PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victorio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arm Sanderland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Nogueira
vs
Sanderland

193 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victorio Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arm Sanderland!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanderland wants to clinch up but Nogueira keeps it at a distance.
Sanderland fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sanderland motions for Nogueira to come forward. Sanderland throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira tries a head kick but it misses.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arm Sanderland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sanderland shoots in and bounces Nogueira off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Nogueira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanderland is one step ahead there.
Sanderland wants to pass the guard but Nogueira is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira being controlled here, momentarily.
Sanderland trying to control but Nogueira is working from the bottom.

Nogueira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sanderland tries to free his leg and advance position but Nogueira is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Sanderland decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Nogueira, up you get!
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanderland swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nogueira throws a nice head kick!
Nogueira leaves Sanderland with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A head kick by Sanderland misses
and Nogueira counters with a nice body kick.

Nogueira forces Sanderland back against the cage and clinches.
Sanderland dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Sanderland can't break the clinch.
Sanderland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanderland tries to score a body lock takedown but Nogueira shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Victorio Nogueira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arm Sanderland.
Sanderland blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanderland blocks the elbow strike.
Nogueira lands an elbow just above Sanderland 's eye.
Nogueira lands an elbow just above Sanderland 's eye.

It looks like Arm Sanderland has been cut.
Sanderland wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sanderland misses with some punches.
Nogueira misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanderland dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Sanderland shrugs off.
Nogueira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands an elbow that stopped Sanderland in his tracks for a moment.
Nogueira keeps control of Sanderland as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
Nogueira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nogueira lands an elbow that stopped Sanderland in his tracks for a moment.
Nogueira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nogueira lands an elbow just above Sanderland 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nogueira throws an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four 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.
Sanderland is trying to break free.
Nogueira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanderland's defenses.
Sanderland blocks an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it misses.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside.
Nogueira prevents Sanderland from breaking the clinch.
Nogueira throws an elbow that misses.
Sanderland tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Arm Sanderland's cut even more.
Sanderland tries to land knees in the clinch but Nogueira avoids the damage to the body.
Nogueira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Sanderland shrugs off.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sanderland holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nogueira misses with an elbow over the top.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanderland.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victorio Nogueira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arm Sanderland'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.

Sanderland on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nogueira. Nogueira obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanderland closes the distance but Nogueira moves to the side
and Nogueira counters with a nice body kick.
Nogueira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Arm Sanderland is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanderland fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanderland darts in trying to clinch

and Nogueira counters by clinching up.
Nogueira misses with an elbow strike.
Sanderland fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Sanderland shrugs off.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
Nogueira lands an elbow just above Sanderland 's eye.
Sanderland dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Sanderland shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nogueira.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
Sanderland blocks an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Sanderland wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanderland blocks the elbow strike.
Sanderland dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanderland leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sanderland is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Nogueira gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Arm Sanderland's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sanderland jumps guard but Nogueira stands there with Sanderland around his waist. Sanderland gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Victorio Nogueira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arm Sanderland.
Sanderland dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nogueira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanderland's efforts to push away.
Sanderland tries to pull guard but Nogueira holds him up against the cage and eventually Sanderland drops back down to his feet.

That's two 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.
Sanderland blocks an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands an elbow just above Sanderland 's eye.
Sanderland is trying to break free.
Sanderland tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nogueira just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
Nogueira throws an elbow that misses.
Sanderland avoids a wild elbow strike from Nogueira.
Sanderland blocks an elbow strike.
Sanderland avoids a wild elbow strike from Nogueira.
Sanderland dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nogueira misses with an elbow strike.
Sanderland fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside.
Sanderland wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanderland is trying to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nogueira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanderland's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanderland blocks the elbow strike.
Nogueira misses with an elbow over the top.
Nogueira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanderland's defenses.
Sanderland avoids the elbow strike from Nogueira, against the cage.
Sanderland is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Arm Sanderland's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Sanderland changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nogueira fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nogueira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanderland shoots and misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses

and Sanderland counters with a takedown into side control.
Sanderland is breathing heavily.
Nogueira is trying to improve his position.
Nogueira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sanderland on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanderland lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Nogueira down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nogueira manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Nogueira is looking to improve his position.
Sanderland not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sanderland is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Nogueira reverses the position - he's now on top in Sanderland's guard.
Nogueira would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sanderland moves out of range of the body kick from Nogueira.
Sanderland misses with a takedown

and Nogueira holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sanderland is trying to force a seperation but Nogueira has the dominant position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nogueira.
Sanderland takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sanderland dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sanderland changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nogueira fights it off and pushes away nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanderland fails to land with a series of punches.
Nogueira circles away from the clinch attempt

and Nogueira moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sanderland dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Sanderland takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nogueira throws an elbow that misses.
Sanderland blocks an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nogueira.
Sanderland takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sanderland tries to pull guard but Nogueira won't allow it.
Victorio Nogueira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arm Sanderland.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sanderland tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nogueira just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sanderland is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nogueira has Sanderland pressed against the cage, preventing Sanderland from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nogueira throws an elbow that misses.
Sanderland takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Arm Sanderland's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Victorio Nogueira!