PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Igor Abram (ranked 4581 p4p, 227 weight class) and Yahsuckas Wannabeme (ranked 4576 p4p, 226 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Abram
vs
Wannabeme

169 cm
18
138 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Igor Abram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yahsuckas Wannabeme!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wannabeme scores with a spinning back kick!
Abram lands with a straight right. Wannabeme didn't see that one coming.
Wannabeme throws a leg kick
and Abram counters with a nice kick to the body.
Abram throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wannabeme throws a body shot but no joy.
Wannabeme throws a push kick but Abram slaps the foot to one side.
Wannabeme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abram moves away.
Wannabeme throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wannabeme feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Abram's calf.
Abram turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Abram throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abram dodges the punch combination from Wannabeme.
Wannabeme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Abram sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abram looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Abram misses with a body shot.
Wannabeme ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
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!
Wannabeme scores with a hook to the body. Abram takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wannabeme misses with a double jab.
Abram explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Abram throws the kick towards the body but Wannabeme avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wannabeme throws out a loose jab but Abram uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abram blocks the body kick.
A solid body kick from Abram.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wannabeme scores with a nice body kick.
Wannabeme throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Abram, right into the meat.
Abram lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wannabeme will feel that in the morning.
A jab from Wannabeme misses.
Wannabeme throws a looping overhand right but Abram ducks down to avoid it.
Wannabeme misses the jab.
Abram misses with a jab to the body
and Wannabeme counters with a right hand to the body.
Wannabeme throws a lazy right hand but Abram sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abram appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Wannabeme throws a low kick, looking for Abram's leg but Abram calmly moves out of range.
Abram thinks about countering with a body kick.
Abram slips a straight right by Wannabeme.
Wannabeme lands a nice looking body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abram chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Abram chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wannabeme can pounce on him.
Abram cracks the inside of Wannabeme's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abram just misses with a punch to the body.
Abram defending well as Wannabeme loads up on a big left hand.
Abram looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Abram stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Good exchange - Wannabeme coming out on top.
Abram chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wannabeme lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wannabeme. Abram does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wannabeme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abram was well out of range. Poor timing from Wannabeme.
Wannabeme fakes the leg kick and cracks Abram in the body.
Wannabeme throws a body punch but Abram moves out of range.
Abram looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Abram ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wannabeme moves away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Abram.
Abram ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wannabeme moves away.
Wannabeme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abram.
Wannabeme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abram.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wannabeme scores with a kick to the midsection.
A chopping leg kick lands by Abram.
Abram scores with a nice body kick.
Wannabeme keeps Abram at a distance using the push kick.
Wannabeme walks forward, straight into a front kick from Abram.
Wannabeme throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abram lands with a good body shot.
Abram takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Both fighters circling a little - Abram finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Abram throws a front kick that sends Wannabeme stumbling back into the cage.
Wannabeme looks winded!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Abram, right into the meat.
Abram is looking to wear down Wannabeme with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abram lands a nice hook to Wannabeme's body. Wannabeme takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Abram ducks under a wild hook from Wannabeme.
Wannabeme misses the shot to the body.
Abram misses with a body punch

and Wannabeme moves into the clinch.

Abram breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wannabeme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abram.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abram looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Abram swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wannabeme throws a nice outside leg kick.
Abram looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Abram ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wannabeme moves away.
Wannabeme throws a lazy uppercut
and Abram counters with a nice kick to the body.
A jab from Wannabeme misses.
Wannabeme moves out of range of the body kick.
Wannabeme only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Wannabeme throws a body punch but Abram moves out of range.
Abram looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wannabeme moves out of range of the body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Abram.
Wannabeme throws a low kick, looking for Abram's leg but Abram calmly moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wannabeme lets loose with a powerful body kick. Abram will feel that in the morning.
Abram uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wannabeme.
Abram on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wannabeme stalks Abram and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Abram's face. Abram staggers backwards, shaken.
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 Igor Abram will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Abram smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Igor Abram has been cut.
A thudding body kick lands there by Abram!
Igor Abram is winning the standup battle so far.
Abram misses with an uppercut.
Wannabeme lands a head shot.
Abram is looking to land body kicks.
Wannabeme has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Abram.
Wannabeme throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Abram swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abram swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wannabeme counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Abram is looking to chop away at Wannabeme's legs.
Abram tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wannabeme was well out of range. Poor timing from Abram.
Wannabeme scores with a kick to the body.
Abram looks for the body kick but Wannabeme saw that one coming.
Wannabeme blocks the body kick.
Abram takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
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!
Wannabeme scores with a nice right hand.
Wannabeme moves out of range of the body kick from Abram.
Wannabeme lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Abram circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wannabeme.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Wannabeme.
Abram slips under a jab from Wannabeme.
Wannabeme moves out of range of the body kick from Abram.
Abram misses the shot to the body.
Wannabeme scoring well with a low kick there.
Wannabeme slips a straight right by Abram.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wannabeme, right into the meat.
Wannabeme lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wannabeme misses with a hook. Abram ducked under it nicely.
Abram throws a series of punches but Wannabeme moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Abram. That's going to slow Wannabeme down.
Abram slips a straight right by Wannabeme.
Abram takes a swing at Wannabeme's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wannabeme.
Wannabeme keeps Abram at a distance using the push kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
A bone on bone clash there as Abram blocks the leg kick.
Abram 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.
Wannabeme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abram.
Wannabeme looks to score with a jab to the body but Abram is just out of range.
Wannabeme scoring well with a low kick there.
Wannabeme misses with a looping right.
Abram lands a nice looking body shot.
Wannabeme throws a jab when Abram was well out of range.
Wannabeme tries to work over Abram's front leg with a kick but Abram checks it.
That kick from Wannabeme tenderised Abram's leg. Abram is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wannabeme swings for the body but Abram moves out of range.
Wannabeme takes a swing at Abram's ribcage but misses.
Abram misses with an uppercut.
An inside leg kick from Wannabeme misses.
Abram scores with a kick to the midsection.
Abram missing with a left hand there. Wannabeme was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abram looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wannabeme gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Abram misses with a wild body shot.
Wannabeme let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Abram dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wannabeme. That did some damage!
Wannabeme throws a jab but it's blocked by Abram.
Abram is looking to counter the offense by Wannabeme and move into the clinch.
Wannabeme tries to score with a low kick but Abram moves his leg out of the way.
Wannabeme tries to land a body kick

and Abram counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Wannabeme!
Wannabeme is breathing heavily.
Wannabeme can't do much from the bottom here.
Wannabeme tries to improve position but can't.
Abram content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Abram is looking to take a break and control but Wannabeme is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wannabeme looking for a sweep but Abram has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Wannabeme gets back to half guard.
Wannabeme wants to improve his position but Abram is controlling well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abram drops an elbow to the side of Wannabeme's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Yahsuckas Wannabeme will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Igor Abram's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Wannabeme tries to land a front kick but Abram steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Abram throws a body shot but no joy.
Wannabeme swings widly with a right hand

and Abram counters with a takedown into side control.
Abram tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Wannabeme is not content to let Abram control the position.
Abram tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abram advances to full mount.
Wannabeme can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abram wants to control the pace but Wannabeme is squirming around nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wannabeme can do anything to dispel that myth.
Abram avoids the attempt from Wannabeme to control.
Wannabeme tries to buck Abram off but he can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Abram sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Abram swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Wannabeme is now in Abram's guard. A big mistake from Abram there, giving up the dominant position!
Abram controls Wannabeme momentarily but Wannabeme frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abram throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Wannabeme controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Abram knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wannabeme on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Abram working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wannabeme doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wannabeme manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wannabeme wants to stand but Abram is controlling his posture from full guard.
Abram preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wannabeme seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wannabeme takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Abram throws a body kick that misses.
Wannabeme looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Abram avoids a kick to the body.
Wannabeme turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Abram takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wannabeme is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Abram.
Wannabeme throws a body kick that misses

and Abram counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Abram.
Wannabeme wants to get back to his feet but Abram passes into half guard.
Wannabeme takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Abram wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wannabeme keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wannabeme controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Yahsuckas Wannabeme.
I think Wannabeme has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yahsuckas Wannabeme!