PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nannie Doss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Ang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ang's choice of entrance music: Darude - Sandstorm. George Ang is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Doss
vs
Ang

188 cm
23
184 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
184 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nannie Doss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Ang!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doss connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ang momentarily.
Doss lands a nice hook to Ang's body. Ang takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Doss tries to bum rush Ang with a series of wild strikes but Ang uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Doss throws a hook to the side of Ang's head but Ang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Doss looks to land a left hand but Ang moved out of range nicely.
Ang takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doss misses with a straight right.
Doss scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A swing and a miss from Doss.
Ang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Doss.
Doss swings for the body but Ang moves out of range.

Ang shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Doss on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Doss tries to get out of the position.
Ang misses with a head shot. Doss uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ang in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ang accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ang won't allow Doss to sweep him here.
Ang throws and elbow that misses. Doss uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ang's guard. Nice move by Doss!
Ang is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Doss wants to stand but Ang has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doss looks to score with a jab to the body but Ang is just out of range.
A big left from Doss misses.
A big left from Doss misses.
Ang moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doss throws a jab but it's blocked by Ang.
Doss stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Doss thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ang shoots in but Doss avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Doss cracks Ang with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Doss swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ang takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Doss jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ang takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ang takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Doss throws a looping overhand right but Ang ducks down to avoid it.
Nannie Doss is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Doss throws a good cross that connects.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ang misses with a few strikes there.
Doss throws a hook but Ang blocks it.
A left lands for Doss.
Doss jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Doss wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ang shoots in looking for a takedown. Doss tries to sprawl out of it but Ang keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Doss manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Doss cracks Ang with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ang throws a head kick that misses.
Ang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nannie Doss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doss keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Doss throws a jab when Ang was well out of range.

Ang shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Doss manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nannie Doss dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Doss pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Doss scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Doss lands a two punch combo.
Ang shoots for a takedown but Doss saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No joy there for Doss, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Doss throws a big shot that misses.
Ang looks to score with a jab to the body but Doss is just out of range.
Ang moves away from the strike by Doss.
Doss catches Ang with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ang closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Doss slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doss works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Doss is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Doss lands a jab.
A big right from Doss misses.
Ang slips a straight right by Doss.
A telegraphed right hand from Doss misses the target.
Doss throws a hook but Ang blocks it.
Ang looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ang shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Doss as he jumps to the side.
Nannie Doss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Ang.
Doss lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ang at a distance.
Doss scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doss misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ang.
Doss fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ang on the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Doss.
Doss misses with a straight right.
Doss slaps away a takedown attempt from Ang, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Doss misses with a body shot.

Ang moves into range and clinches up with Doss.
Ang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ang effectively controlling the action here.
Ang drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ang is breathing heavily.
Ang jumps guard but Doss stands there with Ang around his waist. Ang gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Ang.

Doss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doss connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Doss connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doss throws a jab but it's blocked by Ang.
Doss throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Doss lands an overhand right.
Doss throws out a loose jab but Ang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ang looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Doss lands a glancing blow to the side of Ang's head.
Ang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doss throws a big shot that misses.
Doss waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ang.
Doss misses the body punch
and Ang counters with a three punch combo that has Doss backing up. Doss nods at Ang to acknowledge the strikes.
Ang shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Doss defends it nicely.
Doss lands a jab to the nose.
Doss scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nannie Doss is winning the standup battle so far.
Ang fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Doss avoids it really well and circles away.
A big left from Doss misses.
Ang ducks under a wild hook from Doss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nannie Doss dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Doss lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Doss misses with a few strikes there.
Doss scores with the left hand. Ang knows he should have avoided that one.
Doss misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ang.
Doss works the jab nicely.
Doss works Ang's body with a nice hook.
A big right from Doss misses.
Doss connects with a body shot.
Doss misses with a wild body shot.
Ang has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Doss throws a jab but it's blocked by Ang.
Ang moves away from the strike by Doss.
Doss cracks Ang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Doss fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ang on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Doss connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ang momentarily.
George Ang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ang will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ang misses with the combination.
Ang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Doss lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Doss misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ang.
No joy there for Doss, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Doss lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doss throws a big shot that misses.
Doss takes a swing at Ang's ribcage but misses.
Ang fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doss cracks a nice hook into Ang's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doss. Ang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Doss lands with a right hand.
Ang shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Doss bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ang's head backwards.
Ang staying out of range there.
Doss throws a hook but Ang avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Doss.
Ang moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Doss misses with a body shot

so Ang counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Doss utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doss is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Ang drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Doss dives on top into guard.
Doss wants to stand and escape but instead Ang has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doss avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ang loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Doss seems keen to control Ang's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ang throws a big right hand that misses.
Ang trying to control the position from guard on top but Doss is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doss looking for a sweep. Not yet Doss, not yet.
Ang loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A punch combination from Doss misses.
George Ang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ang closes the distance and clinches up with Doss, looking for a takedown. Ang pushes Doss against the cage but Doss circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nannie Doss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Ang.
Doss throws a lazy right hand but Ang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Doss lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ang at a distance.
Nannie Doss is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheers as Doss lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ang doesn't seem phased though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nannie Doss showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Doss, 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nannie Doss!