PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between leomar tungaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khaosai Nebula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khaosai Nebula has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

tungaw
vs
Nebula

160 cm
23
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Fugly Face Clothing

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, leomar tungaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Khaosai Nebula!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nebula stuffs the takedown.

Nebula closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nebula lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nebula tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
tungaw tries for a takedown. No joy.

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

Nebula drives through and clinches with tungaw against the cage.
Nebula connects with a nasty looking knee right to tungaw's face.

It looks like leomar tungaw has been cut.
Nebula with a knee to the head.

Nebula breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nebula wants to clinch.
Nebula tries to clinch there but tungaw circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nebula clinches with his opponent.
Nebula misses with a punch on the inside.
Nebula just leaning against tungaw, taking a breather.
Nebula landing knees to the head.
Nebula's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nebula landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nebula dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nebula with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tungaw goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nebula prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for leomar tungaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Nebula manages to break the clinch.
Nebula keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Nebula clinches up against the cage.
Nebula connects with a nasty looking knee right to tungaw's face.
tungaw is breathing heavily.
Nebula is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nebula scores with a knee to the head.
Nebula pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nebula putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has tungaw in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nebula lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nebula scores with a knee to the head.
Nebula landing knees to the head.
Nebula with a knee to the head.
Nebula tried to land a shot to the body but connects with tungaw's elbow.
Nebula with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nebula lands a nice knee to the body.
Nebula comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Nebula pulls guard successfully.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

tungaw drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and tungaw jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
tungaw looking to pass the guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nebula can do anything to dispel that myth.

tungaw thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Nebula wants to stand and escape but tungaw is having none of it.

tungaw drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Nebula manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now tungaw has Nebula in his guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nebula trying to stand up but can't free himself from tungaw's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khaosai Nebula dominated that round.
The cut man is working on leomar tungaw's cut.
That's time! tungaw's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nebula clinches up with tungaw and pushes him back against the cage.

Nebula has dropped down and is working for a takedown. tungaw is trying to keep an underhook but Nebula manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Nebula working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nebula wants to free his trapped foot but tungaw is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nebula is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

tungaw looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

tungaw looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nebula decides to return to a standing position.
Nebula is looking to clinch.
Nebula leaves tungaw with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Nebula. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nebula.
tungaw takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's two 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.

Nebula pushes tungaw up against the cage in a clinch.
Nebula connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nebula.
Nebula connects with a nasty looking knee right to tungaw's face.
Nebula misses with an elbow over the top.
Nebula landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nebula misses with a punch on the inside.
Nebula connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nebula obliges.
Nebula landing knees to the head.
Nebula avoiding damage.
Knees to the body from Nebula.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nebula tightens his grip and picks tungaw up, before dumping him to the ground. tungaw manages to land in guard.
Nebula controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Nebula stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. tungaw swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nebula wants to stand but tungaw has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Nebula controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Nebula tries to stand but tungaw is controlling from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Khaosai Nebula.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as tungaw checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nebula fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nebula wants to clinch.
Nebula throws a leg kick but tungaw moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khaosai Nebula showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on leomar tungaw's cut.
That's time! tungaw's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nebula is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by tungaw.
tungaw avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
tungaw fails with the takedown.
Nebula tries to close the distance and clinch but tungaw swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nebula has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nebula has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nebula with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nebula with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nebula connects with a knee to the head.
Nebula lands a knee to the body.

Nebula is trying to trip tungaw. He has hold of a leg but tungaw is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Nebula persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Nebula's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Nebula avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

tungaw working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nebula doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nebula manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Nebula stands up from tungaw's guard - Nebula perhaps looking for a knockout.

Nebula instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nebula pushes off an throws an elbow but tungaw leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nebula is struggling to control the position.
tungaw takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nebula lands a knee to the head.
Nebula connects with a nasty looking knee right to tungaw's face.
Nebula displaying some good clinch control by pressing tungaw up against the cage.
Nebula unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nebula with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nebula.
Nebula connects with a nasty looking knee right to tungaw's face.
Nebula taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Nebula.
Come on Nebula - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Nebula breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nebula misses with a wild body shot.
Khaosai Nebula is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nebula dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on tungaw. That did some damage!
Nebula tries to close the distance and clinch but tungaw swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Nebula gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Nebula breaks the clinch.
Nebula is looking to clinch but tungaw is avoiding it.
leomar tungaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khaosai Nebula seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nebula misses the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Khaosai Nebula comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nebula has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 24:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khaosai Nebula!