PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Abaddon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lorenzo Sulphur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Abaddon might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Lorenzo Sulphur enters the cage!

Abaddon
vs
Sulphur

182 cm
37
190 lbs
30 - 23 - 0

192 cm
26
202 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

{R.W} Four Aces Nutrition

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 30 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Abaddon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lorenzo Sulphur!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abaddon shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sulphur but Sulphur pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sulphur fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Abaddon tries for a takedown but Sulphur sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Abaddon works Sulphur's body with a nice hook.
Abaddon jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Abaddon tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sulphur is able to avoid easily.
Abaddon throws a series of punches but Sulphur avoids them all with ease.
Sulphur shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Abaddon but Abaddon pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Sulphur scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sulphur trying to control the action but Abaddon is working from the bottom.
Abaddon trying to hold on to Sulphur's head to control him but Sulphur postures up.
Abaddon is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sulphur is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sulphur is keen to just control but Abaddon is a slippery customer.
Abaddon is looking for a sweep. Sulphur is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sulphur tries to pass to full mount but Abaddon defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Abaddon kicks Sulphur off and gets back to his feet.
Abaddon stuffs the takedown attempt from Sulphur. Sulphur gets slowly back to his feet.
Anthony Abaddon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lorenzo Sulphur.
Abaddon misses with a low kick.
Sulphur shoots in looking for a takedown but Abaddon manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sulphur's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Abaddon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Abaddon.
Sulphur has a takedown stuffed.
Sulphur shoots in but no luck this time.
Abaddon has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sulphur shoots in for a double leg but Abaddon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sulphur misses with a takedown attempt - Abaddon sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Abaddon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abaddon.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abaddon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abaddon misses with a hook to the ribs.

Abaddon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abaddon cracks Sulphur with a good jab.
Sulphur has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Abaddon.
Sulphur stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sulphur wants it to stay on the feet.
Abaddon throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Abaddon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Abaddon thows a body kick. Sulphur tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sulphur shoots in but Abaddon avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Abaddon throws a right and a left that Sulphur avoids nicely.
Sulphur tries to score a power double leg takedown but Abaddon sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sulphur somewhat.
Sulphur on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Abaddon keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abaddon misses with the combination.
Abaddon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sulphur under the eye.

Sulphur is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Sulphur head around and knocks him out cold! Abaddon hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anthony Abaddon!
Anthony Abaddon spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.