PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Kopecki (ranked 4048 p4p, 3557 weight class) and Cayden Abner (ranked 528 p4p, 483 weight class). Abner comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bulls On Parade kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kopecki
vs
Abner

187 cm
26
177
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
34
176
22 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andy Kopecki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cayden Abner!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kopecki misses with a double jab
and Abner counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kopecki. Abner shrugs it off though.
Kopecki lands with a nice body kick.
Kopecki has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Bushido Martial Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Abner's corner calls for a 1-2. Abner obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Abner shoots in for a takedown but Kopecki shows good takedown defense.
Kopecki throws a lazy body kick
and Abner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Abner has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abner throws a right hand that Kopecki ducks under and follows up with a left that Kopecki also avoids with ease.
Abner with a hook.
Kopecki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abner manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A big left from Abner misses.
Kopecki throws a lazy right hand but Abner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kopecki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Abner's hands.
Kopecki moves out of range of the strikes.

Kopecki lands a big head kick that sends Abner tumbling to the mat! Kopecki takes a step backwards and waves Abner back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Abner is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abner gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kopecki counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Abner falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Andy Kopecki!
Our winner, Andy Kopecki, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Cayden Abner spoke after the fight, saying 'Well that was fun, but the result was all wrong and kinda sucked. Let's do it again!'.