PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Cd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Abbot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Abbot has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Cd
vs
Abbot

192 cm
29
220 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

187 cm
24
214 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

RAW Nutrition * Recovery 159 : 65$ *

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 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Noah Cd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Abbot!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cd throws a right and a left that Abbot avoids nicely.
Cd feints and then cracks Abbot's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Abbot down.

Cd takes the fight into the clinch.

Cd breaks from the clinch.
Abbot moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Abbot throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Abbot listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A combination from Abbot does no damage.
Abbot throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cd.
Abbot misses with a hook. Cd ducked under it nicely.
Abbot has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cd.
Cd lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A swing and a miss from Cd.
Cd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Abbot crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cd - the referee stops the clock and Abbot gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cd. Abbot manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A jab from Abbot finds it's way through Cd's defenses.
Abbot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Cd there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Abbot throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cd counters with a stiff right hand.
Abbot throws a right and a left that Cd avoids nicely.
A lazy left from Cd finds it's target.
Cd turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Abbot throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cd makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cd chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Frank Abbot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abbot swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cd counters with a good, hard body kick but Abbot shrugs it off.
Abbot connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Abbot missing with a left hand there. Cd was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice shot lands for Cd.
Abbot misses with a left hand
enabling Cd to counter with a crisp jab.
Cd moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Abbot misses with a combination

and Cd moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Abbot is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Abbot wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cd digs a right hand underneath Abbot's ribcage. Abbot let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cd with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abbot backwards.
Cd has Abbot pressed against the cage, preventing Abbot from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Cd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cd takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abbot misses with a double jab
and Cd counters with a leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Abbot there.
Abbot misses with a few strikes there.
Cd shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cd lets loose with a powerful body kick. Abbot will feel that in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cd utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cd prevents Abbot from breaking the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cd.
Abbot has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cd landing knees to the head.
Cd looking to throw knees to the head but Abbot is blocking nicely.
Cd connects with a knee to the head.
Cd scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cd lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cd.
Abbot working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cd connects with a knee to the head.
Cd lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Cd.
Abbot wants to break the clinch but can't.

Cd breaks the clinch.
Abbot walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cd.
Abbot connects with a looping right hand.
Abbot misses with a few strikes there.
Abbot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cd counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cd comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abbot on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cd. Cd obviously looking to wear him down.
Abbot with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cd to score with a decent uppercut.
Abbot misses with the combination.
Abbot moves away from the strike by Cd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Cd dominated that round.
That's time! Cd's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cd waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Abbot.
Cd throws out a loose jab but Abbot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abbot might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cd tries to clinch up.
Abbot with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Abbot connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Abbot throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cd counters with a thumping low kick.
Abbot on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cd. Cd obviously looking to wear him down.
Abbot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cd finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Abbot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cd counters with an inside leg kick.
Abbot throws a lazy uppercut

and Cd moves into the clinch.

Cd manages to break the clinch.
Abbot uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cd.
Cd slips a jab and a cross from Abbot.
Cd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abbot.
Cd dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Abbot. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cd makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Abbot really felt that one!
A head kick by Abbot misses
and Cd counters with a big head kick but Abbot shrugs it off.
Abbot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cd counters with a nice low kick that buckles Abbot's knee momentarily.
Abbot lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cd circles away quickly and effectively.
Abbot avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Frank Abbot is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Abbot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Abbot falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cd counters with a thumping low kick.
Abbot swinging wildly here.
Abbot's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Abbot misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheers as Abbot lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cd doesn't seem phased though.
Abbot has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cd.
Abbot throws a combination that misses
and Cd counters with a nice body kick.
Abbot misses with a double jab
and Cd counters with a nice low kick that buckles Abbot's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cd.
Cd fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abbot missing with a left hand there. Cd was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cd lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cd throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Abbot's head.
Abbot throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abbot throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cd counters with an inside leg kick.
Abbot blocks a head kick by Cd.
Cd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Abbot rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cd counters with a body kick that stops Abbot in his tracks momentarily.
Abbot throws an off balance right hand
and Cd counters with a head kick. That will keep Abbot thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Abbot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cd counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Abbot lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abbot lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cd.
Abbot gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cd doesn't manage to clinch there - Abbot circles away.
Both fighters circling a little - Cd finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Abbot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Abbot takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Cd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Abbot throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cd counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abbot misses with a double jab
and Cd counters with a nice low kick that buckles Abbot's knee momentarily.
Abbot throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cd counters with a body kick that stops Abbot in his tracks momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cd throws a nice outside leg kick.
Abbot throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cd connects with a body shot that sends Abbot's belly button to the back.
Abbot swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cd counters with a nice body kick.
Abbot is breathing heavily.
Abbot lands with an uppercut that bounces Cd off the cage and back into rage.
Cd lands a nice leg kick that just misses Abbot's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abbot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cd connects with a solid leg kick.
Cd lands a nice leg kick that just misses Abbot's sensitive parts.
Cd connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Abbot misses with a double jab

and Cd moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A frustrated look appears on Abbot's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Abbot is trying to force a seperation but Cd has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Cd dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Abbot's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Abbot duly obliges.
Abbot throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Abbot falls off balance throwing a combination

and Cd counters by clinching up.

Cd breaks the clinch.
Abbot tries to bum rush Cd with a series of wild strikes but Cd uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Abbot throws a left and a right that both miss

and Cd counters by clinching up.
Cd tries to land knees in the clinch but Abbot avoids the damage to the body.
Cd lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cd lands a knee to the body.
Cd prevents Abbot from breaking the clinch.
Abbot wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Cd breaks the clinch.

Cd clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cd unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cd keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abbot's efforts to push away.
Cd throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Good body shot from Cd.
Abbot wants to get back to striking at distance but Cd won't allow it.
Abbot wants to get back to striking at distance but Cd won't allow it.
Cd with a knee to the head.
Cd trying to land knees to the body.
Cd lands a shoulder strike.
Cd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cd swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cd tries to land a knee to the head but Abbot blocks with his arms.
A short uppercut from Cd.
Abbot is trying to break the clinch but Cd has him pressed against the cage.
Abbot blocking some punches.

Cd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abbot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cd counters with a big head kick but Abbot shrugs it off.
Cd drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cd avoids the body shot from Abbot.
Abbot falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cd counters with a head kick. That will keep Abbot thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A swing and a miss from Abbot.
Cd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abbot can do to turn this around?
Abbot swings widly with a right hand

and Cd holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Abbot's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Cd.
Abbot tries to break free but Cd pushes him back against the cage.

Cd manages to break the clinch.
Abbot throws an off balance right hand
and Cd counters with an inside leg kick.
Cd has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cd there as he acknowledges the shot.
Abbot falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cd counters with a straight right hand.
Noah Cd is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice cross by Cd.
Cd misses with a low kick.
A shot to the body from Abbot misses
and Cd counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cd goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cd has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cd lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Abbot throws a lazy uppercut
and Cd counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbot swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cd counters with an outside leg kick.
Abbot will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd cheers as Cd lands an impressive looking overhand right. Abbot doesn't seem phased though.
Abbot swinging wildly here.
Abbot scores with a hook to the body. Cd takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cd throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Abbot throws a combination that misses
and Cd counters with a nice leg kick.
Abbot throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cd counters with a good low kick that Abbot was not able to check.
Frank Abbot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Abbot lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cd circles away quickly and effectively.
Abbot slips a straight right by Cd.
Abbot tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Noah Cd showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cd has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noah Cd!