PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Papy Abedi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rand Al Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Thor has chosen Hail the Dragon as his entrance music. Papy Abedi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rand Al Thor's chin.

Abedi
vs
Al Thor

181 cm
28
182 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

175 cm
32
186 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papy Abedi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rand Al Thor!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Abedi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Al Thor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Abedi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Al Thor pushes Abedi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abedi tries to land a knee to the head but Al Thor blocks with his arms.
Abedi lands a hook that snaps the head of Al Thor backwards.
Abedi avoids a wild elbow strike from Al Thor.
A short uppercut from Al Thor.
Al Thor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abedi stalls.
Al Thor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al Thor pushes Abedi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abedi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al Thor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al Thor throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Thor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Still in the clinch, Abedi scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Thor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abedi dodges an elbow strike from Al Thor.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Abedi obliges.
Al Thor lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Abedi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Al Thor tries to work over Abedi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Al Thor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Abedi's brow.
Abedi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Al Thor misses with the head strike.
A bit of stalling here from Abedi.
Al Thor has a couple of punches blocked by Abedi.
Abedi lands a nice uppercut.
Abedi blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Thor misses with some punches.
Al Thor lands an elbow just above Abedi 's eye.

It looks like Papy Abedi has been cut.
Abedi looking to slow down the pace here.
Abedi blocks a body shot from Al Thor.
Abedi blocks an elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abedi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al Thor scores with a shot to the side of Abedi's head.
Al Thor misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Abedi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abedi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al Thor pushes off an throws an elbow but Abedi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Al Thor pushes Abedi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Al Thor has a couple of punches blocked by Abedi.
A head punch on the inside from Al Thor fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abedi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abedi blocks an elbow strike.
Abedi trying to land knees to the body.
Al Thor can't find room to land a body shot as Abedi controls the action.
Abedi trying to stall but Al Thor improves his position.
Al Thor tries a body shot but Abedi blocks it.
Al Thor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Abedi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al Thor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Al Thor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Al Thor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Al Thor gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Al Thor lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Al Thor prevents a body shot from Abedi.
Abedi tries to land knees in the clinch but Al Thor avoids the damage to the body.
Al Thor pushes Abedi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Thor misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Thor lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Abedi dodges an elbow strike from Al Thor.
Al Thor pushes off an throws an elbow but Abedi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Abedi is pushing Al Thor up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nice elbow from Al Thor.
Abedi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Al Thor - that landed with a thud.
Al Thor is working Abedi over against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Abedi has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Al Thor scores with a nice hook to the head.
Abedi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Abedi avoids the elbow strike from Al Thor, against the cage.
Al Thor working aggressively here.
Al Thor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right from Al Thor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rand Al Thor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Papy Abedi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Al Thor throws a body punch but Abedi moves out of range.
Al Thor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abedi moves away.
Al Thor misses with a left hand
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Abedi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Al Thor doesn't manage to clinch there - Abedi circles away.
Al Thor throws a low kick but Abedi avoids it.
Al Thor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Abedi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Abedi blocks the elbow strike.
The referee calls for Abedi to work.
Al Thor swings wildly with an uppercut but Abedi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Abedi.
Abedi swings wildly with an uppercut but Al Thor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al Thor lands an elbow that stopped Abedi in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Thor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al Thor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Al Thor throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Al Thor.

Abedi is rocked!
Abedi blocks an elbow strike.
Oh Abedi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch on the inside from Al Thor fails to land.
Abedi blocks the elbow strike.
Abedi avoids a wild elbow strike from Al Thor.
Abedi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Al Thor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Al Thor throws an elbow but misses.
Al Thor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Al Thor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al Thor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Al Thor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Abedi throws an elbow but it misses.
Al Thor pushes off an throws an elbow but Abedi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Al Thor has a couple of punches blocked by Abedi.
Al Thor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al Thor.
Abedi dodges an elbow strike from Al Thor.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al Thor.
Al Thor misses with an elbow over the top.
Rand Al Thor seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Abedi blocks an uppercut.
Abedi trying to stall but Al Thor improves his position.
Al Thor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Al Thor misses with some punches.
Al Thor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al Thor working aggressively here.
Abedi seems to have got his legs back now.
Al Thor misses with a punch on the inside.
Abedi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Al Thor has a couple of punches blocked by Abedi.
Al Thor pushes Abedi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Al Thor looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Thor has a couple of punches blocked by Abedi.
Abedi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Abedi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Abedi takes an elbow to the temple.
Al Thor pushes off an throws an elbow but Abedi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Al Thor lands with a left to the head.
Al Thor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Al Thor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al Thor.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al Thor.
Al Thor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Al Thor creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Abedi with a big uppercut! Abedi tries to clinch up but Al Thor pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Abedi to the mat! Abedi covers up and Al Thor unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rand Al Thor!
A relieved looking Rand Al Thor thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.