PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abner Applegate (ranked 231 p4p, 123 weight class) and Gideon Navarro (ranked 35 p4p, 19 weight class). Abner Applegate could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gideon Navarro's chin.

Applegate
vs
Navarro

182 cm
39
178
32 - 16 - 1

181 cm
31
173
30 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 32 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abner Applegate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gideon Navarro!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Applegate takes a swing at Navarro's ribcage but misses.
Navarro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Applegate has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Applegate slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Applegate misses with a leg kick.
Applegate fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Navarro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Applegate moves into the clinch.

Navarro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Applegate misses with a wild combination.
Navarro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Applegate gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Applegate clinches up against the cage.
Navarro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Applegate stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Applegate keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Navarro's efforts to push away.
Applegate stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Navarro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Applegate takes a shot to the head.

Navarro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Applegate clinches.
Navarro is trying to break the clinch but Applegate has him pressed against the cage.
Applegate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Applegate.
Applegate throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Applegate.
Applegate throws an elbow but it misses.
Navarro is looking to break free of the clinch but Applegate has double underhooks.
Applegate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Navarro managing to block the knees to the body from Applegate.
Applegate lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Navarro backwards.
Navarro scores with a shot to the side of Applegate's head.
Applegate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Applegate lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Navarro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Applegate tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Navarro paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Applegate moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Navarro.
Navarro is trying to force a seperation but Applegate has the dominant position.
Navarro tries to break the clinch but Applegate is controlling the position.
Applegate lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Navarro's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Navarro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Applegate sends Navarro crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Applegate is motioning to the referee to let Navarro up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Navarro is rocked!
Applegate feints and then cracks Navarro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Navarro down.
Navarro is still on wobbly legs! Can Applegate finish him?

Applegate clinches.
Navarro seems to have recovered his senses.
Applegate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Navarro can't break the clinch.
Navarro tries to break free but Applegate pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Navarro.
Applegate misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Applegate.
Applegate lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Applegate working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Navarro's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Applegate lands a body punch in the clinch.
Applegate stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Applegate scores with a nice hook to the head.
Navarro swings wildly with an uppercut but Applegate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Navarro is trying to force a seperation but Applegate has the dominant position.
Applegate lands an uppercut.
Applegate lands an elbow just above Navarro 's eye.
Applegate cracks Navarro with a nice body shot.
Navarro looks winded!
Applegate misses with a body punch.
Navarro tries to break free but Applegate pushes him back against the cage.
Navarro is trying to break free.
Applegate misses with a punch to the body.
Applegate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Navarro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Applegate tries to throw a body punch but Navarro avoids it by throwing Applegate back against the cage.
Navarro is looking to break free of the clinch but Applegate has double underhooks.

Navarro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Applegate lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Applegate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Applegate connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab from Applegate.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Navarro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Applegate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Navarro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Applegate lands a nice looking body shot.
Applegate throws a shot from downtown. Navarro moves away and avoids it.
Applegate fails to land with a series of punches.

Applegate clinches up against the cage.
Navarro misses with some punches.
Navarro has had enough of the clinch but Applegate keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Applegate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Applegate.

Navarro breaks from the clinch.
Applegate looks to clinch
and Navarro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Applegate misses with a wild combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Abner Applegate dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Applegate comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Navarro 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.
Applegate connects with a leg kick.
Applegate thuds his right hand into Navarro's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A shot to the body from Applegate misses
and Navarro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Applegate throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Navarro on the side of the head.
Applegate chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Applegate wants to clinch up but Navarro keeps it at a distance.
Abner Applegate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Navarro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Applegate tries to clinch up.

Navarro gets tackled into the cage by Applegate. Applegate maintains the clinch.
Navarro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Navarro breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Applegate moves into the clinch.
Applegate misses with a hook from the clinch.

Navarro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Applegate has closed the distance and engaged Navarro in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Applegate scores with a nice short uppercut.

Navarro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Applegate tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Navarro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Applegate tries to clinch there but Navarro circles away.
Applegate tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Navarro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Navarro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Applegate connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Applegate takes the fight into the clinch.
Applegate misses with some punches.
Applegate working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Navarro is trying to push Applegate away but Applegate has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Applegate misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Applegate creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Applegate lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Navarro breaks from the clinch.
Applegate scores with a jab to the body.
Navarro misses with a looping left.

Applegate rushes Navarro and presses him up against the cage.
Navarro takes a shot to the head.

Navarro breaks from the clinch.
Applegate moves to clinch but Navarro breaks away
and Navarro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A thudding body kick lands there by Applegate!
Applegate misses with a wild body shot.
Abner Applegate is winning the standup battle so far.
Applegate throws a head kick that misses
and Applegate takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Applegate tries to clinch but Navarro moves out of range.
Navarro throws out a counter right but Applegate avoids it with no problem.
Applegate is looking to clinch.
Navarro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Applegate lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Applegate buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Applegate tries to clinch but Navarro is having none of it.
It seemed like Navarro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Navarro stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Applegate.
Applegate throws a quick inside leg kick.
Applegate uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Navarro has time to react.
Applegate dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Applegate lands a big head kick that sends Navarro tumbling to the mat! Applegate takes a step backwards and waves Navarro back to his feet - he wants the finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Navarro slips a jab and a cross from Applegate.
Navarro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Applegate rushes Navarro and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Applegate misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Applegate.
A head punch on the inside from Applegate fails to land.
Navarro is looking to break free of the clinch but Applegate has double underhooks.

Navarro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Applegate gets a clinch.
Navarro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Applegate swings wildly with an uppercut but Navarro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Applegate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Applegate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Navarro can do to turn this around?
Applegate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Navarro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Applegate closes the distance but Navarro moves to the side
letting Navarro counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Applegate wants to clinch
and Navarro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Abner Applegate dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Navarro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Applegate tries to clinch up
and Applegate takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Applegate darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Applegate is looking to clinch but Navarro is avoiding it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Navarro! But no joy.
Navarro blocks a head kick by Applegate.

Applegate drops Navarro with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Navarro looks back up at him and smiles so Applegate waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Applegate drops Navarro with a straight right hand, right on the button! Applegate follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abner Applegate!
Abner Applegate managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Aspire Clothing, into his post fight interview.