PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between one mind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikky Abby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikky Abby struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.6lbs 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. Nikky Abby has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

mind
vs
Abby

185 cm
20
170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
23
184 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, one mind!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nikky Abby!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

mind shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
mind trying to control the action but Abby is working from the bottom.
mind thows a huge punch but Abby dodges it nicely.
mind seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Abby keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
mind has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
mind trying to control the action but Abby is working from the bottom.

mind looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with mind in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mind passes into side control, despite Abby's attempt to control the position.
mind working away.
mind looks up at the clock and then as Abby takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, mind smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Abby on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

mind working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Abby gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
mind throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Abby wants to try and get back to his feet.

mind is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Abby is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). one mind!