PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Axmed Abdullah (ranked 1539 p4p, 2901 weight class) and Joel Osmond (ranked 176 p4p, 309 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Joel Osmond was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Abdullah
vs
Osmond

182 cm
21
269
6 - 1 - 0

189 cm
20
256
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Conquer

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Axmed Abdullah !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joel Osmond!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abdullah stuffs the takedown.

Abdullah closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Abdullah is nestled in close to Osmond, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Osmond manages to get to full guard.
Abdullah landing some decent shots from guard.
Abdullah postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Osmond is looking to sweep but instead, Abdullah has passed into half guard.
Abdullah landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Osmond taking some punishment here, with Abdullah in his half guard.
Abdullah throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Osmond wants to improve his position but Abdullah is controlling well.
Abdullah has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Abdullah scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

It looks like Joel Osmond has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullah with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Abdullah lands with a punch from half guard.
Abdullah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Abdullah working over Osmond with some ground and pound. Osmond looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Osmond is rocked!

The cut above Joel Osmond's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Osmond keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Osmond has hold of Abdullah 's hands but Abdullah slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Abdullah working over Osmond with some ground and pound. Osmond looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Osmond is still in real trouble! Can Abdullah finish him?

Joel Osmond's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Joel Osmond's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Axmed Abdullah !
A relieved looking Axmed Abdullah thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.