PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kely Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danielle Abate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Storm
vs
Abate

178 cm
25
233 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
267 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kely Storm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Danielle Abate!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abate scores with a hook to the body. Storm takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Abate misses with a body kick.
Storm really is a fat lump.
Storm shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Abate as he avoids it easily.
Storm shoots in looking for a takedown. Abate tries to sprawl out of it but Storm keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Abate manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Storm takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Abate closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Abate.
Storm takes a knee to the side of the body.
Storm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abate's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Storm is breathing heavily.
Abate scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Abate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Storm lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abate is leaning against Storm and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Abate lands a knee to the body.
Abate lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abate lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Abate scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kely Storm has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Abate obliges.
Storm wants to break the clinch but can't.
Abate lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Storm backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Abate.
Abate lands an elbow just above Storm 's eye.
Storm takes a knee to the side of the body.
Storm avoiding damage as Abate throws knees to the body.
Storm wants to break the clinch but can't.
Abate working Storm over with knees to the body.
Abate lands a good knee to the midsection. Storm won't want to take too many of those.
Abate is working Storm over against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abate is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Abate.
Abate lands a right hand that snaps the head of Storm backwards.
Abate throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Storms head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm jumps guard but Abate turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kely Storm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abate throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Abate throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Storms head.
Abate struggles to land a body shot inside as Storm controls his hands.
Abate lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Storm backwards.
A short right from Abate.
Abate lands with a light punch inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Abate.
Abate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Abate blocks the elbow strike.
Abate softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Abate lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Abate.
Abate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Abate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Storm's elbow.
Abate lands a left hand that snaps the head of Storm backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abate lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Storm backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Abate obliges.
Abate working Storm over with knees to the body.
Abate lands a good knee to the midsection. Storm won't want to take too many of those.
Abate lands a knee to the head.
Abate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abate lands a body punch.
Abate scores a nice knee to the body.
Abate lands a knee to the body.
Abate scores a nice knee to the body.
Abate lands with a light punch inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Storm takes an elbow to the temple.
Abate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Storm avoids it.
Abate lands a shot to the body.
Abate looking to throw knees to the head but Storm is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm lands a nice elbow.
A right hand to the body from Abate.
Abate working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Abate lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Abate lands a nice elbow.
Abate landing knees to the head.
Abate throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Storms head.
Abate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Abate lands with a short shot to the head.
Abate working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Storm breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Storm avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danielle Abate dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kely Storm's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Storm takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Abate connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Storm is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Abate steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Storm.
Abate tries to clinch but Storm moves out of range.
Storm lands with a nice combination. Abate backs away looking to recover.
Abate slips a jab and a cross from Storm.

Abate has taken the fight to the clinch.
Abate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Storm has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A bit of stalling here from Storm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abate working Storm over with knees to the body.
Abate throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Storms head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Still in the clinch, Abate scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Storm avoids it.
Abate misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abate lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Storm.
Abate lands a right hand.

Storm jumps into guard, dragging Abate to the mat.

Abate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Abate slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Abate is continuing to stall.

Abate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abate trying to control the position from guard on top but Storm is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abate's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Abate is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Abate.
Danielle Abate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Storm looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Abate closes the distance and pushes Storm back into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Abate.
Storm goes for a takedown attempt but Abate pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Abate stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Abate wants it to stay on the feet.
Storm tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Abate defends well and Storm ends up having to push Abate into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kely Storm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abate misses with a two punch combination.
Danielle Abate seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Abate lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Abate clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm takes a shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Abate.
Abate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Abate.
Abate lands a knee to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Abate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Storm's defenses.
Nice body punch from Abate - that landed with a thud.
Abate tries a body shot but Storm blocks it.
Abate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Abate.
Storm takes a shot to the head.
Storm takes a knee right on the jaw!
Abate scores a nice knee to the body.
Abate keeps control of Storm as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Abate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danielle Abate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kely Storm's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Storm shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Storm shoots for a double leg takedown but Abate sprawls well. He's pushed Storm's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Abate moves into the clinch successfully.
Abate has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Abate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Storm's elbow.
Abate lands a body shot.
Abate missing with knees to the body.
Abate scores a nice knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Abate scores with a nice short uppercut.
Abate lands an elbow inside that Storm shrugs off.
Abate lands a body punch.
Abate lands a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abate looking to throw knees to the head but Storm is blocking nicely.
Abate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abate lands a right hand.
Abate lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Storm lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hand to the body from Abate.
Abate lands a hook that snaps the head of Storm backwards.
Abate misses with a punch to the body.
Knees to the body from Abate.
Abate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Abate with a knee to the head.
Storm stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Abate tries a body shot but Storm blocks it.
Abate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Storm's elbow.
Abate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Storm tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kely Storm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abate misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm is trying to stall.
Abate scores with a shot to the side of Storm's head.
Danielle Abate seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Abate trying to land knees to the body.
Storm avoiding damage as Abate throws knees to the body.
Storm tries for a takedown. No joy.
A body shot lands from Abate.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abate crunches a lovely knee into Storm's ribcage.
Storm blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Storm jumps guard.
Abate is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm trying to strike off his back.
Abate works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Storm trying to control here.
Abate moves nicely into side control.
Storm tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
A control attempt from Storm but he's now mounted!
Storm is trying to escape the mount.
Abate avoids the attempt from Storm to control.

Abate looking to secure an arm triangle but Storm defends it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danielle Abate comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Abate 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 25:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 25:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danielle Abate!