PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Moises Abegunde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitt Thrawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moises Abegunde has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Abegunde
vs
Thrawn

188 cm
23
188 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

165 cm
19
185 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Moises Abegunde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mitt Thrawn!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thrawn misses with a looping left.
Thrawn misses with a body shot.
Thrawn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Good leg kick by Abegunde there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thrawn throws a hook but Abegunde blocks it.

Abegunde has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thrawn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Abegunde unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thrawn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice body punch from Thrawn - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abegunde trying to land knees to the body.
Abegunde avoids a wild elbow strike from Thrawn.
Abegunde blocks the elbow strike.
Abegunde tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thrawn lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Moises Abegunde has been cut.
Abegunde landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Abegunde prevents a body shot from Thrawn.
Thrawn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thrawn lands an elbow that stopped Abegunde in his tracks for a moment.
Thrawn avoiding damage as Abegunde throws knees to the body.
Abegunde misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrawn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Abegunde is trying to break the clinch but Thrawn has him pressed against the cage.
Abegunde misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Thrawn.
Thrawn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thrawn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thrawn lands a nice shot to the body.
Thrawn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thrawn has Abegunde pressed against the cage, preventing Abegunde from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice elbow from Thrawn.
Abegunde lands a knee to the body.
Thrawn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Abegunde tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thrawn avoids it.
Abegunde tries to land a knee to the head but Thrawn blocks with his arms.
Abegunde lands a good knee to the midsection. Thrawn won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Thrawn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thrawn throws an elbow but misses.
Abegunde with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thrawn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Abegunde using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thrawn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrawn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Abegunde landing knees to the head.

It looks like Mitt Thrawn has been cut.
Thrawn lands a shot to the body.
Abegunde blocks an elbow strike.
Thrawn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Abegunde blocks an elbow strike from Thrawn.
Abegunde tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thrawn avoids it.
Abegunde tries to land knees in the clinch but Thrawn avoids the damage to the body.
Thrawn throws an elbow but it misses.
Abegunde takes an elbow to the temple.

Moises Abegunde's cut is getting worse.
Thrawn pushes off an throws an elbow but Abegunde leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Abegunde putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thrawn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Thrawn.
Thrawn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thrawn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Abegunde dodges an elbow strike from Thrawn.
Abegunde with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thrawn throws an elbow that misses.
Abegunde connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thrawn's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrawn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Abegunde scores a nice knee to the body.
Thrawn has Abegunde pressed against the cage, preventing Abegunde from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Abegunde looking to throw knees to the head but Thrawn is blocking nicely.
Abegunde takes an elbow to the forehead.
Abegunde landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Abegunde blocks an elbow strike from Thrawn.
Abegunde blocks an elbow strike.
Abegunde tries to land a knee to the head but Thrawn blocks with his arms.
Abegunde blocks the elbow strike.
Abegunde tries to land a knee to the head but Thrawn blocks with his arms.
Thrawn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abegunde missing with knees to the body.
Abegunde working Thrawn over with knees to the body.
Abegunde avoids the elbow strike from Thrawn, against the cage.
Thrawn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thrawn misses with a punch to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Abegunde's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thrawn throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thrawn pushes off an throws an elbow but Abegunde leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thrawn managing to block the knees to the body from Abegunde.
Thrawn lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Abegunde.
Abegunde tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thrawn avoids it.
Abegunde misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thrawn.
Abegunde avoids the elbow strike from Thrawn, against the cage.
Abegunde crunches a lovely knee into Thrawn's ribcage.
Abegunde blocks an elbow strike from Thrawn.
Thrawn throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thrawn throws an elbow but misses.
Abegunde misses with a knee to the head.
Thrawn lands an elbow just above Abegunde 's eye.

Moises Abegunde's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Thrawn misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thrawn managing to block the knees to the body from Abegunde.
Abegunde connects with a knee to the head.
Thrawn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thrawn misses with a punch to the body.
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 Moises Abegunde will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A looping hook to the body misses from Thrawn. Abegunde does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thrawn misses with an uppercut
and Abegunde counters with a solid body kick.
The fighters circling - Thrawn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Abegunde walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Thrawn checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Thrawn misses with a shot to the body
and Abegunde makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Thrawn connects with a nice looking jab.
Thrawn throws an overhand right that lands on Abegunde's shoulder, as Abegunde tries to avoid the shot.
Thrawn scores with a sloppy right hand. Abegunde should have avoided that one.
Mitt Thrawn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thrawn looks to land a left hand but Abegunde moved out of range nicely.

Thrawn gets a clinch.
Thrawn misses with a body punch.
Thrawn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thrawn misses with an elbow strike.
Abegunde misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thrawn.
Abegunde missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrawn avoiding damage as Abegunde throws knees to the body.
Abegunde misses with a knee strike.
Thrawn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Abegunde blocks an elbow strike.
Abegunde tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thrawn avoids it.
Thrawn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abegunde's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thrawn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Abegunde's brow.
Abegunde is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thrawn is defending well for now.
Thrawn throws an elbow but it misses.
Moises Abegunde has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Abegunde tries to throw a body punch but Thrawn avoids it by throwing Abegunde back against the cage.
Abegunde dodges an elbow strike from Thrawn.
Thrawn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thrawn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thrawn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Abegunde tries to land a knee to the head but Thrawn blocks with his arms.
Thrawn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Abegunde avoids the elbow strike from Thrawn, against the cage.
Thrawn pushes off an throws an elbow but Abegunde leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Abegunde throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abegunde unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Abegunde misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thrawn.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thrawn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jeez, Moises Abegunde's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

Abegunde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Thrawn moves into range and clinches up with Abegunde.
Abegunde trying to land knees to the body.
Thrawn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thrawn avoiding damage as Abegunde throws knees to the body.
Thrawn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Abegunde.
A short body shot lands from Thrawn as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thrawn digs a right hand underneath Abegunde's ribcage. Abegunde let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thrawn can't find room to land a body shot as Abegunde controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thrawn.
Abegunde trying to land knees to the body.
Thrawn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Abegunde tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abegunde takes an elbow to the forehead.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Moises Abegunde's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mitt Thrawn!
A relieved looking Mitt Thrawn thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.