PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cooper Abreu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pluto Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abreu comes into the arena with Die for Metal blaring out of the sound system. Palhares has chosen TOQUINHO as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Abreu
vs
Palhares

170 cm
35
174 lbs
24 - 6 - 1

181 cm
37
171 lbs
43 - 10 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cooper Abreu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pluto Palhares!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palhares punishes Abreu's body with a nice straight punch.
Palhares darts in looking for a takedown but Abreu gets double underhooks and turns Palhares into the cage.
Abreu half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Palhares lands a head shot.

Palhares gets caught napping as Abreu dives in and scores a takedown. Palhares manages to retain guard.
Palhares 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.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Palhares holds on and takes a little breather.
Abreu tries to free his leg and advance position but Palhares is retaining full guard.
Palhares not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palhares preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Abreu is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Palhares tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares seems keen to control Abreu's posture.

Palhares throws his legs up looking for a submission but Abreu uses it to pass to side control.
Abreu working away.
Palhares is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A control attempt from Palhares but he's now mounted!
Abreu pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abreu misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palhares tries to hold on but Abreu postures up.
Abreu landing strikes, looking to finish!
Abreu avoids the attempt from Palhares to control.
Palhares gets back to half guard.
Palhares trying to control here.
Palhares wants to improve his position but Abreu is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abreu is trying to control the action in half guard but Palhares is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Abreu trying to mount his opponent but Palhares defends it.
Palhares is trying to control but Abreu passes into side control!
Abreu throws an elbow but Palhares slips to the side and avoids it well.
Palhares wants to control but Abreu postures up.
Abreu tries to move into full mount but can't pass Palhares's legs.
Palhares is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four 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.

Abreu working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Palhares is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Abreu off and has taken his back!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Palhares throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Abreu!
Will Palhares go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cooper Abreu dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Abreu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Abreu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Abreu throws a shot from downtown. Palhares moves away and avoids it.
Abreu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Palhares can do to turn this around?
Palhares does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Abreu cracks Palhares with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Palhares throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Palhares!
Abreu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Abreu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abreu tries a low kick but Palhares avoids it.
Palhares tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Abreu throws a series of punches but Palhares moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palhares has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Abreu.
Palhares chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A low kick from Palhares misses

and Abreu counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Abreu.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abreu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Abreu postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abreu landing some decent shots from guard.
Palhares is trying to control the position but Abreu postures up.
Abreu trying to control but Palhares is working from the bottom.
Palhares trying to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Palhares has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Abreu can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Abreu throws a strike but Palhares rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Abreu is keeping the position for now.
Abreu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Palhares manages to get himself to full guard.

Palhares looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Abreu stopping the sweep attempt from Palhares.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares is trying to keep Abreu in close.
Palhares tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cooper Abreu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Palhares looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Abreu puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Palhares trying to control but Abreu postures up.
Palhares is doing well to control the position and prevent Abreu from advancing to side control.
Abreu trying to mount his opponent but Palhares defends it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Palhares manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four 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.
Abreu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Palhares is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Palhares uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abreu.
Palhares avoids the head kick by Abreu.
Abreu throws out a loose jab but Palhares uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Abreu does it's job there.
Abreu checks a leg kick.
Palhares slips a jab from Abreu.

Abreu fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Palhares sprawls well initially but Abreu persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Palhares is trying is best to control the position here.
Palhares is looking to improve his position.
Palhares is trying to maintain the position but Abreu is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cooper Abreu dominated that second 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.

Abreu slips a jab from Palhares.
An inside leg kick from Palhares misses.
Cooper Abreu is winning the standup battle so far.
Abreu slips a jab and a cross from Palhares.
Abreu appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Abreu throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Palhares misses with a two punch combination.
Abreu lands a jab to the head.
Palhares avoids the head kick by Abreu.
Palhares changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Abreu tries to avoid it but Palhares manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Abreu to the ground. Abreu escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Abreu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body kick there by Palhares.
Palhares avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Abreu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Abreu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A swing and a miss from Abreu.
Palhares feints the counter takedown.

Abreu closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abreu advances nicely into full mount.
Abreu working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares tries to lock up and control but Abreu gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Palhares is desperately trying to improve his position but Abreu has a good base and remains in mount.
Abreu looking to control and managing it successfully.
Abreu avoids the attempt from Palhares to control.
Palhares is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares tries to hold on but Abreu pushes him away.
Abreu looking to ground and pound but Palhares is blocking nicely.
Palhares is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Palhares regains half guard.
Palhares wants to get back to full guard but Abreu has mounted him!
Abreu tries to control but Palhares wriggling away.
Abreu in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Palhares wants to control but Abreu is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abreu sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Palhares working to try and regain half guard.
Abreu landing strikes from the mount and Palhares is in trouble!
Palhares is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palhares is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Abreu wants to control but instead Palhares manages to regain half guard.
Abreu not doing much here.
Palhares wants to improve his position but Abreu is controlling well.
Abreu stalling away here and it's allowed Palhares to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cooper Abreu clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Palhares bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Abreu's head backwards.
Abreu misses with a straight right.
Horrible takedown attempt by Abreu or perhaps it was just good defense by Palhares, which made it look bad.
Palhares avoids a kick to the body.
Palhares 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.
Abreu misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Abreu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Abreu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palhares.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Palhares.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palhares slips a jab from Abreu.
Palhares fails with a takedown attempt.
Palhares scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares scores with a decent looking hook.
Abreu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Palhares walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Palhares takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Palhares throws a hook but Abreu avoids it easily.
Abreu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Abreu ducks under a wild hook from Palhares.
Abreu looks for the body kick but Palhares saw that one coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Abreu checks a leg kick.
Palhares throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Abreu.
Abreu attempts a counter takedown but Palhares avoids it well and moves away.
Palhares fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abreu manages to avoid it.
Abreu shoots in for a double leg but Palhares sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Abreu throws a looping overhand right but Palhares ducks down to avoid it.
Abreu closes the distance and clinches up with Palhares, looking for a takedown. Abreu pushes Palhares against the cage but Palhares circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cooper Abreu. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abreu. Palhares does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abreu on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Palhares.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abreu throws a low kick but Palhares moves out of range easily.
Palhares wants to land a leg kick but Abreu is out of range.
Palhares uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abreu.
Palhares drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Abreu defends it well.
A clash of legs there as Palhares blocks the low kick.
Palhares misses with a wild body shot.
Palhares moves out of range as Abreu throws a body kick.
Palhares lands a nice leg kick that just misses Abreu's sensitive parts.
Palhares has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Abreu.
Abreu misses with a hook. Palhares ducked under it nicely.
Good leg kick by Abreu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Palhares throws a nice inside leg kick.
Abreu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abreu drops down looking for a counter takedown but Palhares sprawls and moves away.
Palhares lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Abreu backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abreu connects with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Palhares.
Abreu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palhares moves away.
Good leg kick by Palhares there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Palhares throws the left hand but Abreu avoids the punch easily.
Palhares lands a leg kick that knocks Abreu off balance momentarily.
Palhares defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Abreu.
Palhares is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Abreu with a body shot.
Palhares wants to land a leg kick but Abreu is out of range.
Palhares misses with a looping right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Palhares.
Abreu lands with a nice body kick.
Palhares dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Palhares.
Palhares slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Abreu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palhares scores with a nice right hand.
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!
Abreu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Palhares has time to react.
Palhares connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Abreu momentarily.
Palhares avoids the head kick by Abreu.
A big left from Abreu misses.
A clash of legs there as Palhares blocks the low kick.
Palhares flicks out a counter leg kick but Abreu steps away.
Abreu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Abreu lands with a right hand.
Abreu lunges at Palhares with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Palhares's hand.
Palhares has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Palhares shoots in for a takedown but Abreu shows good takedown defense.
Abreu appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Palhares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palhares slips a straight right by Abreu.
Abreu misses with a head kick.
Abreu blocks the body kick.
Palhares throws a push kick but Abreu slaps the foot to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pluto Palhares dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Palhares avoids a kick to the body.
Palhares has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Abreu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Palhares looks for the body kick but Abreu saw that one coming.
Palhares keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abreu.
A thudding body kick lands there by Abreu!
Palhares avoids a kick to the body.
Abreu throws a lazy right hand but Palhares sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Palhares's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Abreu tries a head kick but it misses.
Abreu defending well as Palhares loads up on a big left hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Abreu. That's going to slow Palhares down.
Palhares wants to slow Abreu down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abreu is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Palhares looks to score with a jab to the body but Abreu is just out of range.
Palhares throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Abreu misses.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Palhares enables Abreu to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Palhares manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Palhares has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Abreu can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Palhares controlling Abreu's posture.
Palhares looking to control.
Abreu scoring with punches to the head and body.
Abreu stopping the sweep attempt from Palhares.
Pluto Palhares has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Abreu might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

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.
Palhares trying to control the position.

Palhares escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Abreu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Palhares being controlled here, momentarily.
Abreu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares avoids the body shot from Abreu.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palhares, right into the meat.
Abreu misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And Palhares tries to counter it with a takedown but Abreu pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Abreu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Palhares takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Abreu darts in looking for a takedown but Palhares gets double underhooks and turns Abreu into the cage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Abreu.

Abreu feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Palhares trying to control the position.
Abreu trying to control but Palhares is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palhares tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Palhares controlling the position.
Abreu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Palhares works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abreu looking to pass the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Palhares finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Palhares staying out of range there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cooper Abreu showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Abreu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:46
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:46
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cooper Abreu!
A less than humble Cooper Abreu misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.