PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ed Frettish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rayle Amot Abdalla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rayle Amot Abdalla has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Frettish
vs
Amot Abdalla

225 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

150 cm
36
300 lbs
7 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ed Frettish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rayle Amot Abdalla!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frettish connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Abdalla momentarily.
Abdalla fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Frettish.
Abdalla moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Rayle Amot Abdalla has been cut.
Abdalla pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Frettish darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rayle Amot Abdalla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abdalla throws a sloppy head kick and Frettish moves out of range easily.
Abdalla pivots, looking for a leg kick but Frettish is out of range and Abdalla settles back down.
Abdalla moves in looking to clinch but Frettish pushes him off.
Abdalla avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Abdalla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Frettish.
Abdalla tries to land a leg kick but Frettish saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdalla moves forwards but Frettish connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Abdalla looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Frettish ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abdalla moves away.
No joy there for Frettish, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Frettish scores with a three punch combo!
Frettish is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Frettish checks a low kick from Abdalla.
Abdalla fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Frettish has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Frettish blocks a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Abdalla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdalla tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Abdalla throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Abdalla shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Frettish but Frettish pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Frettish avoids the head kick by Abdalla.

Frettish gets tackled into the cage by Abdalla. Abdalla maintains the clinch.
Abdalla lands a shot to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Abdalla takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frettish is trying to break the clinch but Abdalla has him pressed against the cage.
Frettish misses with a punch on the inside.
Abdalla fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Frettish prevents a body shot from Abdalla.
Abdalla has Frettish pressed against the cage, preventing Frettish from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Abdalla dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Frettish tries to circle away but Abdalla has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frettish misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Frettish's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Frettish is trying to break the clinch but Abdalla has him pressed against the cage.
Frettish has a couple of punches blocked by Abdalla.
A head punch on the inside from Frettish fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stalling in the clinch from Abdalla.
Abdalla looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Abdalla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ed Frettish will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rayle Amot Abdalla's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A slow jab from Frettish misses its intended target.
Abdalla is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Abdalla is looking to slow Frettish down with leg kicks.
Donk. Frettish catches Abdalla right on the button with a cross.
Abdalla punishes Frettish's body with a nice straight punch.
Abdalla shoots in but no luck this time.
Abdalla is looking to clinch.
Abdalla is looking to clinch but Frettish is avoiding it.
Abdalla moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdalla lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Frettish looks to throw the jab but Abdalla is out of range.
Abdalla slips a straight right by Frettish.
Abdalla feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Frettish's calf.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Frettish uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abdalla.
Frettish scores with a hook.
Abdalla throws a nice outside leg kick.
Abdalla ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Frettish.
Abdalla shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Frettish sprawls well. Frettish wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Abdalla gets slowly back to his feet.
Abdalla tries a low kick but Frettish avoids it.
Abdalla stuns Frettish with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Abdalla pushes Frettish up against the cage in a clinch.
Frettish wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Abdalla has him pressed against the cage.
Frettish is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Abdalla.
Abdalla misses with some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Frettish working aggressively here.
Abdalla throws a head punch that misses.
Abdalla working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Frettish looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Abdalla lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdalla tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Frettish avoids it.
Abdalla is looking to control Frettish's arms but Frettish gets an underhook and turns him. Now Abdalla has his back to the cage.
Frettish blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Abdalla.
Abdalla gets through Frettish's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Abdalla breaks from the clinch.
Frettish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Frettish moves out of range of the leg kick from Abdalla.
A good leg kick by Abdalla.
Ed Frettish is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Abdalla throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rayle Amot Abdalla showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rayle Amot Abdalla's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

That kick from Abdalla tenderised Frettish's leg. Frettish is trying to keep his angry face on.

Abdalla closes the distance and clinches.
Abdalla misses with a punch to the body.

Abdalla escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frettish checks a low kick from Abdalla.
Frettish misses with a two punch combination.
Abdalla looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Frettish has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Abdalla.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abdalla lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdalla attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Abdalla turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ed Frettish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abdalla looks to land a right hand but Frettish moved out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Abdalla, right into the meat.
An inside leg kick from Abdalla misses.
Frettish is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nice defenses there by Frettish.
Abdalla throws a quick inside leg kick.
Abdalla misses with a low kick as Frettish jumps back.
Frettish thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdalla connects with a leg kick. Frettish looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Abdalla gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Abdalla scores with a nice short uppercut.
Abdalla misses with a body punch.
Abdalla lands a body punch.
Abdalla content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Abdalla has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Abdalla tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Frettish's elbow.
Frettish is pressed up against the cage. Abdalla has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Frettish down to the mat. Frettish avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Abdalla throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Abdalla tenderised Frettish's leg. Frettish is trying to keep his angry face on.
Abdalla throws a push kick but Frettish slaps the foot to one side.
Abdalla attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Abdalla jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Abdalla misses the target.
Abdalla tries a low kick but Frettish avoids it.
A head kick misses from Abdalla.
Abdalla connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdalla throws a quick inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Abdalla.
Abdalla misses with a body kick.
Frettish 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.
Frettish is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abdalla feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Frettish's calf.
Abdalla is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Abdalla does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Abdalla fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Frettish, pushing him back against the cage.
Rayle Amot Abdalla seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Abdalla is working Frettish over against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rayle Amot Abdalla comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Abdalla has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rayle Amot Abdalla!