PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and matt shamel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Nogueira
vs
shamel

187 cm
25
245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
288 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, matt shamel!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
shamel slips a jab from Nogueira.
matt shamel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nogueira cracks shamel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
shamel misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
shamel shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nogueira as he avoids it easily.

Nogueira scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Nogueira is sneakily working for an arm triangle but shamel sees it coming and defends easily.
shamel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nogueira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nogueira thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nogueira not landing any meaningful shots this time.
shamel wants to get back to his feet.
shamel is in trouble now - Nogueira has advanced to mount!
Nogueira is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Nogueira looking to secure an arm triangle but shamel defends it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nogueira controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira raining down shots from the mount!
shamel taking shots to the head.
shamel wants to hold on but Nogueira pushes him away.
shamel working to try and regain half guard.
Nogueira landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira lands with some vicious ground and pound - can shamel hang on?
Nogueira with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nogueira punishing his opponent with strikes.
shamel is bucking up trying to escape but Nogueira cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nogueira trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nogueira looking to control and managing it successfully.
shamel is in a horrible position here. Nogueira smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nogueira cracks shamel with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nogueira is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nogueira lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nogueira punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira looking to finish shamel with some ground and pound. This is bad for shamel!
Nogueira trying to control but shamel is having none of it.
Nogueira takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The referee warns shamel that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
shamel tries to hold on but Nogueira pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
shamel is trying desperately to improve position.
The referee warns shamel that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nogueira looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Nogueira.

Nogueira working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. shamel looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Nogueira! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Antonio Nogueira!