PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darnell Rawlins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mamadou Abdoulaye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rawlins
vs
Abdoulaye

200 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
182 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Heisenberg
Bad Man Clothing

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darnell Rawlins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mamadou Abdoulaye!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Abdoulaye looking to score a takedown here. Rawlins is defending well but Abdoulaye drives through and ends up in Rawlins's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Abdoulaye postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rawlins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Abdoulaye throws a strike but Rawlins rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Abdoulaye manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Abdoulaye is trying to force a seperation but Rawlins has the dominant position.
Rawlins connects with a knee to the head.
Abdoulaye gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rawlins.
Rawlins can't get the takedown.
Rawlins has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Abdoulaye avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darnell Rawlins. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Abdoulaye works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abdoulaye loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdoulaye stays in close to Rawlins's body and controls the position.
Abdoulaye keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rawlins's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Abdoulaye's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Abdoulaye is in close to Rawlins's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Abdoulaye looking to pass the guard.
Abdoulaye is in close to Rawlins's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Abdoulaye must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Abdoulaye landing some decent shots from guard.
Abdoulaye distracts Rawlins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Abdoulaye postures up and lands a big shot to Rawlins's brow.
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!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Abdoulaye accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdoulaye scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Rawlins is rocked!
Abdoulaye postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Oh Rawlins is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Abdoulaye postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abdoulaye forces his way into half guard.
Abdoulaye lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rawlins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rawlins seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Abdoulaye lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Abdoulaye is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Abdoulaye looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rawlins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdoulaye scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Abdoulaye has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Abdoulaye is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Abdoulaye scoring with strikes but Rawlins is staying in there.
Abdoulaye with good strikes from the mount here!
Abdoulaye is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rawlins can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abdoulaye cracks Rawlins with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mamadou Abdoulaye!
Our winner, Mamadou Abdoulaye, 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.