PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Oscar De La Torre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and lay nprayone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

De La Torre
vs
nprayone

165 cm
19
140 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

225 cm
22
140 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Win Nutritional

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oscar De La Torre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, lay nprayone!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Torre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt nprayone.
nprayone throws a shot from downtown. De La Torre moves away and avoids it.
De La Torre throws a right and a left that both miss.
nprayone takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like lay nprayone has been cut.
De La Torre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
nprayone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De La Torre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De La Torre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De La Torre throws a jab when nprayone was well out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from nprayone lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and De La Torre has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De La Torre and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
nprayone ducks under a wild hook from De La Torre.
De La Torre darts in trying to clinch

and nprayone counters by clinching up.
De La Torre stalling the fight.
De La Torre creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nprayone avoids a wild elbow strike from De La Torre.
nprayone misses with a knee to the head.
nprayone dodges an elbow strike from De La Torre.
nprayone trying to land knees to the body.
De La Torre misses with a knee strike.
nprayone changes levels and goes for a takedown here. De La Torre fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Oscar De La Torre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

nprayone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De La Torre, pushing him back against the cage.
De La Torre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De La Torre.
De La Torre working aggressively here.
nprayone blocks an uppercut.
De La Torre landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De La Torre throws an elbow but it misses.
De La Torre misses with a knee strike.
nprayone has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. De La Torre is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
De La Torre looking to throw knees to the head but nprayone is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
nprayone drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Oscar De La Torre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of lay nprayone.
De La Torre misses with a hook from the clinch.
nprayone throws a head punch that misses.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through nprayone's defenses.
nprayone misses with an elbow over the top.
De La Torre working nprayone over with knees to the body.
nprayone is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
nprayone looks gassed!
De La Torre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from De La Torre.
De La Torre trying to land knees to the body.
De La Torre effectively controlling the action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De La Torre.
De La Torre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but nprayone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De La Torre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De La Torre tries a knee to the head but nprayone blocks it.

nprayone gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, De La Torre regains guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
nprayone slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
De La Torre trying to keep a closed guard but nprayone is proving a slippery customer.
De La Torre wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
nprayone prevents De La Torre from getting back to his feet.
De La Torre manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. nprayone manages to get himself to full guard.
nprayone looking to hit a scissor sweep but De La Torre is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar De La Torre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on lay nprayone's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

nprayone checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
nprayone slips a straight right by De La Torre.
De La Torre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from De La Torre.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
nprayone throws a nice looking combination but De La Torre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De La Torre wants to slow nprayone down by chopping away at his legs.
De La Torre tries to clinch up

and nprayone counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Torre pushes off an throws an elbow but nprayone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
nprayone tries to land a knee to the head but De La Torre blocks with his arms.
De La Torre lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nprayone avoids the elbow strike from De La Torre, against the cage.
nprayone misses with a knee to the head.
De La Torre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
nprayone blocks an uppercut.
De La Torre misses with an elbow over the top.
De La Torre misses with the head strike.
nprayone avoiding damage as De La Torre throws knees to the body.
De La Torre with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from De La Torre fails to land.
De La Torre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but nprayone blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, nprayone throws an elbow but misses.
De La Torre looking to throw knees to the head but nprayone is blocking nicely.
De La Torre throws an elbow but it misses.
nprayone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
nprayone can't find room to land a body shot as De La Torre controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De La Torre.
nprayone avoiding damage as De La Torre throws knees to the body.
De La Torre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De La Torre has a couple of punches blocked by nprayone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
nprayone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Torre.
De La Torre looking to throw knees to the head but nprayone is blocking nicely.
nprayone tries to work over De La Torre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
nprayone blocks an uppercut.
nprayone throws an elbow but it misses.

nprayone has dropped down and is working for a takedown. De La Torre is trying to keep an underhook but nprayone manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Well, if nprayone is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
nprayone is looking to take a break and control but De La Torre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre trying to control but nprayone postures up.
De La Torre works his way to full guard. Good work.

De La Torre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and nprayone defends well.
De La Torre pulls nprayone in to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
De La Torre'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.
De La Torre is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst nprayone is controlling him.
De La Torre can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as nprayone controls the pace.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De La Torre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but lay nprayone will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on lay nprayone's cut.
That's time! De La Torre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A punch combination from nprayone misses.
Oscar De La Torre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
nprayone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
nprayone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De La Torre moves away.
De La Torre misses with a looping right.
De La Torre swinging wilding here.
De La Torre is really struggling to find his range with his punches. nprayone's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Good work by nprayone as he checks the leg kick.
De La Torre throws a right and a left that nprayone avoids nicely.
De La Torre throws a hook but nprayone blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Torre misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - De La Torre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De La Torre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nprayone throws a leg kick but De La Torre moved away.
De La Torre wants to clinch but nprayone slips to the side
and nprayone counters with a straight right hand.
De La Torre wants to clinch
and nprayone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De La Torre thows a left - swing and a miss!

nprayone darts in and clinches De La Torre up against the cage.
De La Torre misses with the head strike.
nprayone avoids a wild elbow strike from De La Torre.
De La Torre is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but nprayone is keeping busy.
De La Torre tries a knee to the head but nprayone blocks it.
De La Torre tries to land a knee to the head but nprayone blocks with his arms.
nprayone blocks an elbow strike from De La Torre.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De La Torre just misses with a elbow thrown towards nprayone's brow.
nprayone misses with some punches.
nprayone can't find room to land a body shot as De La Torre controls the action.
nprayone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De La Torre is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
nprayone avoids the elbow strike from De La Torre, against the cage.
De La Torre blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De La Torre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De La Torre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De La Torre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De La Torre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De La Torre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De La Torre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has nprayone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
nprayone dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
De La Torre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
nprayone blocks an elbow strike.
De La Torre misses with a knee to the head.
nprayone avoids the elbow strike from De La Torre, against the cage.
De La Torre pushes off an throws an elbow but nprayone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
nprayone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De La Torre blocks a body shot from nprayone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De La Torre.
De La Torre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De La Torre misses with a knee to the head.
De La Torre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De La Torre is trying to maintain a safe position but nprayone gets an underhook and turns De La Torre into the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
nprayone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De La Torre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De La Torre stalling in the clinch but nprayone improves position.
De La Torre blocks an elbow strike from nprayone.
De La Torre tries a knee to the head but nprayone blocks it.
nprayone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
De La Torre throws an elbow that misses.
De La Torre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De La Torre.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through nprayone's defenses.
De La Torre misses with an elbow over the top.
nprayone taking a breather.

That's four 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.
De La Torre tries to land a knee to the head but nprayone blocks with his arms.
nprayone blocking some punches.
nprayone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
nprayone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De La Torre is keeping busy.
De La Torre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from nprayone.
nprayone tries to land a knee to the head but De La Torre blocks with his arms.
nprayone struggles to land a body shot inside as De La Torre controls his hands.
De La Torre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De La Torre creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
nprayone dodges an elbow strike from De La Torre.
De La Torre misses with an elbow strike.
De La Torre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De La Torre swings wildly with an uppercut but nprayone uses good head movement to avoid it.
nprayone misses with the head strike.
nprayone avoids the elbow strike from De La Torre, against the cage.
De La Torre throws a punch but it's blocked by nprayone.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Oscar De La Torre.
I think De La Torre 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar De La Torre!