PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Logan Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amr Abraham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Louis
vs
Abraham

188 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Logan Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amr Abraham!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Abraham shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Abraham was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Abraham landing shots from mount.
Louis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Abraham punching from mount but Louis doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Louis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Louis tries to get out of the position.
Abraham throwing strikes here but Louis is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The referee warns Louis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Louis is squirming around, avoiding Abraham's attempts to control the action.
Abraham takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abraham fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Louis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Abraham on the ground.
Louis wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Abraham.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Abraham 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.
Louis is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Abraham throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Louis because Abraham loaded up on that one.
Abraham throwing strikes here but Louis is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Abraham takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Abraham sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Abraham throwing strikes here but Louis is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Louis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

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.
Abraham throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Abraham scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Louis?
Abraham putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Abraham tries to control but Louis wriggling away.
Abraham unloading with bombs!
Abraham content just to control the position here.
Abraham working Louis over with strikes here.
Louis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abraham tries to control but Louis wriggling away.
Abraham with shots to the head and body - Louis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Abraham is landing with some decent strikes but Louis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Louis avoids a series of strikes thrown by Abraham.
Abraham controlling from the full mount.
Abraham lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Louis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abraham lands a big shot there that rocks Louis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abraham punishing his opponent with strikes.
Louis is breathing heavily.
Louis taking shots to the head.
Abraham looking to control and managing it successfully.
Abraham postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Louis looks a forlorn figure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abraham looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abraham controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Abraham.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amr Abraham dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Abraham moves into the clinch.
Louis is trying to break free.
Louis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Louis stops a takedown attempt from Abraham.
Louis wants a takedown but no success here.
Louis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abraham has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Louis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Abraham prevents Louis from breaking the clinch.
Abraham has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Louis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Logan Louis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amr Abraham.
Abraham goes for a takedown in the clinch but Louis prevents it.

Abraham has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Louis is trying to keep an underhook but Abraham manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Abraham wants to control but Louis is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abraham frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis is in a horrible position here. Abraham smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Abraham takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Abraham lands with some strikes.
Abraham tries to control but Louis wriggling away.
Abraham is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis is squirming around, avoiding Abraham's attempts to control the action.
Abraham looking to finish Louis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Louis!
Abraham trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Abraham looking to control and managing it successfully.
Let's hope that Abraham has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Despite being in the dominant position, Amr Abraham just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Abraham gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Amr Abraham has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Abraham pushes Louis off and scrambles back to his feet.
Abraham fails to land with a series of punches.
Logan Louis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Louis misses with the combination.
Abraham digs a good body shot into Louis's ribs.

Abraham closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Louis did well to prevent Abraham getting side control.
Abraham is thwarting Louis's attempts to control the position.
Still in half guard, Abraham seems content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abraham is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Abraham perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Abraham working over Louis with some ground and pound. Louis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Abraham with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Abraham is trying to control. Louis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Louis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Abraham.
Abraham stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amr Abraham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Louis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Abraham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abraham tries to clinch up but Louis circles away and keeps his distance.
Louis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Abraham counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Abraham stalling.
Louis is not content to let Abraham control the position.
Abraham is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abraham thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Abraham is trying to control the action in half guard but Louis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Abraham thows a huge punch but Louis dodges it nicely.
Abraham is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Abraham trying to control the pace.
Abraham is nestled in close to Louis, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Abraham not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Abraham performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Despite being in the dominant position, Amr Abraham just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Abraham tries for a takedown but Louis circles away easily
and Louis counters with a two punch combo.

Abraham shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Abraham has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Louis is trying to get back to full guard.
Abraham is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Abraham cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Abraham dominating with strikes here.
Abraham takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Abraham.
A nice elbow there by Abraham.
Abraham in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Abraham lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abraham fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Abraham with shots to the head and body - Louis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Amr Abraham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Abraham looking to finish Louis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Louis!
Abraham unloading with bombs!
Abraham takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Abraham with the ground and pound from mount.
Louis is in a horrible position here. Abraham smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Abraham.

And that's the end of the fight!
Amr Abraham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Abraham winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amr Abraham!