PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raimundo Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramon Abelardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sobral
vs
Abelardo

180 cm
23
202 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
203 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raimundo Sobral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ramon Abelardo!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abelardo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sobral throws a jab when Abelardo was well out of range.
Abelardo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sobral takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A good leg kick by Abelardo.
Sobral looks to throw the jab but Abelardo is out of range.
Sobral just misses with a punch to the body.
Abelardo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sobral finds it's way round the side to connect with Abelardo's head.

It looks like Ramon Abelardo has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sobral lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sobral will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Abelardo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Abelardo throws the kick towards the body but Sobral avoids it.
Sobral shoots in looking for a takedown. Abelardo tries to sprawl out of it but Sobral keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Abelardo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Abelardo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sobral just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Abelardo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral moves away from the strike by Abelardo.
Abelardo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sobral tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Abelardo, right into the meat.
A cross from Sobral lands.
Sobral misses with a body kick.
Sobral swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abelardo thumps Sobral with a low kick.
Sobral looks to score with a jab to the body but Abelardo is just out of range.
Sobral misses with an uppercut. Abelardo saw that one coming.
Sobral looks to score with a jab to the body but Abelardo is just out of range.
Sobral throws a leg kick
and Abelardo counters with a nice leg kick.
Abelardo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abelardo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sobral avoids a kick to the body.
Ramon Abelardo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abelardo misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral throws a series of strikes that have Abelardo backpedaling.
Sobral misses with a straight right.
Sobral throws an overhand right that lands on Abelardo's shoulder, as Abelardo tries to avoid the shot.
Abelardo is looking to land body kicks.
Sobral connects with a single shot there.
Sobral blocks the body kick.
Sobral shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Abelardo but Abelardo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sobral scores with a sloppy right hand. Abelardo should have avoided that one.
Jab, jab by Abelardo - just one landing.
A big left from Sobral misses.
Sobral looks to land a left hand but Abelardo moved out of range nicely.
Sobral throws a big shot that misses.
Abelardo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Abelardo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Abelardo throws a head kick but Sobral moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Abelardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sobral blocks a head kick by Abelardo.
A cross from Sobral lands.
Sobral moves out of range of the body kick from Abelardo.

Sobral shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Abelardo's guard.
Sobral prevents Abelardo from getting back to his feet.
Sobral trying to control but Abelardo is working from the bottom.
Sobral definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Abelardo wants to stand and escape but Sobral is having none of it.
Sobral wants to pass the guard but Abelardo is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobral controls from within his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Raimundo Sobral has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Abelardo connects with a leg kick. Sobral looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sobral lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Abelardo moves out of range as Sobral throws a body kick.
Abelardo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sobral avoids the head kick by Abelardo.
Sobral throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sobral swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sobral takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sobral is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Abelardo avoids a kick to the body.
Sobral cracks Abelardo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A left lands for Sobral.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Raimundo Sobral will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ramon Abelardo's cut.
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.

Abelardo lands a big head kick that sends Sobral to the canvas! Abelardo follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ramon Abelardo!
An out of breath Ramon Abelardo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.