PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samson Wills (ranked 4283 p4p, 427 weight class) and Gerardo Abellan (ranked 3525 p4p, 367 weight class). Gerardo Abellan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Wills
vs
Abellan

164 cm
25
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Samson Wills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gerardo Abellan!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abellan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wills. Wills circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Abellan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Abellan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A shot to the body from Wills misses
and Abellan counters with a straight right hand.
Wills uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abellan.
Abellan with a nice cross.
Abellan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Abellan throws a hook but Wills blocks it.
Wills has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yaw-Yan MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Abellan moves out of range as Wills strikes.
Abellan throws an overhand right that lands on Wills's shoulder, as Wills tries to avoid the shot.
Wills appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Abellan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wills missing with a left hand there. Abellan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wills throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abellan dips to his left and cracks Wills with an uppercut!
Abellan lands a nice looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wills keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abellan misses with an uppercut. Wills saw that one coming.
Wills avoids the body shot from Abellan.
Wills gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wills closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wills missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Abellan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wills.
Abellan is looking for a sweep. Wills is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Abellan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wills thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wills is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wills 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.
Wills throwing shots but Abellan is blocking nicely.
Wills throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wills winds up and cracks Abellan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abellan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wills seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Abellan trying to control but Wills postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wills working the head and body with strikes.
Wills is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Abellan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wills. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wills sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Abellan defending well though.
Wills takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wills is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Abellan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wills missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wills lands a nice short elbow.
Wills not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wills is thwarting Abellan's attempts to control the position.
Wills thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Abellan is trying to control but can't.
Wills is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wills lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wills looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Abellan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wills not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wills looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wills working Abellan over with strikes.
Wills throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wills is thwarting Abellan's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ground and pound from Wills.
Wills prevents Abellan from improving his position.
Abellan trying to control but Wills postures up.
Wills looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Abellan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Abellan wants to control but Wills is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Wills.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wills working over Abellan with some ground and pound. Abellan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Abellan taking some punishment here, with Wills in his half guard.
Wills drops an elbow to the side of Abellan's head.
Wills drops an elbow to the side of Abellan's head.
Wills lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Abellan is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wills working over Abellan with some ground and pound. Abellan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Abellan is still in real trouble! Can Wills finish him?
Abellan looks winded!
Wills looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Abellan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wills scores with a big shot! Abellan's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Abellan! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samson Wills!
A very excited looking Samson Wills rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.