PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aristides Abel (ranked 2472 p4p, 275 weight class) and William Ralph Dean (ranked 1719 p4p, 212 weight class). Abel comes into the arena with Express Yourself blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Abel
vs
Ralph Dean

190 cm
27
201 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

188 cm
26
198 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aristides Abel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Ralph Dean!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abel lands a leg kick that knocks Dean off balance momentarily.
Dean lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Abel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good exchange - Dean coming out on top.
Dean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abel moves away.
Dean swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dean looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dean connects with a nice looking jab.
Abel throws a shot from downtown. Dean moves away and avoids it.
Abel lands a high kick!
Dean loads up on a big right hand but Abel slips the punch.

Dean instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abel lands a right hand.
Abel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dean prevents a body shot from Abel.
Dean working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Abel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dean misses with some punches.
Abel letting Dean take a breather here.

Abel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abel looks to land a body kick but Dean moved away.
Dean tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Abel throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Dean has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Abel on the inside.
Abel misses with the head strike.
Dean throws a punch but it's blocked by Abel.
Abel lands a body punch.
Dean scores with a nice hook to the head.
Abel definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Abel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abel blocks an uppercut.
Dean scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dean fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abel.
Abel blocking some punches.
Abel digs a right hand into Dean's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dean's gas tank.
Abel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dean backwards.
Abel tries to throw a body punch but Dean avoids it by throwing Abel back against the cage.
Abel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dean blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Abel.
Dean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Abel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Abel as Dean tries to tie him up.
Abel blocks an uppercut.
Abel tries to work over Dean's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Abel.
Dean lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dean misses with the head strike.
Abel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dean misses with a punch to the body.
Abel throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Abel as Dean tries to tie him up.
Abel digs a right hand underneath Dean's ribcage. Dean let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Abel throws a punch but it's blocked by Dean.
Abel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dean blocks a body shot from Abel.
Abel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dean.
Dean lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dean tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abel's elbow.
Abel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abel scores with a shot to the side of Dean's head.
Abel scores with a shoulder strike.
Dean looking to slow down the pace here.
Abel scores with a hook to the body.
Abel lands with a right to the head.
Dean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dean working aggressively here.
Abel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abel prevents a body shot from Dean.
Abel lands with a light punch inside.
Dean is trying to maintain a safe position but Abel gets an underhook and turns Dean into the cage.
Dean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abel blocking some punches.
Abel misses with some punches.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Abel.
Abel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dean displaying some good clinch control by pressing Abel up against the cage.
Dean looking to stall.
Abel working aggressively here.
Abel scores with a shot to the side of Dean's head.
A short left from Abel.
Dean's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Abel.
Abel lands a nice shot to the body.
Abel digs a right hand underneath Dean's ribcage. Dean let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dean looks winded!
Abel tries a body shot but Dean blocks it.
A short right from Abel.
Abel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dean stalling the fight.
Dean blocking some punches.
Abel digs a right hand underneath Dean's ribcage. Dean let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dean lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aristides Abel dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Abel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
William Ralph Dean is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dean ducks under a wild hook from Abel.
Dean lands the left hand.
Abel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dean can do to turn this around?
Dean swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Abel.
Abel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dean.
Dean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Abel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abel fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dean just manages to avoid it.
Abel tries to land a leg kick but Dean saw it coming and moves away.
Dean misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Abel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dean throws a looping overhand right but Abel ducks down to avoid it.
Aristides Abel is winning the standup battle so far.
Abel connects with a solid leg kick.
Abel cracks Dean with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Abel walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dean takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dean throws a hook but Abel avoids it easily.
Abel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dean loads up on a big right hand but Abel slips the punch.
William Ralph Dean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dean is looking to clinch but Abel is avoiding it.
Dean connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abel lands with a good body shot.
Aristides Abel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dean throws a sloppy head kick and Abel moves out of range easily.
Nice straight punches there by Abel. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Abel.

Dean is rocked!
A solid leg kick lands there for Abel.
Abel throws out a loose jab but Dean uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel cracks Dean with a good jab.
Dean is still on wobbly legs! Can Abel finish him?
Dean on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Abel connects with a leg kick. Dean looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Abel seems to be stalking Dean here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastating head kick! Dean drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Aristides Abel!
A less than humble Aristides Abel misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.