PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brenden Abbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimble Cho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimble Cho is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Abbott
vs
Cho

179 cm
28
181 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

185 cm
35
183 lbs
31 - 17 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer
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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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brenden Abbott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kimble Cho!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cho lands a jab to Abbott's midsection.
Abbott has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Stu's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Abbott walks into a stiff left hand from Cho.
Cho misses with a wild body shot.
Cho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abbott.
Abbott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cho.
Abbott throws a hook but Cho blocks it.
Abbott blocks a head kick by Cho.
Abbott is looking to land body kicks.
Abbott throws a chopping leg kick but Cho manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cho throws a leg kick but Abbott sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cho feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Abbotts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Brenden Abbott has been cut.
Abbott throws out a loose jab but Cho uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cho darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cho looks to land a left hand but Abbott moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kimble Cho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Cho rushes Abbott and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Abbott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abbott lands a body punch in the clinch.
Abbott working aggressively here.
Cho missing with knees to the body.
Abbott swings wildly with an uppercut but Cho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cho can't find room to land a body shot as Abbott controls the action.
Cho struggles to land a body shot inside as Abbott controls his hands.
Abbott avoiding damage as Cho throws knees to the body.
Abbott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abbott creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Abbott is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Cho tries to throw a body punch but Abbott avoids it by throwing Cho back against the cage.
Abbott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abbott lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Abbott lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Abbott.
Cho has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Abbott seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cho can turn it around.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott is looking to take this one to the mat.
Abbott softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abbott's elbow.
A short right from Cho.
Cho can't find room to land a body shot as Abbott controls the action.
Cho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abbott tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brenden Abbott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cho blocks an uppercut.
Cho tries a knee to the head but Abbott blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cho.
Abbott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cho lands a body shot in the clinch.
Abbott misses with a punch to the body.
Abbott prevents a body shot from Cho.
Cho throws a punch but it's blocked by Abbott.
Abbott throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cho misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott avoiding damage as Cho throws knees to the body.
Cho tries a body shot but Abbott blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cho working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Abbott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abbott wants a takedown but no success here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cho.
A right hook to the body lands for Abbott.
Abbott lands with a right to the head.
Abbott blocks an uppercut.
Abbott is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cho gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cho lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abbott backwards.
A right hand to the body from Cho.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abbott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Abbott pushes Cho back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abbott lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cho working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cho throws a punch but it's blocked by Abbott.
Cho takes a shot to the head.
Cho lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abbott backwards.
Abbott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abbott misses with some punches.
Abbott misses with some punches.
Cho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abbott lands a right hand.
Cho lands a body shot.
Cho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abbott's elbow.
Abbott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abbott takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Abbott on the inside.

Cho is fighting off a takedown attempt but Abbott is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Cho to the mat. Cho regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abbott preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kimble Cho will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brenden Abbott's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Abbott throws the kick towards the body but Cho avoids it.
Cho gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cho slaps away a takedown attempt from Abbott, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cho is looking to slow Abbott down with leg kicks.
Abbott gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cho misses with a straight left.
Cho walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Abbott checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Abbott.
Abbott misses with a low kick.
Abbott fakes the leg kick and cracks Cho in the body.
Abbott throws a half hearted mid kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cho scores with a jab. Abbott acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Abbott throws a push kick but Cho slaps the foot to one side.
Abbott moves out of range of the body kick.
Cho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abbott shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cho counters with a leg kick.
Cho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cho throws a push kick but Abbott slaps the foot to one side.
Abbott throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cho.
Abbott lands a nice looking body kick.
Cho scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cho moves out of range of the body kick from Abbott.
Cho looks to score with a jab to the body but Abbott is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott lands a head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abbott tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cho defends well and Abbott ends up having to push Cho into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brenden Abbott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abbott misses with a punch to the body.
Cho lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cho misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cho.
Cho struggles to land a body shot inside as Abbott controls his hands.
Cho's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cho blocks an uppercut.
Cho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cho tries to throw a body punch but Abbott avoids it by throwing Cho back against the cage.

Abbott turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Cho sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cho defending well though.
Cho makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cho.
Abbott won't allow Cho to sweep him here.
Abbott controlling from the top position.
Cho is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cho looking for a sweep. Not yet Cho, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott connects with a couple of short punches.
Abbott trying to control the position from guard on top but Cho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cho manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Abbott manages to get himself to full guard.
Abbott has a closed guard, preventing Cho from standing up.
Abbott wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cho wants to stand but Abbott is controlling his posture from full guard.
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!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kimble Cho will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Brenden Abbott's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Abbott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abbott moves away.
Cho throws a head kick that misses.
Abbott tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kimble Cho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abbott.
Abbott ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cho throws the left hand but Abbott avoids the punch easily.
Abbott changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cho tries to avoid it but Abbott manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cho to the ground. Cho escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Abbott shoots for a takedown but Cho saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A big left from Cho misses.
Abbott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott misses with a hook.
Abbott doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cho dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Abbott misses with an uppercut.
Abbott swinging wildly here.
Cho connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Abbott takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cho.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Abbott.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brenden Abbott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abbott checks the leg kick.
Brenden Abbott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott looks to land a body kick but Cho moved away.
A punch combination from Cho misses.
A low kick from Abbott misses
and Cho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Cho connects with a body shot that sends Abbott's belly button to the back.
Cho scores with a nice strike.
A lazy body kick from Abbott
and Cho counters with a slapping leg kick.
Abbott swings for the body but Cho moves out of range.
Cho tries to work over Abbott's front leg with a kick but Abbott checks it.
Cho is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cho.

Abbott drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott lands a decent elbow from side control.
Abbott throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Abbott taking a break here but Cho is having none of it and regains half guard.
Cho is staying active underneath Abbott, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Abbott landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cho wants to get back to full guard.
Abbott tries to pass to full mount but Cho defends it.
Cho avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Abbott.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cho wants to control but Abbott is keeping busy.
Cho tries to roll over but Abbott keeps him under control.
Cho blocking the ground and pound attempt from Abbott.
Cho manages to get to full guard.
Abbott trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abbott landing with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kimble Cho.
I've got Cho winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kimble Cho!
Kimble Cho really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hellraiser Fightgear ($10 and above) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.