PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earnest Abe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Varg Veide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abe comes to the cage accompanied by Uncle Sam Goddamn. Veide comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Taking Care of Business kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Abe
vs
Veide

200 cm
32
283 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

195 cm
23
255 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Earnest Abe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Varg Veide!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Veide swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abe's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Veide connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Abe scrambles back to his feet.
Veide misses with a straight right.
Abe lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abe checks a low kick from Veide.
Abe slips under a jab from Veide.

Abe clinches with his opponent.
Abe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abe lands a left hand.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Abe takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Abe pushes Veide back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Veide swings wildly with an uppercut but Abe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veide misses with some punches.
Abe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abe works on Veide's body with a couple of short punches.
Abe presses Veide against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Veide looks winded!
Abe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Veide or not.
Abe leaning his opponent against the cage.
Abe pushes Veide back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Veide backwards.
Abe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Veide misses with a short punch on the inside.

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

Veide tries to keep at a distance but Abe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Abe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abe swings wildly with an uppercut but Veide uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abe blocks a body shot from Veide.
Abe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Abe is working Veide over against the cage.
Abe pushes Veide back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Abe manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Abe sends Veide crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Abe is motioning to the referee to let Veide up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Veide is rocked!

It looks like Varg Veide has been cut.

Abe clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abe gets through Veide's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Veide is still on wobbly legs! Can Abe finish him?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Veide.
Veide seems to have recovered his senses.
Abe misses with a short punch on the inside.

Abe manages to break the clinch.
Abe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Veide throws out a loose jab but Abe uses good head movement to avoid it.

Abe darts in and clinches Veide up against the cage.
Veide misses with a punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Veide has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Abe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Veide blocking some punches.
Abe slowing the pace effectively.
A head punch on the inside from Veide fails to land.

Abe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Abe wants to clinch.
Veide keeps the fight on the outside.
Abe takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Abe fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veide throws out a leg kick but Abe moves out of range and Veide only half commits.
A looping hook to the body misses from Veide. Abe does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Veide.
Veide tries to clinch up but Abe circles away and keeps his distance.

Abe darts in and clinches Veide up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veide.
Abe tries a body shot but Veide blocks it.
A short uppercut from Abe.
Abe working aggressively here.
Abe is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Abe fails to land.
Abe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Veide backwards.
Veide tries a body shot but Abe blocks it.
Veide lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Abe.
Veide fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abe throws a punch but it's blocked by Veide.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Veide breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Abe fails in his attempt to clinch.

Abe has managed to clinch.
Veide tries to work over Abe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abe blocking some punches.
Veide lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Veide breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Abe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Abe wants to clinch but Veide slips to the side
and Veide counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Abe is looking to clinch.
Veide misses with a leg kick
and Abe counters with a one-two to the body.
Abe takes a swing at Veide's ribcage but misses.
Earnest Abe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Abe has Veide up against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Abe scores with a nice short uppercut.

Abe breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Earnest Abe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Varg Veide's cut.
That's time! Abe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The fight stays on the outside here - Abe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Veide swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Veide looks to throw the jab but Abe is out of range.
Veide fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Abe is out of range.
Earnest Abe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Veide looks to land a left hand but Abe moved out of range nicely.
Abe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Abe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Veide can do to turn this around?
The fighters circle, before Abe throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Veide's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Abe lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Earnest Abe!
Earnest Abe thanked the fans post fight for their support.