

Abdul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abdul will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Abdul lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horse tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abdul manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Horse motions for Abdul to come forward. Horse throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Horse blocks a jab.
Abdul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abdul on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Horse. Horse obviously looking to wear him down.
Paula Abdul is winning the standup battle so far.
Abdul blocks a leg kick.
Horse has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Abdul swings for the body but Horse moves out of range.
Horse throws a leg kick but Abdul sees it coming and moves out of range.
Abdul checks the leg kick nicely there.
Abdul staying out of range there.
No joy there for Abdul, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Abdul misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Abdul misses with a series of wild punches.
Horse avoids the body shot from Abdul.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horse lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Horse misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horse tries to clinch but Abdul is having none of it.
Horse wants to slow Abdul down by chopping away at his legs.
Abdul on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Abdul throws the left hand but Horse avoids the punch easily.
Horse fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Abdul is out of range.
Horse doesn't manage to clinch there - Abdul circles away.
Good leg kick by Horse there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Horse tried to score with a low kick but Abdul checks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Horse throws a front kick that sends Abdul stumbling back into the cage.
Abdul connects with a nice looking jab.
Horse on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Abdul throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Paula Abdul will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Horse tries to score with a low kick but Abdul moves his leg out of the way.
Abdul swings for the body but Horse moves out of range.
Horse swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Horse pivots, looking for a leg kick but Abdul is out of range and Horse settles back down.
Abdul misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Horse.
Horse looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice defenses there by Horse.
Abdul takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Horse slips a jab from Abdul.
A big left from Horse misses.
Abdul rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Horse moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Horse tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abdul was well out of range. Poor timing from Horse.
Horse throws a leg kick
and Abdul counters with a left to the body.
Abdul lands a nice hook to Horse's body. Horse takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Horse misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdul blocks a head kick by Horse.
Horse missing with a left hand there. Abdul was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abdul is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Horse with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Abdul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some wild striking there from Abdul.
Horse bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Abdul checks a leg kick.
Horse staying out of range there.
Horse motions for Abdul to come forward. Horse throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Horse connects with an inside leg kick.
Abdul connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Horse misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horse throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Some wild striking there from Abdul.
Horse scores with a nice strike.
Abdul swings for the body but Horse moves out of range.
Horse throws a low kick but Abdul avoids it.
Good leg kick by Horse there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Abdul throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Abdul just misses with a punch to the body.
Abdul misses with a two punch combination.
Horse finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Horse turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Horse tries to clinch but Abdul moves out of range.
Abdul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Horse manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abdul paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abdul throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Horse connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Abdul scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Abdul scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Abdul punishes Horse's body with a nice straight punch.
Horse dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Abdul. That did some damage!
Horse lands a nice leg kick that just misses Abdul's sensitive parts.
Horse tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abdul manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Horse lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Horse lands with a thumping leg kick.
Abdul uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Horse.
Abdul misses with a hook.
Horse misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horse displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abdul throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Horse closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abdul blocking some punches.
Abdul is looking to control Horse's arms but Horse gets an underhook and turns him. Now Abdul has his back to the cage.
Abdul letting Horse take a breather here.
Horse presses Abdul against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Abdul is trying to maintain a safe position but Horse gets an underhook and turns Abdul into the cage.
Abdul tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Horse's elbow.
Horse will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Abdul up against the cage.

Abdul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abdul throws a series of punches but Horse moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Crazy Horse comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Horse has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Crazy Horse!
Crazy Horse bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.