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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sai Monu (ranked 1153 p4p, 1468 weight class) and Chris Abbott (ranked 176 p4p, 223 weight class). Chris Abbott will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sai Monu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chris Abbott!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abbott slips a jab from Monu.
Monu has closed the distance and engaged Abbott in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Abbott scores with a nice short uppercut.
Monu missing with knees to the body.
Abbott prevents a body shot from Monu.
Monu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Monu throws a punch but it's blocked by Abbott.
Abbott takes a knee to the side of the body.
Monu blocking some punches.
Monu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Abbott.
Abbott blocks an elbow strike.
Abbott avoiding damage as Monu throws knees to the body.
Abbott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Monu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Monu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abbott dodges an elbow strike from Monu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abbott has a couple of punches blocked by Monu.
Monu misses with the head strike.
Monu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abbott backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abbott backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Monu throws an elbow but misses.
Abbott looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Abbott lands a right hand.
Monu lands with a short shot to the head.
Abbott's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Monu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
I was talking to Monu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Monu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abbott prevents a body shot from Monu.
Monu pushes Abbott back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Abbott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abbott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Monu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Monu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abbott backwards.
Monu lands a body punch.
Monu lands a nice uppercut.
Abbott throws a punch but it's blocked by Monu.
Abbott throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Monus head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abbott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Monu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abbotts head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott swings wildly with an uppercut but Monu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Monu tries a body shot but Abbott blocks it.
Monu stalling in the clinch but Abbott improves position.
Monu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Abbott.
Monu lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
A short left from Monu.
Monu misses with a punch on the inside.
Monu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Monu.
Monu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Monu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abbott scores with a shot to the side of Monu's head.
Abbott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abbott tries a body shot but Monu blocks it.
Abbott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Abbott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Monu backwards.
Abbott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abbott controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monu misses with a knee to the head.
Abbott managing to block the knees to the body from Monu.
Abbott managing to block the knees to the body from Monu.
Abbott lands a left hand that snaps the head of Monu backwards.
Monu wants to stall.
Monu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Abbott lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Monu has a couple of punches blocked by Abbott.
Abbott lands a right hand.
Monu tries to land knees in the clinch but Abbott avoids the damage to the body.
Abbott misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Abbott.
Abbott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Abbott lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Monu backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Monu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Monu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Monu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abbott stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Monu misses with a body punch.
Abbott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Abbott blocks the elbow strike.
Monu missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Monu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Abbott lands a nice knee to the body.
Abbott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abbott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Monu backwards.
Abbott lands a hook that snaps the head of Monu backwards.
Monu misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right handed body shot lands from Abbott.
Monu is breathing heavily.
Abbott blocks an uppercut.
Abbott struggles to land a body shot inside as Monu controls his hands.
Abbott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abbott misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sai Monu dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Monu misses with a straight left.
Sai Monu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Monu misses with an uppercut
and Abbott counters with a stiff right hand.
Monu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Abbott swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Monu. Abbott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Monu tries to keep at a distance but Abbott has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Monu.
Abbott lands with a left to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Abbott.
Abbott pushes Monu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Abbott.
Abbott lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Abbott.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Abbott.
Abbott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Monu backwards.
A short right from Abbott on the inside.
Abbott lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abbott avoiding damage as Monu throws knees to the body.
Abbott presses Monu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Abbott.
A right hand to the body from Abbott.
Abbott lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abbott creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Abbott lands a left hand.
Abbott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abbott drops Monu onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Monu is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Monu is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abbott creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Monu with a big uppercut! Monu tries to clinch up but Abbott pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Monu to the mat! Monu covers up and Abbott unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Chris Abbott!
Chris Abbott seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Sai Monu spoke after the fight, saying 'Back to the drawing board. I'll come back better!'.
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