PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between PATRIK HORN (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daryl Abbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). PATRIK HORN could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Daryl Abbott's chin.

HORN
vs
Abbott

170 cm
19
159 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

179 cm
20
156 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, PATRIK HORN!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daryl Abbott!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Abbott has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Abbott.

HORN escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
HORN will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
HORN looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Abbott connects with a high kick.

Abbott changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. HORN looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Abbott working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
HORN is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
HORN is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Abbott thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Abbott is looking to take a break and control but HORN is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Abbott tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Abbott has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Abbott working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
HORN takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Abbott is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but HORN is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Abbott lands a few punches from side control.

Abbott tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
HORN can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Abbott is trying to get an arm triangle but HORN is defending well.

Abbott is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, HORN has escaped the position, nice work there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Abbott is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. HORN knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Abbott tries to bum rush HORN with a series of wild strikes but HORN uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick by HORN misses

and Abbott counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Abbott trying to control from half guard but HORN is working away.
Abbott passes to side control.
Abbott cracks HORN with a big elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott trying to control the action but HORN is working from the bottom.
Abbott connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused HORN some visible discomfort.
HORN gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Abbott trying to pass the guard but HORN defending well.
Abbott looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks HORN with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Abbott passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for HORN!
Abbott with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Abbott cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
HORN is squirming around, avoiding Abbott's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott controlling the position easily from mount.
A nice elbow there by Abbott.
Abbott controlling the position easily from mount.

Abbott working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott looking to finish HORN with some ground and pound. This is bad for HORN!
Abbott wants to control the pace but HORN is squirming around nicely.

Abbott looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Abbott is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! HORN is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Daryl Abbott!