PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victorio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Springs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio Nogueira has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Nogueira
vs
Springs

193 cm
22
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
175 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

[JMFC] 160!

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victorio Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nate Springs!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Nogueira misses.
Springs moves out of range of the body kick.
Nogueira thumps Springs with a low kick.
Victorio Nogueira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Springs lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Springs.
Springs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nogueira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nogueira moves away from the strike by Springs.
Nogueira throws a push kick but Springs slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Nogueira.
Nogueira moves in looking to clinch but Springs pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Nogueira.
Springs throws the left hand but Nogueira avoids the punch easily.
Springs moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Springs misses with a body shot.
Springs checks a leg kick.
Springs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nogueira moves away.
Springs blocks a low kick nicely.
A swing and a miss from Springs.

Nogueira moves into the clinch.
Nogueira misses with an elbow over the top.
Springs can't find room to land a body shot as Nogueira controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nogueira.
Springs has a couple of punches blocked by Nogueira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Springs lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Springs pushes Nogueira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Nogueira is rocked!
A short uppercut from Springs.
Oh Nogueira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice right hand lands inside from Springs.
Springs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Springs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Springs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Nate Springs has been cut.
Springs throws a punch but it's blocked by Nogueira.
Still in the clinch, Springs scores with a nice short uppercut.
Springs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Springs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Springs blocks an elbow strike.
Nogueira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Springs lands a hook to the side of the head.
Springs lands a shot to the body.
Springs lands a body shot in the clinch.
Springs pushes Nogueira back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nogueira wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nogueira seems to have got his legs back now.
Nogueira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Springs pushes Nogueira back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Springs misses with a punch to the body.
Springs takes an elbow to the forehead.
Springs lands a body shot.
Springs has a couple of punches blocked by Nogueira.
Springs blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira misses with an elbow over the top.
Springs wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nogueira blocking some punches.
Springs lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Nogueira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nogueira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nogueira throws a nice outside leg kick.
Springs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nogueira avoids the body shot from Springs.
Nogueira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Springs scores with a three punch combo!
Springs with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
Springs thows a body shot but no joy.
Springs lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Springs thows a body shot but no joy.
Springs moves out of range of the body kick from Nogueira.
Springs loads up on a big right hand but Nogueira slips the punch.
Nogueira wants to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Springs as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Springs checks a low kick from Nogueira.
Nogueira takes a jab right on the kisser.
Springs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nogueira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nogueira fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Springs is out of range.
Nogueira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Springs looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Springs throws a shot from downtown. Nogueira moves away and avoids it.
Springs moves out of range of the leg kick from Nogueira.
Nogueira pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fighters circling - Springs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nogueira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nogueira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Springs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nogueira throws a chopping leg kick but Springs manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Springs takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Springs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nogueira manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Springs. Those never looked like landing.
Springs loads up on a big right hand but Nogueira slips the punch.
Nogueira throws a low kick but Springs avoids it.
Springs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nogueira is looking to clinch but Springs is avoiding it.
Springs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Springs misses with a shot to the body
and Nogueira counters with a nice low kick that buckles Springs's knee momentarily.

Nogueira darts in and clinches Springs up against the cage.
Nogueira lands an elbow just above Springs 's eye.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Springs.
Springs blocks an elbow strike from Nogueira.

Springs breaks the clinch.
Nogueira is looking to clinch but Springs is avoiding it.
Nogueira throws a head kick but Springs moves out of range.
Nogueira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Springs moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Springs lands a nice shot to the body.
Springs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nogueira.
Springs scores with a one two! Nogueira had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Springs on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Springs dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Springs's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fighters circling - Springs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A lazy left from Springs finds it's target.
Springs tries to bum rush Nogueira with a series of wild strikes but Nogueira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Springs throws a body punch but Nogueira moves out of range.
Springs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Springs lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nogueira misses with a low kick.
Springs shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nogueira eats them both and turns towards Springs to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nogueira lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Springs has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Springs and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A big right from Springs misses.
Nogueira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nogueira throws a wild body kick that Springs sees coming a mile off.
Springs closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Nogueira moves into range and clinches up with Springs.
Springs struggles to land a body shot inside as Nogueira controls his hands.
Springs pushes Nogueira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nogueira.
Springs blocks the elbow strike.
Springs avoids a wild elbow strike from Nogueira.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nogueira throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Springs avoids the elbow strike from Nogueira, against the cage.
Nogueira throws an elbow that misses.
Springs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Springs wants to break free but Nogueira has control.
Springs scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Springs.
Springs wants to break the clinch but can't.
Springs blocks an elbow strike.
Springs lands a body punch.
Springs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Springs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Springs misses the jab.
A head kick from Nogueira lands but Springs takes it in his stride.
Nogueira ducks under a wild hook from Springs.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
Nogueira feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Springs's calf.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Springs moves out of range.
Springs throws a shot to the body.
Nogueira throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Springs.
Nogueira connects with a solid leg kick.
Nogueira lands with a slapping head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira throws a low kick but it's checked well by Springs.
Nogueira throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nate Springs seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nogueira attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Springs throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nogueira counters with a nice leg kick.
Nogueira throws out a loose jab but Springs uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Springs. Nogueira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Springs looks to score with a jab to the body but Nogueira is just out of range.
Nogueira buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Springs avoids the head kick by Nogueira.
Springs misses with a double jab.
Nogueira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Springs.
Nogueira scoring well with a low kick there.
Springs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A clash of legs there as Springs blocks the low kick.
Nogueira throws a leg kick but Springs checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira throws a hook but Springs blocks it.
A shot to the liver by Springs. Beautiful body shot.
Springs throws a lazy right hand but Nogueira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Springs scores with a jab to the jaw.
Springs lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nogueira at a distance.
Springs slips a jab from Nogueira.
Springs dips to his left and cracks Nogueira with an uppercut!
Springs's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nogueira throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nogueira cracks the inside of Springs's front leg.
Nogueira lands a high kick!
Springs on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Springs walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nogueira.
Springs's corner calls for a 1-2. Springs obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Springs throws a series of punches but Nogueira avoids them all with ease.
Nogueira tries to clinch up.
Nogueira fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Springs is out of range.
Nogueira throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Springs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nogueira.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Springs blocks a head kick by Nogueira.
Nogueira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Springs.
Nogueira 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.
Springs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nogueira throws a sloppy head kick and Springs moves out of range easily.
Springs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Nogueira.
Springs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nogueira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Springs throws a jab when Nogueira was well out of range.
Nogueira throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nogueira, right into the meat.
Nogueira chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nogueira chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Nogueira misses its intended target.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses.
Springs misses the shot to the body.
Nogueira lands with a kick to the temple. Springs shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victorio Nogueira dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nate Springs's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nogueira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nogueira.
Nogueira throws a low kick but it's checked well by Springs.
Nogueira tries to move into range but Springs moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Springs misses with a body shot.
Nogueira motions for Springs to come forward. Nogueira throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira throws a head kick but Springs moves out of range.
Good work by Springs as he checks the leg kick.
Springs scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Springs misses the target.
The fighters circling - Springs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nogueira throws a front kick that sends Springs stumbling back into the cage.
Nogueira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nogueira moves away from the strike by Springs.
Springs throws a right hand that Nogueira ducks under and follows up with a left that Nogueira also avoids with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nogueira.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Springs moves out of range.
Springs blocks a head kick by Nogueira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Springs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nogueira takes one to the chin there.
Springs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nogueira.
Nice defenses there by Nogueira.
Springs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Springs scores with a sloppy right hand. Nogueira should have avoided that one.
Nogueira throws out a leg kick but Springs moves out of range and Nogueira only half commits.
Springs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nogueira throws out the jab.
Nogueira throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Springs.
Nogueira turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nogueira turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Springs thows a body shot but no joy.
Springs throws a big shot that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nogueira lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Springs has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Springs and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nogueira throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nogueira tries a head kick but it misses.
Springs throws a shot from downtown. Nogueira moves away and avoids it.
Springs blocks a head kick by Nogueira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Springs checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nogueira slips under a jab.
Nogueira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Springs.
Nogueira takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Springs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nogueira.

Springs gets tackled into the cage by Nogueira. Nogueira maintains the clinch.
Springs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nogueira's elbow.
Nogueira prevents a body shot from Springs.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Springs shrugs off.
Nogueira pushes off an throws an elbow but Springs leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Springs.
Springs misses with a body punch.
Springs scores with a nice hook to the head.
Springs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nogueira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Springs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Springs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Springs.
Springs takes a swing at Nogueira's ribcage but misses.
Springs fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira throws a hook to the side of Springs's head but Springs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nogueira throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nogueira moves out of range of the strikes.
Springs misses with an uppercut. Nogueira saw that one coming.
Nogueira plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Springs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nogueira.
Springs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nogueira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Springs.
Springs moves out of range of the leg kick from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Springs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nogueira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nogueira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good work by Springs as he checks the leg kick.
Springs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nogueira misses with a low kick.
Nogueira avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nogueira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Springs.
Nogueira tries to work over Springs's front leg with a kick but Springs checks it.
Nogueira throws a leg kick that misses.
Springs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Springs keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Springs moves out of range of the body kick.
Nogueira moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nogueira throws a jab but it's blocked by Springs.
Springs throws a good cross that connects.
Nogueira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Springs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Springs blocks a leg kick.
Springs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nogueira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nogueira throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

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 Victorio Nogueira.
I think Nogueira 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Nate Springs!