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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Hole (ranked 1463 p4p, 201 weight class) and Raja Abdullaev (ranked 3286 p4p, 411 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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3 - 1 - 0 |
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213 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Hole!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raja Abdullaev!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Abdullaev is predictable there
and Hole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Raja Abdullaev has been cut.
Abdullaev throws a lazy uppercut
and Hole counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Hole.
Abdullaev throws a shot from downtown. Hole moves away and avoids it.
Hole misses with a hook
and Abdullaev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abdullaev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hole feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Abdullaev's calf.
Abdullaev is looking to chop away at Hole's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hole checks a low kick from Abdullaev.
Hole swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abdullaev.
Hole has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Abdullaev finds it's way round the side to connect with Hole's head.
Hole looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hole scores with a head kick. Abdullaev tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hole misses with a wild body shot.
Abdullaev loads up on a big right hand but Hole slips the punch.
Abdullaev misses with a looping left.
Abdullaev swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Hole counter with a right hand.
Hole lands a nice looking kick to the body. Abdullaev takes a step back to recover.
Hole takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A leg kick checked by Hole.
Hole swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Abdullaev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdullaev lands with a shot to the body.
Hole slips a jab from Abdullaev.
Abdullaev avoids a kick to the body.
A little jabbing left from Abdullaev on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hole throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abdullaev misses with an uppercut
and Hole counters with a straight right hand.
Hole walks into a straight right hand from Abdullaev.
A bone on bone clash there as Hole blocks the leg kick.
Hole tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Abdullaev throws a right hand that misses
and Hole counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hole moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Abdullaev looks to land a left hand but Hole moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Abdullaev darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circling - Abdullaev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hole clinches up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Hole.
Abdullaev blocks a body shot from Hole.
Abdullaev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hole prevents a body shot from Abdullaev.
Abdullaev tries to throw a body punch but Hole avoids it by throwing Abdullaev back against the cage.
Abdullaev misses with a punch on the inside.
Hole tries to work over Abdullaev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abdullaev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abdullaev throws a head punch that misses.
Abdullaev tries to throw a body punch but Hole avoids it by throwing Abdullaev back against the cage.
Abdullaev lands with a light punch inside.
Hole throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abdullaevs head.
Hole can't find room to land a body shot as Abdullaev controls the action.
Hole swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Hole.
That has opened up Raja Abdullaev's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hole blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Hole.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hole scores with a shot to the side of Abdullaev's head.
Hole misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hole is working Abdullaev over against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Abdullaev.
Hole misses with a punch to the body.
Hole misses with the head strike.
Hole makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Abdullaev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Abdullaev - that landed with a thud.
Abdullaev blocking some punches.
Abdullaev has a couple of punches blocked by Hole.
Hole misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hole throws a punch but it's blocked by Abdullaev.
Abdullaev blocking some punches.
Abdullaev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Abdullaev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Hole.
Abdullaev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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 Harry Hole will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Raja Abdullaev's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abdullaev.
It looked like Hole was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Abdullaev.
Abdullaev lands with a cross.
Abdullaev throws a lazy body kick
and Hole counters with a nice uppercut.
Hole thuds his right hand into Abdullaev's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hole throws a big shot that misses.
Hole fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Abdullaev checks it well.
Hole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hole throws a jab when Abdullaev was well out of range.
Hole walks into a stiff left hand from Abdullaev.
Hole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abdullaev was well out of range. Poor timing from Hole.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hole, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hole lands with a nice body punch.
Hole scores with a sloppy right hand. Abdullaev should have avoided that one.
Hole misses with a hook
and Abdullaev counters with an outside leg kick.
Hole swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abdullaev misses with a hook. Hole ducked under it nicely.
Hole is looking to counter punch.
Hole lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Abdullaev jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hole uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abdullaev.
Abdullaev throws a jab when Hole was well out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Abdullaev. That snapped Hole's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdullaev lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hole throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Abdullaev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Abdullaev misses with a right hand
and Hole counters with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abdullaev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hole.
Abdullaev swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hole counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Abdullaev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abdullaev swings widly with a right hand
and Hole counters with a straight right hand.
The cut above Raja Abdullaev's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hole throws a hook but Abdullaev blocks it.
Abdullaev looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hole is looking to land body kicks.
Abdullaev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Hole. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hole.
Abdullaev takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Abdullaev lands with a straight right. Hole didn't see that one coming.
Hole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abdullaev was well out of range. Poor timing from Hole.
Abdullaev throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Hole to counter with a crisp jab.
Abdullaev throws a lazy uppercut
and Hole counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Raja Abdullaev's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hole staying out of range there.
Hole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abdullaev.
Hole swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Abdullaev takes a swing at Hole's ribcage but misses.
Abdullaev missing with a left hand there. Hole was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hole lands with a cross.
Hole fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Abdullaev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Abdullaev throws an off balance right hand
and Hole counters with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hole looks to land a left hand but Abdullaev moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Abdullaev! But no joy.
Abdullaev falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hole makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hole goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Abdullaev! But no joy.
Hole thumps Abdullaev with a low kick.
Nice shot lands for Hole.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Raja Abdullaev's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Harry Hole!
Harry Hole retains his light heavyweight title!
Harry Hole decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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