PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Kai Rossiter (ranked 4596 p4p, 997 weight class) and Shahzad Abdelrahman (ranked 469 p4p, 143 weight class). Abdelrahman has chosen Blow The Whistle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Rossiter
vs
Abdelrahman

176 cm
42
174
28 - 26 - 0

180 cm
31
170
19 - 10 - 1

Excellent boxer
Experienced

World class MT
Powerful

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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 28 - 26 - 0, fighting out of London, Kai Rossiter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Shahzad Abdelrahman!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rossiter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rossiter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Abdelrahman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rossiter lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Abdelrahman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rossiter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman misses with a body shot.
Rossiter is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Abdelrahman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rossiter.
Abdelrahman is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Rossiter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abdelrahman was well out of range. Poor timing from Rossiter.
Abdelrahman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Danga de danga de dang - Abdelrahman scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abdelrahman checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rossiter takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Abdelrahman connects with a body shot that sends Rossiter's belly button to the back.
Rossiter doesn't manage to clinch there - Abdelrahman circles away.
A shot to the body from Rossiter misses
and Abdelrahman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rossiter throws the kick towards the body but Abdelrahman avoids it.
Abdelrahman only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossiter swings away with a body shot that misses
and Abdelrahman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rossiter is looking to wear down Abdelrahman with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Good leg kick by Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman moves away from the strike by Rossiter.

Abdelrahman has managed to clinch.
A short left from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman scores with a shot to the side of Rossiter's head.
Abdelrahman misses with an elbow strike.
Abdelrahman blocks an uppercut.
Rossiter misses with the head strike.
Rossiter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rossiter takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Abdelrahman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Abdelrahman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abdelrahman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rossiter avoids a wild elbow strike from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Rossiter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rossiter misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdelrahman lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman gets through Rossiter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rossiter backwards.
Rossiter trying to land knees to the body.
Rossiter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abdelrahman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman cracks Rossiter with a nice body shot.
Abdelrahman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abdelrahman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Our sources have told us that Rossiter has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Rossiter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right from Abdelrahman.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rossiter managing to block the knees to the body from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Abdelrahman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Abdelrahman lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shahzad Abdelrahman dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Abdelrahman rushes Rossiter and presses him up against the ropes.
Rossiter tries to work over Abdelrahman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abdelrahman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rossiter misses with some punches.
Abdelrahman digs a right hand underneath Rossiter's ribcage. Rossiter let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Abdelrahman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rossiter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman slips a straight right by Rossiter.
Abdelrahman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rossiter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Abdelrahman clinches up against the ropes.
Abdelrahman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Abdelrahman lands a hook that snaps the head of Rossiter backwards.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Rossiter throws an elbow but misses.
Abdelrahman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abdelrahman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Rossiter looking to throw knees to the head but Abdelrahman is blocking nicely.
Abdelrahman misses with an elbow over the top.
Abdelrahman lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossiter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rossiter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abdelrahman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rossiter avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Abdelrahman.
Rossiter digs a right hand into Abdelrahman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Abdelrahman's gas tank.
Rossiter blocks an elbow strike from Abdelrahman.
Shahzad Abdelrahman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Abdelrahman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abdelrahman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Kai Rossiter has been cut.
Rossiter avoids the elbow strike from Abdelrahman, against the ropes.
Abdelrahman lands with a left to the head.
Abdelrahman lands with a light punch inside.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Abdelrahman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rossiter's brow.
Abdelrahman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Abdelrahman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Abdelrahman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rossiter tries to land a body kick

and Abdelrahman counters by moving into the clinch.
Rossiter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Abdelrahman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abdelrahman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rossiter has a couple of punches blocked by Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman avoiding damage as Rossiter throws knees to the body.
Abdelrahman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Abdelrahman blocking some punches.
Abdelrahman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Abdelrahman prevents a body shot from Rossiter.
Abdelrahman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Rossiter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rossiter missing with knees to the body.
Rossiter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Abdelrahman pushes off an throws an elbow but Rossiter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Abdelrahman lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abdelrahman scores with a hook to the body.
Rossiter swings wildly with an uppercut but Abdelrahman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abdelrahman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Abdelrahman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shahzad Abdelrahman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kai Rossiter's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Abdelrahman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Abdelrahman takes the fight into the clinch.
Rossiter misses with a body punch.

Abdelrahman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Abdelrahman drives through and clinches with Rossiter against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Rossiter.

Abdelrahman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Rossiter.
Rossiter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Abdelrahman misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdelrahman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rossiter. That did some damage!
Rossiter tries to move into range but Abdelrahman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rossiter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Abdelrahman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rossiter tries a head kick but it misses.
Abdelrahman throws a body punch but Rossiter moves out of range.
Kai Rossiter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdelrahman throws a low kick but Rossiter moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick from Abdelrahman, right into the meat of the thigh.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rossiter.
Rossiter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shahzad Abdelrahman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rossiter goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Rossiter gets tackled into the ropes by Abdelrahman. Abdelrahman maintains the clinch.
Rossiter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman lands a left hand.
Rossiter struggles to land a body shot inside as Abdelrahman controls his hands.

Abdelrahman manages to break the clinch.

Abdelrahman clinches.
Rossiter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Abdelrahman avoids it.
Rossiter throws a punch but it's blocked by Abdelrahman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Abdelrahman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abdelrahman blocks a body shot from Rossiter.
Abdelrahman lands with a short shot to the head.
Abdelrahman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Abdelrahman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rossiter throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman lands a hook that snaps the head of Rossiter backwards.
Abdelrahman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Abdelrahman lands with a light punch inside.
A short body shot lands from Abdelrahman as the two fighters clinch.
Abdelrahman lands with a right to the head.
Abdelrahman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shahzad Abdelrahman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Abdelrahman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shahzad Abdelrahman!
A victorious Shahzad Abdelrahman thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.