PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lewis Pendragon (ranked 2408 p4p, 2833 weight class) and Nasir Prince (ranked 246 p4p, 277 weight class). Prince is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nas- N.Y. State of Mind. The key to victory for Lewis Pendragon has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Pendragon
vs
Prince

173 cm
20
150
2 - 1 - 0

171 cm
21
145
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lewis Pendragon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nasir Prince!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prince throws the left hand but Pendragon avoids the punch easily.
Prince will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Left hook, right uppercut from Prince.
Prince scores with a shot to the body.
Prince fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pendragon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pendragon definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Pendragon misses the target.
Prince throws a series of punches but Pendragon moves out of range.
Pendragon defending well as Prince loads up on a big left hand.
Some wild striking there from Pendragon.

Prince has managed to clinch.
Pendragon lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prince.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prince is stalling here.
A short body shot lands from Pendragon as the two fighters clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince is struggling to control the position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Prince - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Prince continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Prince scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Prince is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pendragon is keeping busy.
Prince is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nasir Prince.
Prince moves away from the strike by Pendragon.
Pendragon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Prince.
Prince misses with a low kick.
We've been informed that Prince has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Prince throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pendragon counters with a stiff right hand.
Prince throws a looping overhand right but Pendragon ducks down to avoid it.
Pendragon swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Prince keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prince is looking for the big counter here.
Prince ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pendragon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Prince uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pendragon.
Pendragon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pendragon circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pendragon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prince on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
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!
Prince throws a right and a left that Pendragon avoids nicely.
Prince looks to land a combination but Pendragon avoids it well.
Prince's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Prince duly obliges.
Prince lands with an uppercut that bounces Pendragon off the cage and back into range.
Pendragon takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Prince needs to keep his hands up - Pendragon had a free shot at his head there.
Pendragon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pendragon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pendragon throws an overhand right that lands on Prince's shoulder, as Prince tries to avoid the shot.
Prince throws a counter combo.
Pendragon throws a shot from downtown. Prince moves away and avoids it.
Prince looks to land a left hand but Pendragon moved out of range nicely.
Prince throws an off balance right hand
and Pendragon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pendragon throws a body shot but no joy.
Prince tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Pendragon misses.
Prince misses with a straight left.
Prince throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Prince misses with an uppercut.
Prince misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nasir Prince seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pendragon slips a jab and a cross from Prince.
The fight stays on the outside here - Prince looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prince throws an overhand right that lands on Pendragon's shoulder, as Pendragon tries to avoid the shot.
Pendragon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pendragon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Prince.
Prince throws a low kick but Pendragon avoids it.
Pendragon appears to be looking for a big counter.
Prince's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pendragon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Prince scrambles back to his feet.
Pendragon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Prince throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prince throws a lazy right hand but Pendragon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pendragon is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pendragon misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pendragon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Prince clinches up with Pendragon and pushes him back against the cage.
Pendragon wants to break free but Prince has control.
Pendragon lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Pendragon.
A head punch on the inside from Prince fails to land.
Pendragon blocks an uppercut.
Pendragon lands an uppercut.
Prince tries to stall but Pendragon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Prince stalling in the clinch but Pendragon improves position.
Prince is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pendragon is keeping busy.
Prince trying to control the position but instead, Pendragon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Prince into the cage.
A hook to the body from Pendragon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prince has Pendragon pressed against the cage, preventing Pendragon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Prince throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Prince throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nasir Prince 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.

Prince misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A quick step to the side and Pendragon tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nasir Prince is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Prince misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pendragon.
Prince throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pendragon. Prince does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pendragon punishes Prince's body with a nice straight punch.
Prince tries to clinch but Pendragon moves out of range.
Pendragon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice cross by Prince.
Pendragon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Prince.
Pendragon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pendragon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Prince looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Prince tries to clinch up but Pendragon circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pendragon throws a jab when Prince was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Prince on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pendragon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Prince throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pendragon counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pendragon looks to score with a jab to the body but Prince is just out of range.
Prince lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pendragon circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pendragon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pendragon misses with a straight right.
Nasir Prince seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Prince misses with a few strikes there.
Pendragon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Prince is looking to slow Pendragon down with leg kicks.
Prince tries to clinch there but Pendragon circles away.
Pendragon lands a jab to Prince's midsection.
Pendragon takes one on the button.
A jab from Prince misses.
Pendragon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Prince buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Prince throws a series of punches but Pendragon moves out of range.
Pendragon looks to land a combination. Prince sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pendragon, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prince is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Prince throws out a powerful jab.
Pendragon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Prince throws a leg kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon throws a hook to the side of Prince's head but Prince sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Prince moves in looking to clinch but Pendragon pushes him off.
Prince moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pendragon throws the left hand but Prince avoids the punch easily.
Pendragon throws a shot from downtown. Prince moves away and avoids it.
Prince fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pendragon.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Prince moves into the clinch.

Pendragon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Prince throws an overhand right that lands on Pendragon's shoulder, as Pendragon tries to avoid the shot.
Prince doesn't manage to clinch there - Pendragon circles away.
Pendragon throws a body punch but Prince moves out of range.
Prince attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A telegraphed right hand from Pendragon misses the target.
Pendragon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Prince tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Prince fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Prince darts in and clinches Pendragon up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince stalls.
Prince is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pendragon is keeping busy.

Pendragon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Prince lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Prince scoring well with a low kick there.
Pendragon misses with a hook. Prince ducked under it nicely.
Prince missing with a left hand there. Pendragon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Prince doesn't manage to clinch there - Pendragon circles away.

Prince clinches.
Pendragon lands a hook that snaps the head of Prince backwards.
Prince stalling in the clinch.
Prince blocks an uppercut.
Prince trying to stall but Pendragon improves his position.
Prince is looking to control Pendragon's arms but Pendragon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Prince has his back to the cage.
Prince tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Prince can't find room to land a body shot as Pendragon controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pendragon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Prince shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Prince lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pendragon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Prince in his tracks.
Pendragon dodges the punch combination from Prince.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prince swings widly with a right hand
and Pendragon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pendragon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pendragon throws an overhand right that lands on Prince's shoulder, as Prince tries to avoid the shot.
Prince fails with an attempt to clinch.
Prince takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pendragon just misses with a punch to the body.
Prince wants to clinch.
Prince waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pendragon.
Prince just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lewis Pendragon will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Pendragon misses the shot to the body.
Prince catches Pendragon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Prince cracks Pendragon with a good jab.
Prince throws a right and a left that Pendragon avoids nicely.
Pendragon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Prince darts in and clinches Pendragon up against the cage.
Prince throws a punch but it's blocked by Pendragon.
Prince tries to throw a body punch but Pendragon avoids it by throwing Prince back against the cage.

Pendragon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A good leg kick by Prince.
Prince throws a nice looking combination but Pendragon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Prince has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pendragon blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prince throws a punch but it's blocked by Pendragon.

Pendragon breaks from the clinch.
Prince throws a nice looking combination but Pendragon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Good exchange - Pendragon coming out on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Prince has taken the fight to the clinch.

Pendragon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Prince closes the distance and pushes Pendragon back into the cage.
Prince lands a shoulder strike.
The referee calls for Prince to work.
Pendragon can't find room to land a body shot as Prince controls the action.
Prince keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pendragon's efforts to push away.

Pendragon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Prince throws a head kick but Pendragon moves out of range.
Prince misses with a head kick.
Prince chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice defenses there by Pendragon.
A quick step to the side and Pendragon tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pendragon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Prince digs a good body shot into Pendragon's ribs.
Prince looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pendragon checks the leg kick.
Pendragon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Prince connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Prince throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pendragon counters with a three punch combo that has Prince backing up. Prince nods at Pendragon to acknowledge the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prince tries to clinch but Pendragon moves away
and Pendragon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Prince takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pendragon misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pendragon. Prince does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prince is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prince connects with a leg kick.
Prince lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pendragon misses with a straight right.
Pendragon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Prince scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Prince misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Pendragon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pendragon is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Prince keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prince lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Prince swings for the body but Pendragon moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pendragon.
Prince works the jab nicely.
Prince uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pendragon.
Prince misses with a hook. Pendragon ducked under it nicely.
Pendragon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Prince misses with a left hand
and Pendragon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Prince tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pendragon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Prince chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Prince moves out of range as Pendragon strikes.
Prince scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Prince throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Prince does it's job there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prince.
Pendragon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon lands with an uppercut that bounces Prince off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prince lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pendragon just misses with a punch to the body.
Pendragon looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Prince ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Prince misses the jab.
Prince wants to clinch.
Prince keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pendragon.
Prince misses with a looping left.
Prince connects with a nice looking jab.
Prince misses with a looping right.
Pendragon slips a jab and a cross from Prince.
Pendragon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pendragon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Prince sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prince throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pendragon counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pendragon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Princes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

And that's the end of the fight!
Nasir Prince comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Prince has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nasir Prince!