PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marten Marsimoto (ranked 24666 p4p, 6662 weight class) and Lomi Nuar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marsimoto comes into the arena with Green Berlin blaring out of the sound system. Marten Marsimoto had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Marsimoto
vs
Nuar

196 cm
19
211
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
205
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marten Marsimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lomi Nuar!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nuar takes one to the chin there.
Marsimoto scores with the left hand. Nuar knows he should have avoided that one.
Nuar shoots for a takedown but Marsimoto saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nuar dives in and grabs Marsimoto's left leg, looking for a takedown. Marsimoto pushes down on Nuar's head and hops out.
Nuar has his takedown stuffed
and Marsimoto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marten Marsimoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lomi Nuar.
Nuar throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marsimoto.

Marsimoto clinches up against the cage.

Marsimoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nuar is looking to slow Marsimoto down with leg kicks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Marsimoto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marsimoto blocks a head kick by Nuar.

Marsimoto instigates a clinch.
A short left from Marsimoto.
Marsimoto gets through Nuar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nuar is looking to break free of the clinch but Marsimoto has double underhooks.
Marsimoto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nuar backwards.
Marsimoto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marsimoto.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nuar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nuar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Marsimoto scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nuar pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Marsimoto back to the cage. Nuar follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Nuar gets caught flat footed, as Marsimoto shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Nuar manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Nuar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nuar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Marsimoto.
Nuar walks into a jab.
Nuar scores with a head kick.
Nuar looks winded!
Nuar with a poor takedown

and Marsimoto counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A knee to the head by Marsimoto.
Nuar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marsimoto's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Marsimoto.

Marsimoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nuar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Marsimoto lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nuar doesn't seem phased though.
A jab from Marsimoto does it's job there.
Nuar throws a lazy head kick
and Marsimoto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Nuar gets a clinch.
Nuar throws a punch but it's blocked by Marsimoto.
Nuar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nuar misses with a punch on the inside.
Marsimoto has Nuar pushed against the cage.
Marsimoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nuar is blocking nicely.
Marsimoto slowing the pace effectively.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marsimoto throws an elbow but misses.

Marsimoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marsimoto throws a head kick but Nuar moves out of range.
Nuar is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Marsimoto lands the left hand.
Nuar looks for a takedown but Marsimoto sprawls well.
Marsimoto wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsimoto connects with a high kick.

Nuar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marsimoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nuar's face.
Marsimoto lands with a right to the head.
Marsimoto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marsimoto lands a damaging elbow.
Marsimoto lands with a light punch inside.
Marsimoto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marsimoto has Nuar pressed against the cage, preventing Nuar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nuar throws an elbow but misses.
Nuar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marsimoto's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marsimoto.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nuar takes an elbow to the temple.
Marsimoto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Marsimoto decides to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsimoto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nuar trying to control the position from guard on top but Marsimoto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nuar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nuar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Marsimoto knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nuar on the ground.

Nuar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nuar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Nuar has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad Amsterdam. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

Nuar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nuar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marsimoto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nuar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nuar trying to control but Marsimoto is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marten Marsimoto 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.

Marsimoto with a hook.

Nuar closes the distance and clinches.
Nuar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marsimoto lands with a left to the head.
Nuar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nuar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nuar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nuar takes a shot to the head.
Marsimoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nuar avoids it.
Marsimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Nuar.
Nuar is trying to force a seperation but Marsimoto has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nuar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The referee calls for Marsimoto to work.
Marsimoto keeps control of Nuar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nuar is trying to break the clinch but Marsimoto has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsimoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Nuar backwards.
Marsimoto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nuar can do to turn this around?
Nuar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marsimoto.
Nuar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marsimoto avoids it.
Nuar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nuar takes a shot to the head.
Marsimoto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nuar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short body shot lands from Nuar as the two fighters clinch.

Nuar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Nuar moves into the clinch successfully.
Nuar is trying to break the clinch but Marsimoto is controlling him.
Marsimoto digs a right hand underneath Nuar's ribcage. Nuar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nuar pushes Marsimoto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Nuar.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marsimoto.
Marsimoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Marsimoto - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nuar throws an elbow that misses.
Marsimoto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nuar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marsimoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Marsimoto lands a body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Marsimoto.
Marsimoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Nuar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marsimoto lands an elbow that stopped Nuar in his tracks for a moment.
Marsimoto will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nuar up against the cage.
Nuar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nuar looking to throw knees to the head but Marsimoto is blocking nicely.
Marsimoto scores with a knee to the head.
Marsimoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Nuar breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nuar closes the distance and pushes Marsimoto back into the cage.
Marsimoto leaning against his opponent.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marsimoto.
Nuar is breathing heavily.
Marsimoto jumps guard but Nuar turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nuar misses with some punches.
Nuar tries a knee to the head but Marsimoto blocks it.
Nice elbow from Marsimoto.

Marsimoto jumps into guard, dragging Nuar to the mat.
Marsimoto is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Marsimoto has his hands on Nuar's head, controlling the position.
Marsimoto continues to stall.
Nuar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsimoto is pulling down on Nuar's head. It's preventing any offense from Nuar, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marsimoto wants to sweep but no luck.
Nuar trying to control the position from guard on top but Marsimoto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nuar throwing strikes from guard but Marsimoto blocks nicely.
Nuar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Nuar stands up from Marsimoto's guard - Nuar perhaps looking for a knockout.
Marsimoto scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marten Marsimoto dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nuar scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Nuar is looking to advance position but Marsimoto won't allow it.
Nuar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nuar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marsimoto is trying to control but can't.
Marsimoto blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nuar.
Nuar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nuar trying to control from half guard but Marsimoto is working away.

Nuar is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Marsimoto is just riding it out for now. Nuar eventually gives up the hold.

Nuar is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsimoto tries to roll over but Nuar keeps him under control.

Nuar stands up out of the half guard.
Nuar misses with a takedown
and Marsimoto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nuar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marsimoto checks it well.
Marsimoto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lomi Nuar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Marsimoto works Nuar's body with a nice hook.

Nuar closes the distance and clinches.
Marsimoto keeps control of Nuar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nuar working aggressively here.

Nuar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nuar throws a hook but Marsimoto blocks it.
Marsimoto seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jab from Marsimoto.
Marsimoto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nuar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice shot lands for Marsimoto.
Nuar closes the distance and clinches up with Marsimoto, looking for a takedown. Nuar pushes Marsimoto against the cage but Marsimoto circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nuar has his takedown stuffed
and Marsimoto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marten Marsimoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lomi Nuar.

Marsimoto forces Nuar back against the cage and clinches.
Marsimoto lands a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marsimoto.
Marsimoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Nuar backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsimoto stalling in the clinch.
Nuar tries to throw a body punch but Marsimoto avoids it by throwing Nuar back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Marsimoto.
Marsimoto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Marsimoto.
Marsimoto landing knees to the body.
Marsimoto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Marsimoto manages to break the clinch.
Marsimoto scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Marsimoto shoots in and bounces Nuar off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marsimoto won't allow Nuar to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsimoto slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Marsimoto prevents Nuar from getting back to his feet.
Marten Marsimoto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Nuar has his foot on Marsimoto's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Marsimoto works his way back into a safe position though.

Nuar has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Marsimoto should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Nuar has tightened it up now! Marsimoto should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Lomi Nuar!
Marten Marsimoto was interviewed post fight and said 'shit, at least I had fun rappin''.