PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Oh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Biru Abuabu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Oh could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Biru Abuabu's chin.

Oh
vs
Abuabu

187 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve Oh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Biru Abuabu!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Abuabu.
Steve Oh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Oh.
Abuabu misses with an uppercut.
Oh 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.
Abuabu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ohs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oh's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Abuabu connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Oh scrambles back to his feet.
Good shot there by Abuabu.
Oh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abuabu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Oh circles away quickly and effectively.
Oh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Abuabu circles away quickly and effectively.
Abuabu takes a swing at Oh's ribcage but misses.
Abuabu slips a jab and a cross from Oh.
Oh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abuabu.
Oh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Abuabu throws a series of punches but Oh avoids them all with ease.
Oh sizes up Abuabu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

It looks like Biru Abuabu has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abuabu avoids the body shot from Oh.
Abuabu throws a nice looking combination but Oh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Abuabu. Those never looked like landing.
Abuabu avoids the body shot from Oh.
Abuabu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oh looks to land a combination but Abuabu avoids it well.
Abuabu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oh looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Abuabu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oh bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Abuabu's head backwards.
Oh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A right-left combo lands from Abuabu.
Abuabu looks gassed!
Abuabu lands a glancing blow to the side of Oh's head.
Oh fails to land with a series of punches.
Oh misses with the combination.
Abuabu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oh lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Abuabu circles away quickly and effectively.
Oh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Abuabu scores with a hook to the body. Oh takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Oh comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Oh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oh swinging wildly here.
Oh misses with a double jab.
Abuabu connects with a jab.
Oh looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abuabu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Abuabu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abuabu misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Oh misses.
Abuabu throws a low kick, looking for Oh's leg but Oh calmly moves out of range.
Oh misses with a few strikes there.
Abuabu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oh misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Oh.
No joy there for Oh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oh takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Abuabu moves out of range of the strikes.
Abuabu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Abuabu misses with a looping left.
Abuabu lands a jab to the nose.
Oh fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abuabu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oh on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Oh scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Abuabu jabs at Oh's body.
Oh takes a swing at Abuabu's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Abuabu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A punch combination from Oh misses.
A combination from Oh does no damage.
Abuabu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oh misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Abuabu works Oh's body with a nice hook.
Oh throws out a leg kick but Abuabu moves out of range and Oh only half commits.
Abuabu cracks Oh with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Biru Abuabu will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Biru Abuabu's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Oh throws a right and a left that Abuabu avoids nicely.
Oh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abuabu.
Abuabu misses with a double jab.
Abuabu misses with a hook.
Abuabu lands a jab to the head.
Oh throws a solid leg kick but Abuabu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Oh.
Oh misses with the combination.
Abuabu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Abuabu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oh tries to work over Abuabu's front leg with a kick but Abuabu checks it.
Abuabu looks to score with a jab to the body but Oh is just out of range.
Oh on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Oh slips under a jab.
Abuabu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oh takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Abuabu is breathing heavily.
Oh will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Abuabu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oh manages to avoid it.
Abuabu is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Oh.

That has opened up Biru Abuabu's cut even more.
Oh looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abuabu.
Oh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Abuabu.
Abuabu scores with a body shot.
Oh moves out of range of the strikes.
Oh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Abuabu circles away quickly and effectively.
Oh tries to bum rush Abuabu with a series of wild strikes but Abuabu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Decent striking displayed by Abuabu there.
Oh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Abuabu.
Abuabu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oh.
Abuabu throws a series of punches but Oh moves out of range.
Oh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oh misses with a double jab
and Abuabu counters with a right hand to the body.
Abuabu missing with a left hand there. Oh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Abuabu in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Abuabu misses with the combination.
Oh misses with an uppercut
and Abuabu counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abuabu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Oh ducks under a wild hook from Abuabu.
Abuabu lands a jab to the head.
Oh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abuabu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abuabu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abuabu slips a jab and a cross from Oh.
Abuabu just misses with a punch to the body.
Oh throws a right and a left that Abuabu avoids nicely.
Oh drops his hands momentarily and Abuabu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Abuabu scores with a jab. Oh acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oh lands a slapping body shot.
Oh misses with a two punch combination.
Oh misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Oh scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oh throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Oh. Those never looked like landing.
Abuabu throws a nice looking combination but Oh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Abuabu swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Abuabu scoring well with a low kick there.
Oh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abuabu manages to avoid it.
Oh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Abuabu.
Steve Oh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Abuabu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abuabu was well out of range. Poor timing from Oh.
Oh throws a series of punches but Abuabu avoids them all with ease.
Oh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Abuabu.
Oh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oh is looking to wear down Abuabu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oh misses with a few strikes there.
Oh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Abuabu.
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 Steve Oh will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Biru Abuabu's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Abuabu throws a hook but Oh blocks it.
A combination from Oh does no damage.
Abuabu looks to score with a jab to the body but Oh is just out of range.
Oh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Abuabu counters with a right hand to the body.
Oh tries to bum rush Abuabu with a series of wild strikes but Abuabu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Abuabu throws a series of punches but Oh moves out of range.
Abuabu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Abuabu looks to land a combination but Oh avoids it well.
Abuabu throws a hook but Oh blocks it.
Oh looks to score with a jab to the body but Abuabu is just out of range.
Abuabu lands a nice hook to Oh's body. Oh takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oh fails to land with a series of punches.
Oh throws a right hand that Abuabu ducks under and follows up with a left that Abuabu also avoids with ease.
Oh throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Abuabu. Those never looked like landing.
Abuabu misses with a hook. Oh ducked under it nicely.
Oh throws a shot from downtown. Abuabu moves away and avoids it.
Oh swinging wildly here.
Oh slips under a jab from Abuabu.
Abuabu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Abuabu clobbers Oh with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Abuabu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Abuabu misses.
Oh throws a right hand that Abuabu ducks under and follows up with a left that Abuabu also avoids with ease.
Oh throws a leg kick but Abuabu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Oh throws a series of punches but Abuabu avoids them all with ease.
Abuabu jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abuabu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Abuabu throws out a loose jab but Oh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abuabu.
Abuabu looks to land a combination but Oh avoids it well.
Oh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Abuabu circles away quickly and effectively.
Oh falls off balance throwing a combination
and Abuabu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Abuabu misses with a head kick.
Biru Abuabu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Oh misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Oh.
Oh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oh looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Abuabu. Beautiful body shot.
Abuabu works the jab nicely.
A punch combination from Oh misses.
Some wild striking there from Oh.
A jab from Abuabu misses.
Oh throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Abuabu throws a series of strikes that have Oh backpedaling.
Abuabu lands with an uppercut that bounces Oh off the cage and back into range.
Abuabu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oh.
Sloppy strikes from Oh. Those never looked like landing.
Abuabu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Abuabu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Oh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oh takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Abuabu throws a right hand that Oh ducks under and follows up with a left that Oh also avoids with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Oh.
Oh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Abuabu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abuabu connects with a crisp jab.
Abuabu connects with the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Oh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abuabu lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Oh backs up against the cage.
A combination from Oh does no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Biru Abuabu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Abuabu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Biru Abuabu!
Biru Abuabu gave a mention to Whip and Wills Custom Clothing Outlet in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).