PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tan Zan (ranked 648 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerardo Abellan (ranked 2312 p4p, 257 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Zan
vs
Abellan

172 cm
27
164 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
157 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tan Zan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gerardo Abellan!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abellan misses the jab.
Abellan connects with a jab.
Abellan throws a combination that misses
and Zan counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Gerardo Abellan has been cut.

Abellan clinches with his opponent.
Zan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Zan.
Abellan swings wildly with an uppercut but Zan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zan misses with a body punch.
Zan misses with the head strike.
Zan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abellan misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zan struggles to land a body shot inside as Abellan controls his hands.
Zan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abellan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abellan misses with the head strike.
Abellan scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Zan.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.

Abellan breaks from the clinch.
Abellan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Zan misses with a left hand
and Abellan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zan throws a hook but Abellan avoids it easily.
Abellan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zan misses with a wild body shot.
Abellan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Abellan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Abellan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abellan misses with a body punch
and Zan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abellan slips under a jab from Zan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Abellan moves into the clinch successfully.
Zan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Zan struggles to land a body shot inside as Abellan controls his hands.
Abellan misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zan pushes Abellan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Abellan misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abellan.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Zan tries a body shot but Abellan blocks it.
Zan tries a body shot but Abellan blocks it.
Abellan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Zan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Abellan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Abellan misses with a punch on the inside.
I was talking to Zan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zan pushes Abellan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zan throws a head punch that misses.
Zan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Zan.
Zan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zan lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zan lands a shot to the body.
Zan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abellan throws a punch but it's blocked by Zan.
Zan tries a body shot but Abellan blocks it.
Zan tries to work over Abellan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abellan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Abellan or not.
Zan scores with a hook to the body.
Zan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abellan throws a punch but it's blocked by Zan.
Zan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Abellan.
Zan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan lands a left hand.
Zan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan lands a nice shot to the body.
Zan throws a punch but it's blocked by Abellan.
Zan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abellan working aggressively here.
Zan has a couple of punches blocked by Abellan.
Zan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zan misses with a body punch.
Abellan misses with some punches.
Zan misses with a punch on the inside.
Zan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zan lands with a left to the head.
Abellan prevents a body shot from Zan.
A right hook to the body lands for Zan.
Abellan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zan backwards.
Zan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Abellan throws a punch but it's blocked by Zan.
Zan tries a body shot but Abellan blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Zan fails to land.
Zan can't find room to land a body shot as Abellan controls the action.
Zan blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tan Zan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerardo Abellan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Abellan doesn't manage to clinch there - Zan circles away.
Zan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abellan manages to avoid it.
Abellan closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Zan to counter with a crisp jab.
Zan misses with a hook to the body
and Abellan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zan slips under a jab.
Zan looks to score with a jab to the body but Abellan is just out of range.
Abellan throws the left hand but Zan avoids the punch easily.
Zan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Zan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abellan.
Abellan looks to land a right hand but Zan moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abellan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zan was well out of range. Poor timing from Abellan.
Zan tries to move into range but Abellan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Zan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abellan moves away.
Zan throws a lazy uppercut
and Abellan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abellan can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abellan misses with an uppercut
and Zan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Zan.
Zan misses with an uppercut.
Abellan doesn't manage to clinch there - Zan circles away.
Zan misses with a jab to the body
and Abellan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abellan ducks under a wild hook from Zan.
Abellan avoids the body shot from Zan.
Zan throws a poor cross that misses
and Abellan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abellan closes the distance but Zan moves to the side
and Zan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zan lands a nice hook to Abellan's body. Abellan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Abellan defending well as Zan loads up on a big left hand.
Abellan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Zan connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Abellan has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zan digs a right hand underneath Abellan's ribcage. Abellan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zan.
Zan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zan tries a body shot but Abellan blocks it.
Zan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zan.
Abellan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zan scores with a shot to the side of Abellan's head.
Abellan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Abellan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abellan's elbow.
Zan tries to throw a body punch but Abellan avoids it by throwing Zan back against the cage.
Zan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zan is working Abellan over against the cage.
Zan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zan can't find room to land a body shot as Abellan controls the action.
Abellan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abellan blocks a body shot from Zan.
Zan gets through Abellan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Abellan misses with a punch on the inside.
Zan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abellan scores with a shot to the side of Zan's head.
Zan misses with a punch to the body.
Zan lands a hook that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Abellan misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Abellan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Abellan tries to throw a body punch but Zan avoids it by throwing Abellan back against the cage.
Zan blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Zan scores with a nice short uppercut.

Abellan is rocked!
Zan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zan blocks an uppercut.
Zan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Abellan is breathing heavily.
Zan lands with a light punch inside.
Abellan is still on wobbly legs! Can Zan finish him?
Zan throws a head punch that misses.
Abellan seems to have recovered his senses.
Zan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abellans head.
Abellan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zan lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zan.
Zan swings wildly with an uppercut but Abellan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tan Zan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gerardo Abellan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Zan throws a monster overhand right that drops Abellan! Zan follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tan Zan!
A very excited looking Tan Zan 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.