PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abdullah Hosseini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Gabriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hosseini's entrance music is Zulfiqar - Secret Chiefs 3. A fine choice. Juan Gabriel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hosseini
vs
Gabriel

188 cm
28
255 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

193 cm
21
277 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abdullah Hosseini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Gabriel!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gabriel misses with the combination.
Hosseini keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gabriel throws a series of punches but Hosseini moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Gabriel scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Abdullah Hosseini has been cut.

Hosseini scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hosseini content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hosseini is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hosseini works his way into side control.
Hosseini scoring with punches from side control.
Hosseini content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Hosseini tries to score with some ground and pound. Gabriel controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosseini working the head and body with strikes.
Hosseini sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gabriel is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hosseini controlling from side mount.
Gabriel bucks up and tries to throw Hosseini off but instead Hosseini has got his back!
Hosseini controls the position.
Hosseini missing with punches from the back.
Hosseini is punishing Gabriel with some ground and pound.
Hosseini 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.
Hosseini throwing wild punches that miss their target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hosseini is landing with strikes. Gabriel can't take much more of this.
Hosseini throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Gabriel!
A bit of a pause in the action here. Hosseini controlling the positon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hosseini cracks Gabriel with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Gabriel from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Hosseini throwing sloppy strikes.
Good control from Hosseini.
Gabriel is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Hosseini misses with punches from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hosseini lands an elbow to the side of the head.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Gabriel trying to get back to his feet but Hosseini is in full control for now.
Gabriel looks gassed!
Hosseini scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Gabriel is looking for a way out.
Hosseini is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hosseini somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Hosseini controlling the positon.
The referee is taking a good look at Gabriel as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Hosseini!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel is trapped and Hosseini is scoring with shots to the head and body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hosseini keeps control of the position easily here as Gabriel tries to buck him off.
Hosseini has Gabriel flattened out and is raining down punches.
Gabriel covers up after that shot from Hosseini.
Hosseini cracks Gabriel with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Gabriel from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
I would not like to be Gabriel right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gabriel trying to get back to his feet but Hosseini is in full control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdullah Hosseini dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abdullah Hosseini's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hosseini takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gabriel misses with the combination.
Hosseini dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good work by Gabriel as he checks the leg kick.

Hosseini decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hosseini missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Abdullah Hosseini overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hosseini content to control rather than advance.
Hosseini working over Gabriel with some ground and pound. Gabriel looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hosseini drops an elbow to the side of Gabriel's head.
Hosseini content to control rather than advance.
Gabriel is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosseini takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hosseini missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hosseini trying to control the pace.
Hosseini slips a nice elbow through Gabriel's hands, connecting with Gabriel's forehead.
Hosseini is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hosseini controlling from the full mount.
Hosseini landing strikes from the mount and Gabriel is in trouble!
Hosseini landing strikes from the mount and Gabriel is in trouble!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hosseini dominating with strikes here.
Hosseini controlling his opponent.
Hosseini working Gabriel over with strikes here.
Hosseini takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gabriel is bucking up trying to escape but Hosseini cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hosseini putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hosseini breaks from Gabriel's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hosseini cracks Gabriel with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Gabriel is rocked!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Hosseini! Gabriel is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Abdullah Hosseini!