PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morrison Erikksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Firas Qabbani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Erikksen
vs
Qabbani

190 cm
27
300 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
280 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

Big Bear Amsterdam 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Morrison Erikksen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Firas Qabbani!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erikksen throws a shot from downtown. Qabbani moves away and avoids it.
Erikksen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Qabbani steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Erikksen.
Erikksen misses with a left hand

and Qabbani counters by clinching up.
Qabbani prevents Erikksen from breaking the clinch.

Erikksen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Erikksen throws a hook but Qabbani blocks it.
Qabbani steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Erikksen.
Qabbani takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Firas Qabbani has been cut.
Qabbani moves away from the strike by Erikksen.
Qabbani tries to counter by closing the distance.
Erikksen throws a jab but it's blocked by Qabbani.
Qabbani is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Erikksen misses with a left hand

and Qabbani moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erikksen has had enough of the clinch but Qabbani keeps him there for the moment.
Erikksen is trying to break the clinch but Qabbani is controlling him.
Qabbani lands a right hand.
Erikksen is trying to break the clinch but Qabbani is controlling him.
Erikksen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Qabbani lands a right hand.
Erikksen working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qabbani lands a nice uppercut.
Qabbani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Erikksen's elbow.
Qabbani doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erikksen is trying to force a seperation but Qabbani has the dominant position.
Qabbani just leaning against Erikksen, taking a breather.
Qabbani struggles to land a body shot inside as Erikksen controls his hands.
Erikksen blocks a body shot from Qabbani.
Qabbani has a couple of punches blocked by Erikksen.
Qabbani working aggressively here.
Erikksen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Erikksen breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Erikksen misses its intended target.
Erikksen looks to throw the jab but Qabbani is out of range.
Qabbani steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Erikksen.
Qabbani keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Erikksen.
Qabbani moves out of range of the strikes.
Qabbani appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Erikksen throws an off balance right hand
letting Qabbani counter with a right hand.
Qabbani connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erikksen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Erikksen sets himself, and Qabbani steps forward looking for the clinch! Erikksen avoids it this time.
Erikksen misses with a straight left.
Qabbani steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Erikksen.
Qabbani scores with a sloppy right hand. Erikksen should have avoided that one.
Erikksen misses with a looping left.
Erikksen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Erikksen throws a big shot that misses.
Qabbani wants to counter with a clinch but Erikksen pushes him away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Erikksen.
Erikksen misses with a hook. Qabbani ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Erikksen misses.
Erikksen misses the shot to the body.
Qabbani steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Erikksen.
Erikksen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Erikksen throws a hook but Qabbani blocks it.
Qabbani tries to counter with a clinch but Erikksen shakes him off and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Qabbani connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Qabbani fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Qabbani ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Qabbani! But no joy.
Qabbani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Erikksen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Erikksen misses with a right hand
and Qabbani counters with a stiff right hand.
Erikksen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Qabbani.
Qabbani ducks under a wild hook from Erikksen.
A nice side step and Qabbani releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Erikksen takes a swing at Qabbani's ribcage but misses.
Qabbani steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Erikksen.
Qabbani defending well as Erikksen loads up on a big left hand.
Erikksen throws an off balance right hand
and Qabbani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Erikksen misses with a shot to the body
and Qabbani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Erikksen misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erikksen misses with a looping left.
Erikksen sets himself, and Qabbani steps forward looking for the clinch! Erikksen avoids it this time.
Qabbani wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Qabbani has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Erikksen throws a big shot that misses.
Erikksen sets himself, and Qabbani steps forward looking for the clinch! Erikksen avoids it this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Qabbani ducks under a wild hook from Erikksen.
Qabbani steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Erikksen.
A big right from Erikksen misses.
Qabbani tries to clinch but Erikksen moves out of range.
Erikksen throws a nice looking combination but Qabbani bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fighters circling - Erikksen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Erikksen throws the left hand but Qabbani avoids the punch easily.
Qabbani is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Qabbani avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Erikksen misses with an uppercut.
Qabbani wants to counter the offense by Erikksen and move into the clinch position.
Erikksen misses with a body punch
and Erikksen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Firas Qabbani will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Firas Qabbani's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Erikksen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Qabbani counters with a straight right hand.
Erikksen misses the shot to the body.
Erikksen misses with a body shot.
Qabbani tries to counter by closing the distance.
Qabbani slips under a jab from Erikksen.
Erikksen throws a shot from downtown. Qabbani moves away and avoids it.
Qabbani cracks Erikksen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Erikksen works the jab nicely.
Qabbani defending well as Erikksen loads up on a big left hand.
Qabbani steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Erikksen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erikksen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Erikksen throws a hook but Qabbani blocks it.
Qabbani looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Erikksen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Erikksen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erikksen misses with an uppercut.
Erikksen misses with a wild body shot.
Erikksen misses the shot to the body.
Erikksen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Qabbani counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A jab from Erikksen misses.
Erikksen sets himself, and Qabbani steps forward looking for the clinch! Erikksen avoids it this time.
Erikksen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Qabbani wants to counter with a clinch but Erikksen pushes him away.
Erikksen thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Erikksen misses.
Erikksen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Qabbani connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Erikksen momentarily.
Erikksen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Qabbani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Erikksen throws a jab when Qabbani was well out of range.
Erikksen sets himself, and Qabbani steps forward looking for the clinch! Erikksen avoids it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erikksen misses with an uppercut.
Erikksen sets himself, and Qabbani steps forward looking for the clinch! Erikksen avoids it this time.

Erikksen tries to keep at a distance but Qabbani has taken the fight into the clinch.
Qabbani scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Erikksen manages to break the clinch.
Qabbani avoids the body shot from Erikksen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Qabbani uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Erikksen has time to react.
Qabbani connects with a single shot there.
Erikksen loads up on a big right hand but Qabbani slips the punch.
Erikksen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Qabbani manages to avoid it.
Morrison Erikksen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Erikksen dips to his left and cracks Qabbani with an uppercut!
Erikksen misses with a hook
and Qabbani counters with a nice uppercut.
Erikksen misses the body punch
letting Qabbani counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erikksen misses with a lunging right hand
and Qabbani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Erikksen misses with a straight right.
Erikksen throws an overhand right that lands on Qabbani's shoulder, as Qabbani tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Erikksen misses.
Qabbani tries to counter with a clinch but Erikksen shakes him off and moves away.
Erikksen misses with a few strikes there.
Erikksen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Qabbani moves into the clinch.
Erikksen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Qabbani creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Erikksen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Qabbani paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Erikksen swings widly with a right hand

and Qabbani moves into the clinch.
Qabbani gets through Erikksen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Qabbani misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Qabbani misses with a body punch.
Qabbani lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Erikksen wants to break the clinch but can't.

Erikksen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Erikksen misses with a body punch
letting Qabbani counter with a right hand.
Erikksen misses with a hook.
Qabbani moves out of range as Erikksen strikes.
Qabbani tries to counter by closing the distance.

Qabbani clinches with his opponent.
Qabbani doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erikksen is trying to force a seperation but Qabbani has the dominant position.
Qabbani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Erikksen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Qabbani throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Erikksens head.
Qabbani lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Erikksen is trying to push Qabbani away but Qabbani has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Qabbani lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Qabbani prevents Erikksen from breaking the clinch.
Qabbani works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Qabbani throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Erikksens head.

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

Firas Qabbani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Firas Qabbani's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Qabbani cracks Erikksen with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Erikksen falls to his knees and Qabbani doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Firas Qabbani!