PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kareem Abdul Jabbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Staton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jabbar comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - Party Up. Staton has chosen Mgła- With Hearts Toward None II as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Abdul Jabbar
vs
Staton

225 cm
30
291 lbs
30 - 11 - 0

192 cm
25
238 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 30 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kareem Abdul Jabbar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lee Staton!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabbar sizes up Staton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jabbar swings for the body but Staton moves out of range.
Jabbar scores with a nice right hand.
Staton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Staton cracks the inside of Jabbar's front leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jabbar misses with a head kick.
Jabbar tries to close the distance and clinch but Staton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Staton avoids the body shot from Jabbar.
A head kick misses from Jabbar.
Staton cracks the inside of Jabbar's front leg.
Staton moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Staton goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Kareem Abdul Jabbar has been cut.
Jabbar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A right-left combo lands from Jabbar.
Jabbar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Staton misses with a low kick as Jabbar jumps back.
A jab from Jabbar misses.
Staton blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Jabbar.
Staton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jabbar.
Staton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A bone on bone clash there as Jabbar blocks the leg kick.
Staton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Staton checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jabbar swings for the body but Staton moves out of range.
Staton fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jabbar checks it well.
Staton jabs Jabbar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jabbar is breathing heavily.
Staton is looking to chop away at Jabbar's legs.
Jabbar looks to land a right hand but Staton moved out of range.
Staton lands with a nice combination. Jabbar backs away looking to recover.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jabbar thuds a left hand into Staton's body.
Jabbar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Staton throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staton lands with a thumping leg kick.
Staton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jabbar's sensitive parts.
Staton throws a jab when Jabbar was well out of range.
Jabbar darts in trying to clinch
and Staton counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Staton takes a swing at Jabbar's ribcage but misses.
Jabbar misses with an uppercut. Staton saw that one coming.
Staton pushes Jabbar away with a front kick.
Staton lands a jab to Jabbar's midsection.
Staton is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jabbar rather than just go for the knockout.
Staton stuns Jabbar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Staton rushes Jabbar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Staton landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jabbar misses with a punch on the inside.
Jabbar misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Staton lands a knee to the body.

Staton breaks the clinch.
Staton lands with a shot to the body.
Staton motions for Jabbar to come forward. Staton throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Staton, right into the meat.
Jabbar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Staton. Staton obviously looking to wear him down.
Staton throws a head kick but Jabbar moves out of range.
Staton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Staton.
Staton's corner calls for a 1-2. Staton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Staton lands a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Staton fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jabbar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jabbar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Staton moves into the clinch.
Staton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Staton has Jabbar pushed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jabbar fails to land.
Jabbar swings wildly with an uppercut but Staton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jabbar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Staton breaks from the clinch.
Staton tries a head kick but it misses.
Staton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jabbar to score with a decent uppercut.
Jabbar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jabbar throws a body punch but Staton moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jabbar throws a sloppy body shot
letting Staton counter with a right hand.
Jabbar lands a lovely overhand right.
A shot to the body from Jabbar misses
and Staton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jabbar's knee momentarily.
Staton attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Staton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Abdul Jabbar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Staton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jabbar. That did some damage!
Jabbar throws a sloppy head kick
and Staton counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jabbar just misses with a punch to the body.
Jabbar cracks Staton with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jabbar thows a body shot but no joy.
Staton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jabbar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Staton.
Jabbar takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jabbar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Staton throws out the jab.
Jabbar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Staton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A leg kick checked by Staton.
Staton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jabbar's sensitive parts.
Jabbar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Staton counters with a thumping low kick.

Staton has Jabbar up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Staton lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar can't find room to land a body shot as Staton controls the action.
Jabbar can't find room to land a body shot as Staton controls the action.

Staton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jabbar throws a body punch but Staton moves out of range.
Staton connects with the punch.
Staton will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Staton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Staton misses the shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Staton.
Staton misses the shot to the body.
Staton misses with the combination.
Staton dips to his left and cracks Jabbar with an uppercut!
Jabbar throws a head kick but Staton moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jabbar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Staton throws a right and a left that Jabbar avoids nicely.
Jabbar scores with a nice head shot.
Jabbar tries a head kick but it misses.
Jabbar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Staton. Staton obviously looking to wear him down.
Jabbar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Staton scores with a jab to the jaw.
Staton misses with an uppercut. Jabbar saw that one coming.
Lee Staton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jabbar is looking to land body kicks.
Staton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Jabbar is rocked!
Staton steps in with a hook that catches Jabbar right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Staton follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Jabbar looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Staton!
During a confident post fight interview, Lee Staton thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.