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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Sycek (ranked 1345 p4p, 1472 weight class) and Abdo Farah (ranked 154 p4p, 171 weight class). Abdo Farah has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Samuel Sycek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abdo Farah!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sycek fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Farah, pushing him back against the cage.
Sycek pulls guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sycek holds on and takes a little breather.
Sycek looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sycek is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sycek is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sycek 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.
Sycek working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sycek trying to control from half guard but Farah is working away.
Farah tries to kick Sycek off in order to stand up. Sycek Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sycek tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sycek works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
It looks like Abdo Farah has been cut.
Farah can't do much from the bottom here.
An elbow from Sycek crashes against the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sycek connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Farah some visible discomfort.
Sycek is looking to take a break and control but Farah is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sycek postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sycek landing strikes.
Farah takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Farah wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Sycek tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sycek tries to score with some ground and pound. Farah controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Farah dodges the ground and pound from Sycek.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sycek in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sycek throws a strike aimed at the side of Farah's head but Farah avoids it well.
You can see the frustration on Farah's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Farah managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sycek.
Sycek working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sycek lands a few punches from side control.
That has opened up Abdo Farah's cut even more.
Sycek is looking to take a break and control but Farah is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Farah defending against the ground and pound.
We've been hearing good reports from Sycek's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Farah is trying to improve his position.
Farah is not content to let Sycek control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sycek sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Farah is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Farah is trying to improve his position.
Sycek throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sycek looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Farah is avoiding damage well.
Farah is trying to buck Sycek off.
Sycek misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Farah is not content to let Sycek control the position.
Sycek with the ground and pound but Farah regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sycek lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The cut above Abdo Farah's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sycek is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Abdo Farah'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 Abdo Farah's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Samuel Sycek!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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