PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Abbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clayton Ozone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Abbott
vs
Ozone

189 cm
20
223 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
24
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nick Abbott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Clayton Ozone!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abbott tries to close the distance and clinch but Ozone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ozone looks to throw the jab but Abbott is out of range.

Abbott rushes Ozone and presses him up against the cage.
Abbott lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Clayton Ozone has been cut.

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

Abbott moves into the clinch successfully.
Ozone is trying to pull guard but Abbott has him pressed against the cage.
Abbott lands a damaging elbow.
Abbott lands a good knee to the midsection. Ozone won't want to take too many of those.
Abbott misses with a knee strike.
Abbott is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Abbott connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ozone's face.
Abbott creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ozone's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Abbott on the inside.
Abbott landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Abbott breaks the clinch.
Ozone misses with a two punch combination.
Ozone looks winded!

Abbott closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Abbott breaks the clinch.
Nick Abbott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ozone defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Abbott.
Ozone is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Abbott moves into the clinch.
Abbott holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Good body shot from Abbott.
Ozone being controlled against the cage.
Abbott changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ozone fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Abbott takes a swing at Ozone's ribcage but misses.
Ozone swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ozone circles away from the clinch attempt.

Ozone gets tackled into the cage by Abbott. Abbott maintains the clinch.
Abbott tries to score a body lock takedown but Ozone shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Abbott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abbott has Ozone pressed against the cage.
Abbott has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ozone after a bit of a struggle.
Abbott lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ozone can't get the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott lands an elbow just above Ozone 's eye.
Ozone takes an elbow to the forehead.
Abbott landing knees to the body.
Abbott unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Abbott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ozone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abbott tries to pull guard but Ozone holds him up against the cage and eventually Abbott drops back down to his feet.
Ozone being controlled against the cage.
Abbott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ozone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abbott stalling.
Ozone takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ozone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Abbott pushes off an throws an elbow but Ozone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Abbott breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abbott fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Abbott throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ozone cracks Abbott with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice shot by Ozone.
Ozone scores with a punch to the head.
Ozone is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Ozone drops Abbott with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Abbott looks back up at him and smiles so Ozone waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Abbott is rocked!
Abbott is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Ozone doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Abbott crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Abbott's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Clayton Ozone!
In his post fight interview, Clayton Ozone started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.