PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Black Coleman (ranked 3367 p4p, 416 weight class) and Rahkim Abdullah (ranked 2382 p4p, 315 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Black Coleman has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Black Coleman seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Coleman
vs
Abdullah

180 cm
37
201 lbs
21 - 23 - 1

190 cm
36
198 lbs
26 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Vikai Gear

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 21 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Black Coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rahkim Abdullah!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Coleman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Coleman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Coleman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abdullah's face.
Abdullah is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Coleman pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Abdullah.
Abdullah struggles to land a body shot inside as Coleman controls his hands.

Abdullah has clasped his hands together around Coleman's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Coleman avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Abdullah.
Sloppy strikes there by Abdullah.
Abdullah scores with a couple of short elbows.
Coleman is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abdullah scores with a couple of short elbows.
Coleman tries to buck Abdullah off but Abdullah is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Coleman's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Abdullah scoring with punches and elbows.
Abdullah working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullah throws a strike aimed at the side of Coleman's head but Coleman avoids it well.
Coleman manages to get back to half guard.
Abdullah lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abdullah throwing shots but Coleman is blocking nicely.
Nice strikes from Abdullah there.
Coleman gets back to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Abdullah's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Coleman had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Abdullah defends it easily.
Coleman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Abdullah lands a couple of elbows.
Coleman can't keep his opponent in guard - Abdullah advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah lands with a punch from half guard.
Abdullah lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Coleman is refusing to be controlled, as Abdullah sits in half guard.
Abdullah working the head and body with strikes.
Coleman wants to get back to full guard.
Coleman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Abdullah scores with a couple of nice shots.
Coleman wants to improve his position but Abdullah is controlling well.
Abdullah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Coleman trying to control but Abdullah postures up.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Coleman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Abdullah scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah throwing shots but Coleman is blocking nicely.
Coleman punching from the bottom.
Abdullah landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Coleman is trying to get back to full guard.
Coleman taking some punishment here, with Abdullah in his half guard.
Coleman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Abdullah scores with a couple of nice shots.
Abdullah working the head and body with strikes.
Abdullah is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Abdullah working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Abdullah not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Coleman trying to control but Abdullah postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah working Coleman over with strikes.
Abdullah stalling away here and it's allowed Coleman to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Coleman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Abdullah throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abdullah scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Coleman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Abdullah.
Coleman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Abdullah is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Coleman wants to sweep but no luck.
Coleman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coleman is nestled in close to Abdullah, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rahkim Abdullah dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Abdullah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Abdullah darts in and clinches Coleman up against the cage.
Abdullah is looking for a takedown.
Abdullah has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Coleman after a bit of a struggle.
Abdullah wants to take the fight to the mat but Coleman manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Black Coleman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rahkim Abdullah.
Coleman lands with a light punch inside.
Coleman crunches a lovely knee into Abdullah's ribcage.
Coleman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abdullah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Coleman misses with a knee strike.
Coleman lands a right hand.
Abdullah is looking for a takedown.
Coleman pushes Abdullah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Coleman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Coleman gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Abdullah.
Coleman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Abdullah avoids it.

Abdullah gets a trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Coleman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Abdullah scores with a couple of nice shots.
Abdullah looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Abdullah throwing shots but Coleman is blocking nicely.
Abdullah seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Coleman gets back to full guard.
Coleman wants to sweep but no luck.
Coleman is trying to control the position but Abdullah postures up.
Coleman looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Abdullah is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Coleman is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Abdullah defends well.
Coleman has momentary wrist control but Abdullah slips an elbow through the middle.
Abdullah trying to control but Coleman is working from the bottom.
Abdullah works over Coleman with some ground and pound from guard.

Coleman is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Abdullah is aware though and is defending well.
Coleman has momentary wrist control but Abdullah slips an elbow through the middle.
Abdullah trying to control the position from guard on top but Coleman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abdullah is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah preventing the sweep.
Abdullah missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coleman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Abdullah.
Abdullah controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rahkim Abdullah has got the better of the ground game so far.
Abdullah works over Coleman with some ground and pound from guard.
Coleman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Abdullah.

Coleman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Abdullah scoring with some ground and pound.
Coleman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah trying to control but Coleman is working from the bottom.
Abdullah distracts Coleman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Abdullah trying to control the position from guard on top but Coleman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abdullah content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Abdullah missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coleman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Abdullah is in close to Coleman's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abdullah slips nicely into half guard.
Abdullah seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Coleman is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rahkim Abdullah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Coleman misses with a straight right.
Abdullah with the counter takedown but Coleman avoids it easily.
Coleman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A slow jab from Coleman misses its intended target.
Abdullah looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Abdullah moves in looking to clinch but Coleman pushes him off.
Abdullah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Coleman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Abdullah on the side of the head.
Coleman throws out a loose jab but Abdullah uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Coleman gets tackled into the cage by Abdullah. Abdullah maintains the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Coleman has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Abdullah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coleman backwards.
Coleman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Coleman lands a nice uppercut.
Abdullah is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abdullah wants a takedown.
Coleman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abdullah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abdullah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Coleman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abdullah changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Coleman fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Black Coleman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rahkim Abdullah.
Coleman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Coleman keeps the fight on the outside.
Coleman tries to clinch but Abdullah is having none of it.
Coleman misses with a double jab
letting Abdullah counter with a right hand.
Coleman defending well as Abdullah loads up on a big left hand.
Abdullah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coleman.
Coleman throws a shot from downtown. Abdullah moves away and avoids it.
Black Coleman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman lands with a cross.
Abdullah tries to close the distance and clinch but Coleman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Abdullah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abdullah misses with a wild body shot.
Coleman is looking to clinch but Abdullah is avoiding it.
Abdullah dives in for a single leg takedown but Coleman sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Coleman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Coleman misses with some punches.
Abdullah goes for a takedown attempt but Coleman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Abdullah blocks a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Coleman takes a swing at Abdullah's ribcage but misses.
Coleman misses with a body shot.
Abdullah feints the counter takedown.
Coleman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah connects with a single shot there.
Abdullah shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Coleman is defended easily by Abdullah.
Abdullah tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Abdullah moves in looking to clinch but Coleman pushes him off.
Abdullah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Coleman.
Coleman is looking to clinch.
Coleman takes one to the side of the head.
Coleman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abdullah with a poor takedown

and Coleman counters by clinching up.
Coleman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Abdullah lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Abdullah takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coleman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Abdullah scores with a couple of nice shots.
Abdullah working over Coleman with some ground and pound. Coleman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Coleman wants to get back to full guard.
Abdullah working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Abdullah landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Abdullah looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Coleman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Coleman is looking to improve his position.
Coleman taking some punishment here, with Abdullah in his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Black Coleman.
I think Abdullah has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rahkim Abdullah!
A less than humble Rahkim Abdullah misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.