PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Puncher Face (ranked 518 p4p, 133 weight class) and Yago Nascimento (ranked 28 p4p, 8 weight class). Nascimento has chosen Aggressive War Epic Music Collection! as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Face
vs
Nascimento

210 cm
29
275
19 - 11 - 0

195 cm
35
278
28 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Northern Zombie
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Puncher Face!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yago Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Steve Erwin and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Face instigates a clinch.

Nascimento's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nascimento throws a looping overhand right but Face ducks down to avoid it.
Nascimento misses the body punch
and Face counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Face gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nascimento creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nascimento lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nascimento tries to throw a body punch but Face avoids it by throwing Nascimento back against the cage.
Nascimento working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nascimento tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Face's elbow.
Face taking a breather.
Nascimento misses with some punches.

Nascimento escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nascimento scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Face takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
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!
Nascimento lands a glancing blow to the side of Face's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Face looks to land a right hand but Nascimento moved out of range.
Nascimento throws a big shot that misses.
Face seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A nice leg kick from Nascimento, right into the meat of the thigh.
Face moves in looking to clinch but Nascimento pushes him off.
Face takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Face tries to clinch up.
Nascimento misses the jab.
Face tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Nascimento manages to circle out of the way.
Nascimento lands a jab to Face's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento throws a predictable looking body shot

and Face holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nascimento tries to throw a body punch but Face avoids it by throwing Nascimento back against the cage.
Nascimento lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Face swings wildly with an uppercut but Nascimento uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nascimento goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nascimento lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nascimento tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nascimento softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Face is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Face dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Face stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Face seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Face misses with some punches.
Nascimento presses Face against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Our sources have told us that Face has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Face blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nascimento.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Face backwards.
Face misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nascimento is leaning against Face and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Face is breathing heavily.
Nascimento lands a right hand that snaps the head of Face backwards.
Nascimento pushes Face back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Nascimento pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nascimento lands with a nice body punch.
Face displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nascimento throws out the jab.
Nascimento fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Puncher Face has been cut.
Nascimento throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Face swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A jab lands there for Nascimento.
A telegraphed right hand from Nascimento misses the target.
Face is looking to counter punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Nascimento.
Face swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Nascimento misses
and Face counters with a right hand to the body.
Nascimento uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Face.
Nascimento throws a solid leg kick but Face takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nascimento.
An attempted straight right counter from Face misses the target.
Face moves out of range as Nascimento strikes.
Nascimento misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Face.
A little feinted left hand from Face on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Face on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nascimento throws a hook but Face avoids it easily.
Face is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yago Nascimento dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Puncher Face's cut.
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.

A looping hook to the body misses from Nascimento. Face does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Face misses the target.
Face moves out of range of the strikes.
Nascimento looks to score with a jab to the body but Face is just out of range.
Face defending well as Nascimento loads up on a big left hand.
Nascimento lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Face backs up against the cage.
Nascimento throws a jab but it's blocked by Face.
Face swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yago Nascimento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Face misses with a lunging right hand
and Nascimento counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Face thinking.
Face moves to clinch but Nascimento breaks away
and Nascimento counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Face takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nascimento scores with a hook to the body. Face takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nascimento lands with a right hand.
Nascimento wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nascimento throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Face avoids the body shot from Nascimento.
Nascimento missing with a left hand there. Face was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Face swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nascimento throws a body punch but Face moves out of range.
Face is looking to counter the offense by Nascimento and move into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento throws out a loose jab but Face uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nascimento misses with a jab to the body
and Face cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nascimento. Face does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nascimento swings widly with a right hand
and Face counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Face takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Face fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nascimento. Face does a little dance to reset his feet.
Face wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Nascimento throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Face counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nascimento fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Face cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Face gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nascimento.
Nascimento throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Face wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Face misses with a body shot.
Face tries to clinch but Nascimento is having none of it.
Nascimento swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nascimento takes one to the side of the head.
Face is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nascimento comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nascimento listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nascimento cracks Face with a big right hand and Face goes down!
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!
Nascimento throws a strike but Face rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Nascimento is controlling Face's posture.
Nascimento has a closed guard, preventing Face from standing up.
Nascimento looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Face throwing strikes from guard but Nascimento blocks nicely.
Nascimento has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Face in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yago Nascimento showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Puncher Face's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice straight punches there by Nascimento. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nascimento.
Nascimento looks to throw the jab but Face is out of range.
Face was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nascimento misses with a wild combination.
Face throws a big counter combination but Nascimento scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nascimento throws a lazy uppercut
and Face counters with a nice body shot.
Nascimento throws a lazy uppercut
and Nascimento takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Face doesn't manage to clinch there - Nascimento circles away.
Nascimento throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Face stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Face tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nascimento swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Nascimento.
Nascimento takes a swing at Face's ribcage but misses.
Face tries to counter by clinching up but Nascimento breaks away and moves out of range.
Face is looking to clinch.
Nascimento tries to bum rush Face with a series of wild strikes but Face uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nascimento throws a lazy uppercut
and Face counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight stays on the outside here - Face looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nascimento swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Face lands with a shot to the body.
Puncher Face has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento looks to score with a jab to the body but Face is just out of range.
Nascimento scores with a nice strike.
Nascimento swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Face counters with a three punch combo that has Nascimento backing up. Nascimento nods at Face to acknowledge the strikes.
Face displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nascimento throws out the jab.
Nascimento tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Face was well out of range. Poor timing from Nascimento.
Nascimento misses with a right hand
enabling Face to counter with a crisp jab.
Face moves away from the strike by Nascimento.
Face swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yago Nascimento seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Face uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nascimento.
Face tries to counter by clinching up but Nascimento breaks away and moves out of range.
Nascimento fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Face manages to avoid it.
Nascimento throws a poor cross that misses
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Face counters with a straight right hand.
Face slips under a jab from Nascimento.
Nascimento misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Face.
Nascimento misses with a hook. Face ducked under it nicely.
Nascimento swings away with a body shot that misses
and Face counters with a straight right hand.
Nascimento misses with a lunging right hand
and Face cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Face wants to clinch up but Nascimento keeps it at a distance.
Face is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nascimento cracks Face with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Puncher Face's cut is getting worse.
Nascimento ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nascimento misses with a body shot.
Face is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Face lands with an uppercut that bounces Nascimento off the cage and back into range.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Yago Nascimento.
I've got Nascimento winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yago Nascimento!
Yago Nascimento decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.