PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Crump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Abodo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crump kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Highway into the Danger Zone. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Crump
vs
Abodo

195 cm
30
270 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

225 cm
27
288 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alan Crump!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hugo Abodo!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abodo scores with the left hand. Crump knows he should have avoided that one.
Alan Crump seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crump misses with a straight right.
Crump swinging wildly here.
A combination from Abodo does no damage.
Abodo avoids the body shot from Crump.
Abodo staying out of range there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Abodo lands a slapping body shot.
Abodo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Crump's hands.
Some wild striking there from Crump.
A big right from Abodo misses.
Crump steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Abodo. That one must have hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crump throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Abodo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Crump jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crump takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Abodo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crump moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Abodo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crump is breathing heavily.
Crump slips a jab and a cross from Abodo.
Abodo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Abodo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abodo misses with a wild combination.
Abodo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crump tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Abodo is able to avoid easily.
Abodo throws a chopping leg kick but Crump manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Crump swats away the attempt to clinch by Abodo.
Abodo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Abodo misses with a few strikes there.
Abodo throws a jab when Crump was well out of range.
Crump slips a jab and a cross from Abodo.
Crump attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Crump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Abodo blocks a low kick nicely.
Crump motions for Abodo to come forward. Crump throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Crump throws a series of punches but Abodo avoids them all with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Crump.
Abodo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abodo tries to clinch there but Crump circles away.
Crump on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Crump throws an overhand right that lands on Abodo's shoulder, as Abodo tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abodo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crump.
Danga de danga de dang - Abodo scores with a four punch combination!
Abodo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abodo misses with a few strikes there.
Crump takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Crump closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Abodo!
Crump will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Crump lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Abodo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Abodo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Abodo just misses with a punch to the body.
Abodo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Abodo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Crump throws a wild body kick that Abodo sees coming a mile off.
Abodo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Abodo misses with a wild combination.
A solid body kick from Crump.
Crump tries to bum rush Abodo with a series of wild strikes but Abodo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crump thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abodo just misses with a punch to the body.
Crump takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Abodo throws a jab when Crump was well out of range.
Crump misses with a kick to the body.
Nice shot lands for Abodo.
Abodo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Crump had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nice shot lands for Abodo.
Crump misses with a body kick.
Abodo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Crump lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Abodo backs up against the cage.
Crump misses with the combination.
Crump throws the left hand but Abodo avoids the punch easily.
Crump misses with a double jab.
Crump scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abodo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Abodo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crump.
Crump swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crump is looking to land body kicks.
Crump drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Crump misses with an attempted mid kick.
Abodo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Abodo misses with a low kick.
Abodo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Crump cracks the inside of Abodo's front leg.
Abodo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Crump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Abodo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Crump on the side of the head.
Abodo throws a jab but it's blocked by Crump.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crump throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crump misses with a double jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Abodo. That's going to slow Crump down.
Abodo lands a nice hook to Crump's body. Crump takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Abodo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Crump on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Abodo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Abodo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Crump's head backwards.
Crump looks to land a combination but Abodo avoids it well.
Abodo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crump was well out of range. Poor timing from Abodo.
Abodo connects with a nice looking jab.
Abodo lands with a good body shot.
Good shot there by Abodo.
Abodo connects with a body shot.
Crump is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Abodo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Abodo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Crump misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abodo.
Abodo lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abodo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Crump tries to avoid it but Abodo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Crump to the ground. Crump escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Crump.
Abodo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Crump tries to bum rush Abodo with a series of wild strikes but Abodo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Abodo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crump moves away.
Nice jab there from Abodo.
Crump avoids a punch combination nicely.
Abodo slips a straight right by Crump.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abodo is looking to chop away at Crump's legs.
Abodo scores with a push kick.
Abodo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Abodo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Crump looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Crump takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crump tries to move into range but Abodo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Abodo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crump.

Abodo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Crump, pushing him back against the cage.
Abodo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crump backwards.
Abodo keeps control of Crump as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crump tries to circle away but Abodo has him pinned against the cage.
Abodo keeps control of Crump as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Abodo lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Abodo lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abodo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Crump wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crump looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Abodo breaks from the clinch.
Abodo tries a head kick but it misses.
Abodo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crump swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crump fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abodo manages to avoid it.
Crump swings for the body but Abodo moves out of range.
Abodo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Crump throws a push kick but Abodo slaps the foot to one side.
Crump tried to score with a low kick but Abodo checks it.
Crump throws the kick towards the body but Abodo avoids it.
Abodo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crump throws a jab but it's blocked by Abodo.
Crump ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abodo moves away.
A lazy left from Abodo finds it's target.
Abodo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A left lands for Abodo.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crump.
Abodo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Crump on the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Abodo - just one landing.
Hugo Abodo seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crump misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Abodo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Abodo with a jab.

Crump is rocked!
Abodo moves out of range as Crump throws a body kick.
Abodo scores with a shot to the body.
Crump moves out of range as Abodo throws a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Abodo.
Abodo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crump. Crump circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Crump throws a good cross that connects.
Abodo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abodo lands with an overhand left.
Oh Crump is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Abodo slips a jab and a cross from Crump.
Crump takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Crump is looking to land body kicks.
Abodo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crump takes a jab right on the kisser.
Alan Crump is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abodo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Abodo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Crump walks into a stiff left hand from Abodo.
Abodo lands a brutal head kick. Crump looks out on his feet and Abodo throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Hugo Abodo!
Hugo Abodo is the new heavyweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Hugo Abodo made sure he mentioned -OVERDOSE Factory-, along with how happy he was to win his fight.