PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sameer Nair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Im Yournuts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Im Yournuts enters the cage!

Nair
vs
Yournuts

178 cm
22
183 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

186 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Alpha-Omega
Alpha-Omega

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sameer Nair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Im Yournuts!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yournuts avoids the head kick by Nair.
Nair fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yournuts fails to land the takedown.

Yournuts looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Yournuts is looking for a kimura but Nair is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Yournuts to get the leverage.

Nair is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Yournuts pulls his head out easily.
Yournuts frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nair is squirming around, avoiding Yournuts's attempts to control the action.
Nair can't escape the position.

Yournuts working for a guillotine from mount but Nair is in no mood to give up.
Nair sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Yournuts passes to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yournuts is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nair is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nair tries to bench press Yournuts off him but Yournuts keeps the position.
Yournuts in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Yournuts is trying to get an arm triangle but Nair is defending well.
Yournuts looks gassed!

Yournuts is trying to get an arm triangle but Nair is defending well.
Nair wants to control but Yournuts postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Yournuts tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Yournuts has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Nair's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nair sneaks back into half guard.
Nair gets back to full guard.

Nair throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Nair working for a triangle but Yournuts defends it easily.

Nair is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Yournuts is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Nair keeping full guard, as Yournuts tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yournuts avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nair wants to sweep here but Yournuts controlling him for the moment.

Nair working for a triangle but Yournuts defends it easily.

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

Nair had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Yournuts is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Nair Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Yournuts's back instead.
Yournuts rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nair landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yournuts is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Yournuts actively working from the bottom here.

Nair is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Yournuts has managed to free his arm - good work.

Nair is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Yournuts gets full guard.

Yournuts looking for a guillotine here but Nair defends easily.

Yournuts looking for a guillotine here but Nair defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Im Yournuts 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.

Nair throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yournuts will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nair misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nair tries a head kick but it misses.
Yournuts shoots for a double leg takedown but Nair sprawls well. He's pushed Yournuts's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nair tries a head kick but it misses.
A big left from Nair misses.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yournuts closes the distance and clinches up with Nair, looking for a takedown. Yournuts pushes Nair against the cage but Nair circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sameer Nair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Im Yournuts.
Yournuts shoots in but Nair avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nair scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Im Yournuts has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nair is looking to clinch but Yournuts is avoiding it.
Nair moves in looking to clinch but Yournuts pushes him off.
Yournuts shoots in and drives through. Nair sprawls well.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch but Yournuts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yournuts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sameer Nair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Nair lands but Yournuts takes it in his stride.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Yournuts.

Yournuts is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nair is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nair tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nair gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Nair is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Yournuts is looking for a kimura but Nair is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Yournuts to get the leverage.
Yournuts blocks the strikes from Nair.
Nair wants to improve his position but Yournuts is controlling well.
Im Yournuts has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nair actively working from the bottom here.
Yournuts trying to pass the guard but Nair defending well.
Nair wants to control but Yournuts is keeping busy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Yournuts misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Nair drives through and clinches with Yournuts against the cage.
Yournuts's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yournuts looking for a takedown.
Yournuts managing to block the knees to the body from Nair.
Nair is working Yournuts over against the cage.
Nair throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yournuts blocks it with crossed arms.
Yournuts avoiding damage as Nair throws knees to the body.
Nair is pressed up against the cage. Yournuts has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nair down to the mat. Nair avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Yournuts avoids the head kick by Nair.
Nair uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yournuts paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nair tries to clinch up.

Yournuts feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Yournuts drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Yournuts jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Nair is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yournuts trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Nair has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Yournuts is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Nair.

Yournuts in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Nair is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Im Yournuts!