PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Able Nightroad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sagat tigerknee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nightroad comes to the cage accompanied by Vicarious. tigerknee has chosen Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music. sagat tigerknee will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Nightroad
vs
tigerknee

175 cm
23
198 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

224 cm
25
190 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Able Nightroad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, sagat tigerknee!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nightroad throws a head kick but tigerknee moves out of range.
tigerknee moves out of range of the body kick from Nightroad.
tigerknee tries to clinch but Nightroad moves out of range.
Nightroad throws a leg kick which misses tigerknee's front leg but catches the back leg as tigerknee tries to avoid it.
tigerknee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nightroad paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good work by tigerknee as he checks the leg kick.
tigerknee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nightroad paws at him with a jab and circles away.
sagat tigerknee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
tigerknee tries to clinch but Nightroad is having none of it.
Nightroad throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nightroad throws a series of punches but tigerknee avoids them all with ease.
tigerknee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
tigerknee connects with a high kick.
tigerknee wants to clinch up but Nightroad keeps it at a distance.
tigerknee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nightroad connects with a solid leg kick.

Nightroad closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
tigerknee is staying active underneath Nightroad, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nightroad working over tigerknee with some ground and pound. tigerknee looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nightroad moves into full mount! tigerknee won't be happy about that!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nightroad thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Nightroad throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nightroad thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Nightroad looking to control but tigerknee is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Nightroad unloading with bombs!

It looks like sagat tigerknee has been cut.
Nightroad throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
tigerknee tries to reverse the position but Nightroad maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nightroad is working for a guillotine from mount but tigerknee frees his head quite easily.
Nightroad lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nightroad postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. tigerknee looks a forlorn figure.

That has opened up sagat tigerknee's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nightroad wants to control the pace but tigerknee is squirming around nicely.
tigerknee can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nightroad connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Nightroad looking to finish with strikes here!
Nightroad working the ground and pound effectively.
Nightroad lands with some vicious ground and pound - can tigerknee hang on?

The cut above sagat tigerknee's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Able Nightroad!