PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yunus Abshir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ha Satan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abshir comes to the cage accompanied by Africa by Toto. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Abshir
vs
Satan

186 cm
20
199 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
184 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yunus Abshir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ha Satan!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Abshir avoids the head kick by Satan.
Satan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left lands for Abshir.
Abshir moves away from the strike by Satan.
Abshir keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Satan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Abshir drives through with a takedown into Satan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Abshir forces his way into half guard.
Still in half guard, Abshir seems content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Satan wants to improve his position but Abshir is controlling well.
Satan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Abshir tries to pass to full mount but Satan defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abshir controlling the pace.
Satan trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Abshir controlling from mount.
Satan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Abshir. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Satan tries to hold on but Abshir postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abshir lands a big elbow.
Satan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Abshir controlling from mount.
Abshir lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Abshir controlling the pace for now.
Abshir with shots to the head and body - Satan looks very uncomfortable down there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abshir controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abshir's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Abshir is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Satan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Abshir sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Abshir working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satan tries to reverse the position but Abshir maintains control.
Abshir takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Abshir is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Satan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Satan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Abshir takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yunus Abshir dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Satan.
Satan tries to clinch there but Abshir circles away.
Satan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abshir.
Satan moves in looking to clinch but Abshir pushes him off.
Ha Satan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Satan misses with a low kick.
Abshir throws a jab when Satan was well out of range.
Satan shoots for a takedown but Abshir saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Abshir has closed the distance and engaged Satan in a clinch.
Abshir presses Satan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Abshir controlling the action here for a moment.
Abshir pushes Satan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Abshir breaks from the clinch.
Abshir bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Satan's head backwards.
Abshir lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Abshir counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Satan is rocked!

It looks like Ha Satan has been cut.
Abshir slips under a jab.
Satan is still on wobbly legs! Can Abshir finish him?
A jab from Abshir misses.
Abshir misses with a looping right.
Abshir throws out a loose jab but Satan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Abshir misses.
Abshir swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Satan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Abshir throws a lazy right hand but Satan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abshir pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abshir misses with an uppercut.
Satan defending well as Abshir loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Abshir misses its intended target.
Abshir pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abshir throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Satan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Abshir misses the target.
Abshir is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Abshir thuds a left hand into Satan's body.
Satan is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abshir looks to throw the jab but Satan is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Abshir.
Abshir looks to throw the jab but Satan is out of range.
Satan blocks a jab.
Satan seems to have recovered his senses.
Satan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Abshir drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Satan right on the button. Satan goes down! Abshir follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Abshir gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yunus Abshir!
A very excited looking Yunus Abshir made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.