PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between War Path (ranked 4277 p4p, 4989 weight class) and Wanderlei Nogueira (ranked 555 p4p, 618 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Path
vs
Nogueira

185 cm
25
200
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
190
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, War Path!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wanderlei Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Path shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nogueira pinned against the cage. Nogueira gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nogueira digs a good body shot into Path's ribs.
Nogueira punishes Path's body with a nice straight punch.
Nogueira comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nogueira digs a good hook to Path's body.
Path is breathing heavily.
Path avoids the body shot from Nogueira.
Nogueira 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.

It looks like War Path has been cut.
Nogueira with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Nogueira lands a big head kick that sends Path tumbling to the mat! Nogueira takes a step backwards and waves Path back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Nogueira.
Nogueira misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Path tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nogueira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nogueira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Path was well out of range. Poor timing from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands a nice shot to the body.
Nogueira digs a good body shot into Path's ribs.
Nogueira throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Path on the side of the head.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Path went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nogueira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nogueira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Path tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nogueira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nogueira chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nogueira misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Path was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nogueira.
Path fails to land the takedown.
A combination from Path does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Path.
Path thinks about countering with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Path on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Path moves out of range as Nogueira strikes.
Path swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Path fails with a takedown attempt.
Nogueira has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Path is landing a low percentage of strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for War Path. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nogueira throws a hook to the side of Path's head but Path sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Path throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nogueira appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nogueira lands a nice looking body shot.
Nogueira feints a jab promting Path to slip. Nogueira then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Path slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A combination from Nogueira does no damage.
Nogueira just misses with a punch to the body.

Nogueira lands a big head kick that sends Path tumbling to the mat! Nogueira takes a step backwards and waves Path back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Path is rocked!
Nogueira throws a right and a left that Path avoids nicely.
Oh Path is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Path fails to land the takedown.
Wanderlei Nogueira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Path seems to have got his legs back now.
Path blocks a jab.
Nogueira with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nogueira punishes Path's body with a nice straight punch.
Path tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira tries to bum rush Path with a series of wild strikes but Path uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Path takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nogueira looks to land a combination but Path avoids it well.
Path looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Path throws a leg kick
and Nogueira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
No joy there for Path, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nogueira throws out a counter right but Path avoids it with no problem.
Nogueira scores with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nogueira misses with a wild body shot.
Path wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira avoids the head kick by Path.
Path darts in looking for a takedown but Nogueira gets double underhooks and turns Path into the cage.
Nogueira is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Path throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Path keeps control of Nogueira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nogueira has had enough of the clinch but Path keeps him there for the moment.
Nogueira tries to break free but Path pushes him back against the cage.
Nogueira tries to break free but Path pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Path jumps into guard, dragging Nogueira to the mat.
Nogueira being controlled here momentarily.
Path wants to sweep here but Nogueira controlling him for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Nogueira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on War Path's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Path misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Nogueira gets tackled into the cage by Path. Path maintains the clinch.
Path wants to break free but Nogueira has control.
Nogueira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nogueira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nogueira tries to circle away but Path has him pinned against the cage.
Path looking for a takedown.
Path is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Nogueira to keep the fight standing.
A frustrated look appears on Nogueira's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Nogueira manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Path shoots in and bounces Nogueira off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Path thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira wants to control the position but Path says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Path is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Path seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Nogueira for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Path is working for a submission of some sort.
Path with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Path's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Path throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Nogueira to regain full guard.
Path is looking to stand up but Nogueira won't let him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Path is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Path fails with the takedown
and Nogueira counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for War Path. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Path.
Path tries to clinch but Nogueira is having none of it.

Path closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Nogueira quickly recovers to half guard.
Path not doing much here.
Nogueira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Path not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

War Path dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on War Path's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nogueira scores with a hook to the body. Path takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Path has closed the distance and engaged Nogueira in a clinch.
Path has Nogueira pressed against the cage, preventing Nogueira from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Path keeps control of Nogueira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nogueira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nogueira tries to circle away but Path has him pinned against the cage.
Path wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nogueira has him pressed against the cage.
Nogueira has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Good body shot from Path.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nogueira wants to get back to striking at distance but Path won't allow it.
Nogueira wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nogueira tries to break the clinch but Path is controlling the position.
Nogueira looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira is trying to force a seperation but Path has the dominant position.
A shot in the inside from Path.
Path has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nogueira after a bit of a struggle.
Path is trying to pull guard but Nogueira turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Path is trying to pull guard but Nogueira turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for War Path. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Path tries to break free but Nogueira pushes him back against the cage.
Nogueira gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Path.
Nogueira tries to break the clinch but Path is controlling the position.

Path jumps into guard, dragging Nogueira to the mat.
Path looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
War Path overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Path wants to sweep but no luck.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Path is on top in guard.

Path gets to his feet. Nogueira looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Nogueira scores with a leg kick.
Path tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nogueira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A shot to the body from Nogueira misses
and Path counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
No joy there for Path, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nogueira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Path moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Path shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Nogueira's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Path sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Path tries to stand but Nogueira is controlling from the bottom.
Path passes Nogueira's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Path sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nogueira defending well though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Path is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Path thows a huge punch but Nogueira dodges it nicely.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
War Path showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Path has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:28
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... War Path!