PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Busta Rhymes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Abdulsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rhymes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Winter Warz. Abdulsson has chosen Apostle of God as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rhymes
vs
Abdulsson

185 cm
24
215 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

[MMABR]Terror Trition[†CoE†]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Busta Rhymes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abdul Abdulsson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhymes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Rhymes scores a takedown into full mount!
Rhymes cracks Abdulsson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Abdulsson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rhymes throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Rhymes misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rhymes throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Rhymes raining down shots from the mount!
Rhymes avoids the attempt from Abdulsson to control.

Rhymes swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Abdulsson is now in Rhymes's guard. A big mistake from Rhymes there, giving up the dominant position!
Abdulsson wants to stand but Rhymes is controlling his posture from full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhymes controlling Abdulsson's posture.

Rhymes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Abdulsson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Abdulsson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Rhymes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Abdulsson is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdulsson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Rhymes wants to control but Abdulsson passes easily into half guard.
Rhymes 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.

Rhymes looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Abdulsson is keen to just control but Rhymes is a slippery customer.

Abdulsson is looking for a kimura here.
Rhymes wants to improve his position but Abdulsson is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Busta Rhymes dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Abdulsson looks to land a left hand but Rhymes moved out of range nicely.
Abdulsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rhymes was well out of range. Poor timing from Abdulsson.
Rhymes misses with a few strikes there.
Rhymes shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Abdulsson as he avoids it easily.
Abdulsson loads up on a big right hand but Rhymes slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Abdulsson.
Rhymes staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Rhymes.
Rhymes misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhymes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Rhymes drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Abdulsson wants to control but Rhymes postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhymes throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Rhymes throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rhymes advances to mount.
Rhymes prevents Abdulsson from getting the reversal.
Rhymes looking to finish with strikes here!
Abdulsson suckers Rhymes into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Abdulsson is now in Rhymes's guard!

Rhymes has an active guard here but Abdulsson has managed to pass into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Abdulsson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rhymes is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rhymes is staying active underneath Abdulsson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rhymes is looking for a sweep. Abdulsson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rhymes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Abdulsson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Rhymes is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Abdulsson defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Busta Rhymes will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Rhymes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Abdulsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Abdulsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rhymes throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdulsson. Rhymes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rhymes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abdulsson leaves Rhymes with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Abdulsson lands with a good body shot.
Abdulsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Abdulsson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Rhymes gets a takedown into half guard.
Abdulsson is looking for a sweep. Rhymes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhymes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rhymes thows a huge punch but Abdulsson dodges it nicely.

Rhymes seems to be working for a kimura but Abdulsson defends the submission attempt.
Rhymes not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Rhymes wants to work for an arm triangle but Abdulsson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Abdulsson wants to get back to full guard.
Abdulsson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A big right from Rhymes misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Abdulsson stuffs the takedown attempt from Rhymes. Rhymes gets slowly back to his feet.
Abdulsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rhymes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdulsson. Rhymes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Busta Rhymes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rhymes moves out of range of the strikes.
No joy there for Rhymes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Abdulsson misses with a body shot.
Abdulsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rhymes has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Busta Rhymes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abdulsson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rhymes scores with a sloppy right hand. Abdulsson should have avoided that one.
Rhymes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Abdulsson.
Abdul Abdulsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes looks for a takedown but Abdulsson sprawls well.
Rhymes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Abdul Abdulsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abdulsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abdulsson misses the jab.
Rhymes scores with a jab.

Rhymes looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rhymes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Abdulsson keeps working.
Rhymes throws a strike but Abdulsson avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Rhymes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rhymes throwing strikes from guard but Abdulsson blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rhymes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Abdulsson is keeping the position for now.
Rhymes is fighting to break Abdulsson's control of his arms but Abdulsson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Rhymes thows a big elbow that misses.
Abdulsson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rhymes stops Abdulsson from standing up.
Rhymes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Abdulsson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Busta Rhymes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rhymes looking to sit in guard and control but Abdulsson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

And that's the end of the fight!
Busta Rhymes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rhymes, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Busta Rhymes!