PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bill Paroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and En Sabah Nur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sabah Nur has chosen Apocalipse Now as his entrance music. The key to victory for Bill Paroni has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Paroni
vs
Sabah Nur

188 cm
23
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
181 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bill Paroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, En Sabah Nur!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabah Nur rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Paroni counters with an outside leg kick.
Paroni thows a body shot but no joy.
Paroni misses with a right hand
and Sabah Nur counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Paroni wants to clinch
and Sabah Nur counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sabah Nur takes a swing at Paroni's ribcage but misses.
Sabah Nur scores with a crisp jab that stopped Paroni in his tracks.
Paroni fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sabah Nur.
Paroni motions for Sabah Nur to come forward. Paroni throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paroni misses with a lunging right hand

and Sabah Nur counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Paroni!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabah Nur sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Paroni working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sabah Nur misses with a head shot.
Paroni is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sabah Nur raining down shots from the mount!
Paroni regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paroni avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sabah Nur.
Paroni won't allow Sabah Nur to pass to mount.
Paroni is staying active underneath Sabah Nur, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Paroni is trying to get back to full guard.
Sabah Nur is pressing down on Paroni's thigh, looking to free his foot. Paroni is holding on for now.
Sabah Nur throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paroni is looking to control Sabah Nur's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Paroni avoid being mounted?
Sabah Nur wants to pass to mount but Paroni is defending the position.
Paroni wants to get back to full guard.
Sabah Nur works his way into full mount!
Sabah Nur thowing shots but they're missing.
Paroni sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Sabah Nur stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paroni gets back to full guard.
Sabah Nur won't allow Paroni to sweep him here.
Sabah Nur postures up.
Paroni bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sabah Nur's guard.
Paroni wants to control from the top but Sabah Nur keeps moving.
Paroni throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sabah Nur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Paroni accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Paroni looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

En Sabah Nur dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Paroni feints and then cracks Sabah Nur's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sabah Nur down.
Sabah Nur takes one on the button.
Sabah Nur throws a right and a left that both miss.
Paroni fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sabah Nur.
Paroni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Paroni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sabah Nur paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Paroni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sabah Nur is breathing heavily.

Sabah Nur rushes Paroni and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paroni lands a damaging elbow.
Paroni lands an elbow just above Sabah Nur 's eye.
Paroni landing knees to the head.
Paroni lands a knee to the head.
Paroni lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Paroni lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Paroni.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Paroni.

It looks like En Sabah Nur has been cut.
Sabah Nur takes an elbow to the forehead.
Paroni lands a knee to the head.
Paroni lands an elbow inside that Sabah Nur shrugs off.
Paroni lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sabah Nur takes an elbow to the forehead.
Paroni lands a nice elbow.
Paroni lands an elbow that stopped Sabah Nur in his tracks for a moment.
Paroni lands a nice knee to the body.
Paroni lands a knee to the body.
Paroni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Paroni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Paroni.

Sabah Nur is rocked!
Paroni lands a big knee to the head and Sabah Nur goes down! Paroni pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Paroni!