PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wagner Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nascimento has chosen I N F E R N O as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Love
vs
Nascimento

179 cm
22
187 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

188 cm
22
191 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wagner Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Love misses with a two punch combination.
Nascimento is looking to clinch but Love is avoiding it.
Nascimento slips a jab from Love.
Nascimento shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Love sprawls well. Love wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nascimento gets slowly back to his feet.
Love misses with the combination.
Love misses with a head kick.

Nascimento has managed to clinch.

Nascimento escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Nascimento moves into the clinch.
Love wants to break free but Nascimento has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nascimento escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Love tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Love fails to land with a series of punches.

Nascimento clinches up against the cage.

Nascimento breaks from the clinch.
Nascimento tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nascimento drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Love can't do much from the bottom here.
Love controls the position for a moment.
Nascimento trying to control the action but Love is working from the bottom.
Nascimento tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nascimento wants to lay and pray for a moment but Love keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love has one of Nascimento's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Love wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento trying to control the action but Love is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nascimento shoots in looking for a takedown. Love tries to sprawl out of it but Nascimento keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Love manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nascimento tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nascimento tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nascimento avoids the head kick by Love.

Nascimento moves into the clinch.
Nascimento keeps control of Love as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nascimento has had enough of the clinch but Love keeps him there for the moment.
Nascimento wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nascimento wants to break the clinch but can't.

Nascimento gets control of Love's arms and successfully pulls guard. Nascimento will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nascimento looking for a triangle here. Love is fighting it but it looks tight! Nascimento pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Love is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Wagner Nascimento!