PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Style (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Style
vs
Nelson

184 cm
24
175 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
183 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
KO power

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Style!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roy Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Style motions for Nelson to come forward. Style throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Nelson.
Nelson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Tim Style has been cut.
Nelson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Nelson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Style throws a leg kick but Nelson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nelson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some bone on bone action there as Nelson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A telegraphed right hand from Nelson misses the target.
Style turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson throws a nice looking combination but Style bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Style tries to land a leg kick but Nelson saw it coming and moves away.
Nelson lands a jab-cross combination.
Style thumps Nelson with a low kick.
Style throws a front kick aimed at Nelson's knee but Nelson avoids it well.
Style misses with a head kick.
Nelson misses with a wild combination.
Nelson throws a right and a left that Style avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a right and a left that Style avoids nicely.
Style lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nelson throws a right and a left that Style avoids nicely.
Style fails with a takedown attempt.
Style misses with a low kick.
Nelson blocks a low kick nicely.
Nelson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Style.
Some wild striking there from Nelson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nelson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nelson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice combination there by Nelson.
A telegraphed right hand from Nelson misses the target.
Nelson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Style stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Style misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nelson scores with the left hand. Style knows he should have avoided that one.
Style steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nelson.
Nelson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Style moves out of range as Nelson strikes.
Style throws a chopping leg kick but Nelson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Style pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nelson misses with the combination.
Style avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Nelson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Style'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.

Style feints and then cracks Nelson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nelson down.
A punch combination from Nelson misses.
A punch combination from Nelson misses.
A good leg kick by Style.
Nelson tries to bum rush Style with a series of wild strikes but Style uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Style showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nelson.
Nelson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Style fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nelson.
Nelson misses the shot to the body.
Style scores with a head kick.
Style takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Style misses with a low kick as Nelson jumps back.
Nelson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nelson keeps the fight on the outside.
A nice inside leg kick there by Style. That's going to slow Nelson down.
Nelson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Style circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Style ducks under a wild hook from Nelson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nelson. Style does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roy Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Style chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nelson blocks a low kick nicely.
Nelson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nelson throws a right hand that Style ducks under and follows up with a left that Style also avoids with ease.
Style throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nelson.
Nelson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Style has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Style slips a straight right by Nelson.
Nelson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice body punch from Nelson.
Style lands with a kick to the temple. Nelson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Style throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nelson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Style tried to score with a low kick but Nelson checks it.
Nelson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Style moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nelson throws a lazy right hand but Style sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Style staying out of range there.
Roy Nelson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Style throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nelson lands a jab to the nose.
Nelson misses with a series of wild punches.
Nelson misses with a two punch combination.
A jab from Nelson misses.
Style wants to slow Nelson down by chopping away at his legs.
Nelson works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tim Style will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tim Style's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nelson misses the jab.
Style takes one to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Style.
Style lands with a thumping leg kick.
Style does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Style is looking to score with low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nelson swinging wildly here.
Style ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson throws a shot from downtown. Style moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Nelson misses.
A jab from Nelson does it's job there.
Nelson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Style pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Style avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nelson misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nelson misses with a wild combination.
Nelson loads up on a big right hand but Style slips the punch.
Style throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nelson.
Style throws a low kick, looking for Nelson's leg but Nelson calmly moves out of range.
Nelson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nelson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Style moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nelson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Style throws a leg kick but Nelson checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Nelson as he checks the leg kick.
Nelson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Style motions for Nelson to come forward. Style throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Style is looking to chop away at Nelson's legs.
Style misses with a low kick.
Nelson throws a shot from downtown. Style moves away and avoids it.
Nelson blocks a low kick nicely.
Nelson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nelson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Style buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nelson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Style moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nelson throws a looping overhand right but Style ducks down to avoid it.
Nelson cracks Style with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Style lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Style with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nelson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nelson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Style was well out of range. Poor timing from Nelson.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tim Style.
I think Style has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Style!