PBP Commentary

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

Kayne
vs
Nogueira

187 cm
24
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
160 lbs
6 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Saoul Kayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kayne avoids the head kick by Nogueira.
Nogueira stuffs the takedown.
Nogueira tries to land a front kick but Kayne steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kayne fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Nogueira lands a big head kick that sends Kayne tumbling to the mat! Nogueira takes a step backwards and waves Kayne back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Kayne is rocked!
Kayne fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Oh Kayne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saoul Kayne. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Kayne scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kayne seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kayne tries for a kimura but Nogueira is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kayne working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Nogueira prevents Kayne from moving into mount.
Nogueira really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kayne. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Kayne tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kayne has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Kayne tries for a kimura but Nogueira is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kayne tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kayne has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four 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.

Kayne is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nogueira knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Kayne wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Nogueira, who protects the arm well.
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 Saoul Kayne will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nogueira throws a head kick but Kayne moves out of range.
Kayne takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nogueira delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nogueira seems to be stalking Kayne here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Kayne drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gabriel Nogueira!