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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tank Abrahms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Daley might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rise Against - Prayer Of The Refugee. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Tank Abrahms enters the cage!
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180 lbs
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175 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good elbows
Heavy handed |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tank Abrahms!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daley looks to land a combination but Abrahms avoids it well.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Daley!
Daley misses with a few strikes there.
Daley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice shot by Daley.
Abrahms tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Daley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Daley lands a right hook to the body.
Abrahms throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Abrahms moves in looking to clinch but Daley pushes him off.
Daley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Abrahms eats them both and turns towards Daley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Daley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abrahms tries to score a power double leg takedown but Daley sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Abrahms somewhat.
Abrahms fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abrahms is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Abrahms forces Daley back against the cage and clinches.
A knee to the head by Abrahms.
Daley is trying to force a seperation but Abrahms has the dominant position.
Daley breaks the clinch.
Abrahms tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abrahms throws a combination that misses
and Daley counters with a straight right hand.
Abrahms takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Abrahms is looking to clinch but Daley is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Daley misses the target.
Daley throws a left and a right that both miss
and Abrahms moves into the clinch.
Daley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Daley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daley misses with a double jab
and Abrahms counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Daley!
Abrahms shoots in but Daley avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Daley blocks a head kick by Abrahms.
Daley throws a combination that misses
and Abrahms counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Daley!
Abrahms controlling from the full mount.
Daley is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abrahms controlling from mount.
Daley's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Abrahms wants to control the pace but Daley is squirming around nicely.
Daley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Daley tries to get out of the position.
Abrahms controlling the position easily from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tank Abrahms.
Abrahms slips a jab from Daley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley lands the left hand.
Abrahms tries to clinch but Daley moves out of range.
Paul Daley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Daley swinging wildly here.
Daley throws a series of strikes that have Abrahms backpedaling.
Abrahms will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Abrahms wants to clinch.
Daley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abrahms.
Abrahms swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Daley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Daley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Daley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Abrahms counters with a left and a right that stings Daley.
Daley throws a right and a left that Abrahms avoids nicely.
Daley throws a right and a left that Abrahms avoids nicely.
Daley is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Daley misses with a double jab.
Daley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abrahms takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daley lands a nice hook to Abrahms's body. Abrahms takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Abrahms tries to clinch but Daley moves away
and Daley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Daley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Daley there.
Abrahms wants to clinch
and Daley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abrahms clinches.
Abrahms throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abrahms tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daley is looking to break free of the clinch but Abrahms has double underhooks.
Abrahms with a knee to the head.
Abrahms looking to throw knees to the head but Daley is blocking nicely.
Daley tries to circle away but Abrahms has him pinned against the cage.
Daley is trying to force a seperation but Abrahms has the dominant position.
Abrahms keeps control of Daley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Daley breaks the clinch.
Daley throws a hook but Abrahms avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abrahms moves into the clinch successfully.
Abrahms tries to land knees in the clinch but Daley avoids the damage to the body.
Abrahms tries a knee to the head but Daley blocks it.
Abrahms missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Abrahms.
Daley manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tank Abrahms dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Daley misses with a few strikes there.
Daley misses with a combination
and Abrahms counters with a two punch combo.
Daley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Abrahms walks into a left hand.
Some wild striking there from Daley.
Daley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Abrahms looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Daley fails to land with a series of punches.
Abrahms slips a jab and a cross from Daley.
Daley connects with a looping right hand.
Daley swinging wildly here.
Abrahms closes the distance but Daley moves to the side
letting Daley counter with a right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Abrahms scores with a four punch combination!
Abrahms takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Abrahms tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abrahms fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abrahms is looking to clinch.
Daley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abrahms closes the distance looking to clinch
and Daley counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Abrahms swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Daley stalks Abrahms and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Abrahms's face. Abrahms staggers backwards, shaken.
Daley looks to land a combination but Abrahms avoids it well.
Daley blocks a head kick by Abrahms.
Abrahms misses with a body shot
and Daley counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Daley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Abrahms counters by moving into the clinch.
Daley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Daley blocks a head kick by Abrahms.
Daley lands a two punch combo.
Abrahms steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Daley.
Abrahms tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paul Daley is winning the standup battle so far.
Abrahms tries to clinch up
and Daley counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daley misses with a wild body shot.
Daley swats away the attempt to clinch by Abrahms.
Daley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Abrahms looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Daley misses with a two punch combination.
Daley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Abrahms under the eye.
Daley swinging wildly here.
Abrahms shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Daley pinned against the cage. Daley gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Daley lands a lovely overhand right.
Daley blocks a leg kick.
Daley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Abrahms closes the distance looking to clinch
and Daley counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abrahms throws a left and a right that both miss
and Daley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Abrahms has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Abrahms tries to clinch up
and Daley counters with a stiff right hand.
Daley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daley throws a right hand that Abrahms ducks under and follows up with a left that Abrahms also avoids with ease.
Daley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Abrahms doesn't seem bothered though.
Abrahms lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daley circles away quickly and effectively.
Daley is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Daley misses with a combination
and Abrahms counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Abrahms unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Abrahms throws an elbow that misses.
Daley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Abrahms tries to land a knee to the head but Daley blocks with his arms.
Daley tries to circle away but Abrahms has him pinned against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abrahms keeps control of Daley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Abrahms misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Abrahms just misses with a elbow thrown towards Daley's brow.
Abrahms tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abrahms lands a nice knee to the body.
Abrahms using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abrahms missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Abrahms.
Abrahms trying to land knees to the body.
Daley wants to break free but Abrahms has control.
Abrahms tries to land knees in the clinch but Daley avoids the damage to the body.
Daley takes an elbow to the temple.
Abrahms trying to land knees to the body.
Abrahms creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Daley managing to block the knees to the body from Abrahms.
Daley working hard to break the clinch.
Daley is trying to break free.
Abrahms missing with knees to the body.
Daley manages to break the clinch.
Abrahms closes the distance but Daley moves to the side
and Daley counters with a one-two to the body.
Daley lands a jab to Abrahms's midsection.
Abrahms on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Abrahms scores with a head kick.
A left lands for Daley.
Donk. Daley catches Abrahms right on the button with a cross.
Abrahms tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tank Abrahms will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Abrahms tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Daley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abrahms avoids a punch combination nicely.
Daley throws out a loose jab but Abrahms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daley moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Daley throws a series of punches but Abrahms avoids them all with ease.
Abrahms looks to clinch
and Daley counters with a two punch combo.
Nice shot by Daley.
Abrahms takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Daley misses with a double jab
and Abrahms counters with a series of strikes. Daley will be more careful next time no doubt.
Abrahms shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Daley defends it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Abrahms showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Daley.
Abrahms shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Daley as he jumps to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Abrahms with that takedown attempt.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tank Abrahms.
Daley slips a jab from Abrahms.
Daley feints a jab promting Abrahms to slip. Daley then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Abrahms slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Daley misses with a two punch combination.
Daley misses with a looping left.
Daley connects with a body shot.
Paul Daley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abrahms is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Daley.
Daley ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Abrahms tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abrahms tries to clinch but Daley moves away
and Daley counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Abrahms clinches with his opponent.
Abrahms landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Abrahms is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Daley is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daley working hard to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Abrahms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Abrahms obliges.
Abrahms utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abrahms looking to throw knees to the head but Daley is blocking nicely.
Abrahms unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Abrahms misses with a knee to the head.
Abrahms creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daley's defenses.
Daley wants to break free but Abrahms has control.
Daley avoiding damage as Abrahms throws knees to the body.
Daley wants to break free but Abrahms has control.
Abrahms missing with knees to the body.
Abrahms tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daley avoids it.
Daley is trying to push Abrahms away but Abrahms has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Daley managing to block the knees to the body from Abrahms.
Abrahms looking to throw knees to the head but Daley is blocking nicely.
Daley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daley blocks the elbow strike.
Daley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abrahms trying to land knees to the body.
Daley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abrahms tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice takedown defense from Daley. No joy for Abrahms on that attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Daley!
Tank Abrahms is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abrahms slips under a jab.
A punch combination from Daley misses.
Daley misses with the combination.
Abrahms staying out of range there.
Daley fails to land with a series of punches.
Daley throws a series of punches but Abrahms avoids them all with ease.
Abrahms tries to clinch up
enabling Daley to counter with a crisp jab.
Daley misses with a double jab.
Abrahms fails with an attempt to clinch.
Abrahms tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Daley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Daley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daley throws a combination that misses
and Abrahms moves into the clinch.
Abrahms tries to land knees in the clinch but Daley avoids the damage to the body.
Paul Daley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four 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.
A knee to the head by Abrahms.
Daley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Abrahms tries to clinch but Daley moves away
and Daley counters with a right hand to the body.
Abrahms falls off balance throwing a combination
and Daley counters with a nice uppercut.
Abrahms drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Daley bucks up and tries to throw Abrahms off but instead Abrahms has got his back!
Abrahms is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Daley up.
Daley trying to get back to his feet but Abrahms is in full control for now.
Abrahms connects with a big shot to the side of Daley's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abrahms controlling the position well here. Daley rolled but Abrahms kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Daley is trying to get back to his feet but Abrahms has full control of the position and if anything, Daley has just worked his way into a worse spot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tank Abrahms comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Abrahms 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tank Abrahms!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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