PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafiq Al Abdullah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim De Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Rafiq Al Abdullah has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Al Abdullah
vs
De Jong

180 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rafiq Al Abdullah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tim De Jong!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Jong shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Al Abdullah pinned against the cage. Al Abdullah gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
De Jong shoots in but Al Abdullah avoids the takedown attempt easily.
De Jong shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rafiq Al Abdullah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim De Jong.
De Jong darts in looking for a takedown but Al Abdullah gets double underhooks and turns De Jong into the cage.
De Jong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Al Abdullah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al Abdullah could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
De Jong misses with some punches.
Al Abdullah lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Jong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al Abdullah misses with a punch to the body.
Al Abdullah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Jong misses with some punches.
Al Abdullah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Al Abdullah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al Abdullah makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De Jong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al Abdullah throws a head punch that misses.
De Jong can't find room to land a body shot as Al Abdullah controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jong blocks a body shot from Al Abdullah.
De Jong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Al Abdullah backwards.
De Jong struggles to land a body shot inside as Al Abdullah controls his hands.
De Jong has a couple of punches blocked by Al Abdullah.
De Jong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Al Abdullah's elbow.
De Jong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Jong tries to throw a body punch but Al Abdullah avoids it by throwing De Jong back against the cage.
Al Abdullah is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Al Abdullah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De Jong tries to throw a body punch but Al Abdullah avoids it by throwing De Jong back against the cage.
De Jong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Al Abdullah or not.
Al Abdullah swings wildly with an uppercut but De Jong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al Abdullah lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Jong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Jong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Jong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Al Abdullah.
De Jong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Jong misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Abdullah lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Jong backwards.
Al Abdullah lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Jong backwards.
De Jong looks winded!
De Jong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al Abdullah misses with the head strike.
Al Abdullah lands with a left to the head.
De Jong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Jong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Al Abdullah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al Abdullah lands with a left to the head.
Al Abdullah digs a right hand into De Jong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Jong's gas tank.
Al Abdullah lands a hook that snaps the head of De Jong backwards.
De Jong tries to work over Al Abdullah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Al Abdullah.
De Jong working aggressively here.
De Jong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al Abdullah lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Al Abdullah.

De Jong is rocked!
Al Abdullah blocking some punches.
De Jong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A bit of stalling here from Al Abdullah.
Al Abdullah misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Abdullah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Jong is still on wobbly legs! Can Al Abdullah finish him?
De Jong tries a body shot but Al Abdullah blocks it.
De Jong seems to have recovered his senses.
A short left from Al Abdullah.
Al Abdullah lands a body punch in the clinch.
Al Abdullah works on De Jong's body with a couple of short punches.
De Jong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Al Abdullah.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al Abdullah lands an uppercut.
The fighters are playing wrist control here with De Jong pressed against the cage. Al Abdullah frees himself up and cracks Al Abdullah with an uppercut straight from the bowels of hell! De Jong crumples to the floor, out cold! Al Abdullah jumps on to the cage and takes in the roar of the crowd! That was nasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rafiq Al Abdullah!