PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rahkim Abdullah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Speedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speedy has chosen Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Abdullah
vs
Speedy

190 cm
25
168 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

178 cm
24
182 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rahkim Abdullah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pete Speedy!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Abdullah shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Abdullah trying to control the action but Speedy is working from the bottom.
Abdullah is stalling here. Speedy is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Abdullah seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Speedy has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Speedy trying to control the action but Abdullah is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Speedy scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Abdullah to see if he's OK.
Abdullah gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullah is trying to stand.
Abdullah keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Speedy trying to control the action but Abdullah is working from the bottom.
Speedy prevents Abdullah from improving his position.
Speedy throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Abdullah to regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Speedy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Speedy slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Abdullah pulls Speedy in close to prevent any damage.
Speedy throws a big elbow that misses.
Speedy throwing strikes from guard but Abdullah blocks nicely.
My spies in Cylon Training Academy inform me that Speedy has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Abdullah is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Speedy with the counter takedown but Abdullah avoids it easily.
Abdullah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speedy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abdullah tries to counter with a takedown but Speedy is quick to defend against it.
Abdullah dives in and grabs Speedy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Speedy pushes down on Abdullah's head and hops out.
Abdullah closes the distance and clinches up with Speedy, looking for a takedown. Abdullah pushes Speedy against the cage but Speedy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Speedy feints the counter takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rahkim Abdullah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Speedy misses.
Abdullah has a takedown stuffed.
Abdullah cracks a nice hook into Speedy's ribs.
Abdullah misses with an uppercut. Speedy saw that one coming.
Abdullah dives in and grabs Speedy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Speedy pushes down on Abdullah's head and hops out.
And Speedy tries to counter it with a takedown but Abdullah pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Abdullah gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Speedy to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speedy wants to control from the top but Abdullah keeps moving.
Abdullah tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Speedy trying to control but Abdullah is working from the bottom.
Speedy sitting in guard here, content to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Abdullah is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Speedy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Speedy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Abdullah.

Abdullah is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Speedy's half guard.
Speedy wants to get back to full guard.
Speedy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Speedy looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdullah preventing the sweep.
Abdullah engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Abdullah looking to sit in guard and control but Speedy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedy won't allow Abdullah to sweep him here.
Abdullah manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Speedy manages to get himself to full guard.

Abdullah really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Speedy trying to keep a closed guard but Abdullah is proving a slippery customer.
Abdullah slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Abdullah trying to control the position from guard on top but Speedy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Speedy is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Speedy keeping moving, preventing Abdullah from controlling successfully.
Abdullah postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speedy lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Speedy slips nicely into half guard.
Speedy controlling the pace.
Abdullah keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Speedy trying to advance position but Abdullah counters by regaining guard.
Speedy throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speedy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Speedy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Speedy throws an elbow that misses. Abdullah uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Speedy's guard. Nice move by Abdullah!

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abdullah preventing the sweep.
Speedy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Speedy working a defensive guard here.
Abdullah will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Speedy lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

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

That was a close second round but I would say that Rahkim Abdullah will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Abdullah shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And Speedy tries to counter it with a takedown but Abdullah pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A punch combination from Abdullah misses.
Speedy with the counter takedown but Abdullah avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Speedy.
Speedy lands a nice hook to Abdullah's body. Abdullah takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Speedy throws a body shot but no joy.
Speedy avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Speedy staying out of range there.
Abdullah fails with a takedown attempt.
Abdullah tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Speedy defends well and Abdullah ends up having to push Speedy into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rahkim Abdullah. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullah throws a body punch but Speedy moves out of range.
Abdullah tries for a takedown but Speedy circles away easily

and Speedy decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Abdullah's guard.
Speedy is pushing down on Abdullah's leg trying to pass to half guard. Abdullah is fighting to maintain full guard but Speedy has managed to sneak the leg through.
Abdullah is looking for a sweep. Speedy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Speedy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Abdullah blocking the ground and pound attempt from Speedy.
Speedy winds up and cracks Abdullah with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speedy throwing shots but Abdullah is blocking nicely.
Speedy throwing shots but Abdullah is blocking nicely.
Speedy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Speedy trying to mount his opponent but Abdullah defends it.
Abdullah trying to control from the bottom.
Speedy trying to control from half guard but Abdullah is working away.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah is trying hard to land a takedown here. Speedy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Speedy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Abdullah doesn't seem bothered though.
Abdullah shoots in and drives through. Speedy sprawls well.
Speedy scores with a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Abdullah enables Speedy to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Abdullah manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Speedy stays in close to Abdullah's body and controls the position.
Speedy wants to control from the top but Abdullah keeps moving.
Abdullah has momentary wrist control but Speedy slips an elbow through the middle.
Speedy trying to control the position from guard on top but Abdullah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speedy tries to free his leg and advance position but Abdullah is retaining full guard.
Pete Speedy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Speedy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Abdullah preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Abdullah looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Abdullah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speedy.
Abdullah misses with a wild body shot.
Speedy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And Speedy tries to counter it with a takedown but Abdullah pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abdullah pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Speedy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Speedy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Speedy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Speedy!
Pete Speedy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.