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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darrell Abbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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290 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very quick |
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Arturo Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Darrell Abbott!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abbott throws a right hand that misses
and Rua counters by clinching up.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Abbott in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Abbott wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Abbott has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Abbott wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees to the body from Rua.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Abbott looks gassed!
Abbott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Rua lands an elbow just above Abbott 's eye.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbott won't want to take too many of those.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbott won't want to take too many of those.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Abbott is rocked!
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Abbott is still on wobbly legs! Can Rua finish him?
Abbott takes a knee to the side of the body.
Abbott seems to have recovered his senses.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rua lands an elbow just above Abbott 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Rua is pushing Abbott up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Abbott takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Rua landing knees to the body.
Abbott takes a knee to the side of the body.
Abbott takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Abbott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Abbott's ribcage.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
Rua taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Abbott wants to break free but Rua has control.
Rua lands an elbow just above Abbott 's eye.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Abbott in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rua prevents Abbott from breaking the clinch.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rua working Abbott over with knees to the body.
Abbott wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abbott is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Rua stalling.
Abbott is looking to break free of the clinch but Rua has double underhooks.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Abbott wants to break free but Rua has control.
Abbott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rua displaying some good clinch control by pressing Abbott up against the cage.
Abbott can't break the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow just above Abbott 's eye.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Abbott looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Rua slows down the pace here.
Rua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Abbott can't break the clinch.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua prevents Abbott from breaking the clinch.
Abbott fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Abbott wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Abbott looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abbott's defenses.
Rua prevents Abbott from breaking the clinch.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Abbott's ribcage.
Abbott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Abbott has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Abbott wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Rua working Abbott over with knees to the body.
Abbott tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Abbott is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abbott's defenses.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abbott's defenses.
Abbott is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Abbott working hard to break the clinch.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Abbott in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rua slowing the pace effectively.
Rua landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Abbott wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Abbott tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbott won't want to take too many of those.
Abbott is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Abbott tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Abbott is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Rua lands an elbow just above Abbott 's eye.
Abbott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Abbott can't break the clinch.
Abbott takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rua lands an elbow just above Abbott 's eye.
Rua slowing the pace effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Abbott tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Abbott is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Abbott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Abbott wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Rua dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rua drives through and clinches with Abbott against the cage.
Rua has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Abbott wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abbott has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Abbott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abbott's defenses.
Abbott can't break the clinch.
Rua controlling the action here for a moment.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Abbott wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Rua.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Abbott being controlled against the cage.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abbott takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbott won't want to take too many of those.
Rua leaning against his opponent.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbott won't want to take too many of those.
Rua prevents the takedown attempt.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Abbott in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Abbott is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rua is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Abbott wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua keeps control of Abbott as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Abbott looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rua has Abbott pressed against the cage, preventing Abbott from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua slows down the pace here.
Rua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abbott can do to turn this around?
Abbott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Abbott is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
Abbott tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Rua stalling the fight.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Abbott avoids the elbow strike from Rua, against the cage.
Abbott wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abbott has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbott won't want to take too many of those.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Abbott wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abbott tries for a takedown but Rua manages to get underhooks.
Abbott looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rua slowing the pace effectively.
Abbott takes an elbow to the temple.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rua.
Abbott working hard to break the clinch.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abbott's defenses.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Abbott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Abbott wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abbott has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Abbott wants to break free but Rua has control.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
Abbott takes an elbow to the temple.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rua keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abbott's efforts to push away.
Abbott has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Rua landing knees to the body.
Abbott takes a knee to the side of the body.
Abbott takes an elbow to the temple.
Abbott tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rua smiles and moves away.
Arturo Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darrell Abbott.
Rua tests Abbott's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Arturo Rua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abbott misses with an uppercut
and Rua counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Abbott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Abbott can't break the clinch.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua stalling against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott can't break the clinch.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbott won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
Rua throws an elbow that misses.
Abbott has Rua pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rua manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Abbott wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Abbott takes an elbow to the temple.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Abbott has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Abbott is trying to drag Rua to the mat but Rua just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Arturo Rua has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rua lands an elbow just above Abbott 's eye.
Abbott can't break the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
Rua has Abbott pressed against the cage, preventing Abbott from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Abbott's ribcage.
Rua working Abbott over with knees to the body.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Rua dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Abbott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rua.
Rua closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Abbott can't break the clinch.
Abbott is trying to push Rua away but Rua has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Abbott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Abbott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rua prevents Abbott from breaking the clinch.
Rua stalling the fight.
Abbott wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rua landing knees to the body.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbott won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Rua's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Abbott is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abbott's efforts to push away.
Rua leaning his opponent against the cage.
Abbott wants to break free but Rua has control.
Abbott is looking to break free of the clinch but Rua has double underhooks.
Abbott goes for a takedown attempt but Rua pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rua forces Abbott back against the cage and clinches.
Rua is pushing Abbott up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Rua for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Darrell Abbott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two 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.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Abbott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Abbott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Abbott can't break the clinch.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Abbott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua landing knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Abbott's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Abbott tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Abbott takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Rua is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rua pushes off an throws an elbow but Abbott leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rua keeps control of Abbott as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rua blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Abbott tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Abbott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Abbott is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Abbott won't want to take too many of those.
Abbott is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Abbott wants to break free but Rua has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rua prevents the takedown attempt.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Abbott is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Rua keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abbott's efforts to push away.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Abbott shrugs off.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Rua is stalling here.
Abbott tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Abbott has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Abbott takes an elbow to the temple.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Abbott wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Abbott is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Abbott is looking to break free of the clinch but Rua has double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
That's four 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.
Rua prevents Abbott from breaking the clinch.
Abbott takes an elbow to the temple.
Abbott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abbott has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rua avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Arturo Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darrell Abbott.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
A short right from Rua.
Abbott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
Rua looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Abbott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rua's elbow.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Abbott's ribcage.
Abbott wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abbott has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Abbott wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Abbott is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Abbott is trying to break free.
Abbott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Abbott in his tracks for a moment.
Abbott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rua backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Abbott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arturo Rua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rua 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arturo Rua!
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