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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Axmed Abdullah (ranked 267 p4p, 667 weight class) and Gerard Messing (ranked 37 p4p, 92 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent 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 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Axmed Abdullah !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gerard Messing!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abdullah bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Messing closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Abdullah did well to prevent Messing getting side control.
Messing wants to take a breather but Abdullah is having none of it.
Messing sitting and controlling from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdullah won't allow Messing to pass to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Messing lands with a punch from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Messing connects with a nice short shot to Abdullah 's temple.
Messing prevents Abdullah from improving his position.
Messing is keen to just control but Abdullah is a slippery customer.
Messing scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Abdullah is looking to improve his position.
Messing throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Abdullah tries to get to full guard but Messing has control of the leg.
Abdullah manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Messing trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Abdullah preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Messing throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Abdullah works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Messing trying to control the position from guard on top but Abdullah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abdullah not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Abdullah keeping moving, preventing Messing from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Abdullah looking to hit a scissor sweep but Messing is one step ahead there.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Abdullah throws an overhand right that lands on Messing's shoulder, as Messing tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah takes one to the side of the head.
Gerard Messing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Messing shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Messing throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Abdullah to regain full guard.
Messing looking to pass the guard.
Abdullah keeping moving, preventing Messing from controlling successfully.
Abdullah working for a triangle but Messing defends it easily.
Messing throws an elbow that misses. Abdullah uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Messing's guard. Nice move by Abdullah !
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Messing trying to control the position here.
Abdullah lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Messing working for a triangle but Abdullah defends it easily.
Messing is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah trying to control the position from guard on top but Messing is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Messing is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Messing throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Abdullah content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Messing has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Abdullah has passed into side control.
Messing can't do much from the bottom here.
We've been hearing that Abdullah has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Abdullah lands a decent elbow from side control.
Abdullah working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Messing is trying to control Abdullah 's posture but Abdullah avoids it.
Messing might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Abdullah haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Messing tries to bench press Abdullah off him but Abdullah keeps the position.
Messing looking for a sweep but Abdullah has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Messing gets back to half guard.
Messing actively working from the bottom here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Messing is staying active underneath Abdullah , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Messing trying to hold on to Abdullah 's head to control him but Abdullah postures up.
Messing is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Messing actively working from the bottom here.
Messing has hold of Abdullah 's hands but Abdullah slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Messing won't allow Abdullah to pass to mount.
Messing wants to improve his position but Abdullah is controlling well.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Abdullah lands strikes from half guard.
Messing trying to control from the bottom.
Messing keeping hold of Abdullah 's head, controlling as best he can.
Abdullah lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Abdullah is trying to control. Messing wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Messing trying to control from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdullah . Messing does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Messing throws a right hand that misses
and Abdullah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Gerard Messing has been cut.
Messing shoots for a takedown but Abdullah saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Messing works Abdullah 's body with a nice hook.
Messing dives in and grabs Abdullah 's left leg, looking for a takedown. Abdullah pushes down on Messing's head and hops out.
Abdullah wants to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Abdullah is looking to clinch.
Messing tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Messing lands a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gerard Messing will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gerard Messing's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Abdullah fails with a takedown attempt.
Messing drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Abdullah defends it well.
Abdullah is looking to clinch but Messing is avoiding it.
Abdullah tries to close the distance and clinch but Messing swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Messing avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Abdullah walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Messing checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Messing misses with a looping left.
Abdullah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abdullah throws a front kick that sends Messing stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullah looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Messing will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Abdullah thinks about countering with a body kick.
Messing shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Abdullah manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Abdullah keeping moving, preventing Messing from controlling successfully.
Messing looking to pass the guard.
Messing postures up in Abdullah 's guard and throws a big left but Abdullah blocks it.
Messing postures up in Abdullah 's guard and throws a big left but Abdullah blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Messing throws an elbow that misses. Abdullah uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Messing's guard. Nice move by Abdullah !
Messing working a defensive guard here.
Messing wants to improve his position but instead Abdullah has moved into half guard.
Messing tries to roll over but Abdullah keeps him under control.
Abdullah working over Messing with some ground and pound. Messing looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Abdullah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah moves into full mount! Messing won't be happy about that!
Messing keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Messing tries to hold on but Abdullah pushes him away.
Messing is trying desperately to improve position.
Abdullah landing strikes, looking to finish!
Messing is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah lands a big elbow.
Messing is in all sorts of trouble here.
Messing manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Messing is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Abdullah scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Abdullah trying to control from half guard but Messing is working away.
Messing is looking for a sweep. Abdullah is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Messing gets back to full guard.
Abdullah postures up.
Messing controlling the position.
Abdullah lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Messing working for submissions but it's allowed Abdullah to get to half guard.
Nice strikes from Abdullah there.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Messing trying to control but Abdullah postures up.
Messing is not content to let Abdullah control the position.
Messing actively working from the bottom here.
Abdullah working over Messing with some ground and pound. Messing looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Messing keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Messing moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Abdullah stays in close to Messing's body and controls the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Messing is trying to control the position but Abdullah postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Messing is looking for a triangle here but Abdullah uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Abdullah taking a breather here.
Messing sneaks back into half guard.
Messing controlling the position for now.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Messing is trying to get back to full guard.
Messing tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Abdullah has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Messing tries to reverse the position but Abdullah maintains control.
Abdullah lands a couple of good shots and Messing has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Messing tries to roll but Abdullah sticks to his back.
Messing keeps trying to improve his position.
Messing covers up after that shot from Abdullah .
Messing tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Messing is squirming around, avoiding Abdullah 's attempts to control the action.
Messing tries to hold on but Abdullah pushes him away.
Axmed Abdullah overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Messing is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Abdullah raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Axmed Abdullah dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gerard Messing's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Messing throws a sloppy body shot
and Abdullah makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Messing connects with a nice looking jab.
Messing gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Abdullah counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Messing throws a poor cross that misses
and Abdullah counters with a nice uppercut.
Abdullah misses with a kick to the body
and Messing counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdullah trying to control the position.
Messing looking to sit in guard and control but Abdullah gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Abdullah passes Messing's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullah trying to control from Messing's half guard. Messing has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Abdullah pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Messing is keeping the position for now.
Messing wants to improve his position but instead Abdullah has moved into half guard.
Abdullah seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Abdullah passes into side control, despite Messing's attempt to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Abdullah lands a few punches from side control.
Abdullah cracks Messing with a big right hand but Messing just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Messing is looking for a sweep.
Messing is trying to work for a sweep but Abdullah has mounted him!
Abdullah controlling the position easily from mount.
The referee warns Messing that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Abdullah lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Messing sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Abdullah wants to pass the guard but Messing is defending well.
Messing actively working from the bottom here.
Messing felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Messing is refusing to be controlled, as Abdullah sits in half guard.
Abdullah is really struggling to control Messing but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Messing with the active half guard here but Abdullah passes nicely into side control.
Abdullah wants to control but Messing is keeping him busy.
Messing can't do much from the bottom here.
Messing is being controlled here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Messing is looking for a sweep.
Messing on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Messing is trying to control Abdullah 's posture but Abdullah avoids it.
Messing takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Messing looking for a sweep but Abdullah has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Messing keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Messing is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Messing can do to turn this around?
Messing wants to control but Abdullah is having none of it.
Abdullah connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That has opened up Gerard Messing's cut even more.
Messing is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Messing working to try and regain half guard.
A nice elbow there by Abdullah .
Abdullah avoids the attempt from Messing to control.
Messing is working to get back to half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah with good strikes from the mount here!
Abdullah landing shots from mount.
Abdullah lands with some strikes.
Messing is rocked!
Messing is looking to improve his position but Abdullah isn't that keen on the idea.
Messing is still trying to improve position.
Abdullah controlling the position easily from mount.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah landing strikes from the mount.
Messing is wriggling around trying to escape.
Messing is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Messing is trying to escape the mount.
Abdullah lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Messing hang on?
Abdullah scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Messing?
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Messing working to try and regain half guard.
Messing is squirming around, avoiding Abdullah 's attempts to control the action.
Messing is desperately trying to improve his position but Abdullah has a good base and remains in mount.
Messing sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Messing with the active half guard here but Abdullah passes nicely into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abdullah wants to control but Messing is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Axmed Abdullah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Abdullah has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Axmed Abdullah !
Axmed Abdullah decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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