PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between the natraul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). the natraul has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

natraul
vs
James

190 cm
23
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

194 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

154 RECOVERY-UCF NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, the natraul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick James!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James fails with a takedown attempt.
James fails to land the takedown.

James clinches with his opponent.
natraul takes a knee right on the jaw!
James wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

James gets control of natraul's arms and successfully pulls guard. James will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
natraul throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
natraul stopping the sweep attempt from James.
natraul chips away with some ground and pound.
natraul working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
James working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from natraul.

That's one minute gone in the round.
natraul with a nice head shot there.
natraul in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
natraul throwing strikes but missing.
natraul has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
natraul postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
natraul with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
James controls natraul momentarily but natraul frees himself.
James wants to get back to his feet but natraul is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
James is trying to control the position from the bottom.
natraul working some strikes from top position.
James avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
natraul is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
natraul throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as James works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
natraul postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
natraul pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. James is keeping the position for now.
James trying to keep a closed guard but natraul is proving a slippery customer.
natraul throwing strikes from guard but James blocks nicely.
natraul content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
natraul landing with the ground and pound.
natraul thows a big elbow that misses.
James working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from natraul.
natraul won't allow James to sweep him here.
James looks gassed!
natraul won't allow James to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
natraul lands a couple of decent looking shots.
natraul working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
natraul thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as natraul accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from James.
the natraul has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick James.
James fails in his attempt to clinch.
natraul shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and James moves into the clinch.
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
James looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
natraul tries for a takedown but James manages to get underhooks.
natraul has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. James is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
natraul letting James take a breather here.
James lands a nice uppercut.

James breaks from the clinch.
natraul avoids the head kick by James.
James tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
James fails with the takedown

and natraul counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by natraul.
natraul postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
natraul is in close to James's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
James trying to keep a closed guard but natraul is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

the natraul dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

James moves in looking to clinch but natraul pushes him off.
James with a lazy takedown attempt

and natraul counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for James!
natraul postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. James looks a forlorn figure.
natraul scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish James?
natraul cracks James with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
James is desperately trying to improve his position but natraul has a good base and remains in mount.
natraul unloading with bombs!

James is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James can't escape the position.
natraul dominating with strikes here.
natraul with the ground and pound from mount.
James is still in real trouble! Can natraul finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
natraul landing punches.
natraul lands a big elbow - James is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and James is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). the natraul!