PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Abdullah Al Abulbul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Anastasia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anastasia has chosen Cold As Ice as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Al Abulbul
vs
Anastasia

165 cm
29
140 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

183 cm
34
148 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Abdullah Al Abulbul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Albert Anastasia!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Abulbul throws an overhand right that lands on Anastasia's shoulder, as Anastasia tries to avoid the shot.
Al Abulbul goes for a double leg but Anastasia avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Anastasia continues to drive forward.
Al Abulbul swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Al Abulbul dives in and grabs Anastasia's left leg, looking for a takedown. Anastasia pushes down on Al Abulbul's head and hops out.
Al Abulbul misses with a takedown attempt - Anastasia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abdullah Al Abulbul. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anastasia tries a head kick but it misses.
Anastasia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Al Abulbul fails to land the takedown.
Anastasia fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Abulbul looks to land a left hand but Anastasia moved out of range nicely.
Al Abulbul missing with a left hand there. Anastasia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anastasia lunges at Al Abulbul with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Al Abulbul's hand.
Al Abulbul looks to land a right hand but Anastasia moved out of range.

Al Abulbul shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Anastasia is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasia regains full guard. Nicely done.
Al Abulbul trying to control but Anastasia is working from the bottom.
Al Abulbul preventing the sweep.
Al Abulbul trying to control the position from guard on top but Anastasia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Abulbul passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Al Abulbul swings around for an armbar but Anastasia sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Al Abulbul's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasia is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Anastasia connects with a couple of short punches.
Anastasia postures up and lands a big shot to Al Abulbul's brow.
Anastasia throwing strikes from guard but Al Abulbul blocks nicely.
Al Abulbul looking to hit a scissor sweep but Anastasia is one step ahead there.

Al Abulbul looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Anastasia distracts Al Abulbul with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Anastasia showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anastasia connects with a couple of short punches.
Al Abulbul wants to hit a switch here but Anastasia passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Al Abulbul there!
A nice elbow there by Anastasia.
Anastasia lands a big elbow.
Anastasia with shots to the head and body - Al Abulbul looks very uncomfortable down there.
Al Abulbul tries to lock up and control but Anastasia gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Anastasia scoring with strikes but Al Abulbul is staying in there.
Al Abulbul is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Al Abulbul is in a horrible position here. Anastasia smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Al Abulbul is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Anastasia! Al Abulbul is hurt baaadly! Anastasia is firing away with more strikes - Al Abulbul is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Albert Anastasia!
Albert Anastasia thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Abdullah Al Abulbul had this to say: 'No worries. I'm sure this fight will eventually be ruled a 'no-contest' given how my opponent here has a habit of pissing positive for steroids.'.