PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amir Abdallah (ranked 1151 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolaos Prouxontas (ranked 1069 p4p, 0 weight class). Prouxontas has chosen Σταμάτης Γονί&# as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Abdallah
vs
Prouxontas

186 cm
26
236 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

200 cm
27
240 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Amir Abdallah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nikolaos Prouxontas!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abdallah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abdallah definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Prouxontas misses with a lunging right hand
and Abdallah counters with a nice uppercut.
Abdallah throws a nice looking combination but Prouxontas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Prouxontas connects with a body shot that sends Abdallah's belly button to the back.
Abdallah moves out of range of the strikes.
Abdallah misses with a body shot.
Prouxontas connects with a leg kick. Abdallah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Prouxontas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Prouxontas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Abdallah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abdallah misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdallah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the liver by Abdallah. Beautiful body shot.
Prouxontas slips a straight right by Abdallah.
Prouxontas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Amir Abdallah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prouxontas swinging wildly here.
Abdallah was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdallah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Prouxontas.
Abdallah moves away from the strike by Prouxontas.
Abdallah is looking to wear down Prouxontas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Prouxontas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abdallah was well out of range. Poor timing from Prouxontas.
Prouxontas throws a front kick aimed at Abdallah's knee but Abdallah avoids it well.
Abdallah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Abdallah just misses with a punch to the body.
Abdallah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prouxontas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Prouxontas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Abdallah lands with a straight right. Prouxontas didn't see that one coming.
Prouxontas tries to land a leg kick but Abdallah saw it coming and moves away.
Prouxontas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Abdallah pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abdallah just misses with a punch to the body.
Abdallah paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdallah misses with a straight right.
Prouxontas drops his hands momentarily and Abdallah takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Abdallah needs to keep his hands up - Prouxontas had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prouxontas misses with a low kick.
A quick step to the side and Abdallah tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prouxontas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Abdallah misses the target.
Prouxontas ducks under a wild hook from Abdallah.
Prouxontas just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Prouxontas.
Abdallah misses with a straight left.
Abdallah throws a shot from downtown. Prouxontas moves away and avoids it.
Prouxontas swings for the body but Abdallah moves out of range.
Abdallah throws a looping overhand right but Prouxontas ducks down to avoid it.
Prouxontas was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Abdallah wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Prouxontas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdallah lands a jab to the head.
Abdallah throws the left hand but Prouxontas avoids the punch easily.
Abdallah scores with a jab to the body.
Abdallah lands a glancing blow to the side of Prouxontas's head.
Prouxontas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Prouxontas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Prouxontas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abdallah lands with an overhand left.
Prouxontas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Abdallah connects with a nice looking jab.
Abdallah misses with a jab to the body
enabling Prouxontas to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prouxontas throws a right hand that Abdallah ducks under and follows up with a left that Abdallah also avoids with ease.
Abdallah misses with a straight left.
Abdallah throws the left hand but Prouxontas avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prouxontas ducks under a wild hook from Abdallah.
A good leg kick by Prouxontas.
Prouxontas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abdallah misses with a hook.
Abdallah fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Prouxontas throws a leg kick but Abdallah sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Prouxontas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Abdallah.
Abdallah misses with a body punch
and Prouxontas counters with a stiff right hand.
Prouxontas throws a leg kick that misses.
Abdallah throws a hook to the side of Prouxontas's head but Prouxontas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Prouxontas throws out a counter right but Abdallah avoids it with no problem.
Prouxontas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abdallah.
Prouxontas feints a counter leg kick.
Abdallah throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Prouxontas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abdallah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prouxontas lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amir Abdallah dominated that round.
That's time! Abdallah's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Abdallah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prouxontas misses with a head kick.
Prouxontas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Abdallah rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prouxontas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice side step and Prouxontas releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Abdallah scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Abdallah lands with a shot to the body.
Abdallah misses with a lunging right hand
and Prouxontas counters with a nice uppercut.
Abdallah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prouxontas can do to turn this around?
A telegraphed right hand from Abdallah misses the target.
Abdallah throws the left hand but Prouxontas avoids the punch easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Prouxontas misses.
Abdallah throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prouxontas avoids the body shot from Abdallah.
Abdallah misses with a body shot.
Abdallah throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Abdallah lands a jab.
Prouxontas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdallah fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Prouxontas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Prouxontas misses.
Abdallah takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Danga de danga de dang - Abdallah scores with a four punch combination!
Abdallah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prouxontas moves away.
Prouxontas is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Abdallah with a body shot.
Good exchange - Abdallah coming out on top.
Abdallah checks a low kick from Prouxontas.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdallah. Prouxontas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abdallah scores with a jab. Prouxontas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Prouxontas lands a nice looking kick to the body. Abdallah takes a step back to recover.
Prouxontas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Abdallah checks it well.
Abdallah works Prouxontas's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prouxontas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abdallah moves away.
Abdallah scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdallah throws a jab but it's blocked by Prouxontas.
A countering left hand to the body from Prouxontas misses.
Abdallah throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Prouxontas.
Abdallah scores with a jab.
Abdallah misses the shot to the body.
Abdallah rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prouxontas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Abdallah throws a jab when Prouxontas was well out of range.
Prouxontas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
As Prouxontas looks to move away, Abdallah throws a big counter combo but Prouxontas just gets out of the way.
Abdallah scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Abdallah just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Abdallah misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Prouxontas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Abdallah checks a leg kick.
As Prouxontas looks to move away, Abdallah throws a big counter combo but Prouxontas just gets out of the way.
Prouxontas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abdallah.
Abdallah pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Prouxontas back to the cage. Abdallah follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd cheers as Prouxontas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Abdallah doesn't seem phased though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prouxontas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abdallah rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Prouxontas counter with a right hand.
Prouxontas moves out of range as Abdallah strikes.
Abdallah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Prouxontas lands with a shot to the body.
Abdallah throws a body punch but Prouxontas moves out of range.
Abdallah scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Prouxontas avoids the body shot from Abdallah.
Prouxontas lets loose with a powerful body kick. Abdallah will feel that in the morning.
Prouxontas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Abdallah misses the target.
Prouxontas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Abdallah steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Prouxontas.
Abdallah dips to his left and cracks Prouxontas with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdallah throws an overhand right that lands on Prouxontas's shoulder, as Prouxontas tries to avoid the shot.
Prouxontas moves out of range of the strikes.
Prouxontas appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Abdallah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abdallah misses with an uppercut.
Prouxontas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abdallah.
Abdallah checks a low kick from Prouxontas.
Abdallah scores with a shot to the body.
Prouxontas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abdallah.
Abdallah cracks Prouxontas with a right hand to the side of the head.
Prouxontas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abdallah.
Prouxontas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A big left from Prouxontas misses.
Abdallah misses with a straight left.
Abdallah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Prouxontas.
Abdallah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prouxontas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Abdallah.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amir Abdallah dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Prouxontas moves out of range of the strikes.
Prouxontas feints a counter leg kick.
Prouxontas looks to land a body kick but Abdallah moved away.
Abdallah thuds a left hand into Prouxontas's body.
Abdallah throws a body punch but Prouxontas moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdallah. Prouxontas does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Prouxontas.
Prouxontas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abdallah.
Abdallah throws an off balance right hand
and Prouxontas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Prouxontas throws the left hand but Abdallah avoids the punch easily.
Prouxontas scores with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdallah misses with a series of wild punches.
Prouxontas walks into a straight right hand from Abdallah.
Prouxontas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abdallah.
Prouxontas now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Abdallah.
Amir Abdallah is winning the standup battle so far.
Prouxontas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Abdallah.
Abdallah throws a body punch but Prouxontas moves out of range.
Prouxontas tries a quick counter leg kick but Abdallah is wise to it.
Abdallah throws a jab but it's blocked by Prouxontas.
Prouxontas follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Abdallah scores with a sloppy right hand. Prouxontas should have avoided that one.
Abdallah looks to score with a jab to the body but Prouxontas is just out of range.
Prouxontas misses with a head kick.
Prouxontas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Prouxontas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Prouxontas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abdallah.
Abdallah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prouxontas was well out of range. Poor timing from Abdallah.
Prouxontas moves out of range of the strikes.
Abdallah misses with a left hand
and Prouxontas counters with a stiff right hand.
Prouxontas lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdallah. Prouxontas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abdallah lands a nice hook to Prouxontas's body. Prouxontas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Prouxontas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Prouxontas looks to land a right hand but Abdallah moved out of range.
Prouxontas takes one to the chin there.
Prouxontas misses the shot to the body.
Abdallah swings for the body but Prouxontas moves out of range.
Abdallah throws a hook but Prouxontas blocks it.
A punch combination from Abdallah misses.
Prouxontas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Prouxontas throws a hook to the side of Abdallah's head but Abdallah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Prouxontas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Prouxontas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Prouxontas misses with a wild body shot.
Abdallah throws a body punch but Prouxontas moves out of range.
Nikolaos Prouxontas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdallah connects with the punch.
Prouxontas slips under a jab.
Prouxontas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Abdallah finds it's way through Prouxontas's defenses.
Prouxontas clobbers Abdallah with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Abdallah slips under a jab.
Amir Abdallah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Prouxontas.
A jab from Prouxontas misses.
Prouxontas lands a nice looking kick to the body. Abdallah takes a step back to recover.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Abdallah throws a body punch but Prouxontas moves out of range.
It seemed like Prouxontas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Abdallah misses with a body punch
and Prouxontas counters with a nice uppercut.
Abdallah bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Prouxontas's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prouxontas takes a swing at Abdallah's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prouxontas is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Abdallah lands with a nice body punch.
Prouxontas scores with a nice head shot.
Prouxontas slips a straight right by Abdallah.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Prouxontas might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Abdallah has got the better of the exchanges.
Abdallah lands with a hook. Prouxontas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Prouxontas misses with a body kick.
Abdallah swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Abdallah throws a shot from downtown. Prouxontas moves away and avoids it.
Abdallah blocks a leg kick.
Abdallah looks to throw the jab but Prouxontas is out of range.
Abdallah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prouxontas slips under a jab.
Abdallah thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abdallah takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Prouxontas throws a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Amir Abdallah.
Well Abdallah has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Amir Abdallah!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for Amir Abdallah!
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight for Amir Abdallah!

Amir Abdallah wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Amir Abdallah started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.