PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abelardo De Leon (ranked 243 p4p, 1218 weight class) and Axmed Abdullah (ranked 38 p4p, 154 weight class). De Leon comes to the cage accompanied by Mercenary - F.O.O.L. & Power Glove. Abelardo De Leon has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

De Leon
vs
Abdullah

197 cm
26
264
15 - 7 - 0

182 cm
26
256
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abelardo De Leon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Axmed Abdullah !
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from De Leon. Abdullah does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Leon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abdullah moves away from the strike by De Leon.
As De Leon backs off Abdullah throws a huge counter combo but De Leon manages to avoid it all.
De Leon throws a jab when Abdullah was well out of range.
Abdullah tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Leon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Leon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Abdullah has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by De Leon.
De Leon just misses with a punch to the body.
And Abdullah tries to counter it with a takedown but De Leon pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdullah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Leon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A left lands for De Leon.
De Leon misses with a hook. Abdullah ducked under it nicely.
De Leon throws an overhand right that lands on Abdullah 's shoulder, as Abdullah tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Leon swings for the body but Abdullah moves out of range.
Abdullah takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Axmed Abdullah has been cut.
De Leon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Leon tried to counter with a leg kick but Abdullah avoided it.
De Leon connects with a body shot that sends Abdullah 's belly button to the back.
Abdullah tries to bum rush De Leon with a series of wild strikes but De Leon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Leon fires out a quick counter leg kick but Abdullah just manages to avoid it.
Abdullah has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by De Leon.
A big left from De Leon misses.
Abdullah feints the counter takedown.
Abdullah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Leon.
Abdullah swings away with a body shot that misses
and Abdullah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Abdullah moves forwards but De Leon connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Leon swings for the body but Abdullah moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Leon thumps Abdullah with a low kick.
De Leon is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
De Leon scores with the left hand. Abdullah knows he should have avoided that one.
Abelardo De Leon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abdullah closes the distance looking to clinch

and De Leon counters with a nice right hand that sends Abdullah toppling to the canvas! Abdullah scrambles and gets back to his feet - can De Leon finish him?!
De Leon looks to land a combination but Abdullah avoids it well.

De Leon lands a big uppercut and Abdullah crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Abdullah looks OK. De Leon waves Abdullah back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Leon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Abdullah digs a good hook to De Leon's body.

De Leon feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Abdullah sprawling to the canvas! Abdullah rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can De Leon finish him?!
De Leon throws a half hearted mid kick.
Abdullah now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
De Leon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Leon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Leon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abdullah doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

De Leon drops Abdullah with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Abdullah looks back up at him and smiles so De Leon waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abdullah shoots and misses
and De Leon counters with a big right hand! Oh Abdullah is in trouble here! De Leon follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abelardo De Leon!
Abelardo De Leon thanked the fans post fight for their support.