PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Roosevelt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nogueira
vs
Roosevelt

192 cm
25
255 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

194 cm
25
270 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabricio Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Roosevelt!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roosevelt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nogueira.
Roosevelt misses with an attempted mid kick.

Roosevelt forces Nogueira back against the cage and clinches.
Roosevelt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roosevelt looking to throw knees to the head but Nogueira is blocking nicely.
Roosevelt lands a nice knee to the body.
Roosevelt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nogueira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Roosevelt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Frank Roosevelt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roosevelt misses with a body kick.
Roosevelt tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Nogueira counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Nogueira is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Roosevelt is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Roosevelt has escaped and now he's on top!

Nogueira is looking for a triangle but Roosevelt pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roosevelt postures up in Nogueira's guard and throws a big left but Nogueira blocks it.
Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Roosevelt from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roosevelt is sitting in close to Nogueira's body. Nogueira has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Roosevelt is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Roosevelt is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Nogueira.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Fabricio Nogueira!