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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Papy Abedi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Also Zarathustra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zarathustra has chosen Red Birds Will Fly Out Of The East And Destroy Paris In A Night as his entrance music. Also Zarathustra struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Also Zarathustra told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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182 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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185 lbs
23 - 19 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papy Abedi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Also Zarathustra!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abedi thows a body shot but no joy.
Abedi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Zarathustra has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Abedi tries to clinch up but Zarathustra circles away and keeps his distance.
Zarathustra throws a looping overhand right but Abedi ducks down to avoid it.
Zarathustra misses with a looping left.
Abedi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Abedi looking to pass the guard.
Abedi passes Zarathustra's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Abedi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zarathustra keeps working.
Zarathustra is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abedi seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Zarathustra trying to control here.
Abedi seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Papy Abedi just wasn't active enough.
Abedi lands an overhand right.
Abedi dives in and grabs Zarathustra's left leg, looking for a takedown. Zarathustra pushes down on Abedi's head and hops out.
Zarathustra takes one on the button.
It looks like Also Zarathustra has been cut.
Zarathustra fails to land with a series of punches.
Abedi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zarathustra sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Zarathustra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abedi was well out of range. Poor timing from Zarathustra.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zarathustra. Abedi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abedi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Abedi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Zarathustra avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Papy Abedi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abedi lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abedi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zarathustra manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Abedi misses.
Abedi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Also Zarathustra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from Abedi as Zarathustra shoots in.
Abedi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zarathustra circles away.
Abedi fails with a takedown attempt.
Zarathustra thows a body shot but no joy.
Abedi fails to land the takedown.
Abedi looks to score with a jab to the body but Zarathustra is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zarathustra throws a wild body kick that Abedi sees coming a mile off.
Abedi is looking to slow Zarathustra down with leg kicks.
Zarathustra throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Abedi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Zarathustra thinking.
Zarathustra keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Zarathustra takes a swing at Abedi's ribcage but misses.
Abedi scores with a one two! Zarathustra had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abedi throws an overhand right that lands on Zarathustra's shoulder, as Zarathustra tries to avoid the shot.
Zarathustra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abedi was well out of range. Poor timing from Zarathustra.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abedi misses with a body shot.
Abedi throws a hook but Zarathustra avoids it easily.
Abedi dives in and grabs Zarathustra's left leg, looking for a takedown. Zarathustra pushes down on Abedi's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papy Abedi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Also Zarathustra's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Zarathustra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abedi was well out of range. Poor timing from Zarathustra.
Zarathustra jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Abedi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zarathustra swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zarathustra is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Abedi rather than just go for the knockout.
Zarathustra looks to score with a jab to the body but Abedi is just out of range.
Abedi manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Zarathustra on his heels. He'll look to pass Zarathustra's guard now, I'm sure.
Zarathustra is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Abedi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zarathustra can't keep his opponent in guard - Abedi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Abedi with the ground and pound but Zarathustra uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarathustra can't keep his opponent in guard - Abedi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Abedi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zarathustra keeps working.
Abedi works his way into full mount!
Abedi controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra is working to get back to half guard.
Zarathustra takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Abedi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abedi controlling his opponent.
Abedi is landing with some decent strikes but Zarathustra is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Abedi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Abedi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Zarathustra?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abedi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Abedi wants to control the pace but Zarathustra is squirming around nicely.
Zarathustra is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abedi controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papy Abedi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Also Zarathustra's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Abedi wants to clinch up but Zarathustra keeps it at a distance.
Abedi moves out of range as Zarathustra strikes.
Zarathustra tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zarathustra rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Abedi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zarathustra defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Abedi.
Zarathustra attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zarathustra looks to score with a jab to the body but Abedi is just out of range.
Abedi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Zarathustra as he jumps to the side.
Zarathustra throws out a powerful jab.
Zarathustra takes one to the chin there.
Abedi cracks Zarathustra with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarathustra takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Papy Abedi is winning the standup battle so far.
Zarathustra's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Abedi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zarathustra scrambles back to his feet.
Abedi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Zarathustra eats them both and turns towards Abedi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Abedi wants to clinch up but Zarathustra keeps it at a distance.
Abedi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zarathustra misses with a takedown attempt - Abedi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Zarathustra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Abedi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zarathustra.
Zarathustra takes a swing at Abedi's ribcage but misses.
Abedi shoots in and drives through. Zarathustra sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Papy Abedi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abedi avoids the body shot from Zarathustra.
Zarathustra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zarathustra tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Abedi is able to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abedi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lull in the action here.
Abedi wants to control but Zarathustra is keeping him busy.
Abedi remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Papy Abedi wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Abedi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Also Zarathustra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Abedi moves into range and clinches up with Zarathustra.
Zarathustra misses with some punches.
Zarathustra jumps guard but Abedi turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Zarathustra pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zarathustra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abedi.
Abedi misses with a takedown attempt - Zarathustra sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Zarathustra throws a right and a left that Abedi avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra lands with a shot to the body.
Abedi misses with a takedown attempt - Zarathustra sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Abedi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Abedi is keen to just control but Zarathustra is a slippery customer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papy Abedi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Abedi is just content to waste time from the top position. Zarathustra takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Papy Abedi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Abedi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papy Abedi!
A very excited looking Papy Abedi rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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