PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shahzad Abdelrahman (ranked 1056 p4p, 374 weight class) and Matteo Bottura (ranked 150 p4p, 45 weight class). Abdelrahman comes to the cage accompanied by Blow The Whistle. This should be a great matchup!

Abdelrahman
vs
Bottura

180 cm
26
175
15 - 8 - 0

183 cm
26
170
12 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shahzad Abdelrahman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matteo Bottura!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Eddie Farnsworth and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick from Bottura, right into the meat of the thigh.
Abdelrahman throws a body shot but no joy.
Abdelrahman tests Bottura's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Abdelrahman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abdelrahman misses with a hook
letting Bottura counter with a right hand.
Bottura jabs Abdelrahman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdelrahman. Bottura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bottura comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bottura has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Abdelrahman finds it's way round the side to connect with Bottura's head.
Abdelrahman throws a right hand that misses
and Bottura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bottura rushes Abdelrahman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bottura tries to throw a body punch but Abdelrahman avoids it by throwing Bottura back against the cage.
A short right from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman struggles to land a body shot inside as Bottura controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Abdelrahman.
Bottura tries to throw a body punch but Abdelrahman avoids it by throwing Bottura back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Bottura.
Bottura lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Abdelrahman or not.
Bottura struggles to land a body shot inside as Abdelrahman controls his hands.
Bottura misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abdelrahman working aggressively here.
Abdelrahman throws a head punch that misses.
Abdelrahman struggles to land a body shot inside as Bottura controls his hands.
Abdelrahman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abdelrahman throws a head punch that misses.
Abdelrahman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abdelrahman gets through Bottura's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bottura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bottura scores with a shoulder strike.
Bottura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bottura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abdelrahman's elbow.
Bottura lands a hook that snaps the head of Abdelrahman backwards.
Abdelrahman misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdelrahman blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Abdelrahman.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Abdelrahman.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abdelrahman tries a body shot but Bottura blocks it.
Bottura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abdelrahman misses with a punch to the body.
Abdelrahman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abdelrahman has a couple of punches blocked by Bottura.
Abdelrahman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bottura's elbow.
Abdelrahman misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Bottura.
A head punch on the inside from Bottura fails to land.
Nice body punch from Abdelrahman - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Abdelrahman fails to land.
Abdelrahman is trying to maintain a safe position but Bottura gets an underhook and turns Abdelrahman into the cage.
Abdelrahman stalling.
Abdelrahman prevents a body shot from Bottura.
Abdelrahman cracks Bottura with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdelrahman tries to throw a body punch but Bottura avoids it by throwing Abdelrahman back against the cage.
Abdelrahman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bottura.
Abdelrahman misses with a punch to the body.
Bottura lands a nice uppercut.
Bottura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Abdelrahman - that landed with a thud.
Abdelrahman lands a body shot in the clinch.
Abdelrahman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abdelrahman misses with a punch on the inside.
Bottura has a couple of punches blocked by Abdelrahman.
Bottura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bottura as Abdelrahman tries to tie him up.
Abdelrahman lands an uppercut.
Bottura misses with some punches.
Abdelrahman misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdelrahman scores with a shot to the side of Bottura's head.
Abdelrahman struggles to land a body shot inside as Bottura controls his hands.
Bottura working aggressively here.
Bottura lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Abdelrahman backwards.
Bottura blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Bottura fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abdelrahman.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bottura misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bottura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Abdelrahman tries to throw a body punch but Bottura avoids it by throwing Abdelrahman back against the cage.
Abdelrahman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Abdelrahman can't find room to land a body shot as Bottura controls the action.
Abdelrahman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bottura presses Abdelrahman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Matteo Bottura will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A low kick from Abdelrahman is predictable there
and Bottura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Abdelrahman misses with a body shot.
Bottura looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Abdelrahman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Abdelrahman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bottura appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Shahzad Abdelrahman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Abdelrahman misses
enabling Bottura to counter with a crisp jab.
Bottura digs a good hook to Abdelrahman's body.
Abdelrahman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bottura.
Abdelrahman throws a right hand that misses
and Bottura counters with a nice uppercut.

Abdelrahman is rocked!
Bottura closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Abdelrahman! Bottura dives in looking to finish! Abdelrahman is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matteo Bottura!