PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Perrin Abarra (ranked 5496 p4p, 5514 weight class) and Bruce Ma (ranked 598 p4p, 599 weight class). Perrin Abarra has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Abarra
vs
Ma

190 cm
26
220
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Perrin Abarra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Ma!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ma feints a jab promting Abarra to slip. Ma then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Abarra slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ma wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Abarra finds it's way through Ma's defenses.
Ma misses with an attempted mid kick.
Abarra lands a body shot.
Abarra just misses with a punch to the body.
Ma goes for a double leg but Abarra avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Abarra continues to drive forward.
Abarra appears to be looking for a big counter.
Abarra throws a nice looking combination but Ma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Abarra misses the shot to the body.
Ma looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Abarra is fending him off so far but Ma persists. Nope, Abarra circles away and we're back to standing.
Abarra lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abarra fails to land with a series of punches.
Ma wants to counter with a clinch but Abarra pushes him away.
Abarra scores with a nice right hand.

Ma darts in and clinches Abarra up against the cage.
Ma misses with the head strike.
Ma drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Abarra gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Perrin Abarra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Ma.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Abarra pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ma throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Abarra punishes Ma's body with a nice straight punch.
Ma moves forwards but Abarra connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Abarra misses with a double jab.
Abarra takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Abarra misses with a two punch combination.
Ma throws a counter combo.
Abarra misses with a double jab.
Abarra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abarra throws a right hand that Ma ducks under and follows up with a left that Ma also avoids with ease.
Abarra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ma is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Ma moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Abarra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ma with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ma shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Abarra sprawls well. Abarra wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ma gets slowly back to his feet.
Ma fails to land the takedown.
Abarra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ma.
Sloppy strikes from Abarra. Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from Abarra misses.
Ma closes this distance looking for a takedown but Abarra circles away.
Abarra lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ma circles away quickly and effectively.
Abarra misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ma. That's going to slow Abarra down.
Abarra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ma was well out of range. Poor timing from Abarra.
Abarra looks to land a combination. Ma sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Perrin Abarra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ma tries to clinch up but Abarra circles away and keeps his distance.
Abarra scores with a three punch combo!

Ma is rocked!
Abarra looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Abarra displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ma.
Ma looks winded!
Abarra lands with a hook. Ma tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Abarra throws a right hand that Ma ducks under and follows up with a left that Ma also avoids with ease.
Abarra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ma.
Decent striking displayed by Abarra there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ma takes one to the side of the head.
Ma takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ma is still on wobbly legs! Can Abarra finish him?
Ma lands a nice looking body shot.
Ma seems to have recovered his senses.
Ma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abarra throwing a counter right hand but Ma manages to avoid it.
Abarra lunges at Ma with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ma's hand.
Abarra connects with a body shot that sends Ma's belly button to the back.
Abarra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ma changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Abarra stuffs the takedown.
Abarra looks to land a combination. Ma sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abarra digs a good body shot into Ma's ribs.
Ma takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Abarra lands a left and a right that send Ma crashing to the mat, dazed. Abarra thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Perrin Abarra dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ma walks straight into a right hand from Abarra - that's dropped him! Abarra jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Ma from any more punishment! Ma complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Perrin Abarra!
During a confident post fight interview, Perrin Abarra thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.