PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Khan Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Khan Singh has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Khan Singh seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Singh
vs
Nogueira

173 cm
19
160 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khan Singh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singh closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nogueira circles away.
Singh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses.
Nogueira tries to clinch there but Singh circles away.
Nogueira takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Gabriel Nogueira has been cut.
Khan Singh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nogueira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Singh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Singh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nogueira circles away quickly and effectively.
Nogueira checks a leg kick nicely.
Nogueira throws the kick towards the body but Singh avoids it.
Singh fails to land with a series of punches.
Singh misses with a double jab.
Nogueira takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Singh bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Singh throws a nice looking combination but Nogueira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Singh scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
Nogueira takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Singh wants to clinch.
Singh swings for the body but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Singh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nogueira swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Singh moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Singh crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nogueira - the referee stops the clock and Singh gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nogueira. Singh manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Singh shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Singh was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Nogueira avoids a series of strikes thrown by Singh.
Singh 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.
Singh fails to advance to Nogueira's back.
Singh looking to finish with strikes here!
Singh throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nogueira because Singh loaded up on that one.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Singh with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Singh working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh tries to control but Nogueira wriggling away.
Poor strikes thrown by Singh there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Singh sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Nogueira is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Nogueira blocking the ground and pound.
Nogueira tries to hold on but Singh postures up.
Singh can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nogueira is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Singh with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Singh throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nogueira because Singh loaded up on that one.
Singh throwing strikes here but Nogueira is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Nogueira really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Singh. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nogueira avoids a series of strikes thrown by Singh.
Singh misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Nogueira wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Singh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Singh throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Singh throws a strike there. Nogueira manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Singh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Singh throws a right and a left that Nogueira avoids nicely.
Singh misses with a double jab.
Singh takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Singh is breathing heavily.
Nogueira is looking to clinch but Singh is avoiding it.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch but Singh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Singh misses.
Gabriel Nogueira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Singh tries to keep at a distance but Nogueira has taken the fight into the clinch.

Nogueira breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Khan Singh will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Nogueira's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nogueira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nogueira tries to clinch there but Singh circles away.
Singh moves into range and connects with a jab.
Singh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nogueira circles away quickly and effectively.
Nogueira shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nogueira walks into a left hand.
Singh tries to clinch but Nogueira is having none of it.

Singh looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nogueira can do anything to dispel that myth.
Singh works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Singh is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Singh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Singh tries to pass to full mount but Nogueira defends it.
Singh throwing shots but Nogueira is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Singh is pressing down on Nogueira's thigh, looking to free his foot. Nogueira is holding on for now.
Nogueira wants to get back to full guard.
Nogueira wants to control but Singh is keeping busy and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nogueira fails in his attempt to clinch.

Nogueira closes the distance and clinches.
Nogueira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Singh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Singh throws a head punch that misses.
Singh is looking to break free of the clinch but Nogueira has double underhooks.

Nogueira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khan Singh is winning the standup battle so far.
Singh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khan Singh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Singh.
Singh working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Singh working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Nogueira dodges the ground and pound from Singh.
Nogueira tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Singh looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Singh throws an elbow but Nogueira slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira is looking to regain half guard here but Singh keeps moving and retains side control.
Nogueira prevents Singh from moving into mount.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nogueira pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A solid body kick from Nogueira.
Nogueira looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Singh keeps the fight on the outside.
Nogueira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nogueira throws a sloppy head kick and Singh moves out of range easily.
Nogueira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Singh misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses.
Nogueira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Singh.
Singh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Singh lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nogueira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Singh blocks the body kick.
Singh stuns Nogueira with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Singh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Singh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nogueira goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Singh scores with a four punch combination!
Singh keeps the fight on the outside.
Singh throws a right and a left that Nogueira avoids nicely.
Nogueira gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Singh.
Nogueira tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Singh!
Nogueira is looking to clinch but Singh is avoiding it.
Singh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khan Singh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Nogueira's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Singh lands the left hand.
Singh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Danga de danga de dang - Singh scores with a four punch combination!
Singh scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nogueira is looking to clinch.
Nogueira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Singh moves out of range.
Singh scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nogueira keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nogueira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nogueira tries a head kick but it misses.
Nogueira is looking to clinch.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Singh looks to land a combination but Nogueira avoids it well.
Nogueira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Singh throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nogueira tries to clinch there but Singh circles away.
Singh throws a series of punches but Nogueira moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Singh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Singh goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nogueira throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Khan Singh has been cut.
Singh dips to his left and cracks Nogueira with an uppercut!
Nogueira shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nogueira tries to clinch there but Singh circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nogueira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Singh scores with a nice hook to the head.
Singh tries a body shot but Nogueira blocks it.

Nogueira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Singh smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Singh misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Singh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Singh lands with a right hand.
Singh swats away the attempt to clinch by Nogueira.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch but Singh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Singh circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Nogueira.

Nogueira clinches.
Singh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Nogueira manages to break the clinch.
Singh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nogueira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nogueira takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
Singh lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Singh.

Singh shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nogueira working to try and regain half guard.
Nogueira is in a horrible position here. Singh smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Singh throws some wild stikes that Nogueira manages to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Singh is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Nogueira can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Singh with the ground and pound from mount.
Singh throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Singh there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Singh goes for an armbar but Nogueira turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Nogueira.

Singh is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nogueira is aware though and is defending well.
Nogueira must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Singh throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Singh is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Singh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nogueira is one step ahead there.
Gabriel Nogueira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Singh working for a triangle but Nogueira defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Khan Singh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Singh, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khan Singh!