PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lupercal Abaddon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abaddon comes to the cage accompanied by Heartless. Patrick Kenzie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Abaddon
vs
Kenzie

185 cm
29
183 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

191 cm
34
177 lbs
26 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lupercal Abaddon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Kenzie!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenzie slips under a jab.
Kenzie moves into range and connects with a jab.
Abaddon thumps Kenzie with a low kick.
Kenzie tries to clinch up but Abaddon circles away and keeps his distance.
Kenzie moves out of range as Abaddon strikes.
Abaddon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kenzie tries to clinch there but Abaddon circles away.
Kenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abaddon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kenzie.
Kenzie moves out of range of the body kick from Abaddon.
Abaddon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kenzie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kenzie avoids the body shot from Abaddon.
Kenzie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Abaddon throws a head kick but Kenzie moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Abaddon there.
Abaddon walks into a straight right hand from Kenzie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abaddon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Abaddon misses with an uppercut. Kenzie saw that one coming.
Kenzie throws a combination. Abaddon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kenzie loads up on a big right hand but Abaddon slips the punch.
Abaddon plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Patrick Kenzie has been cut.
Abaddon throws a leg kick which misses Kenzie's front leg but catches the back leg as Kenzie tries to avoid it.
Kenzie misses the shot to the body.
Abaddon dodges the punch combination from Kenzie.
Abaddon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kenzie.
Abaddon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abaddon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abaddon throws a head kick that misses.
Kenzie moves in looking to clinch but Abaddon pushes him off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kenzie staying out of range there.
Kenzie wants to clinch but Abaddon slips to the side
and Abaddon counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abaddon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abaddon slips a straight right by Kenzie.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kenzie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abaddon.
Abaddon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kenzie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abaddon was well out of range. Poor timing from Kenzie.
Abaddon with a jab.
Kenzie throws a looping overhand right but Abaddon ducks down to avoid it.
Kenzie walks forward, straight into a front kick from Abaddon.
Abaddon throws a shot from downtown. Kenzie moves away and avoids it.
Kenzie is looking to clinch.
Abaddon throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kenzie's head.
Abaddon plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Abaddon ducks under a wild hook from Kenzie.
Abaddon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kenzie tries to clinch up but Abaddon circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kenzie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abaddon moves away.
Kenzie throws a good cross that connects.
Patrick Kenzie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abaddon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kenzie lands a really nice looking cross but Abaddon seems unphased.
Kenzie jabs Abaddon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Abaddon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kenzie circles away quickly and effectively.
Kenzie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kenzie checks a low kick from Abaddon.
Abaddon lands a head shot.
Abaddon misses with a straight left.
A big left from Abaddon misses.
Abaddon lands with a straight right. Kenzie didn't see that one coming.
Abaddon misses with a low kick.
Kenzie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abaddon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The fighters circling - Kenzie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kenzie tries to clinch up but Abaddon circles away and keeps his distance.

Kenzie rushes Abaddon and presses him up against the cage.
Abaddon blocking some punches.
Kenzie working aggressively here.
Abaddon wants to get back to striking at distance but Kenzie won't allow it.
Abaddon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kenzie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kenzie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Abaddon is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kenzie slows down the pace here.

Kenzie manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lupercal Abaddon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Patrick Kenzie's cut.
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.

Kenzie moves out of range of the strikes.
Kenzie misses with a right hand
and Abaddon counters with a stiff right hand.
Kenzie 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.
Kenzie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Abaddon.
Abaddon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Abaddon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Abaddon lands with a slapping head kick.
Abaddon ducks under a wild hook from Kenzie.
Abaddon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kenzie. Abaddon does a little dance to reset his feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Abaddon.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kenzie regains half guard there - taking advantage of Abaddon's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Kenzie works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenzie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Abaddon controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Abaddon tries to free his leg and advance position but Kenzie is retaining full guard.
Abaddon looking to sit in guard and control but Kenzie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kenzie content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie wanted to stand there but Abaddon had control of the position.
Abaddon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kenzie is one step ahead there.

Kenzie stands up and waves to Abaddon to follow him.
Kenzie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abaddon.
Abaddon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kenzie.
A big right from Abaddon misses.
Abaddon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kenzie's head.
Kenzie misses with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kenzie wants to clinch but Abaddon slips to the side
and Abaddon counters with a big head kick but Kenzie shrugs it off.
Abaddon throws a looping overhand right but Kenzie ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon misses with a straight left.
Abaddon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Abaddon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slow jab from Kenzie misses its intended target.
Abaddon throws a hook but Kenzie avoids it easily.
Donk. Abaddon catches Kenzie right on the button with a cross.
Kenzie doesn't manage to clinch there - Abaddon circles away.
Abaddon misses with a left hand
and Kenzie counters with a nice uppercut.
Kenzie lands with a nice body punch.
Kenzie tries to clinch there but Abaddon circles away.
Kenzie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Abaddon circles away quickly and effectively.
Abaddon goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Abaddon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kenzie digs a good body shot into Abaddon's ribs.
Kenzie moves out of range as Abaddon strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie works Abaddon's body with a nice hook.
Kenzie bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Abaddon's head.
Kenzie doesn't manage to clinch there - Abaddon circles away.
Abaddon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kenzie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abaddon throws a leg kick but Kenzie checks it.
Abaddon takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kenzie lands the left hand.
Abaddon throws a hook to the side of Kenzie's head but Kenzie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Abaddon slips a straight right by Kenzie.
Abaddon throws a hook but Kenzie avoids it easily.
Abaddon defending well as Kenzie loads up on a big left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abaddon throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Kenzie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Abaddon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kenzie slips under a jab.
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 Lupercal Abaddon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Patrick Kenzie's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kenzie walks into a jab.
A big left from Abaddon misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Abaddon, as that shot connected.
Abaddon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Abaddon 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 Kenzie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kenzie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Abaddon misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abaddon. Kenzie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abaddon throws the left hand but Kenzie avoids the punch easily.
Kenzie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Kenzie has Abaddon up against the cage in a clinch.
Abaddon blocks a body shot from Kenzie.
Abaddon wants to break free but Kenzie has control.
Abaddon throws a head punch that misses.
Kenzie is trying to break the clinch but Abaddon has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Kenzie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kenzie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abaddons head.

Abaddon manages to break the clinch.
Kenzie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kenzie lands with a hook. Abaddon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Abaddon throws a head kick that misses.
Kenzie scores with a jab to the jaw.
Decent striking displayed by Abaddon there.
Good work by Kenzie as he checks the leg kick.
Kenzie walks into a jab.
Kenzie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sloppy strikes from Kenzie. Those never looked like landing.
Kenzie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abaddon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kenzie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Patrick Kenzie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lupercal Abaddon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abaddon misses with a head kick.
Lupercal Abaddon is winning the standup battle so far.
Abaddon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kenzie throws out the jab.
Abaddon circles away from the clinch attempt
and Abaddon counters with an inside leg kick.
Kenzie slips a jab from Abaddon.
Kenzie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Abaddon slips a jab from Kenzie.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Abaddon slips a jab from Kenzie.
Abaddon cracks a nice hook into Kenzie's ribs.
Abaddon blocks a jab.
Abaddon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kenzie is out of range and Abaddon settles back down.
A jab from Abaddon does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon misses with a straight left.
Abaddon scores with a head kick.
A punch lands to the side of Abaddon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kenzie slips under a jab from Abaddon.
Abaddon tried to score with a low kick but Kenzie checks it.
A big right from Abaddon misses.
Kenzie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abaddon goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Abaddon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kenzie.
Abaddon lands a head shot.
Kenzie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Abaddon's hands.
Abaddon thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Kenzie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kenzie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kenzie takes one to the chin there.
Kenzie paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kenzie wants to clinch.
Abaddon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kenzie.
Abaddon tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bone on bone clash there as Kenzie blocks the leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abaddon throws a wild body kick that Kenzie sees coming a mile off.
Abaddon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Abaddon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Abaddon. That's going to slow Kenzie down.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lupercal Abaddon.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Abaddon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lupercal Abaddon!
Our winner, Lupercal Abaddon, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.