PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Beau Abner (ranked 105 p4p, 157 weight class) and Imperial Washington (ranked 16 p4p, 24 weight class). Imperial Washington is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Abner
vs
Washington

194 cm
30
265
23 - 7 - 0

200 cm
31
260
20 - 11 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

New Standard
Phoenix

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beau Abner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Imperial Washington!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington just misses with a punch to the body.
Washington misses with an uppercut. Abner saw that one coming.
Abner displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Abner staying out of range there.
Abner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Washington throws a lazy right hand but Abner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abner throws a head kick that misses.
Abner throws a leg kick
and Abner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Washington keeps Abner at a distance using the push kick.
Washington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Washington looks to land a body kick but Abner moved away.
Washington with a nice cross.
Jab by Abner.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Washington throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Abner misses with a hook.
Washington throws a hook to the side of Abner's head but Abner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Abner was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Washington.
Washington misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abner has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Grunt in the buildup to the fight.
Washington swings for the body but Abner moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington checks a leg kick nicely.
Abner backing away here, and Washington unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Abner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Washington throws a jab when Abner was well out of range.
Washington misses with a looping right.
Abner misses with a looping right.
Abner moves away from the strike by Washington.

Abner takes the fight into the clinch.
Abner misses with some punches.
Washington missing with knees to the body.

Washington breaks from the clinch.
Abner scores with a leg kick.
Abner looks to throw the jab but Washington is out of range.
Washington throws a wild body kick that Abner sees coming a mile off.
Abner is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Abner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice body kick from Abner.
Abner misses with a few strikes there.
Washington misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Washington.
Abner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abner misses with a leg kick.
A low kick from Washington misses
and Abner counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Abner forces Washington back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Abner fails to land.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Washington breaks from the clinch.
Abner throws a hook but Washington blocks it.
Washington lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Washington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Washington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abner was well out of range. Poor timing from Washington.
Abner slips under a jab.
Abner takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Washington looks to throw the jab but Abner is out of range.
Abner misses with a low kick.
Washington lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Abner misses with a low kick as Washington jumps back.
Abner lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abner tries to score with a low kick but Washington moves his leg out of the way.
Washington lands a front kick.
Washington misses the body punch
and Abner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Washington swings for the body but Abner moves out of range.
Washington throws a right hand that Abner ducks under and follows up with a left that Abner also avoids with ease.
Washington throws a body shot but no joy.
Washington keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Abner connects with a looping right hand.
Washington cracks Abner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Washington attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Abner misses with a two punch combination.
Washington feints a counter leg kick.
Washington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A slow jab from Washington misses its intended target.
Washington swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Abner counters with a slapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abner just misses with a punch to the body.

Abner clinches up with Washington and pushes him back against the cage.

Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abner throws a leg kick but Washington sees it coming and moves out of range.
Abner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Abner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice side step and Washington releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Abner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Washington.
Abner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Abner throws a low kick but it's checked well by Washington.
A head kick from Abner lands but Washington takes it in his stride.
Washington takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Abner misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abner blocks the body kick.
Abner scores with a punch to the head.
Washington takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Washington gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Beau Abner will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Abner connects with a nice looking jab.
Washington misses with the body kick
and Abner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Washington stuns Abner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Washington takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Washington slips a straight right by Abner.
Abner throws a leg kick but Washington checks it.
A little jabbing left from Washington on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Beau Abner is winning the standup battle so far.
Washington digs a good body shot into Abner's ribs.
Washington explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Abner throws out a leg kick but Washington moves out of range and Abner only half commits.
Abner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Abner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Washington finds it's way round the side to connect with Abner's head.

It looks like Beau Abner has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Washington throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Abner on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Washington throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Washington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Washington throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Washington connects with a good right hand that stumbles Abner. Abner circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Washington in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abner steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Washington. That one must have hurt.
Washington punishes Abner's body with a nice straight punch.
A swing and a miss from Washington.
Abner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Washington was well out of range. Poor timing from Abner.
A nice side step and Washington releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Washington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abner manages to avoid it.
Washington digs a good body shot into Abner's ribs.
Washington pushes Abner away with a front kick.
Washington with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Abner takes one to the side of the head.
Washington cracks Abner with a good jab.
Washington lands a leg kick that knocks Abner off balance momentarily.
Washington fails to land with a series of punches.
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!
Washington is looking to land body kicks.
Washington lands a body shot.
Abner swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abner throws a solid leg kick but Washington takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Abner.
Washington with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Washington is looking to land body kicks.
Washington takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Washington throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Abner half committed to a counter leg kick.
Abner takes a swing at Washington's ribcage but misses.
Abner scores with a jab to the head.
Washington pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Abner takes a swing at Washington's ribcage but misses.
Abner just misses with a punch to the body.
Washington thuds a left hand into Abner's body.

Washington drops Abner with a beautiful combination! Abner stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Washington is looking for the KO!
Washington scores with a jab.
Washington tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Abner walks forward, straight into a front kick from Washington.
Washington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abner gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Abner is rocked!
Washington checks the leg kick nicely there.
Washington throws a sloppy head kick and Abner moves out of range easily.
Abner gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Washington gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Imperial Washington!
An out of breath Imperial Washington thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.