PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Happy Forclit (ranked 644 p4p, 21 weight class) and Brenden Abbott (ranked 917 p4p, 27 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Forclit
vs
Abbott

195 cm
38
212 lbs
34 - 22 - 0

179 cm
44
211 lbs
51 - 26 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Aspire Clothing

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 34 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Happy Forclit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 51 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brenden Abbott!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forclit scores with a nice strike.
Forclit scores with a shot to the body.
Forclit scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Brenden Abbott has been cut.
Forclit misses with a wild body shot.
Abbott has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A punch lands to the side of Forclit 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like Happy Forclit has been cut.
Forclit lands with a nice body punch.
Forclit lands a jab to the nose.
Forclit is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Forclit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abbott moves away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Abbott.
Forclit ducks under a wild hook from Abbott.
A head kick misses from Abbott.
Forclit misses with a head kick.
Abbott misses with a leg kick
and Forclit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abbott pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Abbott moves into range and connects with a jab.
A leg kick checked by Abbott.
Abbott doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Abbott throws a leg kick

and Forclit counters with a single leg into guard. Abbott didn't expect that.
Forclit trying to control but Abbott is working from the bottom.
Forclit has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Forclit scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forclit lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Forclit landing some decent shots from guard.
Abbott looking to control.
Abbott wants to sweep here but Forclit controlling him for the moment.
Abbott throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Forclit trying to control but Abbott is working from the bottom.
Forclit postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Forclit is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Forclit trying to control but Abbott is working from the bottom.
Forclit throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abbott is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Abbott trying to control from half guard but Forclit is working away.
Abbott is nestled in close to Forclit, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Forclit is staying active underneath Abbott, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Abbott trying to control the pace.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Abbott connects with a nice short shot to Forclit's temple.
Abbott prevents Forclit from standing back up.
Forclit is not content to let Abbott control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forclit is looking to escape.
Abbott trying to control from half guard but Forclit is working away.
Forclit has hold of Abbott's hands but Abbott slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Abbott working the head and body with strikes.
Abbott lands with a punch from half guard.
Forclit has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Abbott is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Forclit is rocked!
Forclit looks like he's trying to stand up.
Forclit is not content to let Abbott control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Happy Forclit's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ground and pound from Abbott.
Forclit is looking to escape.
Abbott is looking to stall here but Forclit recovers full guard.
Forclit wants to stand but Abbott is controlling the position.
Abbott landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Happy Forclit will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Abbott looks to land a left hand but Forclit moved out of range nicely.
Abbott misses with a low kick.
Forclit throws a predictable looking body shot
and Abbott counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Abbott throws a leg kick that is checked
and Forclit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Abbott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Forclit's sensitive parts.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Forclit looks to land a left hand but Abbott moved out of range nicely.
Abbott motions for Forclit to come forward. Abbott throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Forclit is looking to wear down Abbott with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Abbott walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Forclit connects with a jab.
Forclit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Forclit throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Jab, jab by Abbott - just one landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abbott swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Forclit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Forclit shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Forclit lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abbott trying to control here.
Abbott is controlling Forclit's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Abbott trying to control but Forclit postures up.
Abbott tries to roll over but Forclit keeps him under control.
Abbott punching from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Forclit.
Abbott trying to hold on to Forclit's head to control him but Forclit postures up.
Forclit passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forclit with the ground and pound from mount.
Abbott tries to hold on but Forclit postures up.
Forclit scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Abbott takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Forclit's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Happy Forclit!
During a confident post fight interview, Happy Forclit thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.