PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Happy Forclit (ranked 699 p4p, 25 weight class) and Brenden Abbott (ranked 998 p4p, 32 weight class). Brenden Abbott has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Forclit
vs
Abbott

195 cm
38
212 lbs
35 - 22 - 0

179 cm
44
211 lbs
51 - 27 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
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Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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 35 - 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 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brenden Abbott!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forclit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abbott.
A leg kick checked by Abbott.
Abbott tries to land a leg kick but Forclit saw it coming and moves away.
It looked like Forclit wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Forclit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Abbott uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Forclit has time to react.

Forclit fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Abbott to the ground. Forclit is now in Abbott's guard.
Forclit will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Abbott looking to hit a scissor sweep but Forclit is one step ahead there.
Forclit is in close to Abbott's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abbott looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Forclit works a leg free and moves into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abbott has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Forclit is working away from the top position though.
Forclit winds up and cracks Abbott with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Abbott has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Forclit is working away from the top position though.
Abbott punching from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Forclit working the head and body with strikes.
Forclit looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Abbott keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Forclit prevents Abbott from improving his position.
Forclit wants to pass the guard but Abbott is defending well.
Abbott trying to control but Forclit postures up.
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. Forclit connects with a nice short shot to Abbott's temple.
Forclit working over Abbott with some ground and pound. Abbott looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Abbott gets full guard.
Forclit wants to control from the top but Abbott keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forclit keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Abbott's head.
Abbott looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Forclit scoring with punches to the head and body.
Forclit makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Abbott wants to sweep but no luck.
Abbott striking from the bottom.
Abbott working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Forclit.
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 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.
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.

This has been an exciting period of action!
Abbott stops Forclit from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott working over Forclit with some ground and pound. Forclit looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Abbott prevents Forclit from standing back up.
Forclit regains full guard. Nicely done.
Abbott trying to control the position from guard on top but Forclit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Forclit is looking to stand up but Abbott isn't so interested in that idea.
Abbott lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Abbott's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forclit wants to get back to his feet but Abbott is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Forclit tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Abbott trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Abbott wants to control from the top but Forclit keeps moving.
Abbott won't allow Forclit to get back to his feet.
Abbott trying to control but Forclit is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Abbott has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Abbott throws a body kick that misses.
Forclit lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Forclit drives through with a takedown into Abbott's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Abbott thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Forclit is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Forclit trying to control but Abbott is working from the bottom.
Abbott looking to hit a scissor sweep but Forclit is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happy Forclit dominated that 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.

Forclit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Forclit is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Abbott throws a low kick but Forclit moves out of range easily.
Forclit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abbott.
Abbott is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Abbott throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Abbott misses with a low kick.
Abbott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Forclit.
Forclit checks the leg kick.
Abbott misses the shot to the body.
Abbott throws a hook but Forclit blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Forclit misses the target.
Forclit checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Forclit closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Abbott quickly recovers to half guard.
Abbott wants to control but Forclit is keeping busy.
Forclit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abbott can do to turn this around?
Forclit seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Abbott does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Forclit drops an elbow to the side of Abbott's head.
Forclit winds up and cracks Abbott with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott manages to get to full guard.
Forclit won't allow Abbott to sweep him here.
Abbott manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Forclit manages to get himself to full guard.

Abbott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Abbott trying to control the position from guard on top but Forclit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abbott won't allow Forclit to get back to his feet.
Abbott trying to control the position from guard on top but Forclit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Forclit is looking to stand up but Abbott isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Forclit wants to stand and escape but Abbott is having none of it.
Abbott must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Abbott trying to control but Forclit is working from the bottom.
Abbott keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Forclit's head.
Abbott with a nice head shot there.
Abbott is in close to Forclit's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Forclit wants to stand up but Abbott is controlling him.
Abbott trying to control but Forclit is working from the bottom.
Abbott throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Forclit works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Abbott stops Forclit from standing up.
Forclit wants to sweep here but Abbott controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forclit is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Abbott shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Good work by Forclit as he checks the leg kick.
As Abbott backs away, Forclit returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Forclit throws a hook to the side of Abbott's head but Abbott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Forclit staying out of range there.
Abbott pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Forclit digs a good body shot into Abbott's ribs.
Abbott lands with a shot to the body.
Forclit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abbott fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Forclit is out of range.
Forclit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Abbott fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Forclit looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Forclit's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Abbott connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Forclit scrambles back to his feet.
Forclit throws a jab when Abbott was well out of range.
Abbott looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Forclit throws out a loose jab but Abbott uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Abbott shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Forclit lands a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Forclit tries to close the distance and clinch but Abbott swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abbott. Forclit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab from Abbott.

Forclit closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Abbott's guard.
Forclit tries to free his leg and advance position but Abbott is retaining full guard.
Forclit landing with the ground and pound.
Forclit with a nice head shot there.
Abbott with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Forclit can't handle though.
Forclit is in close to Abbott's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Forclit loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Abbott 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Happy Forclit will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Abbott scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Abbott thumps Forclit with a low kick.

Forclit drives through with a takedown into Abbott's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Abbott has control of Forclit's left arm, preventing Forclit from doing any damage.
Abbott 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.
Forclit throws a strike but Abbott rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Abbott wants to control from the top but Forclit keeps moving.
Happy Forclit overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Abbott lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Forclit is looking to stand up but Abbott isn't so interested in that idea.
Forclit has momentary wrist control but Abbott slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forclit wants to stand but Abbott is controlling the position.
Abbott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Forclit wants to get back to his feet but Abbott is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Brenden Abbott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Abbott's corner calls for a 1-2. Abbott obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Abbott swings for the body but Forclit moves out of range.
Abbott throws the kick towards the body but Forclit avoids it.

Forclit closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Forclit working the head and body with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Abbott's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Happy Forclit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Abbott wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Forclit in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forclit's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Forclit trying to control the action but Abbott is working from the bottom.
Abbott manages to work his way to half guard, despite Forclit's best efforts.
Abbott controlling the position well.
Abbott is looking to improve his position.
Abbott keeps trying to improve his position.
Abbott throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Brenden Abbott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Forclit sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Abbott misses with a hook.
Abbott pivots, looking for a leg kick but Forclit is out of range and Abbott settles back down.
An attempted straight right counter from Forclit misses the target.
Abbott throws a head kick that misses.
Abbott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Forclit digs a good body shot into Abbott's ribs.
Abbott avoids a kick to the body.
Good exchange - Forclit coming out on top.
Forclit scores with a hook.

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 Happy Forclit.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Forclit, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Happy Forclit!
A very excited looking Happy Forclit made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.