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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abe Frohman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ming Ong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frohman's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, He's Always Abe Frohman. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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185 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
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175 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Abe Frohman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ming Ong!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frohman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ong.
Ong clobbers Frohman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ong lands with a straight right. Frohman didn't see that one coming.
Frohman tries to close the distance and clinch but Ong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Ong there.
Ong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ong lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ong lands a jab.
Ming Ong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frohman throws a head kick that misses.
Frohman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frohman doesn't manage to clinch there - Ong circles away.
Frohman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frohman tries to clinch but Ong moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Ong.
Ong misses with a straight right.
Frohman tries to clinch there but Ong circles away.
Ong with a hook.
Frohman throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Ong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Frohman clinches up with Ong and pushes him back against the cage.
Ong wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Frohman keeps control of Ong as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Frohman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frohman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ong breaks the clinch.
Ong lands with a right hand.
Ong throws a low kick but Frohman avoids it.
Ong connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Frohman momentarily.
Frohman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ong wants to break free but Frohman has control.
Frohman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Frohman lands a shot to the body.
Frohman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Frohman connects with a knee to the head.
Frohman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Frohman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Frohman throws an elbow but it misses.
Frohman tries to land a knee to the head but Ong blocks with his arms.
Frohman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ong's defenses.
Ong is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Frohman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ong's efforts to push away.
Ong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Frohman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ong avoiding damage as Frohman throws knees to the body.
Frohman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ong.
Ong prevents a body shot from Frohman.
Frohman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Frohman is breathing heavily.
Frohman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Frohman.
Ong managing to block the knees to the body from Frohman.
Frohman trying to land knees to the body.
Frohman tries a body shot but Ong blocks it.
Frohman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Frohman tries to land knees in the clinch but Ong avoids the damage to the body.
Frohman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ong avoids it.
Frohman throws a head punch that misses.
Frohman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ong working hard to break the clinch.
Frohman misses with the head strike.
Frohman pushes off an throws an elbow but Ong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frohman slips under a jab.
Ong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Frohman.
Ong slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ong throws a hook to the side of Frohman's head but Frohman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ong lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Frohman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Frohman misses with a head kick.
Frohman doesn't manage to clinch there - Ong circles away.
Frohman slips a straight right by Ong.
Ong fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Frohman on the side of the head.
Ong smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ong fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Frohman blocks a jab.
Frohman tries to clinch up.
Frohman tries to clinch but Ong is having none of it.
Ong scores with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frohman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Frohman doesn't manage to clinch there - Ong circles away.
Ong swats away the attempt to clinch by Frohman.
Frohman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ong to score with a decent uppercut.
Ong lands a nice shot that snaps Frohman's head back.
Ong scores with a nice head shot.
Ong scores with a nice strike.
Ong fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Abe Frohman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Frohman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ong misses with a straight left.
Frohman throws a sloppy head kick and Ong moves out of range easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ong darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ong lands a slapping body shot.
Ong throws a shot from downtown. Frohman moves away and avoids it.
Ong defending well as Frohman loads up on a big left hand.
Frohman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ong moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ong throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Frohman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Frohman moves in looking to clinch but Ong pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ming Ong will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ong throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Frohman's waist but Frohman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ong off to one side.
Ong looks to throw the jab but Frohman is out of range.
Frohman looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice straight punches there by Ong. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ong.
Frohman wants to clinch up but Ong keeps it at a distance.
Ong misses with the combination.
Frohman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ong.
Ong lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Frohman at a distance.
Ong misses with a looping left.
Ong moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ong throws an overhand right that lands on Frohman's shoulder, as Frohman tries to avoid the shot.
Ong throws a looping overhand right but Frohman ducks down to avoid it.
Frohman throws a sloppy head kick and Ong moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frohman tries to clinch up.
Frohman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frohman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ong.
Frohman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Frohman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice combination there by Ong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frohman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ong paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ong looks to land a right hand but Frohman moved out of range.
Ong might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ong throws a hook to the side of Frohman's head but Frohman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Frohman tries to clinch up but Ong circles away and keeps his distance.
Ong misses with an uppercut. Frohman saw that one coming.
Frohman lands with a kick to the temple. Ong shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ong loads up on a big right hand but Frohman slips the punch.
Frohman wants to clinch up but Ong keeps it at a distance.
Abe Frohman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Frohman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ong.
Ong will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A head kick misses from Frohman.
Frohman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Frohman rushes Ong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ong drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Abe Frohman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ming Ong.
Ong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Frohman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frohman trying to land knees to the body.
Ong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ong blocks an elbow strike.
Frohman lands a left hand.
Frohman misses with a punch on the inside.
Frohman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ong is trying to push Frohman away but Frohman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ong blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Ong's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Frohman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Frohman trying to land knees to the body.
Frohman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ong wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Frohman has him pressed against the cage.
Ong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ong tries to break the clinch but Frohman is controlling the position.
Frohman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Frohman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Frohman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ong is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frohman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ong's efforts to push away.
Frohman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ong.
Frohman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ong.
Ong goes for a takedown attempt but Frohman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ong shoots in and bounces Frohman off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ong drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ong jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ong missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ong throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frohman keeping full guard, as Ong tries to pass.
Ong drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Frohman dives on top into guard.
Ong wants to stand and escape but Frohman is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Abe Frohman will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
The fighters circle momentarily. Ong darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Frohman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ong swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Frohman.
Frohman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ong throws a hook but Frohman avoids it easily.
Ong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Frohman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Frohman thows a body kick. Ong tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Frohman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ong lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Frohman backs up against the cage.
Frohman throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ong lunges at Frohman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Frohman's hand.
Frohman closes the distance and pushes Ong back into the cage.
Ong blocks an elbow strike.
Frohman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ong takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Frohman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ong lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Frohman lands a nice knee to the body.
Frohman landing knees to the body.
Ong wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Frohman has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frohman lands a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Frohman.
Frohman lands with a left to the head.
Ong can't break the clinch.
Ong takes a shot to the head.
Frohman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ong.
Frohman presses Ong against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Frohman is leaning against Ong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Frohman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Frohman lands a good knee to the midsection. Ong won't want to take too many of those.
Ong avoids a wild elbow strike from Frohman.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Frohman obliges.
Ong tries to circle away but Frohman has him pinned against the cage.
Frohman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ong blocks an uppercut.
Ong drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Frohman misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Frohman stops a takedown attempt from Ong.
Ong managing to block the knees to the body from Frohman.
Ong is trying to break the clinch but Frohman has him pressed against the cage.
Frohman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ong manages to break the clinch.
Frohman slips under a jab from Ong.
Frohman stuffs the takedown.
Abe Frohman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ming Ong.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Frohman with a knee to the head.
Frohman can't find room to land a body shot as Ong controls the action.
Frohman missing with knees to the body.
Frohman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ong.
Ong manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frohman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ong drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ong postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Frohman is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ong, into his guard.
Ong wants to stand but Frohman is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ong manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Frohman manages to get himself to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abe Frohman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Frohman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Abe Frohman!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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