PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donovan Sharpe (ranked 4774 p4p, 6186 weight class) and Dragon Nguyen (ranked 548 p4p, 623 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Sharpe
vs
Nguyen

182 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
179
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donovan Sharpe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dragon Nguyen!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sharpe gets a clinch.

Nguyen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sharpe swinging wildly here.
Nguyen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sharpe misses with the combination.
A little jabbing left from Nguyen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
No joy there for Sharpe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sharpe misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sharpe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nguyen looks to land a left hand but Sharpe moved out of range nicely.
Sharpe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nguyen.
A combination from Sharpe does no damage.
Nguyen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharpe scores with a body shot.

Sharpe moves into the clinch.
Nguyen avoiding damage as Sharpe throws knees to the body.

Sharpe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharpe lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sharpe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nguyen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sharpe thinking.

Sharpe rushes Nguyen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Sharpe breaks the clinch.

Sharpe closes the distance and pushes Nguyen back into the cage.
Sharpe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nguyen blocks it with crossed arms.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe throws a lazy uppercut
and Nguyen counters with a left to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharpe throws a right and a left that Nguyen avoids nicely.
Sharpe scores with a nice right hand.
Nguyen avoids the body shot from Sharpe.
Nguyen unleashes a big counter combination but Sharpe bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sharpe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nguyen! But no joy.
Sharpe misses with a hook
and Nguyen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sharpe closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nguyen circles away.

Sharpe rushes Nguyen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nguyen tries to score a body lock takedown but Sharpe shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Sharpe breaks from the clinch.
Nguyen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sharpe swivels and escapes.
Sharpe throwing a counter right hand but Nguyen manages to avoid it.
Sharpe swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nguyen counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sharpe clinches up against the cage.
Sharpe throws an elbow that misses.

Sharpe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sharpe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nguyen throws out a counter right but Sharpe avoids it with no problem.
Some wild striking there from Sharpe.

Sharpe pushes Nguyen up against the cage in a clinch.

Sharpe manages to break the clinch.
Sharpe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Sharpe drives through and clinches with Nguyen against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sharpe takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Nguyen breaks from the clinch.
Sharpe tries to bum rush Nguyen with a series of wild strikes but Nguyen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sharpe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nguyen lands a lovely overhand right.

Sharpe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nguyen, pushing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharpe lands a right hand.
Sharpe working hard to break the clinch.
Sharpe lands a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Donovan Sharpe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sharpe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nguyen was well out of range. Poor timing from Sharpe.
Nguyen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nguyen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Sharpe closes the distance and pushes Nguyen back into the cage.
Sharpe trying to land knees to the body.

Nguyen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Sharpe moves into the clinch successfully.
Nguyen avoids the elbow strike from Sharpe, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharpe missing with knees to the body.
Sharpe is trying to break free.
Sharpe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nguyen backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen is trying to drag Sharpe to the mat but Sharpe just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Sharpe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sharpe darts in and clinches Nguyen up against the cage.
Sharpe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nguyen.
Sharpe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nguyen.

Nguyen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharpe throws a nice looking combination but Nguyen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nguyen! But no joy.

Sharpe moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sharpe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nguyen's brow.

Sharpe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sharpe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donovan Sharpe is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Nguyen misses the target.
Sharpe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nguyen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sharpe looks to land a left hand but Nguyen moved out of range nicely.
Nguyen throws a right hand that Sharpe ducks under and follows up with a left that Sharpe also avoids with ease.
Sharpe misses with a double jab.

Sharpe moves into range and clinches up with Nguyen.
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!
Nguyen keeps control of Sharpe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sharpe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nguyen is defending well for now.
Sharpe tries a body shot but Nguyen blocks it.
Sharpe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nguyen blocks it with crossed arms.
Nguyen avoiding damage as Sharpe throws knees to the body.

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

Sharpe closes the distance and pushes Nguyen back into the cage.

Nguyen manages to break the clinch.
Sharpe throws a series of punches but Nguyen avoids them all with ease.

Nguyen gets tackled into the cage by Sharpe. Sharpe maintains the clinch.
Sharpe tries to land knees in the clinch but Nguyen avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe misses with an elbow over the top.
Sharpe stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Nguyen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Sharpe misses.
Nguyen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sharpe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nguyen doesn't seem bothered though.

Sharpe pushes Nguyen up against the cage in a clinch.
Sharpe misses with a punch to the body.
Sharpe tries to throw a body punch but Nguyen avoids it by throwing Sharpe back against the cage.

Sharpe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharpe misses with a straight left.
Nguyen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sharpe with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Donovan Sharpe dominated that second round.
That's time! Sharpe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Sharpe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sharpe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nguyen has him pressed against the cage.
Nguyen prevents Sharpe from breaking the clinch.

Sharpe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharpe throws a series of punches but Nguyen moves out of range.
Sharpe misses with a double jab.
Nguyen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nguyen looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Nguyen tries to keep at a distance but Sharpe has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharpe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sharpe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharpe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sharpe scores with a shot to the side of Nguyen's head.

Sharpe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sharpe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nguyen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sharpe fails to land with a series of punches.
Nguyen scores with a decent looking hook.
Nguyen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A shot to the body from Sharpe misses
and Nguyen counters with a straight right hand.
Sharpe misses with a series of wild punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nguyen! But no joy.
Sharpe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nguyen counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Sharpe.
Nguyen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sharpe momentarily.
Nguyen dodges the punch combination from Sharpe.
A little jabbing left from Nguyen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sharpe scores with a punch to the head.
Sharpe misses with the combination.

Sharpe forces Nguyen back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sharpe breaks from the clinch.
Sharpe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nguyen takes one on the button.
A left lands for Sharpe.
Sharpe throws a body shot but no joy.
Nguyen throws out a counter right but Sharpe avoids it with no problem.

Sharpe forces Nguyen back against the cage and clinches.
Sharpe wants to break the clinch but can't.

Nguyen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sharpe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nguyen counters with a nice body shot.

Sharpe closes the distance and clinches.
Nguyen tries for a takedown but Sharpe manages to get underhooks.
Dragon Nguyen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sharpe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donovan Sharpe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nguyen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sharpe takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nguyen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sharpe moves away.
Nguyen swinging wildly here.
Sharpe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nguyen.
Nguyen throws a hook but Sharpe avoids it easily.
Sharpe throws a combination that misses
and Nguyen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sharpe thinking.
Donovan Sharpe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sharpe misses with a series of wild punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donovan Sharpe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sharpe 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donovan Sharpe!