PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jake the grid iron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Nobre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nobre's choice of entrance music: Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx- Gold Digger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

the grid iron
vs
Nobre

187 cm
18
207 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

180 cm
23
200 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, jake the grid iron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Nobre!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
the grid iron shoots in and drives through. Nobre sprawls well.
Nobre misses with a takedown attempt

and the grid iron counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nobre won't be happy with that.
the grid iron in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
the grid iron blocks the strikes from Nobre.
Nobre is not content to let the grid iron control the position.
Nobre misses with a strike from the bottom.
Nobre misses with a strike from the bottom.
the grid iron working away.
the grid iron wants to stand but Nobre has his arm trapped.
Nobre parries the strikes from the grid iron easily there. the grid iron is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nobre to escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nobre with a lazy takedown attempt

and the grid iron counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Nobre's guard now.

Nobre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. the grid iron defends it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
the grid iron is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Nobre working for a triangle but the grid iron defends it easily.
Nobre throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Nobre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and the grid iron defends well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nobre looks gassed!
the grid iron trying to control the position from guard on top but Nobre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

the grid iron drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and the grid iron jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
the grid iron tries to free his leg and advance position but Nobre is retaining full guard.
Nobre looking to control.
Nobre keeping moving, preventing the grid iron from controlling successfully.
the grid iron landing with the ground and pound.
Nobre thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
the grid iron looking to pass the guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nobre shoots and misses

and the grid iron decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Nobre's guard.
jake the grid iron has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Nobre.
the grid iron tries to stand but Nobre is controlling from the bottom.
Nobre trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Nobre throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

the grid iron thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Nobre is trying to keep the grid iron in close.

Nobre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and the grid iron defends well.

Nobre looking for a guillotine here but the grid iron defends easily.
the grid iron throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nobre looking to control.
the grid iron tries to free his leg and advance position but Nobre is retaining full guard.
Nobre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nobre controlling the grid iron's posture.
the grid iron knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nobre on the ground.
Nobre keeping moving, preventing the grid iron from controlling successfully.
the grid iron has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Nobre looking for a guillotine here but the grid iron defends easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nobre keeping full guard, as the grid iron tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Nobre dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nobre displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from the grid iron.
the grid iron shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nobre as he avoids it easily.
Nobre shoots in for a takedown but the grid iron shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
the grid iron defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nobre.
the grid iron tries to close the distance and clinch but Nobre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
the grid iron fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nobre misses with a takedown

and the grid iron counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Nobre's guard now.
jake the grid iron has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Nobre.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
the grid iron would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
the grid iron wants to control from the top but Nobre keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

the grid iron has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Nobre to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! the grid iron is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Nobre pulls down on the head and he's put the grid iron to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Miguel Nobre!